Re: 401 GREMLIN

["Diana Smith" <windance@xxxx>]

Steve....be sure and fix that '72 up...its' a ball driving an old
car...everyone honks and waves and when you stop for gas they all want to
tell you about the one they had back when. got for it. DEE
-----Original Message-----
From: sbacho@xxxx <sbacho@xxxx>
To: gremlintime@xxxxxxxxxxx <gremlintime@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, February 27, 2000 9:42 AM
Subject: [gremlintime] 401 GREMLIN


>From: sbacho@xxxx
>
>Hi,
> I live in New Jersey, am 56 yrs. old, and the owner of a ' 1972
>Gremlin X '. The car has been off the road for about six yrs. When I
>bought the car new I ordered everything the ' X ' package had to offer
>and more. I grew up during the street racing era and horsepower was in
>big demand! So, by reading magazines and articles from the hot rodders
>of the day, I swapped the ' 304 ' for a ' 401 ' from a 73' Javalin AMX
>and changed the three speed trans for a Borg-Warner 4-speed trans. the
>rear-end was left standard ( the ' X ' package that yr. had a Chrysler 8
>7/8" unit with 3:54 posi gears ) that was strong enough for the brute
>power that this combination provided.
> My question is this, I loved this car and had lots of fun driving it,
>so, should I make it road worthy again? It's not good on gas, but I
>would only use it pleasure cruises. It needs paint and new brakes and
>other minor repairs, but i was wondering what its worth?, and if it's a
>project that I should continue on?
> Any comments would be welcome!
>
> Steve
>
>
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