Not Quite Muscle, AMC Gremlin

[69JavelinMan]

Picked this up the other day:



Little rough around the edges (bit of an understatement), but that is a 360 in there:



Has been converted to RHD, not sure if it will stay that way:



First job it to try and get in running.

[BlackoutSteve]

"Not Quite Muscle" you say..?
I think the power to weight of this little beauty would embarrass a lot of "Muscle Cars".
I've always wanted one of these.. F-ing Love it. Well done.

[66FAIRLANE]

Love the roof mounted tach!

[Lucky Phil]

Yep that's one awesome little machine.......
Here's something for inspiration......

I was only mentioning to Pete here "PGM" how he needed one for his collection....

[69JavelinMan]

That one looks a little more like it.

Pete has already put dibs on mine if I want to sell it, LOL.

[Bird]

interesting looking car. Never seen one before!

[BlackoutSteve]

Originally Posted by Bird

interesting looking car. Never seen one before!

Another similar car that I'd love is a Pacer. The same as Garth's in Wayne's World.

[gke60]

cool, good car for the nostalgia's Darren....

[69JavelinMan]

Trying to get it running at the moment, the drag strip is the short term plan, road use is probably further down the track.

[Nev68]

Originally Posted by 69JavelinMan

Trying to get it running at the moment, the drag strip is the short term plan, road use is probably further down the track.

pun intended?

[69JavelinMan]

Well it could be taken that way, might be ready for the next Apocalaps.

First parts order:



Probably the first of many.

[69JavelinMan]

It lives

https://youtu.be/BZPmFi142oU

[Lucky Phil]

Always a relief, sounds nice and quiet too.....
Well done.

[chevguy]

Originally Posted by BlackoutSteve

Another similar car that I'd love is a Pacer. The same as Garth's in Wayne's World.

Saw the very car on eBay USA a couple years back Steve. Don't know what it sold for but it didn't seem to be really high. Would have loved to have bought it myself.
I didn't even know they shoehorned v8s into these things. Cool little beasty.

[69JavelinMan]

Biggest engine option from the factory was the 304 V8, most would have been 6 cylinder and that how this one left the factory. The good thing with the AMC V8s is they all share the same block, so a 360 or 401 will bolt straight into a 304 car.