AMC cars featured in a new movie!!! Cars 2!

[dasbulliwagen]

 

CARS 2 from Disney PIXAR. I stumbles on the trailer for it tonight, and saw at least one Pacer, and one Gremlin.... who knows what else might be in the movie.... Though I'm sure they just featured those cars because of their reputation as wierd and or ugly.

[jimmy21669]

Ah yes, the mighty Gremlin!

[comanche12]

sweet! i love that movie animation cars... can't wait to see cars 2! thanks to let me know! :thumbsup:

[tbunch]

Has anyone seen the hotrod gremlin in the B movie "munchies"? It does some killer burnouts with a little old lady driving it while being harassed by monsters!

[jpnjim]

The 'Doc Hudson' (Hornet) was the Gremlin's great great grandpappy (Hudson/Nash merger = AMC).

 

Maybe they have a soft spot for AMC's. :USAflag:

 

 

 

Edit,

I don't know if Doc & the Gremmie are related in the movie's story line,

but they are related in real life. :chillin:

[brdhntr]

hey, gremlins can be cool. back in the late eighties when i was in high school i di construction in the summers. 1 of our guys on the crew had this incredible gremlin. he had a highly modified 401 in it. you could here him start it 2 blocks away. that thing did some of the best burnouts i have ever seen. i guess he could do wheelies with slicks on. funniest thing is he never did anything to the car cosmetically. the only thing you could notice was the large tach on the dash. it had rust an faded old paint. it was crap brown on the outside and tan on the inside. if oyu saw the car you'd laugh, until he started it. :bowdown:

[Waytec]

I was reading Fiat has already said it will rebadge one of its euro cars as a gremlin for the NA market.

[JACKED88]

Used to drive a purple 1972 Gremlin X that belonged to a buddy. Had a 304 / 3 speed on the floor. Only mods it had was a 4 barrel intake and duel exhaust. Ran great and was a blast to drive.

 

Any of you know who Gary Wells is? He's a motorcycle jumper kinda like Evel Knievel was. Gary was sponsored by AMC. He tried to beat some of Knievel's jumps including one at Caesar's Palace Fountains in Las Vegas, September 15, 1980. He didn't make it. Broke bones from head to toe. http://www.cyclejumpers.com/garywells.html (note the cars he's jumping)

Gary lived off Memorial Drive on the west side of Houston not far from a bio we used to ride our motorcycles on. We though we were bad on our little track. That was till Gary would show up in his stars and stripes custom painted 401ci Gremlin X with his bike in tow on a trailer. The boy could definitely ride. Used to go around our little track doing a one handed wheelie. Show offfffff!!!

His Gremlin was awesome. Custom painted American stars and stripes, Cragar wheels, chrome side pipes, custom interior. Sometimes we'd go cruising around with him. Talk about doing burn outs. That thing could smoke the tires all the down the block. I can remember going down the Katy fwy / I-10 at over 140. Felt like it was about to lift off the ground and take flight. Even though it scarred the crap out of us, it was a blast.

I've done a little searching trying to find a pic of it but haven't found one yet. I'll keep looking.

[HOrnbrod]

AMC Concept Cars:

 

http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicles/hrdp_0804_amc_concept_cars/photo_08.html