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![Last week the QOTD asked which seventies car had the ugliest five MPH bumpers. Daniel M. nominated the Matador sedans, and I’ll concur. Dick Teague developed some interesting federalized bumper designs, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/4-Sleek-Flanks-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: Last Generation Matador- At the End of the Road")
Junkyard Classic: Last Generation Matador- At the End of the Road
Posted on January 23, 2014 | 31 CommentsLast week the QOTD asked which seventies car had the ugliest five MPH bumpers. Daniel M. nominated the Matador sedans, and I’ll concur. Dick Teague developed some interesting federalized bumper designs, […] -
![Sick of Matadors, you say? Too bad, because it’s AMC Week and I am going to milk my appreciation of Matadors as much as I can! I saw this one […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/matador-6-800x600-e1388877445429.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "eBay Find: 1977 AMC Matador Station Wagon – Cool In Copper")
eBay Find: 1977 AMC Matador Station Wagon – Cool In Copper
Posted on January 21, 2014 | 34 CommentsSick of Matadors, you say? Too bad, because it’s AMC Week and I am going to milk my appreciation of Matadors as much as I can! I saw this one […] -
![Since I have decreed today to be Matador Day, here’s yet another I saw last summer at the weekly Culver’s cruise night in Davenport. It’s burnt orange, it’s a wagon, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/8-04-2013-8-11-2013-022-800x533-e1388360020874.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Outtake: 1973 AMC Matador Wagon: This Is A Matador, Too")
Car Show Outtake: 1973 AMC Matador Wagon: This Is A Matador, Too
Posted on January 20, 2014 | 40 CommentsSince I have decreed today to be Matador Day, here’s yet another I saw last summer at the weekly Culver’s cruise night in Davenport. It’s burnt orange, it’s a wagon, […] -
CC Outtake: I’m Guessing His Horn Went Beep Beep Beep…
Posted on December 12, 2013 | 21 CommentsWhile driving in my Lincoln, what to my surprise! A little Rambler was following me, roughly half my size. -
![Pop quiz time! What has a straight six, a four-speed manual, four-wheel drive and…opera windows? Nothing, you say? Au contraire. Take a look at that instrument panel, guess, and click […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/KGrHqZHJCIFJZJM7FzBSdvzeO0w60_57.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "eBay Find: Want A Four-Speed 4×4 With Opera Windows?")
eBay Find: Want A Four-Speed 4×4 With Opera Windows?
Posted on November 11, 2013 | 49 CommentsPop quiz time! What has a straight six, a four-speed manual, four-wheel drive and…opera windows? Nothing, you say? Au contraire. Take a look at that instrument panel, guess, and click […] -
![I can’t let Independents’ Week go by without at least a passing mention of the AMX. Plus, I shot a most excellent one at a Quad Cities Cruisers cruise night […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/6-8-2013-079-800x562-e1383348775605.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Independents’ Week Outtake: Don’t Forget The AMX!")
Independents’ Week Outtake: Don’t Forget The AMX!
Posted on November 2, 2013 | 28 CommentsI can’t let Independents’ Week go by without at least a passing mention of the AMX. Plus, I shot a most excellent one at a Quad Cities Cruisers cruise night […] -
![“It’s in rough shape,” my mechanic said when I asked about the old Jeep with a for-sale sign in the window. I’d just paid him for an oil change. “It’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/79JeepCJ7_2jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1979 Jeep CJ-7 – Dads Can Dream")
CC Capsule: 1979 Jeep CJ-7 – Dads Can Dream
Posted on August 17, 2013 | 26 Comments“It’s in rough shape,” my mechanic said when I asked about the old Jeep with a for-sale sign in the window. I’d just paid him for an oil change. “It’s […] -
![I’ll admit it – I am a mite prone to daydreaming. One of my more frequent stops on the woolgathering express is to ask myself what might I be driving […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Image1507.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Question: Does Your New Car Remind You of an Old Car? Or, What Would Your Driveway Look Like in 1973?")
Curbside Question: Does Your New Car Remind You of an Old Car? Or, What Would Your Driveway Look Like in 1973?
