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I used to see this 1974 AMC Gremlin all the itme when I was a kid, I have'nt seen it since I was in grade 7 or 8, then all of a sudden I see it again in traffic just a few days ago!What a shock that this little beast is still on the road... it's getting pretty rusty, but it's a Gremlin so it is just too cool in my opinion!
Needless to say I am pleased to see it still on the road, it's ugly, old, beat-up and a joke at times, but it's cool!
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This might just be me but I find the tire strapped to the front humours.
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I think we all do!
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Me too, my brother had one for a while that he had gotten for it's engine for his Pacer... I miss the Pacers we both had too!
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I don't know what it is, but albeit it has definitely a strange design, I've always had a thing for the Pacer, too. There's just this something about it that I like. I still by far prefer the Gremlin, though...
I wish I could've seen more AMC... Damn the fact that I live in Canada... :C
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I want it. xD My dream car is a Gremlin...
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Nice, I had a 74 Gremlin once, cool little car, also had some Pacers!
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Sweet little car, and that's a neat story that it reappeared. I can't wait to see Cars 2 since one of the evil henchmen is a rusty Gremlin just like this guy, only orange.
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...and those Pacers!
My brother and I both used to drive Pacers!
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You were both lucky, then. Alas, I got my license far too late to find any reasonably priced Pacers. I blame Wayne's World and the Mirthmobile for that one.
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LOL, we had them just a few years ago, sold them to move onto other vintage cars.
You can still get a Pacer or Gremlin now, you just need to look!
I recently discovered where the Mirth mobile limo is sitting... so tempting to try to get it!
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For some reason this reminds me of a rampage I used to see all the time.
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i dont go much on the gremlins there ok but not that good
i mean they spelled the end for the muscle cars
were they the ones that neither door was the same size or fitted properly?
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They had nothing to do with muscle cars at all, they were after the muscle car movement introduced as an alternative to imports.
Pacers had the passenger side door longer then the drivers side for easy passenger loading and unloading, I never encountered fitment issues on good ones, but the beater Pacer my brother drove had saggin doors so they looked like they fit poorly.
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lol poor build quality
i know about the origins of the gremlin. didnt it have the same engine as the amc hornet?
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Pretty much all the AMC's of that period had the same basic engines.
Pretty much everybody where you are says the cars here had poor build quality... but I've seen Morris Marinas, and British leyland built cars...
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dont start on the commie cars
im sure americas had its own fair share of rubbish cars
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um british cars are not commie cars....
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I had to LOL!
I think the world has had its share of bad cars, no exceptions... except for maybe Holland! (Spiker)
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"Well, the frame is rusted out, the steering is sloppy, the engine has a knock, the transmission fluid is thick as tar, the rear diff rattles, the gauges don't work, the dome light caught fire, the heater leaks, I can see through the floodboards, the tires are odd size, and the fuze box is made up of fuses covered in tin foil. BUT... the 8 track works just fine!"
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You gotta have a good 8-Track!
I love the 8-Track in my 79 Lincoln, I have some great tapes for it now!
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Makes me kinda wish I still had my 71!
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Makes me wish I had a shop , and some dough .....
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LOL, I'm sure there are better ones then this out three still... I found a Levi X a couple winters ago in Edmonton... I had to fight the urge to try to gt it!
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Yes , I'm sure you have ....
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And they are using it for a winter beater, omg!
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I thinks that's a great use for a really rusty Gremlin like this!
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Did you ever have one?
I miss seeing them on the road... and Pacers!
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No. It reminds me of my childhood when I saw quite a few of them.I saw a lot of Pacers too. They were all products of the American Motors Corporation. The Jeep Cherokee is part of that legacy
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Oh believe me, I know their heritage, I've owned Pacers and a Gremlin in the past, and I used to have a 1966 AMC Marlin, I still have a 1965 Rambler Marlin!
I osed to see Pacers and Gremlins as a kid too, I always thought they were neat!
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The earlier ones were the best. Although the latest ones ... Oh well, no point in telling a tale that won't be believed.
Truck-like drivetrain under those AMC products; never let you down!
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Same drivelines as the later Jeeps!
There are still Pacer related parts in the 2010's even!
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Yep. They use the same Ford starters even to this day!
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It's definetly cool! I love those ones...
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Too much rust I imagine... I'm very lucky to be in Alberta Canada because we get away with a lot on our cars!
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Rust isn't a problem as long as it is not too much.
We had an Opel which had Rust on the mountings of the shock absorbers. That was the reason why we couldn't continue using it.
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Rust on the mounts, or the mounts were rusted through?
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Well near the mounts...the guys at the safety inspection didn't like that
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