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Not every car gets made into a toy. The Gremlin was probably the most famous and most made into objects. Yet, despite the modest sales, more toys and models were made of the AMC Matador than some better selling AMC models such as the Hornet, certainly more than the striking AMC Marlin, and there are practically no known models of the slight larger AMC Ambassador.

Gremlin

*Tootsietoy
*Hot Wheels
*Hot Wheels
*Hot Wheels Openfire

Hornet

*Johnny Lightning 007 www.hollywood-diecast.com/ bond TMWTGG.htm Man With the Golden Gun
*Many others with same body

AMC Eagle 4x4

* McDonalds [http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurlhttp://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/6176/stomper1986.jpg&imgrefurlhttp://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/6176/mcd1986.html&h131&w320&sz12&hlen&sig2sxLftPeyGhewsJfp_ggmhQ&start20&tbnidbrrSXJUz1039mM:&tbnh46&tbnw113&ei4JiwRLq2HKT8JLnqmN4O&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmcdonalds%2Bstomper%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG Stomper "74"] Short Spirit

Ambassador

*no known toys or models of any year

Rebel

* Johnny Lightning made a muscle car series, in many colors as well as the red-white-blue. They also produced a special 30th anniversary edition which had a stand, and small card of an original 1970 magazine advertisement.

* Johnny Lightning [http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurlhttp://www.jlcollector.com/sf2004/sfr6b5.jpg&imgrefurlhttp://www.jlcollector.com/sfbwf.html&h160&w320&sz24&hlen&sig2qDuWYs1BYNpGI9-66VMgsQ&start6&tbnidPVvQfgQS0mY4UM:&tbnh56&tbnw113&eiVJqwRMHZFaKiJLqCuLgP&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djohnny%2Blightning%2Brebel%2Bmachine%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG 1970 The Machine]

Matador

* Aurora AFX slot cars made both the boxy stock car resembling the factory Penske car, and the 1974 coupe.
* Cox made a gas car of the 4-door sedan.
* Cox also made a large size stock car of the 1974 coupe.
* AMT made a model of the 1974 coupe stock car driven by Allison, and one with customized body parts.
* The Matador is not as common subject for Pinewood Derby as the Superbird, but at least one has been made.

AMX
* Hot Wheels
Javelin
* Matchbox (1971)
* Johnny Lightning Muscle Cars (1972, 1968)

Rambler American
Nash Metropolitan
Hudson Hornet

* 2006 Cars McDonalds toy: Doc

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