Posted on May 31, 2013 | 131 CommentsI’ll admit it – I am a mite prone to daydreaming. One of my more frequent stops on the woolgathering express is to ask myself what might I be driving […] -
![Every time we write about the Renault Alliance here at Curbside Classic, at least one commenter wonders: “These things all suddenly disappeared from the roads in the early 90s. Where […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/MiscAlliances1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Where Renault Alliances Go to Die")
Where Renault Alliances Go to Die
Posted on April 20, 2013 | 52 CommentsEvery time we write about the Renault Alliance here at Curbside Classic, at least one commenter wonders: “These things all suddenly disappeared from the roads in the early 90s. Where […] -
![One needs to make the best of a situation. During a recent bout of insomnia, I was thumbing through some old pictures and stumbled upon these. While heading for Oregon […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/P8090108.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Museum Classics: The Pioneer Auto Show in Murdo, South Dakota")
Museum Classics: The Pioneer Auto Show in Murdo, South Dakota
Posted on April 4, 2013 | 27 CommentsOne needs to make the best of a situation. During a recent bout of insomnia, I was thumbing through some old pictures and stumbled upon these. While heading for Oregon […] -
![Since AMC never bothered to tool up an extended or double-cab version of the Comanche, a number of XJ lovers have taken up the challenge. This enterprising redneck on the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Redneck-DIY-XJ-Pickup-Tahoma-CA-CC-Crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "XJ Day Finale: A Cheromanche for the Whole Tribe – Crude And Slick Versions")
XJ Day Finale: A Cheromanche for the Whole Tribe – Crude And Slick Versions
Posted on January 23, 2013 | 11 CommentsSince AMC never bothered to tool up an extended or double-cab version of the Comanche, a number of XJ lovers have taken up the challenge. This enterprising redneck on the […] -
![In 1984, at the age of 16, I went to Germany on an exchange program. At the time, our family’s only vehicle was that Chevy van with the unattached rear […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/renault3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1983 Renault Alliance MT–The Appliance")
COAL: 1983 Renault Alliance MT–The Appliance
Posted on December 15, 2012 | 32 CommentsIn 1984, at the age of 16, I went to Germany on an exchange program. At the time, our family’s only vehicle was that Chevy van with the unattached rear […] -
![So, are you sick of the AMC Matador coupe? Too bad, because I had to share this would-be Matador sedan, posted to Jim Grey’s Matador COAL writeup, in the comments. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/75-Barcelona-sedan-e1354580649498.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Late Night What If: Matador Cassini Sedan and Barcelona Brougham Mark II")
Late Night What If: Matador Cassini Sedan and Barcelona Brougham Mark II
Posted on December 3, 2012 | 28 CommentsSo, are you sick of the AMC Matador coupe? Too bad, because I had to share this would-be Matador sedan, posted to Jim Grey’s Matador COAL writeup, in the comments. […] -
![Thanks to the ’74 Cassini Matador COAL we featured yesterday, I have Matadors on the brain. Earlier today I discovered this ’70s-tastic commercial for the Barcelona II on YouTube…or is it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/76-Matador-e1354480158737.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC TV: The 1977 Matador Barcelona II – Cutlass Crusader?")
CC TV: The 1977 Matador Barcelona II – Cutlass Crusader?
Posted on December 2, 2012 | 28 CommentsThanks to the ’74 Cassini Matador COAL we featured yesterday, I have Matadors on the brain. Earlier today I discovered this ’70s-tastic commercial for the Barcelona II on YouTube…or is it […] -
![(ED: Welcome Jim Grey, who is starting a new Saturday COAL series today) During my 1970s kidhood, lots of dads on my block had two-door cars. Moms, on the other […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/66galaxie.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1974 AMC Matador Oleg Cassini – Copper and Rust")
COAL: 1974 AMC Matador Oleg Cassini – Copper and Rust
Posted on December 1, 2012 | 71 Comments(ED: Welcome Jim Grey, who is starting a new Saturday COAL series today) During my 1970s kidhood, lots of dads on my block had two-door cars. Moms, on the other […]
