[BaadAssGremlins] Re: headers

["bob" <baddassgremlin@xxxxxxx>]

Terry,, you made the mistake of picking up your dates during daylight hours.... I made sure it was nighttime before I came rumbling up in the Gremmy... Once dark,, any car that sounded tough,, was a chick magnet in my neck of the woods, LOL.....

--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Terry Atkins <twa1950@...> wrote:
>
> I can relate to that. In 1980 I bought a 77 Gremlin. It was like new had about 
> 15,000 miles on it and bought it for less than 2 grand. While it was a good car 
> I never did like it. My mother loved the thing and went out and bought her one a 
> few months later. The one I have now. Anyway because it was a good car I kept it 
> for about three years but the whole time I had it I felt it spelled looser. It 
> wasn't much of a chick magnet and I was 30 years old and single. When I went out 
> and got lucky on the second date the ladies always threw me their keys to their 
> Monte Carlos, Gran Prix ect. Anyway after three years I had enough and traded it 
> off on a new car. If you would have told me 30 years ago I would be taking a 
> Gremlin to car shows and people would be excited about it I would have told you 
> that you were crazy. How things have changed.
> Terry
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: LarryS <vision1@...>
> To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Mon, April 25, 2011 4:06:41 PM
> Subject: RE: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: headers
> 
> Â  
> Funny thing,
> Back in the early 80s, when you could hardly GIVE AWAY a Gremlin, any time that 
> a Gremmie (or about any car) was fitted with a SBC, the response was, "wow! 
> cool, man! that is the greatest thing ever!!"
> But now that rarity is involved, there seems to be this museum curator attitude 
> developing.  This puritanical ideal.
> And I suppose it's only natural.  No more are being made.  There was much waste, 
> much destruction, many opportunities missed -- like you say, they went to the 
> crusher in droves.  So the puritans are only gonna get worse.
> Â 
> Any driving Gremlin (or Pacer, or Matador, etc.) ALREADY breaks the "boring" 
> mold.  In 1984?  Snooze.  Today?  It's special if it's merely on 4 wheels.  
> 232-6 or SBC350, no matter, it CAN'T be boring.  Not now.  Not any more.
> Â 
> L.
> Â 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> On Behalf Of hotrod74gremlinx@...
> >Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 2:31 PM
> >To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: headers
> >
> >
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> >Well no offense man but AMCers are a loyal bunch and while its good you saved it 
> >from the crusher  I still stand by my "belly button 350 swap" statement. its a 
> >boring engine hell a Mazda rotary would be someting different at least.
> >Bart
> >
> >
> >On Apr 25, 2011, at 9:38 AM, "dale" <dcharlesfridley@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >Â  
> >>This car had a sbc put in it 20 years ago after being saved from the crusher. I 
> >>forgot what I used at that time. Now they are worn out I should have know better 
> >>than to ask. 
> >>
> >>
> >>--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Ed Veneck <edveneck@> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> 
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> >>> 
> >>> �  
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> >>> If you want a SBC in your car, than build a Nova or any other Chevy.�  Not only 
> >>>are the engines cheaper to built, but you can get any body part you want, plus 
> >>>upgrade up the ass.�  Thats why you see about 30 or more of them for ever AMC 
> >>>the you see, at a show.
> >>> Ed
> >>> 72 Gremlin X�  / 401
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> �  
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> >>> 
> >>> I'm still considering a SBC for my Grem (currently has a '70 360 w/51cc dog leg 
> >>>ports).
> >>> 
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> >>> 
> >>> Why go backwards when your already ahead of the game with your set up you have 
> >>>now?? Everything with a SBC swap is friggin BORING! I love seeing traditional 
> >>>hot rods with motors like a "Nailhead Buick" or a "394 cubed Olds" and sure you 
> >>>pay more for parts and having it rebuilt but its much more satisfying in the end 
> >>>either blowing the doors off or outshining some belly button ass "tree fiddy" 
> >>>swapped set of wheels.
> >>> Bart
> >>> 74 Gremlin with a AMC 360 swap
> >>>
> >>
> >>
>




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