[beaversmom]

After dropping her off tonight, my mom called wanting to know the name of the car with the back end missing. She said she was watching some murder show on Discovery ID and the suspect was driving that kind of car. She remembered a commercial where a guy asks a woman where the back end of her car is and calls her "toots". I don't remember that commercial, but knew the car name when she described it. I looked it up as I thought it was AMC that made it and found this timely video that was posted on You Tube today. For anyone's interest that likes reminiscing about retro stuff.

[BikerTrash]

A female cousin of mine had a Levi's Edition Gremlin. Remember those? Most/all of the interior cloth was blue denim and had the little Levi's tag on the seats. It was kinda cool...might be still settin' around someplace, I oughta check into it. I hear they're worth good money.

Before someone yells at me, I know about Levi's gay agenda. Unheard of back then, (to my recollection), however.

[beaversmom]

Suped-up 1973 Viper Green Gremlin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo6e_sg9xdI

[beaversmom]

AMC Gremlin Hot Rod Spotted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot-VYje20Vg

[beaversmom]

Gremlin Car Commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_7A1xtNbvY

[beaversmom]

Hot-rod purple Gremlin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwUvUiHXGUY

[9thLife]

The 1970’s: the generation nobody bothered to name.

[SunTzuWu]

Bookmark for high school memories...

[Texicanus]

I owned one back in the days right after I got married. We were very poor and it was used. It was a nice little car except for the molded plastic dash which would droop on hot afternoons while sitting in the parking lot and return to form in the cool of the evenings on the way home.

I believe the engine was made by Ford and the transmission by Chrysler on mine. Leaked a lot of fluids. Boss asked me not to park it in company parking lot, especially the VIP slots, after one of the VIPs had his Mercedes’s engine rebuilt twice by the company mechanic because he thought it had fluid leaks. (I enjoyed parking in the VIP slots while working weekends and nights and left some puddles which the VIP assumed were his.) I remember getting the right replacement parts was another hit-or-miss experience for me.

I drove the h*ll out of that sucker and tried to trade it in several times on a newer car. No dealer would take it as a trade-in. One even asked me to get it off his lot as it was leaking badly at that time. So I sold it to a salvage yard for $189 and bought me a newer car without the Gremlin trade-in. Two weeks later while driving to work I saw an abandoned Gremlin like mine sitting dead on the side of the road. I never saw it again and I have often wondered if my old Gremlin survived the salvage yard and is still leaking fluids somewhere today.

I could have had a Pinto (commonly called the torch) or a Vega (an engine rebuilder’s dream machine) back then...neither of which were any better in their day.

[qam1]

I was pinged to this but I was away and missed it at the time. So sorry I am a few days late, but it's Friday so why not..

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[MileHi]

There was one around here that was mounted on a Jeep CJ chassis. It was maroon with badges that said “GREEP”

[BBell]

I can't believe no one has posted this classic.