Habits and addictions that interfere with your hobbying..

[Precious_b]

Originally Posted by Whispers

I've been putting off a restoration of a 1975 AMC Gremiln X with a V8 for a few years now. Waiting for the right crop of chicks to dig it..... Might start in on it this spring.... Sitting in the garage with it are some old cases of Falstaff.... How long does that stay good? Got a Moody Blues 8-Track cued up waiting for a battery to get hooked up!

All you dawgs be jealous when it pulls up next to you!

I'm not sure I can break from my more current hobby though...

If you got a rust free Pinto in there i'll take it off your hands.

LOL! I knew a guy years ago who had a few of these things. Cheap bastard ue to just buy one insurance policy and shift it to the one he was driving at the moment. Won't even talk about the parts house warranties he abused.

[Cooper Barrett]

Originally Posted by gfejunkie

One of the 50 worst POS cars ever made. Uuuuugleee.

Dude, Where's the other 1/2 of your car?

This might help ST

[Whispers]

Originally Posted by Precious_b

If you got a rust free Pinto in there i'll take it off your hands.

LOL! I knew a guy years ago who had a few of these things. Cheap bastard ue to just buy one insurance policy and shift it to the one he was driving at the moment. Won't even talk about the parts house warranties he abused.

No can do. But I can hook you up with a 1982 Ford Escort. My ex has one in a barn just outside of San Antonio...... guaranteed to be a project to keep you busy for a long long time and app the outthe same time will let you condition the wife the hearing you be honest when you say you going to go out and f*** around with the escort for a while

[Precious_b]

Originally Posted by Whispers

No can do. But I can hook you up with a 1982 Ford Escort. My ex has one in a barn just outside of San Antonio...... guaranteed to be a project to keep you busy for a long long time and app the outthe same time will let you condition the wife the hearing you be honest when you say you going to go out and f*** around with the escort for a while

Eh. If it was the later model GT, I know a few who would love to mess with it.

Holding out for the Pinto.

[RetiredNinja]

Originally Posted by Precious_b

Holding out for the Pinto.

[Stock Trader]

Whispers, I want to know how many fuckable women rode in that car and how many were willing to fuck in that car? And how many teeth these women had that did ride or fuck in this car?

[Precious_b]

RN, Love it

[Blue_eyed_shy_guy]

Originally Posted by Whispers

That green sure is......... I have a blue one..... with blue rims..... easy to clean vinyl seats...... push button AM radio.......


,,,,, it's a very deceptive ride!

*snickers*

I always liked the idea of a sleeper, and I'd have to admit, a Gremlin (or even a Pacer!!) would fit the role perfectly.

Traditional muscle car fans might like the Javelin a little more..

[shayla84]

Here's my car that has become a project for me and my brother (hes the one who knows what he's doing lol), I know I'm def gonna lose money on it because I have already put in more money in it then I bought it for 2 years ago Lol next I want to paint it, hate the color but my brother won't let me do pink so thinking purple or black!!

[Cooper Barrett]

I have one of these custom built with 303 4 speed no power anything but the top.

[shayla84]

Ooh what color is that!!!!!!!

[Blue_eyed_shy_guy]

Cooper, sweet convertible!

Shayla, my dad can totally relate to your dilemma. He went through the same thing in wanting to perform a restoration of a '57 Chevy Bel Air.

[shayla84]

Love old cars, my brother spends more time working on it then I do Lol I just pay for it and say what I want done and try to learn things I don't know how to do my self.

[Observing]

Originally Posted by Blue_eyed_shy_guy

*snickers*

I always liked the idea of a sleeper, and I'd have to admit, a Gremlin (or even a Pacer!!) would fit the role perfectly.

Traditional muscle car fans might like the Javelin a little more..

In 1972,AMC offered the Gremlin X with a 304 cubic inch V-8.
A friend in high school had one and it hauled ass!

"the V8 Gremlin was a poor-man's Corvette, able to spin its rear tires at will and outrun some larger, more expensive pony cars" and it was "the only real performance car available under $2,200."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMC_Gremlin

[Cooper Barrett]

1972 was the last of simi-high powered cars with only specialty vehicles crap as they were, getting real engines that had not been so de-tuned that they wouldn't break a get of E-78-14 tires loose.

The Gremlin was only seemed fast, it really wasn't
You couldn't keep up with even a de-tuned small block, Dodge Challenger, or even a Nova. Even my family car when I was a kid was faster and weighed 800lbs more.

1972 a Gremlin 304 two barrel V8 engine.Turning out 150 horsepower, the two barrel managed to go from 0-60 mph in 8.5 seconds.The quarter mile was dispatched in 16.8 seconds.2853 lbs

72

Nova

: Engine: 350

V8

200 bhp.:

1/4 mile

in 15.5 seconds @ 88.4 mph"

My Mother's (now mine) 67 Coronet 500 1.63 second faster at 3649 lbs0- 1/4mile (s):
15
speed at 1/4mile:
/ 93 mph

There are some fun things to know about them


The fastest production Gremlin was this one with a 402ci V8 Houston Police car






The Randall AMC approved tuner car 115.07 miles per hour (185 km/h) in 12.22 seconds


The mid 70's through the '80's were the worst of automotive history