Re: [gremlintime] Unclass acts, Nerd cars in USA Today ...Gremlin, CHEVETTE, Pinto, etc....

["Fredrick Burns" <fburns@xxxx>]

Beyond the Horizon....my gosh, worst car I even owned..bought a '79 used in
'88 for $1100 and ended up putting another $2k in repairs in the next 2
yrs...that aluminum engine and a poor cooling system cracked don't fare well
together *sigh* ...and the door handles breaking and the doors falling off
and the rear defroster going kaputt...if I had had a grenade I would have
put it out of its misery...after that car a local mechanic sold me a '77 4
door Hornet in good shape...I was never much of a Hornet fan, and who knew
back in 1991 that AMCs would be in demand again?
I am catching up however. Got two Grems and always on the lookout to SAVE
another. Not going to by an Eagle now when there may be another Gremlin on
the Horizon! :-))

Freddie
2x '74 GremX
----- Original Message -----
From: <Gremlingts@xxxx>
To: <gremlintime@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 5:21 PM
Subject: [gremlintime] Unclass acts, Nerd cars in USA Today ...Gremlin,
CHEVETTE, Pinto, etc....


> Ok, you clowns, you're starting to make this Gremlintime list sound
like
> a stupid AOL Car Chat room, what with your egos seeing who can outdo the
> other in stupidity. I really don't mind the occasional colorful language,
but
> if you wish to dump on each other, take it OFF this list, and you can
email
> each other to your hearts content!! I believe most of us on here DON'T
want
> to hear you call each other names, no matter who deserves what. I don't
care
> what motor you put into your Gremlin, whether it's a V-8 or Porsche
4-banger(
> I have SEVEN Gremlins, buck-o's, and NONE have a V-8...how many have YOU
> saved???? Spent all your money on chrome and slick wheels?) Don't care,
don't
> wanna know about it, if you don't have anything nice to say ( remember
your
> mama telling you that? ), don't SAY anything, as this is a list to HELP us
> Gremlin owners, not slam their personal choices. Put a Chevy, Ford,
> Studebaker, Packard, Toyota motor in it, I don't really care, save the car
> though! That's my goal. SAVE THE CAR.
> Anyhow, in the newpaper article a week ago, they mentioned Gremlin
with
> all the other cars like Pinto, Chevette, Horizon, etc that are being
> considered collectible by nerdish people these days. I guess they didn't
do
> their research, at least you could get a V-8 in a Gremlin ( or a Pinto, I
> found out a few years ago...but NOT a Chevette or Horizon ). Pinto's were
> never performance cars, though, and the Gremlin was touted by AMC as being
a
> performer with the V-8 installed. Wish I could have taken off work to do
an
> interview on the Tuesday before, they put the cars on TV in Richmond, VA.
Oh
> well.
> And, on another sour note, I heard a radio commercial yesterday by
> Consumerchoice.com or something, they slammed the AMC Gremlin by making it
> seem a poor choice between it and something else (reference to talking
about
> people blindly following like blindfolded lemmings with a cattle prod
taped
> to their back ,the "latest reports on health" or something ...). Grrrr!
Makes
> me mad. Oh well, can't do much about it, really. Guess I won't listen to
THEM
> on anything. :) Serves them right!
> It's raining here tonite, so no Gremlin repairs possible. Might go
tinker
> a bit in the garage, catch up on some projects I've been meaning to get
to.
> Tomorrow is auction night, so I'll be heading out there after work to see
> what bargains may be had. Well, I've had my rant, seems like the List is
> getting lots of messages, too bad the "children" can't take this garbage
to
> the dump where it belongs...sorry, Photo954, it usually isn't this bad,
seems
> like the hormones are raging in the younger crowd right now. Not much we
can
> do about it , 'cept vent our anger at THEM.
> Ok, on a Tech post...I am planning on finding some Annular Ring carbs
off
> of FORDs ( yes, that's the Blue Oval ) to go on my Gremlins, as they're
much
> more efficient than anything AMC had at that time, or since, probably. A
> local AMC guy said they should bolt up with no hassle, just need to tinker
> with the linkage to make them work, and they'll idle and run GREAT. My
next
> trip to the boneyards, I"m looking for FORD parts for my AMC. GOT it,
boys?
> I've also got some GM HEI ignition upgrade distributors to drop into my
AMC
> motor(s), as well. <haughty grin > All I need now are some Mopar parts,
and
> I'll really have that ol' AMC running much better than it ever did when it
> left the factory! Maybe I"ll fashion a "Shaker" hood for my 6-banger
> Gremlins, have that sucker shuddering and shaking at the car shows. Now
THAT
> would be awesome! LIttle round 6-cylinder air cleaner shaking thru the top
of
> the hood...hmm. Sounds like a plan to me! Well, I've had enough fun, time
to
> go do something else. For you "serious" AMC folk, just ignore the garbage
> spewing from the ignorant, and the rest of us can hopefully get thru this
(
> where's the list Admin to kick them off the list for a little while? )
>
> Jerry Casper
> Owner, driver, and LOVER of ALL types of AMC Gremlins ( 4x4, Spirit, and
the
> "Original"...)
>
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