Re: membership ?

["gremlin_ken" <kandrew@xxxx>]

Yep!, I'm currently restoring a 1970 southern car with a mint body 
into a 1972 "clone". I think it's one of the earliest Gremlins built 
(May 1970)and seems to have had some strange features I've never 
heard of since. One was a waffle pattern headliner with 1/2" squares. 
Anyone else ever seen one of these? When I bought it, it was basic 
stock with bench seat, 3-speed standard, column shifter(THAT, takes 
some getting used to!), and a 199.

Since then, the body has been stripped to a bare shell and done in 
gorgeous Wild Plum Metallic with several clear coats. That's how it 
sits now. I've got a T-10 tranny+ driveline from an AMX as well as a 
343 so far, BUT, I also have a standard bore (68-69)390 block and 
crank I really want to build up for it. I'll be begging for rods, 
pistons, flywheel, and damper later when I have some money, heh-heh. 
If anyone has such parts, and would be interested in trading for 
pristeen black interior parts, let me know! :-) (I've got "X" gauge 
clusters, dash pads, etc)

When completed, the car will have white 1972 "X" stripes, NOS air 
deflector, re-chromed bumpers, NOS door handles, and gas cap. (that's 
why I'm poor! :-)I've also got all the crossmember stuff and disc 
brakes.

My brother Lee, ALSO has a 390, T-10, '72 that will be more or less 
identical. Except he bugs me that his engine is +.030 so it's BIGGER, 
haa-haa (@#$%&* brothers!). We're having a race for the slowest 
restoration right now. I'm up in Ontario Canada, and he's wayyyyy 
over on the west coast on Vancouver Island. I posted some pics. His 
was Mopar purple when he got it, but it's stripped now for W.P.M. 
paint. I found his car in Ontario, and he flew out here to collect it 
and ship it home. That's when the pic was taken.

Well, that's my story so far. Thanks for letting me in, enjoy... 
ken 




--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Plumpy72@xxxx wrote:
> Welcome aboard Ken? Tell us about yourself. 
> 
> Does this mean you have a Gremlin?
> 
> Rick Sipole
> 1972 Gremlin 
> 401/Turbo 400
> Southeast Texas