1975 AMC Matador X

[unclescott58]

I don't know if I've posted this model in the past or nor. But, Dan Clark's dad's build inspired me to want to show you my Matador. 

[AC Norton]

......Nice clean build....color with the stock striping makes it very much like the car's we would see on the street day to day, all those years ago......the Ace..

[iamsuperdan]

THe red totally works. 

 

I simply MUST find one of these kits.

 

[gbt216]

"What's a Matador?........oh, so THAT'S a Matador!"  That 1974 TV commercial used to crack me up. Funny, though, the Matador had been around since 1971, but in an Ambassador-derived styling through '73.  I have this '75 kit, too (acquired at K-Mart for $0.96 back in the day...one day I'd like to re-build it), but I always wished they'd had a kit of the '71 so I could replicate my grandfather's car.  The closest thing out there was the Johan '70 Rebel, and even that, I think, was only offered as a stock car (I think MCW offers a re-pop of that kit).  Even so, a '70 Rebel would be an immense project to convert to a '71 Matador - especially the front fascia.  The only similarity is the basic body.

[Jim N]

Looks great Scott.  That was my first car.  Couldn't wait to get rid of it when we traded for a new car in 1986, but now I kind of wish I still had the Matador.

[bbowser]

Very nice.  A little foil would really set it off.

[Renegade]

Great color. Nicely done.

[crazyjim]

Pretty cool.