9:00 Remember, the Gremlin didn't go away, The Spirit Kammback kept the same profile and the Gremlin/Spirit platform (alongside the Hornet/Concord) served as the basis of America's first all-wheel-drive passenger cars, the Eagle.
The Mustang 2 was a Pinto with a different body. But the Mustang 2 with the 302 V8 was a rocket. I had one. That car would peel rubber from WA to MT. It was a very fast car. When I was younger I loved fast cars and fast women. 😁👍💯
@@tammywooley2635 certain year models of the Pinto’s were Great little cars. The 1.9L was a great engine. The 1.6L was under powered especially when mated to an automatic transmission. I had a friend in high school and he stuffed a 302 (5.0L) V8 in his 72 Pinto. He had to put in a Ford 9” rear end and eventually a 5spd transmission from an 83 Mustang. It looked like an old worn out Pinto with faded blue metallic paint, but that lil Pinto became a Stallion ! The Pinto in general was a much better car than the Chevy Vega.
Years ago my now X wife needed a car in a hurry. I found an AMC Pacer with 60K miles for $600. Someone had painted it a turquoise blue with metallic pink pin stripes and mag wheels. It was an online 6cyl. A Pacer was Never on my horizon but it was cheap and reliable to get her to work. After driving it for several years and over 100K miles, we sold it to someone who was into racing Pacers. He already had a 401 V8 engine that he was going to swap out. At that time I was driving my 73 Nova SS.
The Mustang ll was originally on a Pinto platform. The 4cyl was definitely a Pinto. But the Mustang ll with the 302 V8 was a totally different breed. I had one and that light weight Mustang would haul ass ! I was young when I had it and I’ve Always loved fast cars and back then, fast women.😁 But now I’m in my retirement years and Yes I still Love fast cars. And I’m glad my wife wasn’t a fast woman 😁
I’ve got an 84 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham 2dr with the Chrome pkg, wire wheels and full gauge pkg. It had 97K original miles. It’s black with light “pillow” grey interior. It belonged to my grandma. My grandpa ordered it for her the end of 83. It’s for sale
Always loved the El Camino and still do!! Mustang 2 was nothing but a pretty body on a Pinto!! Once again. Ford put a sexier body on a Mustang!! "Chrystler in the 70's" dumpster fire years!! AMC Gremlin is one of the toughest cars 2 --15/16-year-old boys could not have beaten any harder. Never stranded us!!! Gentleman's hotrods stop light to stoplight!! Pinto, covered with the Mustand2. Good luck finding the Omega or the Apollo (Buick), Or a Ventura (Pontiac)....all the best cars that got Forgotten and still, a timeless design!!! Pacer, was another car that never should have been in production!!!~~
The Pacer would have been a different car if GM had built the wanker- --- uh --- wankel as promised, or if Buick hadn't bought the V6 tooling back from Kaiser/AMC. The seven-main-bearing AMC 232/258 engines were smooth as satin sheets and AMC didn't have the budget to make the V6 even-fire, but if it had it would have been a perfect fit
Yes, it did in the 1970s when it was no longer a Pony Car. The 71-73 cougar was the same platform as the Mustang but the nose is hideous. I had a neighbor with a mid-70s cougar station wagon. After 1973 it was more like a thunderbird and they certainly weren't going to make a re-skinned pinto version of the Cougar like they did with the mustang. I had a 1967 XR7 GT Cougar as my second car.
I had a 77 Olds Omega SX! It had one of those odd fire V6's in it to begin with and I put in a Buick Century 350 4 barrel in it and let me tell you that was a very fast car!!!
What ruined the Omega name was the use of the name on GM's dreadful front-wheel-drive X-body, alongside the Buick Skylark, the Chevy Citation, and the Pontiac Phoenix. The front-drive X-cars made the Plymouth Volare look good taking over from the Aspen/Volare twins the title of "The most recalled cars in American history."
Don't forget the Cadillac Cimarron answer to the X bodies. There was a reason why they were given away in sweepstakes contests, to get rid of the inventory.
