LU8

Due to its small size, rear drive and V8 option, I'm thinking it was the last car to replicate something like a flathead powered T bucket or '32 Highboy. Gremlin had a stronger body than Vega or Pinto. Better build up potential as a small hi performance car, and quite good looking before the 1973/74 impact bumpers came.

Gremlin 401-XR

Dave68

While most AMC vehicles came off as quirky, I always felt the the exception was the Javelin, especially the first gen. One things for certain, blind spot prominence was trivialized, back then. The Gremlin's was a wopper.

level6

Back when they were around I had the 6 but really wanted the 8 cyl. Got the 8 and thought I was so tough. The other small cars didn't have 8 cyl. AMC tried so hard to get into the big 3's territory. They came out with some radical designs i.e. javelin, eagle 4wd car, pacer, matador. Gezz, they were not the same old same old when it came to design.

Zee0hSix

Back in the day my buddies went for Mustangs and Camaros, I so wanted one of these.....

Stickshiftsteve

I drove 2 Gremins back in the day. Inline 6 cyl - std trannys - a 70 & a 74.
Fun cars but 6-7 Canadian winters turned them into rust buckets.

Steve_R

I had a Gremlin X in high school. 304 V8 in a very light, short wheelbase car. What could possibly go wrong?

It was one of the funnest cars I've owned.

LU8

But on the positive side that made the structure very rigid and strong. I seem to recall one of the last things Yenko tried to do before the feds shut them down was a LT1 350 in a Vega, but too much chassis flex.


God bless AMC, they didn't follow the crowd, my God they did not!










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