Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Grill Colors

[Ed Veneck <edveneck@xxxxxxxxx>]

The 72 Gremlin X that I bought new had the grill
painted the same color (Stardust Blue) as the body. 
The orginal grill got broke when a friend back into me
so I replaced it with a new one that I bought from
AMC.  It was silver, It also had a texture type finish
on it.  These where the only replacement grilles that
you could get in 1974, at leat that what they told me,
because I didn't like it, so I sanded it smooth and
painted it to match the body like the orginal.  I
think that most people left the grills silver and that
is why you see so many that color.
Ed



--- Davis Martin <martin-davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Terry,
>    If you go to the Year Models link at the top of
> the gremlinx.com sight, it lists each year 70-78 and
> there is a factory brosure picture of each one.
> Every one shows the X mode, and from 72 to 76 you
> can clearly see that the grille is body color. The X
> package wasn't available till 72. I don't really
> know much about the 77-78 models. I have
> concentrated on 70-76 for the last 20 years. It is
> always best to look at factory info when looking for
> this sort of info and not readers rides or cars at
> shows.
>    
>    Davis  
> 
> twa1950@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>             OK I have a dumb question. I looked at
> the site you gave me and if you read the differences
> between the X and the plain Gremlin it says the
> Grill was color coordinated. Question were the
> grills suppose to be the same color as the car or
> did they have silver on the cross members. I looked
> at all the pictures of the cars and granted there
> are quite a few that aren't X's on there but either
> I am color blind or I just don't see them being the
> same color as the car. Even the guy's who runs the
> site has a silver grill in his car. Not that it
> really matters but I must be missing something.
>   Terry
> 
> Davis Martin <martin-davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>       Thank you Sir
> 
> Robert <baddassgremlin@xxxxxxx> wrote:       Ok, I
> dug through my stuff and found my original 1973
> sales brochure. 
> In print it states the color coordinated grill came
> with the "X" 
> package. After reading everything on standard and
> optional equipment 
> that came with the 1973 Gremlin, it never mentions
> anything about 
> the "silver" grill. So, Davis, I would say that you
> are correct in your 
> comment about the dealers putting the cheaper
> "silver" grill on cars 
> that might have had the original grill broken before
> they were sold. 
> Thanks, Bob in MN.
> 
> 
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