Hello, people. It's been a long time. How long?
I was 17 when I bought my first (used) gremlin for $127.00 and 2 boxes
of Proferra's pizza (had to be right from the pizza place, not store
bought) It was a 74 plain jane 6 cyl.
When that car was all but dust, I ended up buying a 73 levis with a
304. I bought a 75? ambassador cause it had a 360/727, that
eventually made its way into the gremlin. That was about 18 years ago.
Since then, I found myself wanting another gremmie, and wanting to
do
all of the things to it that i could not afford back then.
I recently bought a 74 gremlinX that was on ebay. It's a wreck. It
needs ALOT of work, but the
uniframe/floorwells/quarters/fenders/rockers are SOLID. I live in
Pennsylvania, and found the car close to Fargo North Dakota. It is
truely a calif. car. all of the rust is surface rust only. Well woth
the 1500 mile trec (1 way) to pick it up.
I am about to dive into this car 100%. What I want to know, some of
those things I want to do, have they ever been done to a gremlin before?
I have been looking high and low but cannot find a gremlin with shaved
doorhandles and locks, or power windows. Nor have I seen any
substituted interiors. Iwas thinking of using a dash, console, seats,
and column from a 2001-2003 PT Cruiser.
I am also looking for a 401 to put in the gremlin, it need not be in
good shape, as I plan on (re)building the motor myself.
I also need a
drivers side door. The one on the car is caved in
pretty good. I could fix it, but it will need alot of attention.
Also, is there a patch panel available for the door nader pin area?
was thinking I am going to ned to mig a piece of stock from the inside.
djdaveinpa
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