@@supercommie Hell's bells! The Gremlin isn't even in the top ten of ugly American cars from the seventies. What about the reskinned Vegas GM was passing off as Monza, Starfire, Skyhawk, and Sunfire? You want "Don't touch it! You'll get warts!" ugly, check out the Lincoln Versailles, but only at a safe distance. Worse than the Granada/Monarch models it was based on. Then there was the Buick Century, bad enough in the '73-'77 "Colonnade" model years, but one look at the slant-back design from 1978 could turn you to stone. Of course, the previous generation Skylark and the rest of the A-bodies were little better than the Colonnades. Somehow the trim department at Ford (and by extension, Mercury) got the idea that a buckskin-color vinyl top over navy blue paint made the LTD II/Cougar/Thunderbirds look good. Spoiler alert, it didn't, and the whole rent-a-car fleet in the city of Atlanta appeared to consist of ford products in that livery. Whoever compiled this video obviously has no concept of what ugly is in the automotive world.
Have to disagree. The Gremlin was startling in comparison to the competitors' designs, but it made sense and AMC sold a heck of a lot of them. Yeah, they have something of a cult following even fifty-plus years later. The design that still grinds my gears is the '70-1/2 Camaro/Firebird. They could have been so graceful with an evolutionary extension of the gentle notchback lines from '67 to early '70, but that chunky fastback with the blind rear quarters looks like something out of a ten-year-old's social studies textbook margin. Hideous and sub-amateurish from every angle.
I’ve got an 84 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham 2dr with the Chrome pkg, wire wheels and full gauge pkg. It had 97K original miles. It’s black with light “pillow” grey interior. It belonged to my grandma. My grandpa ordered it for her the end of 83. It’s for sale
It's VERY apparent that someone here has exactly no idea what they are yacking about.
9:00 Remember, the Gremlin didn't go away, The Spirit Kammback kept the same profile and the Gremlin/Spirit platform (alongside the Hornet/Concord) served as the basis of America's first all-wheel-drive passenger cars, the Eagle.
It also lived on in form via the Toyota Corolla FX! And there's a new version (Toyota), that looks like it, too.
I had both, a 73 gremlin & an '83 FX
Today is Nov. 2 2024. I came across this video I used to have a Ford Pinto. It was nice and Spacious. I was in my early twenties back then.
All of those were badass minus the pinto, pacer, and the mustang ll
The Mustang 2 was a Pinto with a different body.
But the Mustang 2 with the 302 V8 was a rocket.
I had one.
That car would peel rubber from WA to MT.
It was a very fast car.
When I was younger I loved fast cars and fast women. 😁👍💯
Beg to differ, i loved my pinto and it was the coolest car i ever had.
@@tammywooley2635 certain year models of the Pinto’s were Great little cars.
The 1.9L was a great engine. The 1.6L was under powered especially when mated to an automatic transmission.
I had a friend in high school and he stuffed a 302 (5.0L) V8 in his 72 Pinto. He had to put in a Ford 9” rear end and eventually a 5spd transmission from an 83 Mustang.
It looked like an old worn out Pinto with faded blue metallic paint, but that lil Pinto became a Stallion !
The Pinto in general was a much better car than the Chevy Vega.
The El Camino was not ugly.
Totally agree!
Years ago my now X wife needed a car in a hurry.
I found an AMC Pacer with 60K miles for $600.
Someone had painted it a turquoise blue with metallic pink pin stripes and mag wheels.
It was an online 6cyl.
A Pacer was Never on my horizon but it was cheap and reliable to get her to work.
After driving it for several years and over 100K miles, we sold it to someone who was into racing Pacers. He already had a 401 V8 engine that he was going to swap out.
At that time I was driving my 73 Nova SS.
One thing I found that I liked in the Gremlin is that it had a ton of headroom.
The Mustang ll was originally on a Pinto platform. The 4cyl was definitely a Pinto.
But the Mustang ll with the 302 V8 was a totally different breed.
