Don't See This Car Very Often
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that AMC gremlin is not something I personally think looks all that nice , but that car looks like its got a good many parts and its been carefully thought through, and properly assembled in the pictures at least and I bet its a bargain in that it would cost far more to build a similar car than that cars asking price
I vastly prefer the looks of the AMC AMX CARS
I vastly prefer the looks of the AMC AMX CARS
both cars body designs were rather commonly used back in the mid 1970s ,
as they were light weight and fairly cheap to buy , so several got converted into race cars.
I'm not unfamiliar with gremlin race cars, one of the guys I worked with in the mid 1970s had a powder blue one with a 390 AMC engine he swapped in from an amc ambassador, while it was fun to drive he complained it got squirrelly at high speeds.
now perhaps it was unique to the way his car suspension was set-up but I doubt it!
In my experience, either car can be set up to transfer engine torque rather effectively, and do so well enough to pull the front wheels well off the pavement.
the problem is NOT weight transfer or traction, as I remember it, its simply piss poor high speed stability in the gremlin which does not handle speeds well over 110 mph all that well, and you don,t want to drive a car that tends to get light in the steering at those speeds
http://www.powerblocktv.com/episode/HP2012-04/amc-other-engine-build-up
http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/engine/116-0503-amc-brute-engines/
http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/engine/1308-amc-401-build/
http://www.bulltear.com/forums/showthread.php?18219-TWO-AMC-MOTOR-BUILD-EXAMPLES
as they were light weight and fairly cheap to buy , so several got converted into race cars.
I'm not unfamiliar with gremlin race cars, one of the guys I worked with in the mid 1970s had a powder blue one with a 390 AMC engine he swapped in from an amc ambassador, while it was fun to drive he complained it got squirrelly at high speeds.
now perhaps it was unique to the way his car suspension was set-up but I doubt it!
In my experience, either car can be set up to transfer engine torque rather effectively, and do so well enough to pull the front wheels well off the pavement.
the problem is NOT weight transfer or traction, as I remember it, its simply piss poor high speed stability in the gremlin which does not handle speeds well over 110 mph all that well, and you don,t want to drive a car that tends to get light in the steering at those speeds
http://www.powerblocktv.com/episode/HP2012-04/amc-other-engine-build-up
http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/engine/116-0503-amc-brute-engines/
http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/engine/1308-amc-401-build/
http://www.bulltear.com/forums/showthread.php?18219-TWO-AMC-MOTOR-BUILD-EXAMPLES
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GLHS60
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These posts remind me of a 1979 AMC spirit I got in trade around 1986 with a 4 cyl Audi engine.
The trans was shot so I installed a 1969 Olds 455 4bbl, T-400 and the car was a lot of fun!!
One of the easiest swaps I have ever done but I don't think I have any pictures.
The car was light, fast and handled better than I could have ever imagined.
Thanks
Randy
The trans was shot so I installed a 1969 Olds 455 4bbl, T-400 and the car was a lot of fun!!
One of the easiest swaps I have ever done but I don't think I have any pictures.
The car was light, fast and handled better than I could have ever imagined.
Thanks
Randy
When I was in my early teens, my brother's best friend collected any and all cars that came from the factory with V8s. I don't know where he got the money from, even a bunch of dirt cheap cars ad up to a load of money.
I'll always remember all the Ramblers in his back yard, until I went into the Navy he was un-defeated on the streets any where around Philly. He had a 67 (I think) S/C Rambler, it looked like some grandmother car except for the fat red line along the sides near the bottom and a huge hood scoop that would wet down everything under the hood when it rained. He was among the older guys that raced on the streets and most worked at the Hurst factory a few towns away. I'll never forget the night the cops brought my brother to our door for fighting and racing that night. They beat some rich kids in their Hemi Cuda for pink slips and the rich kid wouldn't give up the car he just kept going and they chased him down.
That car had to be a light weight, The jack was busted one night and they used a 4X4 and a block to lift up the front while the other put a milk crate under the front frame. Sometime later he traded that car for a special edition Gremlin XR with a 401. The police were after him so much they rewrote the local ordinances with heavy fines and jail time for violators.
I'll always remember all the Ramblers in his back yard, until I went into the Navy he was un-defeated on the streets any where around Philly. He had a 67 (I think) S/C Rambler, it looked like some grandmother car except for the fat red line along the sides near the bottom and a huge hood scoop that would wet down everything under the hood when it rained. He was among the older guys that raced on the streets and most worked at the Hurst factory a few towns away. I'll never forget the night the cops brought my brother to our door for fighting and racing that night. They beat some rich kids in their Hemi Cuda for pink slips and the rich kid wouldn't give up the car he just kept going and they chased him down.
That car had to be a light weight, The jack was busted one night and they used a 4X4 and a block to lift up the front while the other put a milk crate under the front frame. Sometime later he traded that car for a special edition Gremlin XR with a 401. The police were after him so much they rewrote the local ordinances with heavy fines and jail time for violators.
http://www.streetlegaltv.com/featur...cars-you-should-know-amcs-69-hurst-scrambler/
yeah, those cars were never the sales success AMC hoped they might have been, they came into the muscle car wars rather late and while competative were never outstanding , and they competed with cars like the, the dart swingers but like the Plymouth road runner the idea behind it was to stick a large engine , in a fairly cheap and light car and have a easy to produce car with a good power to weight ratio.
HERES AMC ,s 1969 SCRAMBLER
http://coolridesonline.net/news-blog/news-entertainment/profile-of-the-1968-plymouth-road-runner/
I think you can see why road runners out sold ramblers by a wide margin, the road runners looked low and mean, and sounded good, the AMC looked a bit Boxy , but in stock off the show room floor both were competitive
http://garage.grumpysperformance.com/index.php?threads/how-fast-were-the-old-muscle-cars.1938/
http://www.musclecarclub.com/amc-amx/
http://www.musclecarclub.com/amc-special-vehicles/
I remember well going with a friend to look at those AMC cars, then we drove to the chevy dealer and he bought a 396 4 speed nova
yeah, those cars were never the sales success AMC hoped they might have been, they came into the muscle car wars rather late and while competative were never outstanding , and they competed with cars like the, the dart swingers but like the Plymouth road runner the idea behind it was to stick a large engine , in a fairly cheap and light car and have a easy to produce car with a good power to weight ratio.
HERES AMC ,s 1969 SCRAMBLER
http://coolridesonline.net/news-blog/news-entertainment/profile-of-the-1968-plymouth-road-runner/
I think you can see why road runners out sold ramblers by a wide margin, the road runners looked low and mean, and sounded good, the AMC looked a bit Boxy , but in stock off the show room floor both were competitive
http://garage.grumpysperformance.com/index.php?threads/how-fast-were-the-old-muscle-cars.1938/
http://www.musclecarclub.com/amc-amx/
http://www.musclecarclub.com/amc-special-vehicles/
I remember well going with a friend to look at those AMC cars, then we drove to the chevy dealer and he bought a 396 4 speed nova