Gremlin vs Prius! (luxury, vehicles, selling, Buick)

[Hankrigby]

Originally Posted by Northrick

They made a sportier version of it called the Gremlin X and in 1972 you could get a 304 ci V8 in it.

Yeah I'm a gremlin enthusiast. I'll buy one restored one day if I can.

[Ron61]

I had a Gremlin back in the day. Standard shift, plain Jane as far as options.

[Hankrigby]

Originally Posted by Ron61

I had a Gremlin back in the day. Standard shift, plain Jane as far as options.

Back when cars were simple.

[camaro69]

My 1971 Gremlin. Called her the Green Monster.

[doc1]

My Gremlin story:

Back in the early to mid '70s I had a 340 Duster, 4 spd and 3:55 rear.

This was in Houston and Westheimer Blvd was the scene for late night stop light drag racing.

A purple Gremlin sporting Cragar SS mags pulled up and blipped the throttle and I thought "a 304 with open mufflers, this will be easy".

All I saw were tail lights. My guess is he dropped in a 390 or 401. I never found out. He was outta there.

[kyle19125]

AMC had such a poor reputation but oh man did I ever want one of those 1971 Javelins. *sigh*

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMC_Ja...sha_street.JPG

[Hankrigby]

Originally Posted by kyle19125

AMC had such a poor reputation but oh man did I ever want one of those 1971 Javelins. *sigh*

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMC_Ja...sha_street.JPG

Javelins were bad ass too. I liked the rambler as well. I remember seeing eagle wagons up north and it blew my mind such a compact car was a 4x4.

Seeing a small station wagon with mud tires on it was rather unusual.

[Pilot1]

I have to admit the pre fender flair Javelins were really cool. I was too young to buy one and I was into MG's at the time anyway.

[Newporttom]

Originally Posted by Northrick

They made a sportier version of it called the Gremlin X and in 1972 you could get a 304 ci V8 in it.

A Gremlin X was a nice looking car.

[Hankrigby]

The only AMC I didn't care for was the Pacer. Though they did make a few of those with a 401 in it too.