Re: [gremlintime] '73 Gremlin X V-8 f/s

[Bryan Perry <charger_413@xxxx>]

what you do is ditch the 302 pino idea and drop a 390
in that thing then your nuts i have a 76 ford 390 4
speed and my buddies think im nuts cause i just sit
back laugh like physco drop it in second and clear the
ditch line into my field
--- O2BAGPz@xxxx wrote:
> Sounds good so far Joey. You might have to actually
> REAL Mail me a couple of 
> Polaroids or something. My computer has memory
> problems at times (like Me). 
> Too many users and not enough competent resource
> management at times. I had a 
> deal in the works to sell the ' 72 Vega but if there
> is a Gremlin coming my 
> way I'll have to keep both the Vega and the Pinto
> as I've had a spot 
> reserved inbetween them for some time marked Gremlin
> Parking Only! I also 
> have a ' 73 Mercury Capri. Well two of the Capris
> actually. If all goes well 
> the very clean 2.0 liter 4spd with the dead motor in
> it but a fresh motor on 
> the engine stand will leave here shortly as is
> for........$1,000.00!!!!!!!!! 
> I told the prospective buyer; who really wants just
> the motor, that it all 
> has to go together or not at all. If I get the fresh
> motor installed before 
> he comes back with CASH the price goes up to
> $2,000.00 obo. Think often----as 
> is cash sale------and I believe we can turn that
> into a change of ownership 
> on your Gremlin! The other ' 73 Capri I'm keeping.
> While not as clean it has 
> a built 2.8 V6, Hooker Headers, Mallory dist., MSD,
> Offy intake and choice of 
> Holley 450 vac sec, or Edlebrock 600. Dual 2.5"
> exhaust with Flows 
> andcrossover. Lowered, new rack, 7.5" 4-spoke
> Americans w/ BFGs. A very 
> sanitary white engine bay. Interior out right now
> ready for 4-point cage with 
> braces to the shock/strut towers. Body shell has the
> usual rusty rear wheel 
> wells but I've located a set of rear group 4 type
> flares. I think that my 
> girlfriend has convinced me that the Pinto gets a
> 302 w/C-4. Thats when and 
> if the 2.0 ever decides to quit running. It already
> has 15" Fittapaldis 
> w/215/65-15 Michelins, KYB shocks but needs front
> Discs installed before it 
> goes any faster. I have a theory; well actually a
> hunch since I don't posess 
> a college degree; that the Pinto did not burst into
> flames like many of its 
> brethgeren as being a drum brake car it wouldn't
> stop fast enough to get rear 
> ended! Discs are coming from my old ' 76 Torino
> Sedan. They fit under the 
> Fittapaldis and the parts book shows one ball joint
> as the samew unit and the 
> other as being one digit off the Pinto unit so the
> chasnge over should not be 
> a problem. The Vega is all set for a 3.8 evenfire
> Buick V6. Tranny bell 
> housing has already been changed. Which ever carb
> does not land on the Capri 
> will do nicely in the Vega. The reliable always runs
> but I should sell it 
> vehicle is a ' 69 Toyota Corona 4dr 4spd w/50,000
> orig. mi! Anyone 
> interested? Absolutely stock, clean, and documented.
> $2,000.00. If you have 
> some pics you can send of the "X-car" let me know
> and I'll give you a real US 
> Postal Service Address to mail them to. I have to
> move mom from Woodburn OR 
> to Phoenix AZ in about a month so if the car gods
> are with us I could 
> probably pick up the Gremlin on my way back to SF
> area. As you can tell, too 
> many projects so one has to leave before another can
> arrive both 'cause of 
> the $s thing but more for the space thing. Just
> think of the reactions that 
> the ole neighborhood will have to the ' 71 Pinto, '
> 72 Vega, ' 73 Gremlin, 
> and ' 73 Capri all parked in front of the ole place!
> "He's gone absolutey 
> nuts I tell you! He was such a nice young man! I
> just don't understand what 
> could have happened!"
> JUST DO IT!
> DANA
> aka orphanautos
> 


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