Casey Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Tower Hobbies now has an image of the AMT '75 Gremlin X kit up, and it looks to be the same box art as the original, which was posted earlier in this thread: No sure if this will be a (close to?) straight re-packaging of the '76 kit in the "flat" box with the Art Series print, but my guess would be yes, minus the M&H slicks. It's supposed to arrive in late November. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 (edited) Tower Hobbies now has an image of the AMT '75 Gremlin X kit up, and it looks to be the same box art as the original, which was posted earlier in this thread: No sure if this will be a (close to?) straight re-packaging of the '76 kit in the "flat" box with the Art Series print, but my guess would be yes, minus the M&H slicks. It's supposed to arrive in late November. I assume this will have also have the '75 parts tooled up (the '75 has a different grille, parking lights, headlight bezels and probably some other parts)...since the front cap is a separate part on the re-issued/retooled '76 kit, I assume they had this variation in mind... Edited September 17, 2012 by Rob Hall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbwelda Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 eek another Gremlin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Cool, another Gremlin! More importantly, cool, another AMC! Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 So much for my cunning plan to use an original '75 kit grille on the '76 reissue... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972coronet Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Hmm ... I wonder if there's ever going to be a '70-'72 Gremlin released ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeym Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Oh awesome!! Another "gotta get" kit for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Hamilton Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 I just found my '75 Gremlin yesterday. I have to compare it with the "new" '76 kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmk Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 I'll buy one of these. I used to have a '74. I think the '74 and '75 look pretty much the same. Mine had a 258 six though. I need to get a Jeep CJ kit and swap engines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 (edited) I'll buy one of these. I used to have a '74. I think the '74 and '75 look pretty much the same. Mine had a 258 six though. I need to get a Jeep CJ kit and swap engines. No CJ kits with a six- but the Tamiya Wrangler has a 4.0 that's decent. But it's only decent (not great) and it's 1:24 scale. Your best bet would be to get the 258 from Jeff Ballard at Motor City Resin Casters. Haven't picked up that one yet, but a friend of mine has one, and it's a good one. Edited October 8, 2012 by Michigan Madman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmk Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 (edited) No CJ kits with a six- but the Tamiya Wrangler has a 4.0 that's decent. But it's only decent (not great) and it's 1:24 scale. Your best bet would be to get the 258 from Jeff Ballard at Motor City Resin Casters. Haven't picked up that one yet, but a friend of mine has one, and it's a good one. I know. I looked at my Monogram CJ-7 kit and saw the 304 in it. I could have sworn that had a six. And the old MPC CJ-5 has a four banger. Thanks for the heads up on the resin 4.2L. I'll look for that. Edited October 8, 2012 by dmk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 COOL!!!!!!!!! Gotta get two of these for sure! The 75 Gremlin was my very first real car handed down to my from my older brother. It was tan with the dog dish hub caps, 258 straight six ford engine, Chrysler 727 TorqueFlight transmission and 9" Ford rear end. It was ugle but it was pretty quick! I beat a V8 Dodge Duster with it once! It's funny how most of us find that car ugly but think the model is cool! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Cole Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 This one will be issued in a pizza box. A large pizza box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 This one will be issued in a pizza box. A large pizza box. LoL...hopefully this will be in a normal box and not the silly oversized box like the '76 was in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Will it come with the six? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted October 11, 2012 Author Share Posted October 11, 2012 Will it come with the six? I don't think so, but not totally sure. Did any of AMT's Gremlins include the straight six, or was that only found in the Pacer kits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 I don't think so, but not totally sure. Did any of AMT's Gremlins include the straight six, or was that only found in the Pacer kits? I don't think any of the Gremlin kits came with the six cyl. Is there a kit out there that has a nice Ford 258 straight six? I think the Chrysler trans would be easy to find but I don't remember seeing the engine? I'd like to build a replica of my first car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted October 13, 2012 Author Share Posted October 13, 2012 LoL...hopefully this will be in a normal box and not the silly oversized box like the '76 was in. I thought the "art" box was a great idea...until I bought one and realized the print wasn't all that and the box's thickness/depth did little to protect the body from getting crushed, despite the cardboard wall surrounding the body shell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Are those headlight washers I see ? Or ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Are those headlight washers I see ? Or ? Looks like it...that pic appears to be in Europe, so maybe it was a Euro-spec model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 R2 more than likely found the 75 inserts for the grille and nose piece. I don't see a 71 or 72 as the body would have to be re-tooled along with grille/nose etc. I love having them back in a normal box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 R2 more than likely found the 75 inserts for the grille and nose piece. I don't see a 71 or 72 as the body would have to be re-tooled along with grille/nose etc. I love having them back in a normal box. I thought '74 was the first year Gremlin that AMT did, but a search on eBay turned up a '72 funny car..didn't know about that one. Bandit Resins makes a '71 or '72 in resin, the build up of it in a recent SA looked pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doggie427 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Unfortunately most of them look like this now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I thought '74 was the first year Gremlin that AMT did, but a search on eBay turned up a '72 funny car..didn't know about that one. I have the F/C Gremlin kit. The front grille and bumper is a separate casting that was not on the chrome tree.....so if it was still in the kit it would be nice for R2 to throw it in. It would work well on a Pro Stock build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 (edited) Are those headlight washers I see ? Or ? The pic is from Scandinavia. Headlight wipers are mandatory there on any car built after 1974. If they aren't available from the manufacturer, they have to be improvised using parts from another make. And no, they were not available on Gremlins from the factory. Here are a few more examples of cars that had been made legal for use in Sweden: You get the picture (pun intended). Edited October 26, 2012 by Junkman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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