#1972 AMC Gremlin

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American Motors Gremlin X, 1972. The X package was a $300 option that included body side stripes, slotted road wheels with D70x14 Goodyear Polyglas tires, blackout grille insert, bucket seats and "X" decals. The roll-back canvas sun-roof was a further option

[malatrix-san]

All clean now!

Dirty. Stinky and smelly.

[stone-cold-groove]

From the car files: a 1972 American Motors model line ad.

[gremlin-project-x]

Valve cover shenanigans. When your new valve cover to stop oil leaks doesn't fit your older style PCV valve.

[rrrick]

This would put me on the map.

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1972 AMC Gremlin X

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[gaast]

Tired of boymoding. Flipping myself to 1972 AMC Gremlin.

[woodywoodworld]

1972 AMC Gremlin

[chadscapture]

1972 AMC Gremlin

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1972 AMC Gremlin X ad

[malatrix-san]

No photos for a little bit, my phone decided to take a swim.

I did get some of my suspension parts into the car today. Lower arm, upper arm, strut rod arm, knuckle, spring perch, and spring went in today. The new bushings are a little tough to get in the spots the old ones were in. All I did was use a ton of the Prothane Super Grease to lube up the spots where bushings needed to go in and used a combination of curse words, muscle, and rubber mallets.

My dad helped center the upper arm bushings with the holes in the frame using some pin punches. I pushed and rotated the arm until we could get a bolt through. Then I put on the lock nuts hand tight.

The spring was the worst part. I got one of the Autozone rental compressors as I did not trust the 1986 Harbor Freight ones. The success happened after an hour of messing around with the spring. The winning formula was to place the two loose arms on the bottom-most coil, but 90 degrees from the points on the spring perch where the coil rests. The fork needs to be as close to the top as possible and about 20-30 degrees clocked from the lower hooks. It needed to be oriented so the fork could be pulled out away from the car.

I also had the spring perch not attached to the upper arm until after the spring was in.

Hopefully tomorrow will be less rainy and I can get some more work done.

August 5 2022

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AMC Gremlin Voyager Concept, 1972. A Gremlin with a slide out rear tailgate panel called "Grem-Bin" designed to increase the car’s versatility 

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Starting with August 12, I decided to tackle the mysterious hatch latch mechanism that has plagued me since I bought the car. The system was never able to close and keep the rear window latched. So I took it apart!

Here you can see the rather simple mechanism. The handle turns a plate which tugs on some wires, rotating the armature and pulling on some spring-loaded fingers that latch the window. The "L"-shaped arms were covered in a nasty, sticky yellow gunk. I proceded to clean and re-grease all the moving parts with white lithium grease.

Clean! Greasy! I then reassembled the guts into the car at 1:30 am on the 13th. The system works now, but the window latches a little too nicely. The fingers now don't let go, so I will have to pursue that later.

Today, I worked on making a new license plate light and mounting bracket. I used 26 gauge galvanized steel I picked up from Lowe's. Really easy to cut through with a cutoff wheel or dremel. The wire holes aren't the nicest cuts, but nobody should be looking at them. I still want to trim the edges past the lights down.

Here it is on the car. This is an old plate we had lying around I used for mocking this up. It's not original, but I think it looks good! I need to ground the negative wire, but it just needs a bolt.

August 14 2022

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1972 AMC Gremlin