Are you just dying to purchase a 1971 AMC Gremlin ? Have $33,895 ? *

[steve2470]

https://classics.autotrader.com/classic-cars/1971/amc/gremlin/101849433

* - Of course, this may not be the final sales price

Did anyone love or like this car in 1971, when I was 13 ? Not me but different strokes....



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMC_Gremlin

The AMC Gremlin (also American Motors Gremlin)[1] is a subcompact automobile introduced in 1970, manufactured and marketed in a single, two-door body style (1970–1978) by American Motors Corporation (AMC), as well as in Mexico (1974–1983) by AMC's Vehículos Automotores Mexicanos (VAM) subsidiary.

Steve

[Ocelot II]

1. It's kind of hideous but that makes me want it.

[rsdsharp]

2. I had a roommate who was an AMC guy. He drove a 1962 Rambler when we were in college in the early 70s.

He loved the Gremlin.

That said, I don’t think even he put down nearly 34 grand for this turkey.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Of course I recall the Gremlin

Also the Javelin and Pacer.

Marv Albert's radio sponsor tag line ... "Javelin ... by American Motors".

[steve2470]

7. wow I had totally forgotten about the Javelin and Pacer

The Pacer, either adorably unique or hideous, depending on your preferences

[Xavier Breath]

15. We had a Javelin when I was a kid.

It was red and had a white stripe down the side that made it somewhat resemble a big Coke can. My Dad only kept his cars for three years before buying a new one (like many did back then), so it was soon replaced with a Buick Regal void of personality.

[marble falls]

4. For some reason, the big hood and engine compartment that can take a large eight cylinder engine, ...

... a rear that is very strong because there is no gate, just a window that opens, it appeals to racers. They are a hot car to modify for racing.

[hlthe2b]

5. Always makes the list of "ugliest cars," to which, I say: have you never seen a PACER?

In other words, Gremlin was so ugly it was cute. Can't say the same for the AMC Pacer.

But >$33K? No way.

[captain queeg]

6. I had a Javelin. Guess I had a soft spot for AMC.

I think I had 4 different Ramblers over the years. When I’d go buy parts the old joke was Ramblers were an engineers dream and a mechanics nightmare. A well deserved reputation.

[drray23]

8. is that the one that was found out to be a moving bomb ?

i.e prone to blow up in flames when in a car wreck, hit from behind ?

[steve2470]

10. 1971-1976 Ford Pintos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pinto#NHTSA_investigation

[DURHAM D]

12. Definitely not. nt

[OneBlueDotS-Carolina]

9. The car that says....

we're not going to make it, are we?

[DURHAM D]

11. My favorite car of all times was my 1973 Levi Gremlin.

If I could find one I would buy it.

[steve2470]

14. I did a quick search and you are correct

If there is one for sale, it's very very hard to find.

[ThoughtCriminal]

13. I was cursed with a 1970 Gremlin

while in college. Worst car I ever had to drive - when it ran.

Unreliable junk from an era where Detroit was making it's worst, and AMC was at the bottom.

[ms liberty]

16. Wouldn't you rather have a Pacer?

[WestMichRad]

17. I learned how to drive a stick in a friend's Gremlin

It was probably a ‘73 or ‘74. Never wanted to own one, though!

[kimbutgar]

18. I had a friend who owned a 1973 model

We used to have so much fun in that car going places instead of taking the bus!

[Emile]

19. It even has a lemon paint job.