'72 Gremlin w/ Schwartz Performance G-Machine Chassis... and a v8...

[Schwartz Perf]

Yup, you read that correctly.

The owner has always wanted a Gremlin, and once he finally had it, he decided he wanted to embarrass Corvettes... So, he called Schwartz Performance.


The car was originally a v6, so he needed more power, but wanted to keep the AMC heritage intact. A built AMC v8 engine solved that problem.

Once the car made it to Schwartz Performance, we assessed the situation and decided the best way to fit our G-Machine Chassis was to retrofit a first-gen Camaro chassis (The other option was a Mustang chassis). Basically, we shortened the wheelbase. We wanted a lower than average stance, so we integrated the frame into the car more than normal. This wasn't our typical bolt-in installation.

The Gremlin doesn't have a great deal of rake into its body design, so we raised the front fenders 2 inches for a more aggressive look.

This car is truly going to be an autoX, autocross monster. It has suspension and brake upgrades — RideTech tripple-adjustable coilovers & Baer Extreme Plus 6-piston caliper with 14in drilled rotors.

We minitubbed the rear to fit 18x12 wheels with 335/30/18 BFGoodrich KDW tires...

Enough text...

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DSCN4027 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7550944866/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr
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Gremlin_Forza1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7550954794/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr
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DSCN6381 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7550946704/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr
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DSCN9575 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7550951798/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr
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DSCN9565 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7550948594/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr

More to come...

[FETorino]

But I like weird stuff.:D

I like the AMC motor for sure and the high impact color. I hope you post some more build updates and details.

[Flash68]

Wow that is wild. Very cool. :thumbsup:

Jeff -- just saw you on Gearz tonight doing the TT LS7. :cheers:

[WILWAXU]

LMAO! Love it! :thumbsup:

[Fluid Power]

subscribed. Keep it coming.

Darren

[k7king]

I love it......I've always like Gremlins.

[strtcar]

Very cool. Saw you on Gearz last night, congrats.

[groovyjay]

Absolutely love it! :unibrow: :unibrow: :unibrow:

[xvette]

Love the build , my first car was a 72 and I would love do build one , that looks to be a 74 by the bumper mounts and body lines behind the rear side window :thumbsup:

[whitey02]

This is really cool :thumbsup:

Do you have any plans for the big bumpers?

[TorqDork]

"Where's the rest of your car.... Toots":lol: (Old Gremlin Commercial)

Cool build and glad it's staying AMC powered. They were actually very successfull in IMSA road racing back in the day.

Good luck

[Schwartz Perf]

This is really cool :thumbsup:
Do you have any plans for the big bumpers?

We don't have all the aesthetics worked out yet. Since the car is essentially body-dropped, the motor sits too high for the hood. We are using a very low-profile air-cleaner setup, but still need about one inch of clearance.

We're also tossing around ideas for a rear spoiler...

[1badsc]

O Boy this is shaping up to be really COOL and sticking with an AMC engine... nice :thumbsup: more pics please !!

[onelapduster]

I cant help but giggle thinking how badass this car is gonna be. Subscribing to this one.

[Tuske427]

Very cool build! Please post a lot of pics

[Schwartz Perf]

The timeline of these photos might be a little off... :lol:

But better late then never, right? :thumbsup:

The Disassembly:
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1972 Gremlin Disassembly (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7826349792/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr
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1972 Gremlin Disassembly (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7826349028/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr
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1972 Gremlin Disassembly (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7826348714/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr
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1972 Gremlin Disassembly (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7826348402/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr
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1972 Gremlin Disassembly (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7826346652/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr
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1972 Gremlin Disassembly (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7826346392/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr

[g356gear]

Looks to be a pretty solid and dry car to start with. Looks GREAT underneath.:thumbsup:

[Schwartz Perf]

Building/installing the chassis. If I recall correctly, we were able to adapt a first-gen F-Body chassis to this Gremlin, though it made the installation more complicated.

Note: This was a one-off application. The installation process you see here is NOT typical of our chassis. Our production G-Machine Chassis are bolt-in capable. Since we wanted to body-drop this Gremlin, more work and welding was required.

