[BaadAssGremlins] Re: Hello from Kansas!

["Suezy" <n2sweetrock@xxxxxxxxx>]

Cool Gary!  (Yeah see my reply to Hal)...It is a 78 not a 79.  I am 
sitting here thinking what a dummy I am .....  Must have had 79 on 
the mind for some reason!  We're suppose to get some snow here 
tonight!  Wow- is that a coincidence with someone posting from Olathe 
and you actually ordering something from here!!!  Small world!  Scott 
is originally from Ohio...Coneaut or something like that... Know what 
I'm talking about?


--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, themixtoo@... wrote:
>
> Suezy, Welcome to the group. Great story. I hope someone is not 
pulling your leg by selling you a 1979 Gremlin. 1978 was the last 
year for Gremlins. If it's a Spirit that's cool too. Not many people 
know Olathe, KS but you won't belive that I just got off the I-net 
here at work to check this e-mail and the last thing I did was place 
a parts order with Systems Material Handling in OLATHE, Kansas. I too 
have had about 5 or 6 Gremlins over the years but I still have my 
first one, it's a'74 Levi's Edition with V-8 engine and 17K original 
miles.? Gary in (SNOWY) Cleveland, Ohio?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Suezy <n2sweetrock@...>
> To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 12:19 pm
> Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Hello from Kansas!
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> 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!
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