Re: Matador "Machine" color/ EAGLE instead?

["Mark Price" <mprice@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I too would have left it original. Not that I have a real say!
It was just,IMHO, a more interesting car with the silver paint and vinyl top. It was Classy, and understated, but, you knew when you looked at it that it wasn't just another Matador. Now, in red, it doesn't do a thing for me. Plus, the "no expenses spared, Restoration" phrase sounds bogus when you look at all the chrome. Not a restoration, but a massive redo!Do-over! Restification! Pick a catch phrase, but it's not a restoration! If I where a very rich man, I'd buy it and strip it down and go back to silver with the vinyl top! I'm not a rich man, so I'm looking at what appears to be a very clean 82 Eagle with 40,000 miles on it on E-bay. Anyone have any Eagles out there that are clean and reasonably priced?
A Cherokee XJ would work too! I need a second 4X4. Too much going on for us to only have one and travel the mountain this winter!
Thanks,
Mark Price
Morgantown,Wv



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From: "Jeff Reeves" <jeffr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: mail-From-mprice-westco.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 08:57:29 -0400

>It gets a bit old to see everything redone in "resale red." 
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>The original silver/black vinyl top color scheme would be much more
>interesting due to how few cars like that are seen. Plus, due to the rarity
>of the car keeping its stock appearance adds to the perceived value and
>interest. Of course this is merely my opinion.
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>I once swore up and down that I'd never have a red vehicle. Now I have
>three--the Spirit, the Javelin, and my S10. The Spirit will be repainted
>Sebring Red because I didn't want to go through the trouble of changing it
>to white (which I'd prefer). However, I'm still undecided whether to paint
>the Javelin in its original Trans Am (orange) Red, or paint it either white
>or blue. The thing about all three of these red vehicles is that they all
>sort of "fell" into my lap--I wasn't actively seeking any of them. It just
>happens that they were all incidentally red. 
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>Jeff Reeves
>Auburn GA
>79 Spirit GT (red)
>72 Javelin SST (orangey-red)
>69 Ambassador DPL (used ta be yella, but now sorta green around the edges)
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>From: nick.alfano@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: 2004/10/20 Wed AM 10:29:29 EDT
>> To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Is this **THE** Matador Machine?
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>> If this is Pat's old car, wasn't it originally silver and extremely 
>> rusty before the body and paint work was done?
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>> Nick Alfano
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>> Yes it is and its had extensive work done to it i.e lots of NOS body 
>> parts.it looks awesome now don't you think?its a shame a few on here would
>rather see it silver with a'YUCK'vinyl rot breeder top'.I think she looks
>sharp as hell in red course i'm prob partial to the color since my 73
>Gremlin will be Coka Cola red :P Bart M.
>> 73 AMC Gremlin 360'AMC'
>> 73 Ford F100 360'Ford'
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