Finding the center line:
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1972 AMC Gremlin Early Chassis Fabrication (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7826319308/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr
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1972 AMC Gremlin Early Chassis Fabrication (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7826318598/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr

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1972 AMC Gremlin Early Chassis Fabrication (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7826317790/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr
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1972 AMC Gremlin Early Chassis Fabrication (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7826317476/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr
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1972 AMC Gremlin Early Chassis Fabrication (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7826316922/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr

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1972 AMC Gremlin Early Chassis Fabrication (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7826315840/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr
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1972 AMC Gremlin Early Chassis Fabrication (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7826315386/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr
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1972 AMC Gremlin Early Chassis Fabrication (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7826314322/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr

Tack welds:
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1972 AMC Gremlin Early Chassis Fabrication (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7826313900/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr
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1972 AMC Gremlin Early Chassis Fabrication (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7826313390/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr
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1972 AMC Gremlin Early Chassis Fabrication (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7826313052/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr
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1972 AMC Gremlin Early Chassis Fabrication (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7826312598/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr
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1972 AMC Gremlin Early Chassis Fabrication (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7826312312/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr
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1972 AMC Gremlin Early Chassis Fabrication (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7826311940/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr

[Schwartz Perf]

New ride height:

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1972 AMC Gremlin Early Chassis Fabrication (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7826311638/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr
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1972 AMC Gremlin Early Chassis Fabrication (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7826311258/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr
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1972 AMC Gremlin Early Chassis Fabrication (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7826310782/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr
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1972 AMC Gremlin Early Chassis Fabrication (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwartzperf/7826310388/) by Schwartz Performance (http://www.flickr.com/people/schwartzperf/), on Flickr

[RECOVERY ROOM]

That should be a rocket when done

[73CPCAMARO]

Love it! Cool car. Looking forward to seeing final product. :thumbsup:

[syborg tt]

That should be a rocket when done

hell it looks like a land missle now

[Tincup]

Love it! Cool car. Looking forward to seeing final product. :thumbsup:

Ditto!

[mike343sharpstk]

Love this project as you might expect.:cheers:
Slammed gremlins always look very good:http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh116/343sharpstick/IMGP1074.jpg

I am currently building/restoring an old IMSA RS gremlin to race in the vintage events, so I'm limited on my modifications, ;)
http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=31588

As mentioned earlier, Gremlins and Spirits have had very good success in the IMSA RS series in the early 70's so while this build may seem odd to some, these cars have been used on road courses for a long time:thumbsup:

The suspension modification techniques used here would work on just about any AMC, it would be very cool to see a later 'humpster' Javelin modified like this Gremlin, the large-by-huge wheels would look appropriate inside those wheel humps!

If you only need an inch of hood clearance the stock hood bulge could be raised and still look mostly stock. Just an idea.

[barrrf]

This is awesomely unusual..........

I love it

[Schwartz Perf]

Love this project as you might expect.:cheers:

The suspension modification techniques used here would work on just about any AMC, it would be very cool to see a later 'humpster' Javelin modified like this Gremlin, the large-by-huge wheels would look appropriate inside those wheel humps!

If you only need an inch of hood clearance the stock hood bulge could be raised and still look mostly stock. Just an idea.


:cheers: Thanks! And you're right, the suspension mods we're doing can be done to any AMC, because our G-Machine Chassis can be installed in ANY car. We have 23 standard plug-n-play models for the G-Machine Chassis, but we love out-of-the-box applications.

About the hood, we've talked at length about that. Some of us want to make a scoop out of it, some want to raise the bulge so it looks more stock, some just want to make simple cowel-scoop hood... final decision is up to the owner... we'll see what happens...

[Schwartz Perf]

This is really cool :thumbsup:

Do you have any plans for the big bumpers?

I asked the owner about the bumpers and he said he plans to simply delete them.

And regarding the hood, he said he's on the hunt for a fiberglass cowl hood.

[mike343sharpstk]

Here is an earlier version of the car Schwartz is putting together:thumbsup: This thing rocks... or should I say it's groovy:P

It has a bit of a cowl hood on it too, I've not seen another like this before.

[onelapduster]

Has this angry little car seen any more progress?