Storm leaves Florida Panhandle covered in ice

My Fox Tampa Bay ^ | 1/29/14

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Since they’ve started naming every storm I wonder when they’ll eventually get to “storm who must not be named.”

[null and void]

Please check in?

[Impala64ssa]

Yup, it’s a Gremlin, drop a Chrysler 360 in it, beef up the suspension and you got a bad a** street rod.

[null and void]

That’s down in the V’s...

[nascarnation]

I’d vote for a 6 liter aluminum LS, but you got the basics right.

[Paladin2]

The Gremlin was apparently an attempt to make a “compact” car by chopping off the trunk of an existing body. (AMC was financially challenged.)

[Paladin2]

"Right now, here in Sierra Vista, Az it’s a balmy (compared to most of the eastern US) 66F. "

Do you guys have a real time measurement of the (S to N) flux of illegals there?

[Impala64ssa]

It was essentially a modified Hornet.

[nascarnation]

Yes. Kind of interesting to trace the corporate history.
Nash, Hudson, AMC, Chrysler, Fiat.

I had a Wheel Horse garden tractor that was mfg when they were part of AMC.

[SandRat]

We used to, but the BP has had their mouths Duct Taped shut, by you know who.

[bicyclerepair]

I thought it was a gremlin.

[Paladin2]

"It was essentially a modified Hornet."

I couldn't remember the "donor" vehicle.

BTY, where did the Eagle body come from?

[Dusty Road]

Funny you bring that up, years ago we built one with a 383 motor trans and rear end out of a Plymouth Fury. That little car was quick.

[Rebelbase]

Yep, it’s a Gremlin. Pacer had wrap around rear tail lights.

In high school a friend drove a Pacer. We liked it because it drew little attention from the cops when we were driving around up to no good.

[nascarnation]

The Eagle was an awd Hornet with jacked up suspension.
Really a pioneer of the modern small SUV that is everywhere today.

[nascarnation]

Here in Indiana where we have the b’ball team, there are still a few Pacers wheeling around in the team color scheme.

[Paladin2]

That would have been my guess.

There are still a bunch of Eagles spread around western states in mountainous communities (along with old Dodge Power Wagons).

The interesting thing to me about the Eagles was that they had a wide range of power-trains including many manual transmission offerings)

[yarddog]

There was a show on the History Channel about the AMC Javelin.

The Alabama highway patrol used them for a while. They were not your ordinary cop car. They said they would 160 mph.

[Impala64ssa]

Yes. Kind of interesting to trace the corporate history.
Nashs also owned an home appliance subsidiary, Kelvinator, now owned by Electrolux. When AMC was formed they also absorbed Kaiser, they used that name well into the 60's on some AMC cars and Dodge trucks they sold under license in South Amer., an early Chrysler connection. They built many of the troop carriers used in Vietnam that were badged as Kaisers.