Model Car Garage - The 1975 Mark Donohue AMC Matador Sports Coupe By AMT/ERTL - A Model Car Unboxing
Channel: Monster Hobbies Model Car Garage
Date: 2021-07-16

Penske Racing prepared factory-backed Matador hardtops and coupes that were used in NASCAR stock car tracks. Drivers included Indy winners Mark Donohue and Bobby Allison, and they won several races.

Today on the Monster Hobbies Model Car Garage we will be looking at the 1975 Mark Donohue AMC Matador Sports Coupe By AMT/ERTL. This is a model car unboxing video.

The new 1974 coupe replaced the previous "flying brick" two-door hardtop design from 1971 and Penske was quoted as saying that they did what they could with the old hardtop, and it did better on tracks with more curves and fewer straightaways. Donohue did not survive to drive the new aerodynamically designed fastback coupe, that many believe was aimed at NASCAR racing. 

The five wins for the AMC Matador are:

Winston Western 500 – Riverside – Mark Donohue – 21 January 1973
Los Angeles Times 500 – Ontario – Bobby Allison – 24 November 1974
Winston Western 500 – Riverside – Bobby Allison – 19 January 1975
Rebel 500 – Darlington – Bobby Allison – 13 April 1975
Southern 500 – Darlington – Bobby Allison – 1 September 1975
Bobby Allison also won the non-points Daytona 125 qualifying race on 13 February 1975 and finished second in the Daytona 500 three days later.

The 1975 Mark Donohue AMC Matador Sports Coupe By AMT/ERTL originally came out in 1974 and was boxed as the Mark Donohue AMC Matador Sports Coupe and included his picture and racing number on the box top. It was also released as the 1975  Bobby Allison AMC Matador Sports Coupe in it's production history.

The AMT/ERTL 1975 AMC Matador Sports Coupe model car kit includes a 23 piece 364 C.I. AMC racing engine with a single carburetor and a two piece separate manual transmission. This is a beautiful showpiece and is well detailed.     

The interior is a multi-piece racing unit and includes racing aluminum door panels, rear seat blank-out panel, racing bucket seat, floor shifter, racing dashboard, racing steering wheel, 8 piece roll bar and many other racing interior components. 

The wheels are great recreations of the period correct NASCAR slot mag wheels and the tires are Goodyear Blue Streak Race Car Specials. These are "slick" tires with no tread pattern for better grip on the race track. 

Proportionately, AMT captured the look of the 1975 AMC Matador perfectly, however, I have read that the ride height for the model car needs to be lowered slightly to match that of it's real world contemporary.

This is a clean model kit with minimal mold marks and flash. If you love building and collecting vintage NASCAR models, then this kit will look great in your collection. Also look for the 1995 release of the  Bobby Allison car to act as a companion to this one. 

FEATURES:
1/25 scale, skill 2 for ages 10+ 
Length - 7 1/2"
80+ Pieces
Detailed chassis and 364 cubic inch racing engine. 
Detailing decals and sponsorship logos
Molded in grey, clear and transparent red with chrome plated parts and black vinyl tires
Paint and cement required, but not included.

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