Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: In need of body parts for my 1972 Gremlin X

Jack,

That sounds like a great goal. Shouldnt be too hard there are plenty of cheap chebby powered bastards out there in the 10's I wouldnt wory about the crossmember or hacking anything. If you have the skills to build crossmembers it should be no trouble at all to make a set of adapter motor mounts instead. If you decide to change the engine crossmember to a tube you will have to deal with the front suspension as well. The lower controll arm is part of the crossmember. As for braking capabilities... the stock disks are more then up to the task. My BBO AmC team gremlin ran 10.70's with the stock drums and a little 360. then we swaped to stock disks and to a 401 as we got closer to the 9's (10.30's) I run smaller lighter 82 concord disks on my black gremlin. Has no trouble stopping at 121mph but I also added wilwood rear disks on my 9" rear. As for what rear you have in your car....if it is a factory v-8 it will have a model 20 12 bolt rear. Strong if you weld the tubes and ofcourse with those times you are required to have aftermarket axels with long studs.

Im interested in how you plan to "widen" the wheel tubs without atleast minitubing. I had stock springs and 70/30 shocks with slapper bars and the largest tire I could run was 28X 10.5 slicks. So the 9.5's you have planned should have plenty of room in the stock unmodified body. I swapped to ladder and coil overs but still didnt tub and only use 28X10 Hoosier slicks at the track. not really any need for a bigger tire.

Davis

From: jack <abujimbob@xxxxxxxxx>
To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, November 18, 2010 2:07:48 PM
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: In need of body parts for my 1972 Gremlin X

Thanks for the quick response guys! Im just starting to strip the car down and get things ready for primer. This car is going to be my street/strip car and im not sure how well the stock brakes are going to hold up to 125-130 mph trap speeds (i need to do some more research). I already have a motor/tranny combo that should put this car in the mid to low 11 sec range without the bottle (assuming some traction). Only thing i need to figure out is what rear end is in the car, if its weak i can cut down my 9" or gm 12 bolt. I want the body to remain stock. The car is getting my 377 sbc, and a manual valve body th400. But don't panic nothings going to be cut up to convert it to a chevy driveline. My best friend use to build sprint cars so i have access to everything to make tubular cross members for the engine and transmission. So in essence i will be bolting the swap in without cutting up a bunch of stuff, incase i want to convert it back to stock. The wheel wells will be widened (not tubbed) to tuck a 9.5" MT et street radial. I hate seeing cars that have been jacked up with air shocks to clear a wider tire, instead of doing it right. This car is going to be my little project over the next few years. With some time (and a lot of money) im hoping to have a nice streetable 10 sec gremmy!

Thanks again for the help!
Jack

--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Davis Martin <martin-davis@...> wrote:
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> He is definitly all out of Front and rear valances, and early one piece grills.
> Maybe he has a disk brake setup? Come to think of it, I have a front disk setup
> from a 72 v-8 Gremlin I parted. 200 bucks for it plus shipping.
> Â Davis
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> From: Eddie Stakes <eddiestakes@...>
> To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thu, November 18, 2010 6:36:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] In need of body parts for my 1972 Gremlin X
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> If you get on my VENDORS list on my site, Richard Estermeyer is parting out
> a number of Grem/Horn/conc/Spir series vehicle sup in Michigan, not sure if
> any early ones, but worth burning a call to him, good guy to deal with.
> Eddie Stakes
> 713-464-8825 days
> www.planethoustonamx.com
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> From: "jack" <abujimbob@...>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 8:12 PM
> To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] In need of body parts for my 1972 Gremlin X
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> > I have an all original 72 gremlin x 304/3 speed car, and have been having
> > problems trying to find a few parts. I am in need of a rear valance and
> > would love to keep the car all metal,but fiberglass is an option. Also my
> > front grill is cracked in a few places and wanted to know if it could be
> > repaired by plastic welding, or if i needed to find a new one. Next
> > question, where is the best place to find parts to do a front disc brake
> > conversion. And finally, what rear end came in the 304 gremlins?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jack
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