When Andy Schallitz was trying to make a big snap decision on whether to purchase his pristine 1974 AMC Matador coupe, he got a piece of advice from his twin brother, Adam, that he just couldn’t argue with.
“We were coming back to the guy’s house and pulling in the driveway (on a test drive), and my brother — he’s always loved these things — he just leaned over to me and said, ‘If you really want one of these, you’re never going to find a nicer one.’”
That was all the affirmation Andy needed to hear. He pulled the trigger that day, and he’s had no second thoughts in the three years since. The decision was certainly made easier by the fact that the tan Matador was a true time capsule with a paltry 5,760 miles on the odometer at the time. It hadn’t even been properly broken in the 46 years since it had been ordered new by a Matador fan who couldn’t wait to own one.
“I came across an ad on Craigslist for this Matador, and the guy said, ‘If you want a Matador, you have to come and see this,’”
