Re: [gremlintime] Is anybody out there?

[Daniel Modlin <dmodlin@xxxx>]

Vik Butvila wrote:
> 
> From: "Vik Butvila" <vbutvila@xxxx>
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Hey Bart - seems kind of brave of Paul to "challenge" us EH?
> 
> Anyway, here goes my Gremlin story - short form.
> 
> I've been the owner of "Kermit" for over 21 years -over just over 1/2
> of my life! He is a 1974 Gremlin X factory v8 car. I bought him for $1000 in
> 1979 from someone who thought the trans was toast and wanted to sell it.
> Who's going to listen to a 20 year old if he was to tell them that it was
> just low on fluid?

Speaking of which...how in the hell do you accurately check the fluid on
the auto trans? All I get is fluid that goes halfway up the dipstick,
starting somewhat thick and gradaully turning into a film. I know the
car has leaked some fluid, don't know how much tho. It there supposed
to be a *thick* layer of fluid on the dipstick, with a prounounced level
to be noticed? As it is, I have no idea what the level is, it is just
sort of a continuum.


Anyway..it sounds...fast?<g> I imagine this is srot of a racer/sunday
driver only?


So I didn't and took him home. At the time I had a 1975
> Matador coupe with my well built 304 in it - but she was crunched by a
> stoned driver (not me) and totaled,so I settled with the insurance co. and
> kept the car. Anyway - Kermit was my daily driver for a year until it came
> time for the transformation. Out went the stock 304 - in went the good
> motor,a 727 with all "Hemi Torqflite" guts and 3500 stall convertor,the
> entire disc brake set up from the Matador,police package front springs for a
> Matador wagon and 7 leaf rear springs with big sway bars front and rear. The
> Dana rear got a posi unit and off we went. Three rear diffs and one complete
> housing later we went to the Ford 9" with the Strange engineering axles and
> trac-lock diff. For looks he got a 77 Hornet front clip and GM blaze red
> paint. If you're wondering how he got named Kermit - I didn't name him,he
> was named by a friend of mine I firmly beat in his vette motor Z28 - He said
> it looked like a frog when it hit 2nd gear at about 7k and passed him like
> he hit the brakes. OK - I got a little long - But we are talking about 20
> years of history here! Anyway - the 401 is on the stand going together to
> go in for the next 20 years - I hope that I have at least as much fun as I
> did the first 20. BTW - The Hot Rod article that said that no one got any
> in a Gremlin is BOOCHIIT! Lots more room w/o back



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