Re: [BaadAssGremlins] sand
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Re: [BaadAssGremlins] sand

You can keep them front wheel drive cars. I got my old reliable 77
Malibu, still a real intermediate sized car. 78 was the first year of
the down sized Malibu's but they were still rear wheel drive. The old
305 2 bbl 350 auto gets good gas mileage and goes in the snow like a 4
wheel drive. I only put 3-400 miles on it a year during the winter and
use it when I don't want to go some where with my Hornet's. I also need
it to qualify for my classic car insurance. In the last few months I
have had to spend a few bucks on it for repairs for the upcoming winter,
but it is all set now. Tonight into tomorrow we are expecting 2-4 or
6-10 inches of snow depending who you talk to. Bummer!!!!! My wife
doesn't like driving with me in the snow as I like to do slides in empty
parking lots too.
"Doc"



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Not even Doc drives an AMC in the winter. He drives a POS chebby.
 Davis

themixtoo@xxxxxxx wrote:
Maybe you shouldn't drive ANY 30year old AMC in the snow (only Doc can because he's a grumpy old Santa). Especialy a Gremlin, no amount of sand in the back (what Back?) will fix your traction problem.     'The Mix'  
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Burch <warlocke@xxxxxxxxx>
To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 22:26:58 -0600
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] sand

ok guys in my gremlin (78) should i put sand in the back or not i havent driven it in snow yet so i dont know how it will act.
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Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 9:34 AM
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] was another gremlin on the road/now Alternators

My son's 72 Javelin had a 35 amp Motorola but no A/C and when you had
the lights on and the defroster and the elect wipers it was barely
marginal. Then turn on the stereo and the head lights would go dim. It
finally died. His friends father had an ignition repair shop and built
him a custom 65 amp Motorola which lasted a wee k and re-built it again
and now it has been good for 1 1/2 years but the car is not driven
regularly. There is supposed to be clearance problems putting a Delco in
a V8 AMC with A/C on the compressor. On the 74 and older Gremlin's and
Hornets with a 6 cyl there is a steering box clearance problem putting a
Delco in if you have power steering due to the larger box. Most of the
long time members here remember what I had to go through to put a Delco
in my orange car 1 1/2 years ago. Modifying brackets, machining the
Motorola fan to fit the delco and finding a 1/2" shorter belt and
shiming the drivers side motor mount. The alt housing and steering box
still needs to be ground a little for clearance.  
But turn on all the electric's in the car and it still charges 14.5
volts. Do that in my other Hornet with the Motorola and it drops from
14.5 to just below 12 volts.
"Doc"



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