[BaadAssGremlins] Re: teages first gremlin pilot car 360 grrremlin feb

["uneedittwo48239" <uneedittwo48239@xxxxxxxxx>]

ok well here are the facts i talked to Doug maykovich builder today he said yes  it did go down the line pre production before opening the line for production so a pilot car, then  it went to 14250 plymouth rd plant for the modification also elmer mullins painter and larry cowser worked on the car larrys on vacation in florida right now when he returns i will find out more details  

--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Davis Martin <martin-davis@...> wrote:
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> Sounds like you definitly got facts confused if this story is real and the car was built. Bt the more you talked the less likely it sounded. Was starting to look like a hoax. Tough cause you could claim anything once the compamy is dead and the people that really knew are dead too. I am interested in knowing what oaoerwork there is from AMC that this car was actually built and not just somthing built in someones back yard and claimed to be,,,,,Not calling you a Hoaxter or anything just being weary.
> Â Davis 
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> From: uneedittwo48239 <uneedittwo48239@...>
> To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sat, March 13, 2010 3:25:59 AM
> Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: teages first gremlin pilot car 360 grrremlin feb
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> hi i thought i read production started in April 1970 here is what i found[ This time, the kammback concept made it all the way to production, and the new subcompact was given the name `Gremlin' prior to it's April, 1970 introduction. The new Gremlin soon became a huge success with young, first-time car buyers interested in economy. Although ridiculed by some observers as `half-a-car' at the time, the fundamental kammback design proved very durable and inspired a slew of imitators over the next twenty years.] i will try and talk to one of the guys that worked on this car in the 1970 today and find out more, he built a 401 for me that was to be put in my clone but i came across the fire breathing mtr thats in it so the 401 will go into my 1971 amx i was not trying to give bad information just trying to show a neat car that was built early on as a pilot car and was a pace car i only know of 1 other its a amx 1971 bottom of the page http://www.physics.
>  emich.edu/ nvance/amcscan/ amccars.html
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> --- In BaadAssGremlins@ yahoogroups. com, baadass73gremlin@ ... wrote:
> >
> > Ok I stand corrected Terry,your complaint is about the fact this car was 
> > built on the assem. line. I agree me thinks the car was done up inside a 
> > special shop Teague had. I'm thinking 6 banger Gremlin with a already existing 
> > 70 Hornet 304 xmember and V8 rear and a 360 from the line.
> > Bart
> > 
> > 
> > In a message dated 3/13/2010 12:54:11 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
> > twa1950@ writes:
> > 
> > I agree a lot of money was and is wasted. My father worked for the VA as a 
> > cook and because some guy in Washington said the life of a pan or pot was 5 
> > years they had to throw every pot, pan, spoon and fork in a dumpster every 
> > 5 years. He said since they had twice as many as they needed they were 
> > throwing stuff out that were never used. Having spent a summer at GE working 
> > on and around a assembly line I just find it hard to believe that they 
> > would run this special car with all the special parts on it down the line. I 
> > would love to know how many times that line had to be stopped because a 
> > special part wasn't there. It would have cost them a fortune. Now if you told me 
> > they drove it off the line as a 6 and it went to the rework shop where it 
> > was turned into this car I would believe that. I also believe all these 
> > special cars existed and that most ended up being crushed. I just don't 
> > believe they were built on the assembly line. I also find it very hard to believe 
> > that there wasn't any Gremlins built in February if they had them in the 
> > showroom on April 1. That would mean that in a three week span AMC built 
> > enough Gremlins and shipped enough Gremlins to every dealership in the US and 
> > Canada to have 5 or 6 on the lot. That would been one hell of a feat if it 
> > happen. I am not saying it didn't happen. I am just saying it is all hard 
> > to believe.
> > Terry
> >
>




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