Re: [gremlintime] Hello All! New member here!

[Bryan Perry <charger_413@xxxx>]

hey i now what you mean im a mopar freak but i owned a
gremlin me and 3 of my friends owned this car at all
seperate ocasions im 20 years old some one told me one
time why dont you buy a firebird so i did i had more
fun driving the gremlin tell the camshaft puked out i
shoulda fixed it and not sold it oh well ill get
another one someday for a six i could really melt the
tires off it people use to ask me whats that got and
id say 6 banger my favorite time was when i beat a
punker as we call them in a 5.0 stang i just new when
to shift and not to let of the gas after i poped the
clutch i just slammed it in 2nd and held her to the
woodz well later
--- John Ferguson III <liberty_valence@xxxx>
wrote:
> Hey--that car sounds nice! Mopar 727 auto, right? 
> And a Corporate 20 in 
> back?
> 
> My 74 has a 401 (from a 1975 police Matador), a
> manual trans (I, uhh, kinda 
> blew up the T-10), 3.15's in an AMC 20, rollcage,
> sidepipes...big, stupid 
> fun. =)
> 
> One thing, though: if you have the 20 rear axle, IF
> YOU DON'T HAVE THEM 
> ALREADY, GET 1 PIECE AXLESHAFTS! The 2-piece shafts
> are seriously weak, & 
> can spin the shaft in the axle end, & even snap off
> & possibly lose the 
> wheel! BAD news. Mine are custom (holy crap, that
> was expensive) Moser 
> 1.30" diameter HD shafts, since I have a 401
> (working on a blower), a 
> 4-speed, & race it on wrinkle-wall Hoosier slicks. 
> I think Moser can 
> shorten & respline Wagoneer or big-car axles. My
> advice is to check with a 
> 4x4 shop, since most 1976-86 Jeeps had the AMC 20.
> 
> 
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "robot_tank" <robot_tank@xxxx>
> Reply-To: gremlintime@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: gremlintime@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [gremlintime] Hello All! New member here!
> Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 17:30:32 -0000
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> Thought I'd try my hand at posting to the group.
> I've been an AMC
> owner for over 15 years, and have had a few of them.
> I've always
> liked Gremlins even when they were first introduced
> in 1970. I was
> only 9 years old but I liked the style. I tried to
> get my dad to buy
> one late in '70 but he came home with a Pinto. Oh
> well... least it
> wasn't a Vega!!
> 
> My first AMC was my '72 Gremlin X 304/3speed. I
> loved that car and
> should have never got rid of it. But as I'm sure you
> all know... the
> grass is always greener story... well that is what I
> thought when I
> traded my Gremlin for a '73 Javelin/AMX. Suppositly
> fully restored,
> turned out to be actually just a cosmetic
> restoration. Ever since
> then I've kind of looked on and off again for
> another Gremlin to
> replace my old one. I even called the current owner
> (not the looser
> that I traded it to) to see if he'd sell it back to
> me - no dice -
> even though it's now torn apart and has been that
> way for years. I
> don't know why as it had just been rebuilt (engine
> that is) about a
> year before I traded it.
> 
> Well, anyway, fast forward up to last November when
> I saw a '73
> Gremlin X for sale on the classic auto trader page.
> Said it was
> a 'hot rod' with a 390 engine in it. I was on the
> phone! It was also
> in my favorite color - Maxi Blue - with white X
> stripes. Needless to
> say, I drove down and bought it several weeks later.
> I live in
> Northern CA and it was in Southern CA - about a 12
> hour drive one way
> but I didn't care. The body is straight, paint was
> great, interior
> was terrible, and it didn't run quite right but the
> potential was
> there. Had not been run for over 2 years as the
> owner had died. His
> parents finally got to doing something with the car.
> Got it home and
> started working on it right away. Timing was WAY
> off, no wonder it
> would hardly start. Yanked off the old Holly carb
> and replaced it
> with a new Edelbrock AFB, new plugs, wires, MSD
> coil, timing adjust,
> belts, rebuilt alt, flex fan (clutch fan was shot),
> and it is running
> like a scalded cat. I also found out that the
> advertised 390 was
> really a 401!! Yeah! No wonder this thing frys the
> tires at the
> slightest amount of pedal. Anyway, I've been
> working on it since
> December of last year bringing it back to a
> condition I can be proud
> to drive and show at the cruz-in's.
> 
> People still are not ready to accept Gremlins at car
> shows, but no
> matter, I still go and put up their incorrect
> information and crap. I
> try to straighten out the ones that will listen.
> Most people seem to
> ignore the car (you know, it's not a true 'classic'
> I'm told - say
> what!? it's 30 years old!! Dolt!) as I don't open up
> the hood (even
> though its a 401, it's not all dolled up to show),
> until I start it
> up that is. Then a crowd appears asking what's in
> this 'thing'? It
> has a pretty loud Flowmaster dual exhaust system. I
> might start
> opening up the hood and see what happens.
> 
> Anyway, this is getting too long winded... I posted
> pictures of
> my 'Gremie X' in the photo section. It's under the
> name: Robot_tank's
> Gremlin X. Take a look and let me know what you
> think. If I get some
> pics of the front and engine I'll post them later. 
> Glad to be here!
> 
> Keep on AMC'ing!
> 
> Tom Cloud
> '73 Gremlin X 401/auto
> 
>
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