Re: [BaadAssGremlins] 9 Gremlins and counting...

I would say that 700 included every Gremlin in the state that still had a tittle and wasn't reported as destroyed. If you don't get a junk tittle on one in Kentucky the thing stays on the books forever in this state. All I know is what I see and I can honestly say in the 11 years I have been showing mine I have seen 5 other Gremlins on the road and three of them I wonder how they were still going. I used to see them fairly often but I haven't seen them in years. Another one had out of state tags and it was just passing through. Right now I only know of two mine and a 74 green Gremlin X that a guy restored. Lets be honest the bodies self destructed. If you find one that has been sitting in a field for 15 years the chances of it every being road worthy again would be slim to none. I bet in the last 11 years I have had 50 people come up and tell me they were restoring one. A lot of those same guys have told me later that they gave up. Parts too hard too find and the thing started to be a money pit. While the initial investment is cheap with a Gremlin it will cost you the same and would be a lot harder to restore a Gremlin than say a Mustang so most of these projects die in a hurry. So while you guys might be right there might be 10,000 or more Gremlins that haven't met the crusher. I still think Bart's assessment of a 1000 or so that are actually driven would be a very good estimate. We will never know. Wish I did.

Terry

--- On Thu, 5/28/09, Jerry Casper <gremlingts@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I just got my ninth one....it's been sitting here for 4-5 years, for a friend of mine, he finally a few weeks ago admitted he couldn't do anything with it, so I traded him back a 4-bbl 6-cylinder intake he sold me and gave up my $100 half-interest in a shared engine hoist, and now it's mine fully, a 1972 Gremlin with 232 auto. Like I NEED another one, but this one has a nice body that's very restorable.

Virginia put out last year or earlier, after some nit-wit was caught on Bank video of vandalism and driving an orange Gremlin , a number of about 700 Gremlins still on record - what they DIDN'T say was whether they were active registrations or not. I know I have 3 registered now and insured, but not on the road, to keep the county off my back.

My GT is still sitting, I'm hoping to get out and finally replace the carburetor this year. I am working up some motivation now, before it gets too hot and humid here, to finally get a Gremlin back on the road and functioning after 6 years. Damn, it's been too long. Too little money, and sometimes time. Just so much has happened, that I just don't feel like working on much. But I got a pretty good boost in the spring of motivation when I got my '76 Hornet SPortabout project for $300, and driveable. Still IT needs carb work and other minor stuff, but it will move, unlike the rest of my fleet.

Anyway, there's still Gremlins out there, hidden away. My nine prove it. :)

Jerry Casper
Woodbridge, VA

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That AMC made between 1970-1978 671.585 Gremlins. I wonder if there's even
a thousand of em left nowadays. Makes ya think don't it.Bart
1974 Gremlin X
1 of 671.585 built :-P

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