Originally Posted by
Wadsworth
Growing up in Kenosha more than 1/2 the cars on the road were AMC. True AMXs were the least common. Tons of Javelins, Gremlins and Hornets. The Hornet AMX was a joke like most of 70s and 80s cars.
The gearheads in high school usually shoved a 390 in the Gremlin. In 1980 that would be less than a thousand for the car and couple hundred for the motor.
I built 4 v8 Gremlins three 390's and one 401, i also had 6 rebel machine's two 68 rambler rouge
https://www.motortrend.com/features/...rouge-sleeper/ my next car was the PT Cruiser 12.7@107 mph then the crossfire started with a model a roadster that had a top speed of 76 mph ( My first car in 1956) I have owned over 1000 cars in my life.