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Looks like a good time!

When did they change it to a roundy round chase ? I like the way it was better.

most AMC had a turquoise metallic color with a shade of green Amcs have it on their sites this is a Pontiac or something it would look better with the AMC paint.

Rod brgs. "not bad" just terrible! And how come one main had oil channel and the other one not?

Hey Robbie, quick questions When you removed the door panel for the 66 thunderbird to do the window repair how do you remove the cables to the driver door mirror control knob? Also how do you remove the driver door window motor without removing the regulator? Thank you ☺ 😄PS: would you be willing ro post more videos on the 66 thunderbird? love your videos on it! 👋

Nice job sir cool truck Dodge Nice show sir 😃👏👏👏👍👍👍

Better moving now than never hahaha, glad to see'er movin! Whats your plan, keep it close to as is or toss bigger wheels and suspension on it?

I love it

It's a yard find. Your yard, but that's fair.

25 years ago I bought my 1975 Gremlin.Power steering, bigger rad,and alt. Roof rack and swing out rear windows. Paid 50 dollars too much at 100 bucks. Ran and drove so to speak. Has been challeng8ng fixing all its issues. They can be a kick to drive. Keep up you great videos.

hey, it's been a long time since you did a video on the 66 tbird! Question, I have a 66 landau model like you do, with four power window switches, but i know I am getting power at some of the switches but all the windows do not go up or down at all. What do you think the issue is here? ☺

Great work Robbie. Can't wait for the next project.

Your Gremi has come a long way. Well done. We either need a different engine or a rebuild on our inline 6. It started making taping noises on the way home from HotRod Power Tour last month but... it did make it to Nashville and into Kentucky and back home, to south of Atlanta, around 650 miles so, can't complain. Thanks for the video!

Sweet gremlin. We gotta keep these old AMC's alive and kickin'!

Nice job sir Nice AMC cool car Nice show 😃👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍

been watching this off an on since the start - enjoyed it, thank you....Gremlin is an underappreciated car

Nice show sir cool AMC 👏👏👏👍👍👍👍😃

As an AMC owner, aficionado, historian and restorer.... it pains me to see a black-painted engine bay. AMC, like Chrysler, always painted the underhood area body color. But, it is cool to see this car slowly coming back to life. I wouldn't worry too much about that temperature - that's about the "normal" spot on the gauge. I had a Hornet with a 258 that run about that temp. Perhaps a secondary pusher fan for emergencies might be a good idea. I've even been considering that for my Javelin. That dim alternator light also means you've got a bad diode in your alternator.

Did You Flush The Radiator, And Put new antifreeze, Change thermostat, If the car Sat a Long Time You have to, Go's For everything else Plugs wires oil change, The Car has to have those, Or your asking to Much Out of the Car, It runs the way you Treat them.

I owned a 76 Gremlin Back in 1981, Drove it to Texas 2 time from Conn, It was a Great Car, I,m a Chevy and dodge man at Heart, But nothing but Good to say about This car, Good Luck, should Be fine, Just don't beet it .

Cool smoke show! Makes the trip, and keeps on goin! Thanx for the looks Robbie!

Very nice! I'm loving this.

Cassville Car Cruise is one of my favorite car shows of the year! It's always a good drive and some tire smoke.

Don't get it right, just get it running!

Power amc

Leaning on the Everlasting Arms... great song brother! Cool to see a 360 in the Gremi!

Now that's what I call a project. One of the kids (mid 20 something) I work with just inherited a 73 Gremlin from an aunt that passed away a few months ago and he absolutely LOVES it, it's the perfect car for him, He's married but they don't have any kids and he commutes 45 minutes one way to work and it gets great gas mileage and it's in pretty good shape, Sure it needs some odds and ends, and like every car 10 years old or older out here in Arizona does it needs a paint job, But it's a GREAT everyday driver plus it's cool enough to have fun in on the weekend going on a road trip, to a cruise-in or a cars and coffee.

Nice job Nice show sir cool car 😃👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍

Great job! Keep carrying spares and tools and always expect the next thing. It's an adventure! Thank you for sharing your journey.

Super cool. car!!!

