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



Well, not a lot of snow here, but all my cars are driven daily, weekly or semi weekly also, as mentioned Paige drove the 72 Ambassador to work today, tomorrow drive the 88 Eagle again and I'll drive the 81 Eagle, so guess some drive by choice, whether sleet, snow, rain or hurricanes. Maybe I need to buy a front wheel drive non aMC beater!
Eddie Stakes'
Planet Houston AMX
713.464.8825
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] sand

OK, I think y'all missed the point. Why would anybody (except Doc) want to take a chance of F....n up a 30 year old AMC by driving it in the snow on purpose. I don't care how good it can go. Just my .02      'The Mix' in snowy Cleveland, Ohio (Snow belt here has already seen 56" this season)    
 
-----Original Message-----
From: eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 14:21:48 -0600
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] sand

Actually on driving AMCs in the snow, if I can find the photos, there are several Eagles that STILL do duty at several Michigan airports! And yes, in the snow. And AMC's marketing relied heavily on marketing the Eagle Series as snow ready. Here are a number of original brochure photos of Eagles off Arcticboy's website, and there is the Airline car. There is a interesting story behind that as all the SUVs and 4X4s they have at that airport, the Eagle was the only one to not only start, but also worked tirelessly pulling carts, small airplanes, and well, pushing dead vehicles in a major snowstrom they had up there in 2001 I believe it was. Jim Wajda is the prez of the Bricklin club, good fellow, but the article appeared in several magazines, really neat to see:
 
As for Gremlins in snow, nah.....
Eddie Stakes'
Planet Houston AMX
713.464.8825
eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.planethoustonamx.com
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 1:40 PM
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] sand

When I was in high school, my girlfriend had a '72 Gremmy. In deep snow, it couldn't be stopped. On icy or rainy roads it was a little squirrely. She ran biased snow tires all year.

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.
----- Original Message -----
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 week 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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