tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post701980252698382151..comments2023-09-03T15:10:00.180-04:00Comments on casey/artandcolour: A Look Back at AMC: 1974's Pivotal YearCasey Shainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15654097774209894695noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-29454347390878023812011-01-30T23:47:35.867-05:002011-01-30T23:47:35.867-05:00We had a '73 Javelin in dark brown, which I se...We had a '73 Javelin in dark brown, which I see wasn't offered for '74, for whatever that means.<br />One wonders if the coffin nose was some kind of reaction to the 5-mph bumpers the feds mandated. (Except that those were mandated in '73 in front.)<br />On the other hand, I remember seeing a red Matador wagon of the last vintage ('75-ish) and thinking that looked cool, for The Prestebloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667671319546711881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-68026207536834596612011-01-30T22:27:28.274-05:002011-01-30T22:27:28.274-05:00really, the more I look at that coffin nose Matado...really, the more I look at that coffin nose Matador, I just keep thinking "What was Dick Teague thinking?" lol. He must have been over trying to design on a shoestring at that point.Casey Shainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654097774209894695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-5844762766440889142011-01-30T22:23:47.005-05:002011-01-30T22:23:47.005-05:00ah, Ken McCord, Officer Jim Reed, one of my first ...ah, Ken McCord, Officer Jim Reed, one of my first TV crushes, rofl! <br />Yes, I remember that '67 squad car. I think i remember a '68 version too, when Chrysler changed the body.<br /><br />I've done a Marlin 4 door, and I think I might try a sedan version of the Matador coupe. I'm not sure if that style would have sold in the '70s. I think AMC just needed a MUCH better Casey Shainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654097774209894695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-90031851507315944022011-01-30T22:18:52.085-05:002011-01-30T22:18:52.085-05:00(1) Is it just me, or does the '74 Matador cou...(1) Is it just me, or does the '74 Matador coupe look sort of like the old Rambler Marlin?<br />(2) And might AMC had survived had they done a sedan (a drawing of which I once saw in Motor Trend) or, dare I suggest, wagon based on the coupe instead of the coffin nose Matador?The Prestebloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667671319546711881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-6578136251399749002011-01-30T22:14:16.069-05:002011-01-30T22:14:16.069-05:00One coffin-nose Matador squad, coming right up:
ht...One coffin-nose Matador squad, coming right up:<br />http://images22.fotki.com/v520/photos/4/438439/4293861/74lapdvi-vi.jpgThe Prestebloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667671319546711881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-26951607503429253682011-01-30T22:11:50.376-05:002011-01-30T22:11:50.376-05:00Never seen the Adam 12 Matador? Ask, and ye shall ...Never seen the Adam 12 Matador? Ask, and ye shall find:<br /><br />http://1adam12-1adam12.com/images/a-12-2-shot-car-2.jpg<br /><br />The Belvedere you first remember is, I assume ... http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/Airbrushayatollah/adam12_boxtop_mpc.jpg<br /><br />I also saw the coffin-nose Matador as a squad toward the end of the series. Definitely an acquired styling taste.The Prestebloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667671319546711881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-5581867264012473882011-01-30T19:27:36.490-05:002011-01-30T19:27:36.490-05:00very cool Javelin shots! I remember that Mark Dono...very cool Javelin shots! I remember that Mark Donohue edition from magazines. I don't remember the Matadors from Adam-12. I must have stopped watching the show by then. I remember when it first came on TV they used Plymouth Belvederes. <br /><br />A very slight correction on one of your pages, the Rambler American identified as a '64 is really a '61-'63. I'm not positive of Casey Shainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654097774209894695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-48980525860012539442011-01-30T18:43:40.784-05:002011-01-30T18:43:40.784-05:00Two of the cooler Javelins I've recently seen:...Two of the cooler Javelins I've recently seen:<br /><br />http://www.marketplacemagazine.com/blogs/media/blogs/b//downsized_0716001530.jpg<br /><br />A Mark Donahue racer at Road America last summer.