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Original Paint: 1976 AMC Gremlin Three-Speed

It’s Gremlin week here on Barn Finds, just what a lot of us in dreary winter country need to brighten up these overwhelming overcast skies that go on day after day after day after day after day. After day…. more»

Hip Levi Edition: 1974 AMC Gremlin X

American Motors, with more narrow pockets than the Big Three, was always looking for ways to stand out from the crowd. The Gremlin was one such effort and a quick way for them to get into the subcompact market… more»

Lots Of Flare: 1973 AMC Gremlin

Appearing to be wearing AMC Eagle fender flares on the rear wheels and an unusual paint scheme on the driver’s door above the handle, this 1973 AMC Gremlin has a unique look, to say the least. Not to mention,… more»

Concept Or Custom? 1974 AMC Gremlin Convertible

American Motors rolled out the Gremlin in 1970 as a counterattack to the onslaught of small imports. And the new subcompacts from Chevy and Ford. It was based on the Hornet compact with 12 inches removed from the wheelbase… more»

Tidy Little Runner: 1972 AMC Gremlin

Daily driver or restoration? That’s the query that goes with this 1972 AMC Gremlin, for sale on craigslist and brought to us courtesy of expert tipster Mitchell G. The car is sitting at an asking price of $9500, and… more»

401 V8 One Owner! 1972 AMC Gremlin 4-Speed

The Gremlin was AMC’s answer to the flood of subcompact cars that had arrived from abroad by 1970. Rather than develop another new car, they took a foot out of the wheelbase of a Hornet and chopped the rear… more»

Needs Interior Work: 1973 AMC Gremlin X 3-Speed

“Driving fun teams up with solid economy in this sporty sub-compact. That’s why Gremlin leaves a lasting impression wherever it is seen and driven – and that’s just about everywhere.” Or so says a 1973 AMC brochure. This 1973… more»

Running V8! 1973 AMC Gremlin X

Billed as “the first American-built import,” American Motors Corporation’s Gremlin competed against the likes of the Ford Pinto and the Chevrolet Vega. This 1973 AMC Gremlin X in Frankfort, Illinois features one option that never graced a factory Pinto… more»

304 V8 Project: 1972 AMC Gremlin

Chevrolet and Ford were about to enter the U.S. subcompact car market in 1970. Not to get left behind – and owing to their limited resources – American Motors set their sights on what would be the Gremlin. They… more»

Nicest One Left? 1974 AMC Gremlin X

When the subcompact car challenge was launched by U.S. automakers in 1970, there were three new contenders: the Chevy Vega, Ford Pinto, and the AMC Gremlin. The first two were all-new cars, while the latter was a rework of… more»

Sawed-Off V8! 1976 AMC Gremlin X

We all know what an automotive tribute is. The word “Tribute” is a sort of euphemism for a clone, or a copy, or a fake – tribute just sounds a lot nicer – a bit more polite. And a… more»

V8 Project: 1975 AMC Gremlin X

The Gremlin was the quirky-looking (and named) car created by American Motors in 1970. Its purpose was to compete against the likes of imports and their soon-to-arrive U.S.-built counterparts. But it was really a compact Hornet with a shortened… more»

Mini-Muscle: 1977 AMC Gremlin

There seems to be a contingent of us here at Barn Finds that enjoy oddball cars. I’m among that group but point my preference toward those cars that look odd but teeter on the edge of cool. This 1977… more»

Wiring Gremlins: 1981 Chrysler Imperial

The Imperial nameplate enjoyed a 50-year run at Chrysler as a luxury car before taking a sabbatical in 1975. The company resurrected the marque in 1981 as a personal luxury automobile. Since Chrysler had fallen on hard times, the… more»

Oddball Styling: 1976 AMC Gremlin

For many, the AMC Gremlin will go down as one of the strangest-looking cars of all time. But looks aren’t everything, and maybe they even attracted people to the odd car as the company would build 671,000 of them… more»

401/4-Speed! 1973 AMC Gremlin X

A handful of our regular readers with really thorough memories might just happen to recall me mentioning that it was an AMC Gremlin my father used to teach me how to drive in.  We had a ’77 Gremlin and… more»