Matador used in Ad - Orange County choppers etc.

["Brien Tourville" <hh7x@xxxx>]

Orange County Choppers 
Montgomery , New York


I've met the Tutles a few times - their shop
is down the street from my best chum Chris'
Restaurant : Camillos' at the Crossroads .

Paul Sr. et al do lunch and dinners there
quite a lot .

I had my Kammback photoed by the Discovery
Crew during a shoot there - it was parked infront .

The crew are regulars when they are in town .

Paul Jr. purchased a leftover Prowler last year -
brought it by the Restaurant one evening - 
low on Tire Pressure - we topped it off from
our MC air compressor - talked about chrome
flash rusting in Florida & chrome sealants .

At the time - talked on different approaches
to more power for the Prowler - I like turbos - 
he mentioned NOS .

The new Choppers Discovery segment shows 
the installation of the NOS kit at their shop .

These guys are for real - ......... went by their
shop one afternoon - just good guys working 
like they always do......... 


Brien.
NEW YORK




On 4 Feb 2004 at 11:08, mail@xxxx wrote:


From: "Tony Zamisch" <tony.zamisch@xxxx>
Date: 2004/02/03 Tue AM 02:54:51 EST
To: "AMC List" <mail@xxxx>
Subject: AOL Super Bowl Ad/The Car

Friends, Listers, and anyone else who cares:

Here's the story behind the AOL commercial. As you saw, the car is 
a
Matador Barcelona coupe. 360 V/8, loaded, including a factory Moon 
Roof.
The
owner of Powerhouse entertainment is an AMC fan from way back, which 
is
why
he wanted a Matador coupe. Originally, they were looking for a beater
car
that they could paint primer gray, cut up the hood, etc. When I told
them
that this was a pretty decent car, (and once they saw it) they agreed
not
to
primer it or cut it up.

They found another hood prior to the shoot, that they could cut a
hole
in
and paint to match the rest of the car. The owner of Powerhouse was
thinking
about keeping the car after the TV broadcast, but an interesting 
thing
happened after the shoot in New York with the American Chopper guys.

According to Phillip at Powerhouse, American Chopper Dad "Paul 
Sr."
liked
the car so much, and his younger son Mikey (the one who drove the car 
in
the
commercial), LOVED it! Paul Sr. bought the car for Mikey. The car 
will
(more
than likely) be seen now and again in future episodes of American
Chopper.
How cool is that?!!

I will be contacting the guys at Orange County Choppers this week 
to
talk
with them about the commercial and to see how Mikey likes the 
Matador.

It's always fun working with Hollywood!

Kind regards to all,

Tony Z.
California Classic AMC, Inc.
Aerolite Mfg. Co.
(619) 423-0364
10:00 to 10:00 PM Pacific Standard Time
Monday Through Saturday
closed Sundays and Holidays
Home of the AMC Land Speed Record and
"Great White", The World's Fastest AMC Car.
www.amx-perience.com




The way Mikey works at the shop i fear for the Mattys safety now LOL
Bart