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 I spent part of this past weekend defiling the AMO National car show in Andover, Massachusetts, with Project HMX
and noted quite the proliferation of small-body AMCs there. Aside from
my heap, there were at least half a dozen Hornet/Concord/Spirit AMXs, a
handful of Eagles, a Spirit sedan, and plenty of Gremlins, including a
few you aren't likely to see at your local cruise night.
One of the more entertaining of the Gremlins is the one above, which Peter Cambrola
built out of a Rupp Gremlin go-kart. Originally built as promotional
pieces for dealerships, the one-piece fiberglass Gremlin bodies pop up
on occasion, and when Peter found his, he wasn't quite sure what to do
with it. The answer came to him when attending Gordy Chilson's AMC show a
few years back and seeing the Wally Booth Gremlin drag car in person.
Peter then asked the current owners of the drag car whether they'd turn
his Gremlin into a replica of the drag car and they obliged, repairing
the fiberglass, painting it in its distinctive red/white/blue scheme,
scratchbuilding the gas tank and mailbox hoodscoop, and even having
decals made based on photographs of details from the actual car.
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