[BaadAssGremlins] Re: Hello from Kansas!

["Suezy" <n2sweetrock@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the welcome Hal!   
I am bad!!!  My new Grem is a 78 not a 79.  Must not have had enough 
coffee when I posted this morning!  


--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Hal <strlcuckoo_46@...> wrote:
>
> Sounds like you'll fit well here, WELCOME.
> Hal
> --- Suezy <n2sweetrock@...> wrote:
> 
> > 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!
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> Hidden in Wichita Falls TX
> 
> 
>       
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