Love this project as you might expect.
Slammed gremlins always look very good:
I am currently building/restoring an old IMSA RS gremlin to race in the vintage events, so I'm limited on my modifications,
https://lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=31588
As mentioned earlier, Gremlins and Spirits have had very good success in the IMSA RS series in the early 70's so while this build may seem odd to some, these cars have been used on road courses for a long time
The suspension modification techniques used here would work on just about any AMC, it would be very cool to see a later 'humpster' Javelin modified like this Gremlin, the large-by-huge wheels would look appropriate inside those wheel humps!
If you only need an inch of hood clearance the stock hood bulge could be raised and still look mostly stock. Just an idea.