[BaadAssGremlins] Re: Grill Colors

["Rod" <rodb56@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Gary,

I was looking for good original photos of grill colors. Here is what 
I found so far...

http://home.comcast.net/~spudz76/gremlin70.htm

This is an original 1970 1/2 brochure picture. It got me wondering 
why the grill in this picture looks black and your wife's Gremmie was 
grey. So my thoughts became?

1)	The picture makes the grill look dark.
2)	Perhaps the grey you mentioned is a rather dark grey.
3)	The grill on your wife's Gremmie was aged/faded.

I have not found more definitive pictures/info in my collection yet.

Take care, Rod


--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, themixtoo@... wrote:
>
> Davis, my wife's first Gremmie was a '70 1/2 2seater and the front 
grille section (where the air went thru) was dark grey not black. I 
know because I changed it when I repainted the car in 1973 and 
put '73 X stripes on it.  Gary  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: martin-davis@...
> To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 9:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Grill Colors
> 
> 
> Ed,
>  that would be correct for any gremlin. I have never seen a gremlin 
with the center part painted anything else.
>  Davis 
> 
> Ed Veneck <edveneck@...> wrote:
> The center of my grill was painted a satin black with
> two pin stripe around the grill.
> Ed
> 
> --- themixtoo@... 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@...
> > 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@... 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@...> wrote:
> > Thank you Sir
> > 
> > Robert <baddassgremlin@...> 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. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >
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