Unclass acts, Nerd cars in USA Today ...Gremlin, CHEVETTE, Pinto, etc....

[Gremlingts@xxxx]

 Ok, you clowns, you're starting to make this Gremlintime list sound like 
a stupid AOL Car Chat room, what with your egos seeing who can outdo the 
other in stupidity. I really don't mind the occasional colorful language, but 
if you wish to dump on each other, take it OFF this list, and you can email 
each other to your hearts content!! I believe most of us on here DON'T want 
to hear you call each other names, no matter who deserves what. I don't care 
what motor you put into your Gremlin, whether it's a V-8 or Porsche 4-banger( 
I have SEVEN Gremlins, buck-o's, and NONE have a V-8...how many have YOU 
saved???? Spent all your money on chrome and slick wheels?) Don't care, don't 
wanna know about it, if you don't have anything nice to say ( remember your 
mama telling you that? ), don't SAY anything, as this is a list to HELP us 
Gremlin owners, not slam their personal choices. Put a Chevy, Ford, 
Studebaker, Packard, Toyota motor in it, I don't really care, save the car 
though! That's my goal. SAVE THE CAR.
Anyhow, in the newpaper article a week ago, they mentioned Gremlin with 
all the other cars like Pinto, Chevette, Horizon, etc that are being 
considered collectible by nerdish people these days. I guess they didn't do 
their research, at least you could get a V-8 in a Gremlin ( or a Pinto, I 
found out a few years ago...but NOT a Chevette or Horizon ). Pinto's were 
never performance cars, though, and the Gremlin was touted by AMC as being a 
performer with the V-8 installed. Wish I could have taken off work to do an 
interview on the Tuesday before, they put the cars on TV in Richmond, VA. Oh 
well.
And, on another sour note, I heard a radio commercial yesterday by 
Consumerchoice.com or something, they slammed the AMC Gremlin by making it 
seem a poor choice between it and something else (reference to talking about 
people blindly following like blindfolded lemmings with a cattle prod taped 
to their back ,the "latest reports on health" or something ...). Grrrr! Makes 
me mad. Oh well, can't do much about it, really. Guess I won't listen to THEM 
on anything. :) Serves them right!
It's raining here tonite, so no Gremlin repairs possible. Might go tinker 
a bit in the garage, catch up on some projects I've been meaning to get to. 
Tomorrow is auction night, so I'll be heading out there after work to see 
what bargains may be had. Well, I've had my rant, seems like the List is 
getting lots of messages, too bad the "children" can't take this garbage to 
the dump where it belongs...sorry, Photo954, it usually isn't this bad, seems 
like the hormones are raging in the younger crowd right now. Not much we can 
do about it , 'cept vent our anger at THEM. 
Ok, on a Tech post...I am planning on finding some Annular Ring carbs off 
of FORDs ( yes, that's the Blue Oval ) to go on my Gremlins, as they're much 
more efficient than anything AMC had at that time, or since, probably. A 
local AMC guy said they should bolt up with no hassle, just need to tinker 
with the linkage to make them work, and they'll idle and run GREAT. My next 
trip to the boneyards, I"m looking for FORD parts for my AMC. GOT it, boys? 
I've also got some GM HEI ignition upgrade distributors to drop into my AMC 
motor(s), as well. <haughty grin > All I need now are some Mopar parts, and 
I'll really have that ol' AMC running much better than it ever did when it 
left the factory! Maybe I"ll fashion a "Shaker" hood for my 6-banger 
Gremlins, have that sucker shuddering and shaking at the car shows. Now THAT 
would be awesome! LIttle round 6-cylinder air cleaner shaking thru the top of 
the hood...hmm. Sounds like a plan to me! Well, I've had enough fun, time to 
go do something else. For you "serious" AMC folk, just ignore the garbage 
spewing from the ignorant, and the rest of us can hopefully get thru this ( 
where's the list Admin to kick them off the list for a little while? ) 

Jerry Casper
Owner, driver, and LOVER of ALL types of AMC Gremlins ( 4x4, Spirit, and the 
"Original"...)