More progress, and more power! I did the same thing in the late seventies, but used the engine and trans from a salvage pool police Matador. You can buy fuel filters with a third connection on the output end. Orient it with the offset tube upwards, and run a line from this back to the tank. This will greatly reduce vapor lock. The electric fuel pump is always a good idea, especially installed below tank level, as you did. You don't ordinarily need a relay for the fuel pump, unless you have auxiliaries, suck as a roll over cut off. 5 amps is plenty big enough for a clickety clack fuel pump! A good place to connect it is the ignition side of the ballast resistor, or the wire going to the electric choke pull-off. This is hot whenever the ignition is in the "run" position. I'll stoke my memory bank to see if I can come up with worth while thoughts on the work I did with AMCs back in the days, when I was in my 30s and full of ambition! Did a lot of fun stuff, and am proud to see there are still young enthusiasts willing to learn and do stuff themselves!

I’ve had the same thing happen. Pack up the car and get the wife, after talking her into it. Jump in the car and the goddamn thing breaks down. Finally get home and she says, “Have fun. I didn’t wanna go anyway.” Discouraging, indeed, but push through!

Dude, you did inly wire the turn on side of the relay to the coil didn't you

Progress, slow and steady.

do you have parts list especially where you found the bracket? you find the info on a forum?

What brand paint did you use on the engine bay?

I would JB Weld the nastier holes, and use license plates on the holes in the body LOL

Nice job Nice amc good show 😃👏👏👏👍👍👍👍

The outer holes on the exhaust manifold are supposed to be larger to allow for heat expansion. The inner holes by the two center exhaust ports are smaller to locate the manifold in position.

Good to see you got it on the road ,my friend had a gremlin with a 401 ,4speed it was a very quick little car ,congrats on a good job Robbie

Congrats on getting it done! I went down a similar road in the early eighties, and it surely taught me a lot from my mistakes! In my case it was a 1975 Gremlin x, and the engine donor was a police spec Matador. Finding that the 304, 360 and 401 AMC engines have the same external dimensions, opened up a much wider "small parts" source to me, as the Gremlin was offered with a 304 from the factory. So, I installed the 360 with 727 Torque flight transmission in it. For my exhaust, I went to the local independent muffler shop, and they bent me up a pair of pipes fairly reasonably, using mostly the stock bend settings with 2 1/4 pipe. The car was a regular beast. By some fluke, I didn't break the original rear end, although I had an 8" Mustang rear on hand! Later, I harvested a 401 from a wrecked Ambassador police car, bought a flywheel for it (AMC engines were at least mostly, externally balanced.) I put that one in a 1974 J-10 pickup, which I had purchased new with a 258 in it. It was a pretty tough truck, but top speed was about 65 (bring your lunch) Turned out to have Dana 44 axles front and rear with 4.10:1 gearing. I had a wrecked Cherokee for parts, and used the 3.54 axles from it. The Cherokee axles are not quite as wide as the J series, so I ended up rebuilding the 4.10 axles. As for setting timing, see thunderhead289 you tube. He recently was working on his Gremlin, and timing issues came up. He is very knowledgeable, and is an engineer as a daytime job.

I hope the unibody has less rot through than the body. Thats some major crust. I love these little cars. I had a 72 withe the 232 sixw auto trans. Mine rotted out behind the drivers seat. Memories.

I used to have a 72 x with the same motor and all I did to it was dual exhaust and custom wheels and that little car with just the 2 barrel kicked a lot of butt lol people hated to get gaped by that little car.lol enjoy it man. Great job!

Love it but budget hell, I'd 300 hp budget that baby.

You need a window for the back. Should be able to pick up one at a savage yard reasonably. It's OK to be cheap, but don't be ridiculous!!

would be better if the front wheels matched the back!

Been following this build pretty close. I’m building a 74 gremlin myself. I have a few videos on my TH-cam if you would like to check them out sometime? I’m looking forward to the progress on yours.

It's good to hear that running. Congrats. Those are speed holes,lol😅.

weld the holes, that'll stop the leaks

Robby, r u going to paint the Gremlin? If so, will u do it yourself?