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Talking about 'Custom's Gremlins. There were a
number of regional Gremlins made too for specific regionals. Some were modified
and are well known like the Randall Gremlins, a Randall Pacer is shown
here:
others not so well known like the Frazzell AMC
Gremlin "mini wagons" sold in Galveston/Houston. Nothing special about them
except seemed to have a few extra options, and well, metal emblems like this one
shown here. I have never been able to have anyone tell me why they were sold in
this area as a 'mini wagon' either although a number of people remember them and
a few have owned them; have owned 2 of them myself.
On the 78 Gremlins, I believe Jerry has one or two
of them, quite rare cars, and if I recall, shared the 78 Concord AMX flair
package also.
They do share most of the things with the 74(?) I
believe you mention, however as John also pointed out, some one year items like
dash gauges. But glass, bumpers, doors, stainless, seats, door panels,
drivetrain, a majority of it is same.
Speaking of drivetrains, some of those Gremlins had
a four banger 121 and I believe 151cid in them. I recently bought a 81 Eagle and
was surprised to pop the hood and discover a tiny little 4 banger in there.
There is enough room in there I am thinking about becoming a coyote and
smuggling people across the border. It has a 151 in it and is a factory 4spd.
While changing the oil I had to actually look up how much oil it would hold as I
was ready to drop in the usual 5 quarts in there, but this childs portion engine
only holds three quarts!
The gas mileage on it is impressive, I have been
getting 20-23 mpg in it, driven daily. So if some of ya'll happen upon the four
banger later model AMCs, pick them up. I have always thought they should end up
in a row of cars at the monster truck pull with Gravedigger flying on top of
them, but now am impressed. Sure, not the same as having a V8, but for hauling
the kids around, it beast the 72 Ambassador which goes from Citgo to
Citgo.
Good luck with that Gremlin, maybe you can
customize some of the later stuff onto your earlier car such as some of the VAM
built Gremlins looked like stock:
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