[BaadAssGremlins] Re:BEAUTIFUL 72 X in Georgia!!
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[BaadAssGremlins] Re:BEAUTIFUL 72 X in Georgia!!
- From: "Robert" <baddassgremlin@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:15:53 -0000
-Duane, that is a fantastic car you have, , I remember seeing it at
the AMO nationals in Georgia when I was there. Take good care of her.
bob in MN.
-- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Duane Hattaway"
<duanehattaway@...> wrote:
>
> Joe,
>
>
>
> Thanks for the kind words and thanks for telling me about the
group. I've
> posted some pics in an album 72
>
<http://autos.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/BaadAssGremlins/photos/browse/
e64d>
> in North Georgia
>
>
>
> This is our "baby". We are second owners, bought her in 1976. She
started
> life as a 304, 3 speed car with no A/C in Miami. She could take all
the boys
> in their TransAms and Z28s from stoplight to stoplight. Not much
top-end,
> though, with that 3 speed.
>
>
>
> I started a restoration in 1984, got transferred and had to put her
on a
> trailer and haul her to the new place. That happened four more
times. I'd
> start to work on her and get transferred. When we got to Dahlonega
in 2001
> we wanted to stay so we decided to have someone else do the heavy
work and
> break the curse. It worked! She rolled out to her first show
in '04.
>
>
>
> She's had a complete, "frame off" restoration. The 304 is
bored .30 over,
> has flat-top pistons, a mild cam, roller-tipped rockers, and a
Mighty Demon
> 4bbl. That's backed up by a 5 speed and a Ford 9-inch. Goes like
stink!
> And she'll "hop a Coke bottle". No kidding, I showed my butt a
little bit
> at the Mopar Meet last year and the folks in the stands said I got
air under
> the front wheels.
>
>
>
> She gets kind of lonely because we don't see other Gremlins
around. We hit
> the cruises and shows around North Georgia and she's always alone.
The only
> time she's been on the field with other Gremlins was at the AMO
nationals
> when it was here in Atlanta a couple of years back. So she travels
around
> with our '69 Mach 1 and my buddy's General Lee.
>
>
>
> I'm glad I found this group. Anybody know how to soften the ride a
little.
> Those torque arms in the back make it feel like the axle is welded
to the
> frame!
>
>
>
> Duane
>
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