AMC Matador by Iconic Replicas

Graeme Ogg · 2025-12-19T15:50:50Z

As a follow-up to a post about a month ago, I have just received the Iconic Replicas AMC Matador police car in Phoenix police livery. I had it on pre-order and the UK supplier was good enough to let me know that Iconic had increased the price quite a bit on delivery (presumably due to the dreaded tariffs) and said I could cancel if I wanted to, but I went ahead anyway. It is an interesting subject and nice to have, although the pale livery does make the body style look a little "soft focus". My slightly dark photos actually flatter it by making it look a bit bolder. I guess the black and white police version would look more dramatic but it wasn't available in the UK at the time (and seems to be selling at quite a premium where it is on offer). Anyway it is a pretty decent, accurate-looking model. No complaints about the paint finish, body graphics, light bar and fine windscreen wipers. The front and rear chrome is fine. By contrast, the rather grey-looking silver paint used for the window surrounds looks a little thin and weak, especially on the side window frames where it looks a bit cheap, but at least it is tidily applied so I'm not complaining too loudly. I guess if you could be bothered to dismantle this model, strip the paint and fill in the mounting holes for the light bar and roof aerial, you could have a decent civilian version of an interesting car which as far as I know hasn't been done in 1:43. Or maybe Iconic will eventually do it for us, to get a bit more mileage out of the casting?

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22/12/2025 3:02 pm

Posted by: @john-quilter

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And this body shell lived on much longer as the South American IKA Torino in multi versions.

I did not know that, but it makes perfect sense.

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