AMC Gremlin Project "Slimer"
 

Hey guys. Here a little bit about me and the car before we get started. Im 24, and Ive had this Gremlin since i was 16. She was my daily driver as a 232 straight 6 with an automatic on the column. I drove it literally into the ground! Three transmissions and four years later, I said the hell with it! and went searching for a much better transplant. I was lucky enough to find in a couple towns over a guy who had a bunch of AMC parts and purchased a 343 V8 pulled out of a 68 AMX along with the Model 20 rear from the same car.

So begun the process of stripping everything out and swapping crossmembers, mocking everything up, etc you know... the fun stuff! I decided to go with a 4 speed from a late model AMX to start out with, since it was in my price range and it was available. I redid the motor over, painted my engine bay and put her together peice by peice. Got it all back together and running for a year or two and found out that the 4 peed I put in was wayyyy too weak for the motor, so I found a T5 World Class 5 speed and did a few modifications and got her to slide right in.

While all of this was transpiring, I was doing all of the bodywork. Finally after years I completed the body and put her all in primer. So i blasted Slimer apart and began edging her out with paint. Sanded her all down and set her up in my garage for paint. I did all of the work myself, mechanical, body, paint, the only thing Im having done is having my upholstery guy cover my seats, which are currently in his shop.

Throw me some feedback! What do you guys think?

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Here's some more pics!

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Hey that girl's swim suit does not match very well.:lol: Good lookin car.

One of the best intros I've seen.... Cool and different.:thumbsup:

Nice car! It's good to see another AMC'er on board.

Jon

i like it.

love it. AMC Rules :rockin:

:thumbsup: I love those little things. Looks good. Need more pictures!

When i take some better pictures of my interior Im working on, Ill have to post them on up! I just got finished building a new console out of sheet metal, new Classic Instruments gauges, along with a few minor custom touches.... Here is a pic of my new headliner from my phone they arent the best quality haha sorry its so crappy, I will take some better pictures of everything when i get a chance to do so.


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Here are some pictures of building my console, my radio bezel, new gauges, and making a custom plate that lights up a Gremlin script within the dash when the ignition is on

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Great job on that console :thumbsup: can't wait to start working on my '75 Gremlin...

Looking good on the green Gremlin. I guess I need to get going again on my Gremlin now too.

The paint looks great nice color. Nice job on the console.

Just got my front seats back from my upholstery shop. shes starting to realy shape up. what do you guys think?

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Nice work! And I still AMC powered :cheers:
I actually have a 343/T5 combo in my '69 Javelin. It's not as fast as I would like it to be, but it is a very nice combo to live with day to day.
This is my first over drive trans in an older car and it is amazing how nice it is rolling down the freeway at 70+ mph.

This fall I'll be tearing into my old (but new to me :unibrow: ) Gremlin road racer.

those seats are cool looking.

Nice build! Love the originality of it, and it pulls the look off look very well!

Nice Gremlin like the color