<br /><br />http://www.marketplacemagazine.com/blogs/media/blogs/b//downsized_0708001642.jpg<br /><br />A Javelin AMX next to a Corvette at the Iola Old Car Show.The Prestebloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667671319546711881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-454405957723110132011-01-30T18:38:11.342-05:002011-01-30T18:38:11.342-05:00As an aficionado of SOME AMCs (http://www.marketpl...As an aficionado of SOME AMCs (http://www.marketplacemagazine.com/blogs/blog2.php/2008/07/25/the-former-pride-of-kenosha), I would argue that killing the Javelin ultimately led to the demise of the entire company, because the Javelin was discontinued about the same time pony cars (the Camaro and Firebird) took off in the marketplace. The other thing that made me an AMC fan was the Matador squad The Prestebloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667671319546711881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-29275144951408491602010-11-25T10:05:38.569-05:002010-11-25T10:05:38.569-05:00thanks for finding my blog, Tom. There will be mor...thanks for finding my blog, Tom. There will be more AMC posts to come. I was a fan of theirs as well. I'm a huge fan of Hudsons and Nashes as well.Casey Shainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654097774209894695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-31095758958098263722010-11-25T09:49:23.550-05:002010-11-25T09:49:23.550-05:00These are great looking cars. A shame the company ...These are great looking cars. A shame the company went under. Though the Matador sedan that year, mercifully not pictured, goes down in my book as one of the ugliest cars of all time. And to think it derived from the 67 Rebel, one of the most attractive cars of it's day.<br /><br />But it seemed to me that AMC would do that a lot: start with an attractive design and add more chrome and crud tom sheepandgoatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03519896568648043000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-59977304442779927752010-11-05T14:58:51.430-04:002010-11-05T14:58:51.430-04:00Good morning, Paul,
You have me a Googleing an...Good morning, Paul,<br /><br /> You have me a Googleing and refreshing my memory. I went back and looked at the Hornets beginning with the Cavalier study . A Hornet with suicide doors ! As a kid, I recall AMC coming out with a lot of show cars and concepts in the mid to late 60s. I thought they were all very smart, clean, and imaginative.<br /><br /><br /> I think the design was so good, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-68766862059808766482010-11-05T11:40:46.740-04:002010-11-05T11:40:46.740-04:00CAsey,
I wasn't doubting that the Matadors we...CAsey,<br /><br />I wasn't doubting that the Matadors were inside but I think it's telling that they didn't put them on either the front of back cover! I guess they knew. <br /><br />I also much prefer the first generation Javelin to the updated one. The 68-70 was such a clean, uncluttered design (well, you could clutter one up with stripes, etc. but you didn't have to!). And Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-24569634385358173872010-11-04T16:06:09.023-04:002010-11-04T16:06:09.023-04:00Hello Paul,
I always liked the Hornet. It struc...Hello Paul,<br /><br /> I always liked the Hornet. It struck me as a handsome and formal looking car . <br /><br />The Matador, as you said, is an acquired taste, but that Teague-ian line along the side of the body is it's saving grace . Of course, you can put that line on a jar of mayo and it would look good!<br /><br />As for Orwellian colors : we were dumbstruck to find out we could hook Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-26783584508540009042010-11-04T16:01:29.475-04:002010-11-04T16:01:29.475-04:00Paul: Oh the Matador sedan and wagon was pictured ...Paul: Oh the Matador sedan and wagon was pictured in the brochure, I didn't scan all the pages. I didn't think I could look at a Matdor sedan long enough to scan it! The Ambassador was bad enough. The wagons weren't bad at all really, not changing all that much from '67 onwards, but the sedans had the most unfortunate facelift of the roofline EVER, lol. I wish they had kept the 2 Casey Shainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654097774209894695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-71572188245821250622010-11-04T15:35:41.394-04:002010-11-04T15:35:41.394-04:00Oh boy, all these Nashes! I still wish I could go...Oh boy, all these Nashes! I still wish I could go back in time and, instead of buying that 1967 Skylark Convertible for my first trip to California (in 1974), I'd bought a brand-new Hornet 2-door sedan! I would have said a Gremlin except I didn't really like how they did the bumpers for 1974 -- it made the Gremlin look a lot less cute and perky than in previous years -- it looked a bit Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-82736040098077233242010-11-03T23:05:58.987-04:002010-11-03T23:05:58.987-04:00That plum Javelin is fantastic ! All those colors ...That plum Javelin is fantastic ! All those colors are incredible. We just bought a new car and the limited ,drab color choice was almost Orwellian !<br /><br />The Javelin's profile really brings out the beauty of its c-pillar.<br /><br />Thanks so much for sharing your collection .<br /><br />AP<br />MalibuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-57550255224694887142010-11-03T20:52:11.535-04:002010-11-03T20:52:11.535-04:00The Javielin sure does look like one mean machine ...The Javielin sure does look like one mean machine of its day, I can understand people's appreciation for this car<br />and why they would pay top dollar for it.Korean Car Maniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413162812043485242noreply@blogger.com