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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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.
>
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