[BaadAssGremlins] Re: Happy Birthday Gremlin....

["Tim Kottman" <timkott@xxxxxxxxx>]

I always knew there was a special bond between me and my gremlin.  I was born April 1, 
1988.  Several years after AMC stopped Gremlin production... but still April 1

--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@...> wrote:
>
> April 1st, 1970. Hard to believe it has been 37, almost 40 years. You could 
> get your new Gremlin for $1998.00 from your friendly American Motors 
> dealership. This is a photo I sell copies of showing the introduction of the 
> Gremlin at the New York Auto Show:
> http://www.planethoustonamx.com/press_photos/70gremlinnyautoshow.JPG
> 
> Hey lady, get your damned heavy purse filled with lipstick, rouge (not 
> Rogue!) and packs of matches you stole from the Hilton OFFA THE GREMLIN's 
> new Lustre Guard paint!!!
> Where is Homeland Security in the Big Apple when you need it!!
> 
> This also off my site in the description:
> "April 1970. AMC was in financial trouble in 1970, suffering a 2nd 1/4 loss 
> of $10 million or 41 cents per share. This, along with the strike affected 
> first 1/4, where they incurred a loss of $15.6 million, resulted in a net 
> loss in the first 1/2 of the fiscal year of a whopping $25 million. (And 
> people ask why the 70 AMX didn't sell, the 70 Javelin saw only 1/2 of the 
> production of 69 and the Rebel, including the Machine, was a flop.) The 
> losses stated above had no benefit of tax credit. The strike mentioned 
> above, closed the plants for five weeks in the fall, and cost AMC a whopping 
> $23 million loss and 36,000 vehicles plus interruption of momentum in the 
> market at a really critical time. AMC also had just bought Jeep for $40 
> million, so you can see how this all affected AMC. In other words, WE ALMOST 
> LOST AMC IN 1970. Enter the Gremlin to save the day! That, along with 
> Hornet, would be AMC's Bread and Butter cars for years, selling really well. 
> The Gremlin was A MAJOR ATTRACTION at this huge show. Gremlin sales EXCEEDED 
> SUPPLY and production had to be increased 30% due to consumer demand! Again, 
> photo is grainy, but looks really great framed, and is 5 1/2 inches high and 
> 10 inches across."
> 
> The littlest car comes to the rescue, Go Gremlin! A few weeks later it would 
> be Go Gremlin wrecking havoc at NHRA events all across the country with 
> scenes like this:
> 
> http://www.planethoustonamx.com/press_photos/70_funny_gremlin.jpg
> 
> and
> 
> http://www.planethoustonamx.com/press_photos/71_shahan_gremlin.jpg
> 
> and more:
> 
> http://www.planethoustonamx.com/press_photos/team_highball.jpg
> 
> and even more:
> 
> http://www.planethoustonamx.com/press_photos/72_bob_king_gremlin.jpg
> 
> http://www.planethoustonamx.com/press_photos/wally_booth_color.jpg
> 
> http://www.planethoustonamx.com/press_photos/booth_launching.jpg
> 
> http://www.planethoustonamx.com/press_photos/72_wally_booth.jpg
> 
> One of these Gremlins was the 200,000th AMC Gremlin sold. Several base 
> models are shown of the 12 shown, but two in the very front are X packages, 
> and have rally stripes on them. Note the BIG Gremlin gas cap on one of them 
> towards the rear and the car highest on the ramp. Look closely in the upper 
> left and there is a Hornet on a transport, and to the left of that a 
> Ambassador or Matador station wagon. The photo is of American Motors 
> marshalling yard in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The Gremlin was first introduced to 
> the buying public by AMC on April Fools Day (a car company with a sense of 
> humor, that was refreshing!) in 1970,and thru April of 1973, US production 
> of the hot selling Gremlin totaled 62,659; exceeding in only 7 months the 
> ENTIRE 1972 model year of 61,717 units! This was the second year you could 
> buy a Gremlin with a 304V8 also.
> 
> http://www.planethoustonamx.com/press_photos/72_gremlins_tranports.JPG
> 
> http://www.planethoustonamx.com/press_photos/74_VAM_Gremlin.JPG
> 
> So happy birthday to the Gremlin!
> Eddie Stakes'
> Planet Houston AMX
> 713.464.8825
> eddiestakes@...
> www.planethoustonamx.com
> Email is currently OVERLOAD
> 8-19 day reply times, just call!
>




 
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