Ooh, dare I say this out loud? Has the Facebook Algorithm finally figured me out? Judging by popping this ripper 75 Gremlin in my feed this morning while I chugged away on the 2nd brew of the day, I’d say it’s well on it’s way!*
*Unfortunately Facebook soon suggested some other non car related pages that I should follow that look like the absolute drizzling poos, so maybe not.
But still, let’s appreciate this BMW powered 1975 AMC Gremlin!
I don’t think this really belongs under ‘Underwhelming’ personally
But that’s where you’ll find Tyler’s daily driver and he’s stuck it in the Underwhelming Cars Facebook Page because it ‘only looks fast.’
But it’s not like anyone’s looked at a 75 Gremlin before, especially in it’s original guise and thought ‘I’m getting massive amounts of speed vibes with this baby, let her rip!!!’
Especially with how this one started it’s 70’s life:
But where some people see faded paint, rust and one hell of an interesting response by AMC to the smaller imported cars creeping up on American shores at the time, Tyler saw potential.
BMW powered potential actually for this 75 Gremlin, with an M54 Beamer engine out of a Z4 from the early 2000s now taking him around town.
My daily driver only looks fast. It’s a 75 gremlin body on a BMW z4 chassis. So a whopping 200hp M54 doesn’t do much, but it’s still a blast to drive and a huge improvement over the stock 100hp/3 speed auto. It was a turd when I bought it. Been beating on it for 4 years now.
IG:@built.by.z
-Tyler’s post on Underwhelming Cars
So double the horsepower, a far smoother updated engine experience, flip forward front and the matt black stealth look that would do anything but hide when you took this amazing project to a car show.
And it looks just as slick on the inside as on the outside!
75 Gremlin – one hell of a project
Of course you’d could just imagine how well 70’s US engineering matches up with German powerplants produced more than 25 years later, about as well as anything at high speed shaking hands with a freeway retaining wall. But Tyler revealed he loves a challenge:
Not only is he unafraid to try something new, it seems he’s also a massive fan of all black everything. I can only imagine the sole white car in his project pic is destined for the flat black when it’s closer to being finished.
Yes Facebook respect due, you’ve done well here. You’ve more than piqued my interest with this suggestion, because I love the look of this 75 Gremlin right down to it’s spiky wheel nuts (and finally I’ve gotten to write something AMC related other than finding out my old man may have had something to do with AMC Matadors back it the day.)
If you could just keep the good stuff coming like this instead of the usual junk you feel I should be part of it would be appreciated!