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A Matador Wagon!

   
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Date Listed12-May-12
Last Edited12-May-12
Price$4,900.00
Address9 Green Pine Crescent, Wasaga Beach, ON L9Z 1P6, Canada 
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MakeAMC
ModelOther
TrimWoodgrain
Year1978
Kilometers99996
Body TypeWagon
TransmissionAutomatic
ColourGreen
DrivetrainRear-wheel drive (RWD)
Fuel TypeGasoline
   
This very clean Alberta vehicle has been owned, operated and maintained by one family since leaving the dealership in  1978. It features a 360 cu. in. V8 with 2 bbl. carb., auto. trans, non-slip diff, pwr. steering and brakes, pwr windows, air cond.,AM/FM radio, 8 psgr seating and 2 way tailgate. Professionally evaluated at 5600.00 in September 2011, this car has always been garaged and rust inhibited as necessary. Price includes vehicle history, copy of evaluation and will be certified previous to delivery.    



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My wife would kill me if I brought one of these home! 

Kijiji: 1978 Matador 8 Passenger Wagon

Kijiji: 1978 Matador 8 Passenger Wagon

Kijiji: 1978 Matador 8 Passenger Wagon

Kijiji: 1978 Matador 8 Passenger Wagon

 



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"When was the last time you saw one of these?"

I'm thinking a Mad Max movie...

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My buddy and I scrapped one years ago... I got the carpet and Leather seats out of it and installed them in my '60 Chev panel truck.....
My dad bought a new one (4-door sedan) and I asked him what as he thinking.... It was fully loaded , the same Mags and Bright Yellow, with a black vinal roof????? Yeah, What was He thinking??????

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Apparently AC was standard on all Matador's. I suspect it was cheaper for AMC to engineer AC into all of them.

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Canadian Poncho wrote:

My wife would kill me if I brought one of these home! 

 

If you brought that home you should committ suicide, hand Rat Boy a barf bag please.



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While out for a drive last evening we saw another Matador ( not a wagon ) in Wasaga Beach. 2 Matadors in the same town - what are the chances?

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I would LOVE to own this..

it has such clean lines///LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!

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quite possibly the ugliest wagon in the history of station wagons!

Clark W Griswold is the only person that would buy this travesty on wheels



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beaumontguru wrote:

quite possibly the ugliest wagon in the history of station wagons!

Clark W Griswold is the only person that would buy this travesty on wheels

 Rat Boy is Retweeting this.



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That front end is so...so, unique... that I'm saving a copy to my Flckr account.

I don't remember them.

$(KGrHqVHJ!8E-E7jRHUzBPrqweunog~~48_20.JPG



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I liked these wagons a lot up to 73 - both Matador  and Ambassador. But the later 70s restyle with the extended nose wasn't very successful. 



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It's so wrong that I'd drive it!

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Just needs Aunt Edna strapped to the roof rack...

I could only drive it in the dark.

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I bet the lead designer on the 1978 Matadore team was Karl Malden!

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Looks to me like Karl has received an "enhancement" in that photo...

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Just like the grill of that Matador!

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Identical twins!

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Pontiacanada wrote:

I always thought that AMC had really good ideas and really bad ideas when it came to design ... no middle ground.

Check out the phone/CB thingy.

I worked at AMC in Brampton in the 70s...As ugly as they were, those were actually a decent car... That CB thing was a built in AM/FM/CB Radio combination.......I had one, wont say how I got it...pretty cool in the 70s



-- Edited by poncho62 on Sunday 13th of May 2012 06:08:57 AM

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I always thought that AMC had really good ideas and really bad ideas when it came to design ... no middle ground.

Check out the phone/CB thingy.



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Well, you'd have the only one at a car show. It's cool in an ugly sort of way!! I was a kid in the '70's and I don't really remember these but I do recall the Hornet's. Back around '86 I remember a '75 Hornet "X" on a Honda lot for sale, really liked the car but I bought a '77 Grand Lemans 2dr instead.

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Anyone else notice the car phone on the floor.

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Just like a song that just doesn't get old or boring no matter how many years go by,the matador reminds me of that when ever I see one.Pardon me,I feel like I'm going to puke now.



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