Don't know Eddie. Before this thread started I thought go-karts with car bodies on them were rare. The only ones I had every seen were the local Shriner's and they have Corvette bodies. I did a search on them and there are all kinds of companies that make them. You can get Mustangs, Corvettes, Jeeps, Vans all kinds of cars. It might be worth it to one of these companies if they could get the molds cheap to try producing them maybe on an order bases.
Terry
--- On Sat, 10/10/09, Eddie Stakes <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Eddie Stakes <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Gremlin Go Cart
To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Saturday, October 10, 2009, 1:31 PM
This is true to a extent, there are folks who may/may not want or own a Gremlin however, there are a mess of folks out there who love go carts and would jump on something like that. Sort of like the people you see who buy marbles they don't play with, cars they don't, old books they don't read, and paintings and don't paint I guess. I have a record of selling cars on ebay about as good as Detroit Lions, of the 15 cars have put on there thru years, something like 4-11 which might be better than the Lions record last 2 years.
This little 77 red/red Gremlin here, ran, drop, stopped, and put in on ebay with no reserve and it sold for a whopping $310.
Still, I think if someone did a "limited run" the serious people who aren't stanind in soviet bread lines waiting for bailout and do have some money would possibly pick one up, maybe a run of say, 50-100 cars max would bring out collectors, and many of them would not necessarily be AMC fans!
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Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Gremlin Go Cart
How right you are, Terry. Unless it is really nice (or a V-8) it is hard to get $2000 for a real full size Gremlin. Most Gremlin enthusiasts (probably AMC fans in general) either don't have a lot of money, or because of what Eddie calls the "Rambler Mentality" aren't willing to buy anything unless it's an outright steal. I sold a rust free 1977 Gremlin, a true California car, last spring on ebay and it only brought $1247. Last time I'll do a no reserve auction.
Onree in Nebraska
On Oct 9, 2009, at 9:12 PM, Terry Atkins wrote:
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While it would be nice to see someone produce them I just wonder if there would be a market for them. Those Shriner cars cost around 2 grand. For that kind of money or not much more you can buy the real thing.
From: Eddie Stakes <eddiestakes@ planethoustonamx .com>
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Gremlin Go Cart
To: BaadAssGremlins@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Friday, October 9, 2009, 2:49 PM
Good idea to mass produce them, not sure how one would repro the chassis however. Those were offered thru AMC dealerships starting in 1974, and then they also offered a Pacer. They sold more of the Gremlin than Pacer ones, but both equally rare to come across. Sometimes at the bigger AMC meets you will see one or two scooting around with big ad! ult head sticking out of it like Shriner cars, but just neat part of AMC memorabilia.
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Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Gremlin Go Cart
Now there is a perfect project for fibreglass - Use that body to make a mold, and then you could mass produce them!!!!!
Tom
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Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 9:51 AM
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Gremlin Go Cart
While I was at fall Carlisle I saw this Gremlin go cart in the flea market. They wanted 1200 bucks for it. It has some cracks around the roof. I posted a pic of it
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