This 1971 AMC Gremlin was acquired by the seller as a non-driving project out of Colorado in 2006, and a subsequent nine-year refurbishment performed by the seller involved a custom repaint and interior overhaul along with installation of a replacement drivetrain. The car is finished in purple with white accent stripes and multi-color pinstriping over a white interior with purple accents, and power is supplied by a 4.0-liter inline-six reportedly sourced from a 1995 Jeep paired with a five-speed Ford T-5 manual transmission. Additional features include Subaru seats, a Ford dashboard, white-painted steel wheels, hubcaps, front disc brakes, power steering, adjustable air springs, chrome bumpers, and a shaved cowl and door handles. This modified Gremlin is now offered at no reserve with a clean Colorado title in the seller’s name.
The car was reportedly refinished in a Toyota-based shade of purple in 2013, and features include white accent stripes on the hood, sides, and quarter panels as well as Gremlin-themed pinstriping flanking the grille as well as multi-color pinstriping inside the door, hood, and tailgate openings. There is a crack in the paint on the roof above the upper-right corner of the rear glass. Bodywork performed under current ownership is said to have included the addition of a shaved cowl and driver and passenger door handles as well as rolled wheel-well openings and the installation of a grille bar that the seller states was sourced from a 1956 Buick. Equipment includes a single-exit exhaust as well as chrome bumpers that were reportedly refinished in 2014.
White-finished 14″ steel wheels wear bright center hubcaps and are mounted with 185/70 Uniroyal Tiger Paw whitewall tires showing 2013 date codes. The car is equipped with power steering, and braking is handled by front discs and rear drums. Adjustable Viking Performance coil-over shocks have been installed up front and KYB shocks and removable lowering blocks are installed with the rear leaf-spring suspension.
The interior was refurbished under current ownership and features white front bucket seats that are said to have been sourced from a 1990s Subaru and a white dashboard fabricated from a 1950 Ford “shoebox” dash. A purple shag headliner and matching trim for the door handles, A-pillars, and center console are complemented by purple carpeting with white trim and purple three-point seatbelts. An analog clock is set in the center of the dashboard, and an aftermarket stereo has been installed underneath the driver seat. The windshield wipers are inoperative.
A three-spoke steering wheel sits ahead of a 100-mph speedometer with inset gauges for oil pressure, coolant temperature, and voltage. The seller notes that the inset gauge for fuel level is inoperable and has been replaced with an aftermarket gauge underneath the steering wheel. The five-digit odometer shows 99 miles and is nonfunctional; the seller estimates that approximately 5k miles have been added since completion of the build. True chassis mileage is unknown.
The rear seats have been removed, and the custom, raised cargo-area floor features purple and gray pinstriping. Audio equipment is located under the cargo floor, which has access panels behind the seats and also ahead of the tailgate.
The fuel-injected 4.0-liter inline-six is said to have been sourced from a 1995 Jeep Wrangler and installed during the seller’s refurbishment of the car. Body-color and pinstripe accents decorate various components in the engine bay.
Power is delivered to the rear wheels through a five-speed Ford T-5 manual transmission. The seller notes that the underbody was refinished with spray-on truck bedliner material. Additional photos of the underside are presented in the gallery below, which also contains two images of the vehicle prior to its refurbishment.
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