The Matador came shortly after the Ambassador of the late 50's and early 60's and was similar in size to the Ford LTD and Chevy Caprice
Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 05:19:49PM -0400, Mitch Haley wrote: >> I thought a Matador was a Hornet coupe. In "Man with a Golden Gun", didn't >> Bond and the redneck sheriff chase Scaramanga and Tattoo in a Hornet, with >> Scaramanga driving a Matador which converted into an airplane? > >In that movie, the hornet was the red car, and the converted plane car >was a matador coupe (the 74-78 body style). The matador coupe is MUCH larger >than a hornet. The police cars were the sedan version of the matador (they >don't look similar until you remove the sheet metal). > >Memory serving me, there was fairly heavy use of a couple of mercedes sedans >(114/115?) in that movie as well, just not in the chase scenes. > >K > >_______________________________________ >For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > -- 69 280 SEL 120,000 Miles 72 350SL 108,000 Miles 2004 VW Passat 4 Motion 1999 Mazda Miata __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp
