1971 AMC Gremlin X

1971 AMC Gremlin in The Squeeze, Movie, 1977

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

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Author	Message
supcoach ◊ 2015-09-10 02:48	1971-2 model
cko ◊ 2015-09-10 18:07	This is the first time I have ever seen pictures or heard of a Gremlin in the UK. Its an early "X" package, too.
Danzie ◊ 2015-09-10 21:47	I have seen others in other programmes before, its not uncommon to see a glimpse of American cars that were not actually sold here in 70's programmes, perhaps something to do with serving US Soldiers based on UK bases.
dsl ◊ 2015-09-11 00:05	American Motors UK did push models such as Matador, Javelin and Pacer for a brief period around 1970 with a special UK-based RHD conversion (and were perhaps the most serious effort of US makers in UK at the time), but did not sell well so they stopped all models by about 1975. Difficult to see any Gremlin effort being more than a token push, but I think it was listed. Other AMC in UK - /vehicle.php?id=88857 , /vehicle_32636-AMC-Ambassador-1972.html , /vehicle_743775-AMC-Ambassador-1970.html , /vehicle.php?id=766450
ElSaxo ◊ 2015-09-11 00:09	Recently I've seen a Gremlin in an Italian movie, filmed nearby Leghorn where there is/was a US Navy/Nato base camp. /vehicle_842296-AMC-Gremlin.html
dsl ◊ 2015-09-11 00:14	RHD Pacer in UK - https://www.flickr.com/photos/43656089@N05/14535182893/