Vehicle Description
1977 AMC Gremlin - Red on Red - 232ci 6-Cylinder - 58k Original
Miles - Excellent Example (Please note: If you happen to be viewing
this 1977 AMC Gremlin on a website other than our Garage Kept
Motors site, it's possible that you've only seen some of our many
photographs of this car due to third-party website limitations. To
be sure you access all the more than 150 photographs, as well as a
short start-up and walk-around video, please go to our main
website: Garage Kept Motors.) ... I was talking to the guys that
are putting them together, and they say it's the most rugged car
we've ever built. AMC chief designer, Dick Teague, quoted in
Automobile Magazine, January 2020 The Automobile Magazine article
on the Gremlin told of the car's origin: The Gremlin was part of an
uncoordinated response to the onslaught of the imports. GM and Ford
were developing their first-ever subcompact cars, the Vega and the
Pinto, but AMC didn't have that kind of cash. It was already
shoulder-deep in the development of the 1970 Hornet compact, and it
had just spent $70 million to buy Kaiser Motors' money-losing Jeep
division. Whatever they developed had to be done on the cheap, and
cutting down the Hornet seemed the most cost-effective method. The
best way for the car to distinguish itself was through styling. Not
un like the Volkswagen Beetle, the Gremlin styling was most often
called cute. The dark red-on-red '77 Gremlin offered here is not
only cute, it's an amazingly well-kept, original car with just
58,425 miles showing on its odometer, a remarkable 3,328 miles
per-year on average across its 44 years. It's hard to conceive a
much better Gremlin exists out there. The car's dark-red metallic
paint is original and extremely well-maintained. Prior owners
must've taken painstaking care of the car. The gloss and uniformity
of the finish is much the same as when the car first left the
Kenosha, Wisconsin American Motors assembly plant. The hockey stick
striping is original to the car, as is the optional roof rack. The
body is free of any signs of damage. All chrome trim, bumpers
included, is original and in excellent condition. Full American
Motors-branded factory chrome wheel covers are installed; blackwall
tires are mounted. Lighting lenses are clear and uncracked.
Emblems-including the AMC rear-deck badge-are correctly in place.
Cabin glass-including the large rear hatch (less well-equipped
Gremlins had no hatch; cargo had to enter through the side
doors)-is clear and, like much of the rest of the car-in as-new,
original condition. Inside, the interior color theme is red and
dark red. The seat upholstery and door trim is dark red vinyl with
handsome square-pattern stitching. Cabin floors and the cargo area
are covered in red plush carpeting. The AMC-branded steering wheel
frames simple, but complete instrumentation with two round center
gauges prominent. Automatic-transmission shifter is column-mounted.
AMC Weather Eye air-conditioning controls are located in the center
stack above the original American Motors-branded AM pushbutton
radio. Overall, the red dashboard is in excellent condition with
just a minor delamination noted near the glovebox. The car's red
fabric headliner shows no droopiness or discoloration. Under the
hood, the 232 cubic inch, straight 6-cylinder powerplant is the
focal point in a clean, but not overly detailed, engine bay.
Engine-block paint is the correct AMC turquoise. All proper
components are present and correctly mounted. Viewed from below,
the car's chassis is complete. There are no signs of abuse or
damage. While the more than 150 high-definition photographs and the
short walk-around-and-startup video available on the
GarageKeptMotors website showcase this Gremlin in detail, we expect
and encourage in-person inspections at our Grand Rapids, Michigan
showroom. Please call to arrange an appointment in advance as our
showroom is not open to the public. And feel free to get in touch
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