I don't want to get into the fight over Chev motors in Gremlins. I do like Chevs, I think the only way I would probably mix the two is if there were no AMC motors available to instal in my Gremmie. I myself perfer Pure AMC in my car, But then I am a big originality buff. If you want to get technical I like my Gremlins any way I can get them. Different motor or not. Most the cars I have been finding these days have been motorless and pretty well in taters. Out of the seven I have found only three are saveable. The rest are pretty well junk. The thing that bothered me the most I think is how previous owners tried to fix the door hinge problem. I have three(parts cars) that have had the pin on the door post removed and then reattached(welded) lower than it should be. Talk about a though thing to put back the way it was!!!! The cars I have with this problem I never attempted to repair because the were just too far gone to save(sniffle) . At any rate the proper way to fix the problem is to replace the hinge pins and grommits. I did to my Purple beast and the doors shut perfect now. I bought my Pins at the Chrysler dealership.