Re: Limelight Green/Terry Gale AMC Museum (was found 70 Matador)

["Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxx>]

Something I want to mention also about that paint color: It was a one year
issue, and plase note the paint code: A7-00. The 'double zero' paint code is
often referenced with 'special order' paint such as 70 Trans Am Javelin and
on some SC/Ramblers and oddities like two pick 68 AMXs, and pink 72 AMXs and
other weird paint where the car was pulled off the line to paint. In this
case however, the A7 is of course Limelight Green
WITH NO VINYL ROOF. Which I found strange, not the first car I have had with
00 in the paint code though, just unusual to see a 'double 00' paint code on
a car. Most two numbered paint codes are for cars that were upper/lower
paint like Bayshore Blue top and Commodore Blue bottom for instance, ot
Matador Red P39 bottom and P72 top so it would read PAINT 39-72.

As for Limelight Green, here is Terry Gale's AMC Museum Link, some of you
might want to bookmark it:
http://www162.pair.com/nashram/nash/museum/

Lu, take a good look at what a 71 Matador like mine looks like with a clean,
shiny Limelight Green paint job:
http://www162.pair.com/nashram/nash/museum/photo024.jpg

Very nice color, silvery/green tint, looks even better in the sunlight. Not
for everyone but done right, it is a pretty color. I may add one of AMC's
slogans for the new 1971 Matador was "Matador: The Nicest Car You've Never
Seen".

Also if you look at my original window sticker for this car, note how
de-optioned it was:
they opted for the 210hp 304V8, but NO AC, NO PS, NO PB and thank God it was
the last year AMC used those sh*t vacuum wipers in their vehicles, but these
folks didn't want to spend the $34 to equip it with electric wipers! Go
figure!
Eddie Stakes
www.planethoustonamx.com
*Note volume of email is
extremely heavy, expect
5-12 day responses
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "lumina333" <lumina333@xxxx>
To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 7:58 AM
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Found a 70 Matador with 304


Geez Eddie - AMC charged you for wheel covers but not for
the 'Limelight Metallic Green' paint....oh, wait, I guess they paid
YOU for that (rebate)! LOL
--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Eddie Stakes"
<eddiestakes@xxxx> wrote:
> The 71 304V8 was rated at 210hp, really peppy engine out of the
box. My 71 Matador sitting in the driveway is one example, here is
the original window sticker:
> http://www.planethoustonamx.com/window%
20stickers/71_SAMPLE_WINDOW_STICKER.jpg
> This thing winds up very quick and for being a little stock 304 2
barrel with AT, can really scoot from 0-60mph.
>
> It's true, you can only do so much with a 304, but have seen them
built up to over 500hp too..
> One of the good things about them is there are more items available
for them than the 401 and 390 engines, especially bolt on. Depends on
how much $$$ you want to drop in it!
> Eddie Stakes
> www.planethoustonamx.com





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