Ebay Find: A 1974 AMC Gremlin Turned Into A Trar! Freak, Or Freakin’ Awesome?


Ebay Find: A 1974 AMC Gremlin Turned Into A Trar! Freak, Or Freakin’ Awesome?

AMC and four-wheel drive cars went hand-in-hand long before Subaru made a big deal out of it. Cars like the Eagle wagon and the Spirit SX/4 were truly ahead of their time. But before that, there was…the Gremlin. No, it didn’t have four-wheel drive…in fact, the only way it’s connected to those cars is that the Spirit derived from the Gremlin platform. Where the Spirit had a pleasing hatchback shape, the Gremlin looked like someone took Paul Bunyan’s ax to the back of a Hornet. Not a great start to a design that originally was supposed to be based on the Javelin. But history lesson aside, someone built a 4×4 Gremlin, and they went for broke building it.

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From the listing: ONE OF A KIND! 74 GREMLIN 4X4. DODGE RAMCHARGER DRIVETRAIN. REBUILT 360 WITH 10.5 COMP KEITH BLACK PISTONS, COMP THUMPR CAM, QUICK FUEL 4BBL, ALUMINUM TRIPLE PASS RADIATOR, DERALE COOLING FAN, ELECTRONIC IGNITION, AEROMOTIVE FUEL SYSTEM, MSD COIL AND WIRES, LOKAR CABLES, BILLET AIR CLEANER, POWER STEERING, 727 TRANS WITH SHIFT KIT AND 3000 STALL, NEW BRAKES FRONT AND REAR. NEW BALL JOINTS, U JOINTS, TIE RODS, HEIMS. CUSTOM SUSPENSION WITH AIR BAGS AND RANCHO SHOCKS. REAR WATTS LINK. SANDERSON HEADERS WITH STAINLESS HOOKER AEROCHAMBER MUFFLERS. 36X13.50 SWAMPER IROKS. CUSTOM ALUMINUM DASH AND GAUGES. HURST BILLET PISTOL GRIP SHIFTER. NEW PAINT (ORANGE WITH GOLD/GREEN PEARL). TOTAL BLAST TO DRIVE! PEOPLE MAGNET! GUARANTEED TO DRAW A CROWD WHERE EVER YOU GO!

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A powerful, tall, short-wheelbase rig that looks like a wedge of pissed-off Cheddar cheese…I’m at a loss for words, but what do you think? Is it cool or just a touch too weird?

eBay Link: 1974 AMC Gremlin 4×4

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6 thoughts on “Ebay Find: A 1974 AMC Gremlin Turned Into A Trar! Freak, Or Freakin’ Awesome?

  1. C.M.Bendig

    Other then a AMC purist crying somewhere, the rest of us say: A Gremlin I would admit to driving.

  2. threedoor

    why don’t these frame swap guys make their own well-fitting frames rather than forcing a bad fit? Didnt the gremlin Camback have a 4×4 version?

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