Out of curiosity. How many of those fixed rear window Gremlins were made? Anyone still have one??? -- Mark Price Morgantown, WV 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II " Chronic Pain Hurts" -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: ksiroonian@xxxxxxx > ?FIRST? AMERICAN MADE SUB COMPACT CAR > > > > > APRIL 1, 1970, APRIL FOOLS DAY. THE GREMLIN INTRODUCTION DATE, WHEN THE DEALER'S > HAD THEIR DRIVE AWAY, GOING TO LOCATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR A SALES AND > MARKETING MEETING, PEP TALK, ADVERTISING PLANS, AND PICKING UP THEIR FIRST > GREMLIN...PRICED AT $1879 MSRP?FOR THE 2 SEATER/NO BACK SEAT,FIXED REAR WINDOW, > AND $1959 FOR THE NEXT MODEL UP, WITH THE SEAT AND OPENING WINDOW. WE COULD?USE > NEW AMERICAN MADE CARS AT THAT PRICE TODAY. > > Instead, today,?38 years later, we have?Smart Car at a?Dumb price.?$15-19,000. > 10 times as much, for a smaller , life threatening 2 seat car,?with only?average > gas mileage for such a small car. I guess that's progress. > > ?The factory offices put on the driveway/ride and drive, and the dealers took > their first Gremmie?back to their stores. Here in Boston it was held at the > Logan airport, on what I recall? the guys telling me was a windy -snowy day. The > first cars were all red white or blue gremlins. I was in high school at the > time, but my dad took me to see the cars, all stored at a local amc dealer > nearby. I took a few pictures of those first cars sitting in the storage yard, > with my then new Kodak instant camera.? For more info, Check out "arcticboys" > amc website, I think he posted those pics some time ago when I found those pics. > REGARDS, > > Ken/Boston... Happy Birthday...to the model 46-5 Gremlins. > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://splatter.wps.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20080401/c59d3f55/attachm > ent.htm > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list