[BaadAssGremlins] Re: Gremlin Respect formerly: $12,000 Gremlin

["jgray_55" <jgray_55@xxxxxxxxx>]

HEYYY NOW., Don't cut the old Pintos down so bad!! Ny son has a 351 
powered Pinto with original GOOD bocy that is pretty fast! WE already 
have a grudge m,atch lined up for me ,with my 401 Gremlin and his car 
when they are finished!! Thanks,Joe--- In 
BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "gremlin_corvette_guy" 
<gremlin_corvette_guy@...> wrote:
>
> --- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, baadass73gremlin@ wrote:
> >
> Hey I know I'm a day late (and probably a dollar short), but I get 
> more nods and thumbs up for my Maxi Blue 1973 Gremlin X than I do 
> for my triple black 1988 Vette. In fact last year in the Dream 
> Cruise I had a guy and his girlfriend pull up next to me in his 
2005 
> Vette and ask me if his girlfriend could take a picture of my car 
> with her cell phone camera because when she was in high school she 
> passed her drivers test in her old man's Gremlin. I about shat my 
> drawers, but loved every bit of it. 
>    As regards the $12K Gremlin on ebay I asked the seller afew 
> questions as I followed the auction and he was not aware that he 
> didn't have the correct spear stripes for a 1973 put on and he 
kinda 
> laughed it off when I mentioned his radial T/A tires. He didn't 
know 
> Gremlins. My Maxi Blue X is all completely original, down to the 
> high school parking sticker for the year 1973-1974 on the rear 
> bumper. Also I am sporting a fine set of Goodyear raised white 
> letter D70X14 BIASED belted tires that are still holding air fine 
> after 34 years even though they were just remounted on freshly 
> painted 8 slots. These came off my original Gremlin I bought back 
in 
> 1973 for $2606.00. I bought this current car for under $8K and 
> wouldn't sell it now for less than $15K if I ever decided to sell 
it 
> at all. It rivals the 74 seen on the cover of Hemmings Classics in 
> May of 2006 and his is sporting repro F70X14 Goodyears, probably 
> from Kelsey tire. In that issue Richard Lentinello lists cars he 
> would like to add to his collection "someday:" 
>    AMC: 70 AMX, 70-73 Javelin, 71 Hornet SC/360, ANY PACER or 
> GREMLIN.
>    So be proud of your Gremlins guys and show them off for the fine 
> machines they were intended to be not the quirky, oddball, to be 
> made fun of dinosaurs some people thought they would end up as. 
> How many Vegas and Pintos are still riding around and who the hell 
> wants a picture of any one of those.    Gary  
> > In a message dated 7/29/2007 11:30:35 A.M. Eastern Daylight 
Time,  
> > gremlinamiga@ writes:
> > 
> > I am  not sure why everyone is so skeptical. That auction was a 
> completed  
> > auction and the car went for $12000!  It was not one of 
> those  "Buy-it-now- It 
> > was not  It was not one of those  
> > "Buy-it-now-<WBR>for-$15,000-<WBR>with-no-bids auctions" --it had 
> more than 40  bids! I think this is very impressive and a 
> > sign of w It was not one of those  
> > "Buy-it-now-<WBR>for-$15,000-<WBR>with-no-bids auctions" --it had 
> more than 40  bids! I think this is very impressive 
> > and a sign of where the values are  beginning to go for 
> > Gremlins--especiall<WBR>y ones in original condition. The  V8 
ones 
> are going for about twice the value 
> > of sixes(despite what Larry  Mitchell in his AMC book said) So if 
> a Gremlin 
> > is a six and is original very  good condition, they go for 
> about$4000-6000. The 
> > best part is that the Gremlin  that was sold really wasn't even 
> nearly as 
> > nice as
> > 
> > Furthermore, the  Gremlin is not the joke car that it once was--
> especially 
> > now that the stupid  people mistaking it for the Pacer in Wayne's 
> WOrld(I will 
> > NEVER understand how  people came to that conclusion) have mostly 
> faded.  My 
> > first  Gremlin(second car) was a 77 orange X Six model. Driving 
> down the street, 
> > I  used to hear to annoying "Grrreeeeemlin! My first  Gremlin
> (second car) was 
> > a 77 orange X Six model. Driving down the street, I  used to hear 
> to annoying 
> > "Grrreeeeemlin!<WBR>" chant that used to drive my  bonkers. I 
also 
> used to 
> > hear this from time to time when I had my 74 in the  early 90s. 
> Right now, the 
> > only people that comment on my car appreciate it  rather than try 
> to make fun 
> > of it. I get lots of people rolling down their  windows to tell 
> me "NICE CAR!" 
> > and lots of horn honking and thumbs up. At  least, this
> > Paul
> > 
> > 
> > Paul,while I LOVE my Gremlin,I'm not going to take it too 
> seriously as far  
> > as its looks go.Face it  the cars while they may be popular their 
> only  really 
> > popular because of their quirkiness not because of their being a  
> beautifully 
> > shaped car. People may love them,but they'll never get the 
respect 
> a  Mustang 
> > or Charger has. I get respect for my gremlin when i hit the 
> ignition  because 
> > at first folks are like aww what a cute car and as they see the  
> roll cage and 
> > slicks and the hood scoop with the gauges on the cowl they start  
> to wonder 
> > WTF is going on here then their eyes bug outta their skulls when 
> i  fire her 
> > up. Like I said mots dig the Gremlins but they were built as 
> shitbox  
> > transportation back in the day and to me only are good for making 
> hot rods out  of and 
> > will never be in the same realm as the AMX or a 69 Camaro SS
> > Bart
> > 74 Gremlin X
> >   360/904
> > 
> > 
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