Re: '78 Gremlins to Kenosha...I"m probably " in "... :o)

["grinding_gremlin" <grinding_gremlin@xxxx>]

Y'know about 10 years ago, when I bought my 1971 Grem, The '78 Grems were the only 
ones I could find. I had a tough time finding 1970-73 grems. This is going to make you sick, but 
I found in a salvage yard at that time a 1978 Grem X (not sure if it was Levis) w/ the audi motor. 
it was whole and in good shape. The guy would have sold it cheap. I shoulda bought it. i'm sure 
it has been long flattened and recycled by now. also in the yard there was a '73 304 black with 
the flame sticker package. it was just a body, but at the time I would have done anything just to 
have a body of a 304. Come to think of it the yard was full of Grem X Levis and even a 1970 
Grem which i haven't seen any of since. All were pretty beat but, wow, to just have been 
amongst them. There was even a Hornet trans am with the big Hornet on the hood.
Ahhh the memories. I do know of one place that may still have a cluster of not so rare Grems 
rust free in ND. the guy had them up on barrels. there was a '78 plain Grem in there, dark green.
However that was even four years ago so they may have been cleared out also.
Oh well, I know now if i find one to bite the bullet and buy it!

--- In gremlintime@xxxx, Gremlingts@xxxx wrote:
> Well, I have bad news for ya...not only do a have a "rare" '78 Gremlin, 
> it's also the "rarest"....the GT model ! It's a pumpkin orange with black 
> accent, and if I can, it'll be the car I drive up there. I hope to get the 
> spoiler package back on the car, and have it ready to roll by July. Right 
> now, it needs carb work and gas line repair. Other than that, unless the 
> brakes neeed work, and I wouldn't put it out of the realm of possiblities on 
> that, I hope that's all it'll need. If not, I might try to fix up the '72 
> Sunroofer, as that's another car with a rare option that would turn some 
> heads. But the GT is my first choice, by far! And you're right, there's few 
> enough of the late model Gremlins running around, the early ones seem to 
> predominate everywhere, can't remember the last time I saw one ( oh, yes I 
> can...Hershey flea market in Fall of '00, in the Car Corral...golden bronze, 
> 15,000 kilometres on the odometer ( Canadian car ), asking $5,900 for it. 
> Gorgeous car! That was a '77, though. Still impressive. The '78's had the 
> updated dash that was different from all the other Gremlins, so that's how 
> you can tell a '77 from a '78 Gremlin. The '77 had the old style with the 
> hump in the middle of the dash, the '78 had a smoother dash, more like the 
> Concords that followed. 
> I still need to find a place to stay up in Wisconsin, if anyone has 
> suggestions, let me know ASAP'! I've already applied for vacation time, July 
> 23rd thru the 29th, so that should cover my travel time. I"m coming from 
> Virginia, so it should take about 1. 5 days to get there. Look forward to 
> meeting some of you folks, this ought to be a blast!
> 
> Jerry Casper
> Woodbridge, VA