If you can drive a 196 American comfortably in traffic the big car would not even phase you. Other than their mass the throttle response was fine. It would not take your breathe away but they just plain ran like utilitarian big cars. I have a soft spot for the 70's which thankfully is enough to keep the rocks out! Or I'd really want one... Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device from U.S. Cellular -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx> Sender: amc-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 18:18:02 To: AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family<amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] 75 Matador 6-cylinder Okay, I know it's just plain wrong - but I kinda like the coffin-nosed Matty's. Especially the wagons. Adequate performance? My cars were a '71 Simca, a 68 Nova with 230 six, 2 speed powerglide and one barrel carb, 64 Karmann Ghia, Ranger pickup with 2.3 and a 5 speed, Mazda 323P (for Peon), Saturn SL1 and a Corolla. I know all about just barely adequate performance, lol. On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Jeff Reeves <amcnut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I had one for about 12 years. > Mine was a 76 Brougham sedan I owned from 1988-2000. Had 30K on it when I got it, had 54K when I sold it. Really nice plush ride. Burnished Bronze Metallic with tan cloth. The 258 in the big car certainly wasn't going to win any races, but it was *adequate*. Mine had AC, PS, PDB and the dinky 1-barrel carburetor. I think I got 24MPG out of this car on a few occasions. > > Jeff Reeves > Auburn, GA > 01 Grand Cherokee Laredo > 72 Javelin SST > 68 AMX (x2) > AMO Technical Editor _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com