Vehicle Description
1974 American Motors Matador Coupe ?One owner local car! With only
56,751 actual miles! ?Recent $4,000 service, new fuel tank, rebuilt
carb, new fuel pump, engine rebuild and new aluminum radiator
?AMC?s dramatically restyled two-door Matador for 1974 ?Scaled down
version of this car appeared in the 1974 James Bond film, ?The Man
with the Golden Gun? ?NASCAR versions of this model competed in
1974 and 1975, with Mark Donohue and Bobby Allison driving winning
Matadors ?Rebuilt 258 CID inline six-cylinder engine (VIN code A)
?Torque-Command three-speed automatic transmission ?Snow White
exterior (code A1) and Black patterned cloth and corduroy
upholstery (code 431E) ?Power brakes Remember the flying car in
James Bond?s ?The Man with the Golden Gun?? We are pleased to offer
another example of the 1974 AMC Matador Coupe here at MotoeXotica
Classic Cars. This car is a local one that was a one owner since
new and it only has 56,751 original miles! It was sold new, right
here in St. Louis and it recently received $4,000 in recent
service, new fuel tank, rebuilt carb, new fuel pump, engine rebuild
and new aluminum radiator. A subset of the personal luxury market,
mid-size coupe demand rose at the tail end of the Muscle Car Era. A
new entry in 1974 was American Motors? Matador Coupe. AMC surprised
the industry when it quickly redesigned the Matador coupe,
transforming it from stodgy in ?73 to curvaceous in ?74. Built in
AMC?s Kenosha, Wisconsin factory (VIN code 4) in June 1974, this
car is finished in its original Snow White (code A1). The car?s
paint and trim are in good, original condition while the bodywork
is straight and solid. The engine bay is tidy, the AC Delco battery
looks good and the chrome bumpers are in very good order. This
Matador rolls on whitewall radials, size 205/75R14 at every corner.
Each tire is mounted on a steel wheel topped with factory AMC
dog-dish type wheel covers. The tires and wheel covers are all in
good, original condition. Under the hood is a rebuilt 258 CID
straight six-cylinder engine, a step up from the base 232 CID I6.
Backing the motor is a Torque-Command three-speed automatic
transmission, which was sourced from Chrysler, its popular
TorqueFlite unit. This car features power brakes as a convenience
option. Inside, the original black (code 431E) cloth and corduroy
interior looks fantastic. The front and rear bench seats look new
and offer a great contrast to the white exterior. The black
carpeting is in very good shape, as is the headliner. The two-spoke
steering wheel looks good, while the dashboard and inner door
panels are in good, original order. A column-mounted shift lever
completes the interior. The 1974 model year introduced an
aerodynamically styled fastback coupe with pronounced ?tunneled?
headlight surrounds. The Matador coupe was the only all-new model
in the popular mid-size car segment, specifically targeting the
Chevrolet Chevelle Coupe, Ford Torino Coupe and Plymouth Satellite
Sebring. The coupe was designed under the direction of AMC?s vice
president of styling, Dick Teague, with input from Mark Donohue,
the famous NASCAR driver. AMC?s styling department had greater
freedom because of a decision to design the new Matador strictly as
a coupe, without the constraints of attempting to have the sedan
and station wagon versions fit the same body lines. Reportedly,
Teague designed the coupe's front as an homage to one of the first
AMCs he designed, the 1964 Rambler American. This was one of
several distinctive elements as the long sloping hood was set off
by deeply tunneled headlamps between a broad grille with turn
signal lamps resembling driving lamps. The forward edge of the hood
was part of a character crease line that went completely around the
middle of the car and continued across the rear end. The coupe's
doors were extra-long and featured frameless glass. The distinctive
B-pillars and the quarter side windows sloped with the roof line.
The combination of a very long low hood and a tall short rear deck
enhanced the coupe's wind-shaped look. The new coupe featured a
totally unique design to avoid the massive, blockish look. The
bodywork flowed underneath the coupe?s broad grille with tunneled
headlamps in the rear with an uninterrupted design with the four
round taillamps and indented license plate area while the bumpers
were free standing with only rubber gaiters concealing the
retractable shock absorbers. Many were amazed that AMC came up with
the fast, stylish Matador, considering the automaker's size and
limited resources. The Matador coupe stands out as one of the more
distinctive and controversial designs of the 1970s after the AMC
Pacer and was named ?Best Styled Car of 1974? by Car and Driver
magazine. A Popular Mechanics survey indicated ?luscious looks of
Matador coupe swept most owners off their feet? with a ?specific
like? listed by 63.7 percent of them for ?styling.? Sales of the
coupe were brisk with 62,629 Matador coupes delivered for its
introductory year (August 1973 thru December 1974, Long Year), up
sharply from the 7,067 Matador hardtops sold in 1973. This is a
respectable record that went against the drop in the overall market
during 1974 and the decline in popularity of intermediate-sized
coupes after the 1973 oil crisis. In 1974, the coupe outsold
four-door Matadors by nearly 25,000 units. Coupe competition to
this Matador in 1974 included Chevrolet?s Chevelle, Ford?s Torino,
Plymouth?s Satellite Sebring and Pontiac?s Le Mans. If you?re
looking for your first classic car, or if you?re after an
eclectic-looking but good driver, you should stop by MotoeXotica
Classic Cars today to check out this 1974 Matador Coupe. Its
styling turns heads and people will want to know what it is. VIN:
A4A167A427356? This car is currently located at our facility in St.
Louis, Missouri. Current mileage on the odometer shows 56,751
miles. It is sold as is, where is, on a clean and clear, Missouri
title and is still included with the original 1974 Missouri title
from the original owner. GET OUT AND DRIVE!!!? Note: Please see
full terms and conditions listed below that pertain to the purchase
of any said vehicle, thank you.
