[BaadAssGremlins] Re: Found a funny item in the rear hatch area...

["lumina333" <lumina333@xxxxxxxxx>]

I will take a digital photo of it and post it soon. It really is a 
humorous item to me. ~Lu~

--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "John W Rosa" <JohnRosa@xxxx> 
wrote:
> Lu,
> 
> Did you know that Hornet hatchbacks came standard 
> with a flat cargo floor with a full-size spare tire
> Lying on top (under a formed carpet cover), and that
> A 'hidden locking compartment' beneath the normal 
> floor was optional and included a space-saver spare?
> 
> Well, the 'door' for this hidden compartment was plain
> old wood, painted black. When I first saw it, I thought 
> the original door (which HAD to have been steel, I 
> Assumed, just like the one in Eagle wagons) had been 
> damaged years ago and the car's owners MUST have created 
> his own replacement. But in researching the car further, 
> and seeing photos of other such cars, I found the wood 
> hatch to be factory-original!
> 
> AMC sure knew how to squeeze a nickel!
> 
> John
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of lumina333
> Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Found a funny item in the rear hatch 
area...
> 
> ...of the Gremlin. When I peeled up the vinyl covering in the hatch 
> area to remove the gas filler and rubber hose, I found a little 
wooden 
> and pressed board "shelf" that was on the side of the hatch 
flooring. 
> My guess was to make the back hatch area level. Was this a common 
item 
> in the AMC Gremlins? I laughed when I saw the contoured piece of 
board 
> and wood, figuring that AMC knew how to save a few bucks (between 
that 
> and the plywood seat back). ~Lu~





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