Wanna buy a vintage car? Or - maybe 8000 of them?

I live near the yard and have gotten to know Larry. There are some real gems in among the rough cars. It took several years before I was finally allowed full access to wander around the yard without supervision. He won't let most people into the yard at all. You tell him what parts you need and they will go back and pick them. Cool old school place. Don
 
I'd love the Bonneville mentioned in the article. And I hate to admit this, but the Matador is pretty interesting. My Mom had a brown one. I have some fine memories of us in that car.
 
silver-eagle said:
And I hate to admit this, but the Matador is pretty interesting. My Mom had a brown one. I have some fine memories of us in that car.
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For me, not so fine memories. The place I worked in the mid-80's had a couple (one blue, one **** brown) of Matadors. One of my colleagues referred to them as "Bastadors".
 
Funny thing about Matadors; the police departments around here had lots of 'em, and they called them, "Matadogs," because they were not as fast as the Pontiacs.

On the other hand, they also had the reputation of being very durable, and tolerating abuse better than the other police cars of the era.

Friend of mine had a Matador sedan (I believe it was a '75), with the 304 engine. Smooth, quiet, very comfortable car, but no one would ever have accused it of being fast! As he put it, when you floored the go-pedal, you'd hear, "...the roar of the fan and the hiss of the converter..."

Ironically enough, I'd sort of like to have a car like that now, as perhaps the ultimate anti-snob car. It would be old enough that one could easily modify the engine for decent performance, since it is past the 25-year smog check inspection window.
 
silver-eagle said:
I'd love the Bonneville mentioned in the article. And I hate to admit this, but the Matador is pretty interesting. My Mom had a brown one. I have some fine memories of us in that car.
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My mom had a white 61' Bonneville Convertible, the year I turned 16. I loved that car. It had leather bucket seats.
 
My brother had a Matador back in the 70s. It was pretty neat back then. We took it to the desert and had the AC on for about 20 minutes before it started to overheat. Drove through the rest of the desert with no AC. Of course, if you live in the north, where there's snow and salt they would rust away in a few minutes. What a deal....
 
SCCutler said:
Funny thing about Matadors; the police departments around here had lots of 'em, and they called them, "Matadogs," because they were not as fast as the Pontiacs.

On the other hand, they also had the reputation of being very durable, and tolerating abuse better than the other police cars of the era.

Friend of mine had a Matador sedan (I believe it was a '75), with the 304 engine. Smooth, quiet, very comfortable car, but no one would ever have accused it of being fast! As he put it, when you floored the go-pedal, you'd hear, "...the roar of the fan and the hiss of the converter..."

Ironically enough, I'd sort of like to have a car like that now, as perhaps the ultimate anti-snob car. It would be old enough that one could easily modify the engine for decent performance, since it is past the 25-year smog check inspection window.
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Is this close enough, Spike? :stirpot:

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Paul Harvey once said "that car looked like a shoe, but sold like a hot cake."
 
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