The center of my grill was painted a satin black with two pin stripe around the grill. Ed --- themixtoo@xxxxxxx wrote: > Ok, lets try this another way. I think the 'new' > question is...What color is the inner section that > would normaly be called the grille? On '70.5 thru > '73 the grille and the headlight surround section > were all one piece. On the years with an X model > available the grille surround section was painted > the color of the car and the inner section (where > the air gets thru to the radiator was painted flat > black or a satin black with a double pinstripe the > color of the side body stripe outlining it. All > other models the grille surround was a silver gray > and the inner section was a darker gray with no > pinstripe around it. Starting in late '73 AMC > changed the front grille/headlight surround to a > three piece unit and these are not involved in the > original question. Hope this helps. Gary 'TheMix2' > > > -----Original Message----- > From: martin-davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 6:26 AM > Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Grill Colors > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate > in the Yahoo! Answers Food Drink Q&A. > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of > free safety and security tools, free access to > millions of high-quality videos from across the web, > free AOL Mail and more. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/kOt0.A/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/YtqqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BaadAssGremlins/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BaadAssGremlins/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:BaadAssGremlins-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:BaadAssGremlins-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: BaadAssGremlins-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/