1975 AMC Matador Sedan from North America - Comments

In the 8 years that we had the car, the starter went 2 times. First was back in 1980, and then in 1985. In addition, other mechanical things went wrong, with the exception of back in 1987 when we got rid of it. What happened? Well, the transmission and the exhaust system all went at one shot.

When we got the car back in 1979, it was owned by a priest from a local church who told us that he at the time wanted a Cadillac. We paid $3000 for it. The car had only 14000 miles on it. The color? Sort of a burnt orangy color with tan vinyl seats that looked drab in texture.

The car was a beast! It had lots of room inside, and trunk was very big. We used it for flea markets, and back in 1981, we had a very close call with the car.

As we were starting the car at the flea market that we were at, we heard this loud grinding noise coming from the motor. It turned out that one of the fan blades from the motor broke off, and went right through the hood. Luckily, nobody was near the car when it happened! The problem was fixed in just a week.

There are days when we still talk about this car, and we still miss it. By now, the parts will be very hard to find for it. Back in the 1970's here in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, these cars were used as city an municipal cars.

Just a quick comment about the author's statement about parts--I am a AMC fan and lover of 20 years and am always shocked at how easy parts are to find for these cars. AMC used many parts from other car makers--there are parts that are GM, they used a Chrysler trans--ETC. anyhow I've NEVER had trouble finding any parts for my AMCs--EXAMPLE--I have a 1977 AMC Concord (hornet) and one of the rear leaf springs rusted and broke--my mechanic said "We have looked everywhere--can't find it--called 50 places" then he said " guess we are going to have to have one hand made"--I stopped by a junkyard--the guy there pulled out a book and said"Its the same spring as the Gremlin, Hornet, Eagle, Sprint--we have 40 of them"--so again--just took asking!!

I bought a 1976 matador sedan in 2006 64k miles original, with 304 v8. the car is older than myself, and sat under a car port for a good couple years. keep posting it's good stuff, not a lot of info on this car the more the better.