once again I'm asking for help to find out what car it is ...

I do know that it is an american car, so you guys should know it

American motors car for sure, mid 70s Matador?

AMC Matador

My ex-brother in law had one of those pos and he deserved it! hahahah tried to get me to work on it too! I laughed so hard when he asked....

wow - that was fast

many thanks

Gustl

One of those won a NASCAR race once.

QUOTE (URY914 @ Aug 11 2005, 09:19 AM)

One of those won a NASCAR race once.

Key word Paul is

ONCE

In fact, it says here that the side stripe indicates that its a '74 Matador X Coupe, apparently, the sporty version.

Looks like a cross between a Pinto and a Nova.

A little different than a 917, here is a photo of Mark Donohue winning the Riverside 500 in a Matador.

Another shot of the car.

QUOTE (gregrobbins @ Aug 12 2005, 01:14 AM)

A little different than a 917, here is a photo of Mark Donohue winning the Riverside 500 in a Matador.

story of that race in "Unfair Advantage."

first, you've got the conjunction of west-coast, road race, and Donohue.
Penske was one of the first, if not the first, to put disk brakes on a NASCAR sedan - everybody else ran out of brake and used a combination driving sideways and eah other to slow down.

they were about 100HP down to the rest of the pack but they had some new sticky prototype tires. the bad news was the tires needed to be HOT to work - and the car was so uncompetitive in traffic that Donohue couldn't work the car hard enough to heat the tires.

so they made an "unscheduled" stop early that got them out of traffic and most of the competition wrote them off as having engine troubles. meanwhile he's out there running record laps solo without having to work too hard to pass.

the other teams were flabbergasted at the end of the race - "how'd he win? i never saw him all day!?"

Didn't they also stick thier 917 calipers on it?

P

Being something of an old fart with a very good memory.....

Quote from the AMC commercial of that era....

First guy (Looking at neighbor's new car).. "What is it?"

Second guy (showing off new car to his neighbor).. "It's a Matador!"

First guy... "What's a Matador?"

QUOTE (ClayPerrine @ Aug 12 2005, 05:49 AM)

Being something of an old fart with a very good memory..... Quote from the AMC commercial of that era.... First guy (Looking at neighbor's new car).. "What is it?" Second guy (showing off new car to his neighbor).. "It's a Matador!" First guy... "What's a Matador?"

AMC, builders of fine start of the art cars like the Pacer and the Grimlin.

OUCH!

P

QUOTE (ClayPerrine @ Aug 12 2005, 08:49 AM)

Being something of an old fart with a very good memory.....

You say that like it's a Bad Thing.

I remember that commercial too. AMC also had a commercial where they made a 6 foot long submarine sandwich in the back seat of a Pacer.

But then, I can even remember seeing a Porsche 914 commercial back in the day. Honest.

what IS a matador?

QUOTE (bd1308 @ Aug 12 2005, 07:52 AM)

what IS a matador?

The dumb ass with the table cloth shaking it a the bull.

okay..



thanks paul.

and these came from they same people that gave us the AMX one of the best american pony cars of the day. two seats, 390 ci 315 hp 425 trq in 3,000 lbs
and cleaned up in trans am a couple of years

QUOTE (messix @ Aug 12 2005, 01:06 PM)

and these came from they same people that gave us the AMX one of the best american pony cars of the day. two seats, 390 ci 315 hp 425 trq in 3,000 lbs and cleaned up in trans am a couple of years

Not too shabby for an American 2-seater that wasn't made out of fiberglass.

QUOTE (messix @ Aug 12 2005, 02:06 PM)

and these came from they same people that gave us the AMX one of the best american pony cars of the day. two seats, 390 ci 315 hp 425 trq in 3,000 lbs and cleaned up in trans am a couple of years

They must of did some handling improvements...I've been in an AMX that spun

Lots of power...handles like dog

'68 & '69 had the same suspension. '70 had alot of improvements based on the trans am effort.

remember these weren't 150 hp 2,000 lb imports. but could match or beat any other "full size" performance car.

Hey dont forget the Porsche beating AMC Gremlin! That was on of my favorite cars to watch.



Pics of AMC trans Am cars:

AMC Trans Am Cars

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who could tell me what car is this:

Looks like some flavor of Alfa Romeo to me.