Re: cloning a gremX?

["piper_pa20" <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ian,

Where is Jerry Casper when we need him?

Anyway, I don't have a 77 brochure but the 75 Options Catalog reads as 
follows:

X-Package - A fox in wolf's clothing. Makes your Gremlin more of a standout. 
Features full-length "hockey stick" side stripes, slot style 14 x 6 wheels 
with trim rings, custom interior with vinyl bucket seats, extra quiet 
insulation package, cargo area insulation and carpeting, sports steering 
wheel, instrument panel overlay, painted lower back panel, interior 
appointments package and special "X" decals.  Includes DR78 x 14 radial 
tires.  Levi's fabric available at extra cost.  (Space saver tire a no-cost 
option).

Also if a gremlin had the X stripes I believe the paint code on the driver's 
door tag ended with -X or some other character (I'm not sure exactly).  I 
had a V8 Gremlin X for about four months and sold it as a project car.

Regards,
Joe Fulton
Salinas, CA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian Cudmore" <yahootoo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 3:06 PM
Subject: cloning a gremX?


> ok so i got given a few of the 'X' trim peices, a bit for the grill etc by 
> my brother as he saw them at a garage sale or something and thought of me. 
> anyway, they are pretty sweet, and its got me thinking that i'd like a 
> gremlin X. But since mine isn't, if i get everything that an x model has 
> and install it its almost as good right? but the question is... what 
> exactly does that entail? it isn't just the trim stuff is it? i had 
> oriionaly thought that that meant you got the V8, but i've seen gremlinX's 
> on Ebay and such with the 6 as well, so what am i missing is it just they 
> got the 'posi' rear ends? or did it not realy mean anything from a 
> performance view, much like the levi edition is all about style?
> thanks, Ian
>
> '77 Gremlin, 232, 4v, Killer tunes