Mark Donahue Style tribute Matador AMC on the street
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dartindanno
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I love to see those old AMC's in the wild!
Perhaps a 401 Dogleg.
I bought twenty 72 to 74 LAPD Matadors from auction
for my dealership in 1975. They were shockingly Fast!
I put on in my CJ5 Jeep (Bolt in easy Swap). It was faster
than many of the muscle cars at the Dealership but a real
handful to drive at 120+ MPH!!
I bought twenty 72 to 74 LAPD Matadors from auction
for my dealership in 1975. They were shockingly Fast!
I put on in my CJ5 Jeep (Bolt in easy Swap). It was faster
than many of the muscle cars at the Dealership but a real
handful to drive at 120+ MPH!!
Kendog 170
Let the boy go !
So that's a Matador!
Holy (censored)! One of my buddies had a 401 in a CJ-5 (this was about 1992 or so), and it was a handful at 60, if you mashed the gas...
I can't imagine trying to keep the dirty side down at 120!
You, sir, must have some "brass ones"!
So cool!
Well I do not know about Brass, But plenty big at my age!
They also include a long Scar where my Black Labrador bit
me back then while replacing the starter on our 71 Hemi Cuda.
since then, I work on the cars in Jeans and never shorts.
They also include a long Scar where my Black Labrador bit
me back then while replacing the starter on our 71 Hemi Cuda.
since then, I work on the cars in Jeans and never shorts.
dartindanno
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My friend's Son has a nice SCrambler and he's only 17. Runs high 11's with a 401.
His Dad has an "all stock" Rambler running 9.0
His Dad has an "all stock" Rambler running 9.0
jos51700
Green Bearing thread connoisseur
huh? 401 Dogleg? Today's my day to hear about new stuff I never heard of before.
abdywgn
dismantler
dogleg exhaust ports on the 70(?) and up heads. 2.025 intake and 1.68 exhaust valves. 2.08/1.74 Mopar valves were a swap option. intake bolt pattern is different also.
Professor Fate
Push the button, Max...
Did the same with the '79 AMX (Spirit body style) I had years back- the 401 just bolted right up in place of the 304 and looked dead stock. The thing was downright evil... loved picking on the unsuspecting 5.0 Muskrats! I never should have sold it.
This style:
All those AMC V8 blocks in that era, with different displacement but blocks are the same size.
AMC made some very underestimated cars back in the day. Studebaker did also.
Professor Fate
Push the button, Max...
Yeah, like the "Stude Tomato" in the Pure Stock series- seriously, a 12 second factory-motor Stude?? Gotta love it!
https://www.hotrod.com/features/1963-studebaker-r2-lark-superhero/
Man, that thing is truly FUGLY.
Get rid o that hoaky home lettered 16 and put some bumpers on it.
Mark Donohue is turning over in his grave.
Get rid o that hoaky home lettered 16 and put some bumpers on it.
Mark Donohue is turning over in his grave.
abdywgn
dismantler
Pictures?
784 SC360'Ss were made, 130 are in existence today. This picture below is not of mine, but of an identical black car. Mines in one of my garages out in Colorado next to a 1 of 48 made Lotus. I haven't seen the car in years.. This info is from the SC360 registry:
71 SC/360 P1 Classic Black
is one of the rarest colors! Black cars have some differences not found on regular production colors. Black paint was a $56 OPTION more than a "regular" production color.
I was in Kenosha this past Sunday afternoon and went to the Kenosha History Museum to see what cars they had in there currently.
Davey Allison's Matador that won in Milwaukee is on display.
Tom
Davey Allison's Matador that won in Milwaukee is on display.
Tom
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