Hello! I am new to the group. I am from Olathe KS which is about 20 miles south of KC KS/ KC MO. I just recently bought my 6th Gremlin. It's coming to me in January from Arizona. In the early 80's to early 90's I had owned 5 different Grems. 4 of them 1973's and one 1974. I just thought I would share my Gremlin history. My first Grem was given to me by my sister who bought it right off the lot for $2000 in 1973. I aquired it in 1983 when it had become a complete rust bucket. KS winters are hard on cars! They were going to junk it and I told her I wanted it. I had always loved driving her car! (They went out and bought a PACER!!!) Well the Grem had no floorboards, the doors didn't latch right and I had to put a pin in the stick to be able to shift. It was pretty sad but I drove that car for about 3 yrs before I had to put it to rest. Of course over the years I had learned how to change out altenators, starters and most everything else. I had become a Gremlin lover by this point. I set out to find another. Then I found another 73 White and Purple for $400 and it was in pretty good shape. I worked on the problem spots on the car and had it about ready to get painted and then my now ex husband decided to run it into a pole and totaled it out. I was sick for weeks! By the way, he always hated the Gremlins! It didn't take long to find another one. It was in good shape. I got Blue1 for $100. Then a few months later I found another one for $100- Blue2! So we drove 2 grems around for a couple years. Then Blue1 conked out and I found #5 which was in really bad shape body wise but ran like a charm. At one point I had a bad carb. in Blue2 and my friend put a carb kit in it and the damn thing caught fire a day later and my Blue2 sat burning up! Again I was sick. Back in those days I had 3 small sons and no money so I pretty much had to give up on ever getting my "Dream" Gremlin done. Blue1 I had bought #5 for the engine was another nightmare...My brother in law was suppose to transfer the engine from one to the other and he never got it done. After sitting in my driveway for a year with no engine I had to junk them both. The city was on my butt bad for the cars being "non running". I had no choice. So it's been about 14 yrs since I've had the chance to get another Grem and I did! I lived out in Phoenix from July 06- July 07. While I was back visiting in October I had found a Grem on Craigslist. I had my boyfriend Scott take my up to see it. I was floored! This is a 1979 one family owned Grem that has NO RUST! It was like a dream. I couldn't believe I had found another Grem and in this great of condition. I had been looking on ebay and everywhere else and was finding what people were wanting for the Grems in way worse conditions to be outrageous priced. I got a steal on this one! The people had taken really good care of the car. They hated to sell it but they had a ton of car projects going on and he said he just had to part with it. I found my treasure! This time around I will have my "looker". My plans are to paint it from the tan it is to a bright emerald type green metallic with black striping. It is gonna be sharp! I can honestly say I haven't even seen a Gremlin in my parts for years now. Scott is bringing my Gremmie home to me in January when he moves out here. I can't wait! That's my Gremlin story! 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/