i totaly agree with you i had a 75 amc gremlin and if it wernt for all my stupid mistakes i made like selling it for 500 bucks i wish i still had it cause now i buitl up a 4.3 s10 2 wheel drive but its still not the same as a 1975 amc gremlin with a 232 six split bech seat and a 3 speed on the floor well later --- John Ferguson III <liberty_valence@xxxx> wrote: > I also like the double-takes my Grem gets > (especially since it's Big Bad > Green with a 4" cowl hood, chrome Cragars, & 3" > sidepipes)...and it can back > it up with a healthy (sorta-boosted) 401. It's loud > (sidepipes, big-tube > headers, geardrive, solid cam, blower drive), rides > rough, is hard to get in > and out of with the rollcage...and big, stupid fun! > > Which is exactly what I was trying for when I built > it from a $50 junker > with a dead (spun-bearing) 304, a grenaded 3-speed, > & a crunched front end. > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: twa1950@xxxx > Reply-To: gremlintime@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: gremlintime@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [gremlintime] Digest Number 876 > Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 09:52:01 -0400 > > While I don't think you will every retire on the > money you make by selling > your Gremlin. It does have a lot of good points. You > will be noticed when > your driving down the highway. When I go to car > shows I never have to worry > about getting into the wrong car like so many of the > other owners of other > "classic" car owners do. How many red 65 Mustangs > were made anyway. I love > the idea I can go to a car show and have corvette, > street rods, ect park > next to me and I have never heard anyone ask me > what I was doing at the car > show. I love the idea that I am the only one there. > So while you won't get > rich off the profits of your Gremlin think of it > this way. What other car > can you get for less than $3,000 that is fun to > drive, will get you noticed > when your driving down the street, will start a > conversation almost every > time you stop, can take to car shows, and will out > run half the new cars the > road with the V8 and not do bad with the 6. Think > about it. Not much > difference than that $30,000 street rod parked next > to at the next car show > and your a lot richer. Terry > > _________________________________________________________________ > Try MSN Messenger 6.0 with integrated webcam > functionality! > http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/reach_webcam > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com