BulldawgMusclecars
10-10-2012, 05:28 PM
My son Jim just turned 14 recently, and has been wanting to get a "driver" of his own for quite a while. He already has two other cars, both given to him by my father (who passed away a few months ago); a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air 2 door coupe that was my first car, and a 1987 Buick Grand National! Sadly, the '57 is too valuable and too expenive to rebuild for a "school car", and impossible to insure for a new driver, at least at anything approaching its actual value, so its out. The Grand National is in the same boat. While not as valuable, they are very popular with thieves in the Atlanta area...so again, its not a good daily driver. Before anyone asks, neither are for sale!
We discussed lot of different cars, trying to find something that isn't insanely valuable or hard to insure, is fairly cheap as a starting point, and would have some "cool factor" to it. Third gen Camaros, Fox Mustangs, and a few others came up, but the car he decided on that he really wanted was an AMC Gremlin! Rare? Somewhat. at least now. Desirable? To some. Different? DEFINITELY!!! After a lot of searching on Craigslist, and asking everyone I knew to be on the lookout for one, he found a 1972 Gremlin "X"
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2012/10/jimgremlin_zps99cba334-1.jpg
We discussed lot of different cars, trying to find something that isn't insanely valuable or hard to insure, is fairly cheap as a starting point, and would have some "cool factor" to it. Third gen Camaros, Fox Mustangs, and a few others came up, but the car he decided on that he really wanted was an AMC Gremlin! Rare? Somewhat. at least now. Desirable? To some. Different? DEFINITELY!!! After a lot of searching on Craigslist, and asking everyone I knew to be on the lookout for one, he found a 1972 Gremlin "X"
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2012/10/jimgremlin_zps99cba334-1.jpg