[Greg Reimer 7376]

My main AMC experience was when,in 1980,I took a job with Los Angeles County's Mechanical Department, where we serviced and repaired the vehicle fleet. The La Sheriff's Department had phased out their Matador black and whites, but we had a couple of plain color cars, one was a jade green 73 Matador, 401 with a 727 Torqueflite.It was a 4500 pound sleeper. That car on a wide open throttle leave from a stop light would bark the tires really loud on the second gear upshift. It felt like it could easily pin the speedometer, but that car's downfall was the size and weight in a uni-body. Upper control arms and front end pieces liked to break on these. On one of them, the upper bushing bolts had been rotating in the mounting holes until they cut through the inner fender stampings, and the front end collapsed .That engine and trans were begging to be put in something more deserving of it. Another weird find in the fleet were a pair of 77 Pontiac LeMans two door sedans with 403 Olds power. Wonder what class those fit, and wonder how many were built? Any Pontomobile fans out there?? ('>')