I had one and that light weight Mustang would haul ass !
I was young when I had it and I’ve Always loved fast cars and back then, fast women.😁
But now I’m in my retirement years and Yes I still Love fast cars. And I’m glad my wife wasn’t a fast woman 😁
The Gremlin was originally designed on an airplane barf bag. Oh the irony!
I’ve got an 84 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham 2dr with the Chrome pkg, wire wheels and full gauge pkg.
It had 97K original miles.
It’s black with light “pillow” grey interior.
It belonged to my grandma. My grandpa ordered it for her the end of 83.
It’s for sale
I'd love a PInto!
So would I!!!
Agree whole heartedly
There wasn’t an oil problem! The world governments wanted to price gouge
I didn't know that the Cougar had a 4 door and a wagon model in the lineup?😅😅😅😅😅😅
Mustangs were awesome, i still want one. The ugliest car was the Pacer, we called it the pregnant roller skate.
Always loved the El Camino and still do!! Mustang 2 was nothing but a pretty body on a Pinto!! Once again. Ford put a sexier body on a Mustang!! "Chrystler in the 70's" dumpster fire years!! AMC Gremlin is one of the toughest cars 2 --15/16-year-old boys could not have beaten any harder. Never stranded us!!! Gentleman's hotrods stop light to stoplight!! Pinto, covered with the Mustand2. Good luck finding the Omega or the Apollo (Buick), Or a Ventura (Pontiac)....all the best cars that got Forgotten and still, a timeless design!!! Pacer, was another car that never should have been in production!!!~~
The Pacer would have been a different car if GM had built the wanker- --- uh --- wankel as promised, or if Buick hadn't bought the V6 tooling back from Kaiser/AMC.
The seven-main-bearing AMC 232/258 engines were smooth as satin sheets and AMC didn't have the budget to make the V6 even-fire, but if it had it would have been a perfect fit
I could not agree more my brother!!~
Maybe they were ugly, but their worth a fortune now.
The Cougar never came in a hatchback, wagon or 4 door version.
Yes, it did in the 1970s when it was no longer a Pony Car. The 71-73 cougar was the same platform as the Mustang but the nose is hideous. I had a neighbor with a mid-70s cougar station wagon. After 1973 it was more like a thunderbird and they certainly weren't going to make a re-skinned pinto version of the Cougar like they did with the mustang. I had a 1967 XR7 GT Cougar as my second car.
The Pinto is the only genuinely ugly one of the lot reviewed here.
"Beauty is skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone."
Or, "Sheet metal" deep....
But, ugly goes clear to the "frame"
As the case may be
you didn't do the Chevy Nova looked like a Olds Omega and the AMC Pacer was iconic the in the Wayne's World move 1990s
I had a 77 Olds Omega SX! It had one of those odd fire V6's in it to begin with and I put in a Buick Century 350 4 barrel in it and let me tell you that was a very fast car!!!
I thought the Mustand II, Pinto and Vega were great cars, all their shortcomings nothwithstanding.
What ruined the Omega name was the use of the name on GM's dreadful front-wheel-drive X-body, alongside the Buick Skylark, the Chevy Citation, and the Pontiac Phoenix. The front-drive X-cars made the Plymouth Volare look good taking over from the Aspen/Volare twins the title of "The most recalled cars in American history."
Don't forget the Cadillac Cimarron answer to the X bodies. There was a reason why they were given away in sweepstakes contests, to get rid of the inventory.
The 78-80 cutlass salon aka the buttless Cutlass is one of the ugliest cars of the 70s.
Dude, you have no idea what is or isn't cool. Or ugly.
Mustang II ain’t cool bro
It ain't ugly either.
@@wmason1961 I’m not into them. Wouldn’t say ugly, but not attractive. Maybe that’s just the 70’s
The Elcamino wasn't ugly till 1973 on up
El Camino lost me at the end of model year '67.
The reskin for '68 just didn't work for me, regardless of body configuration or division styling cues.
Gremlin is the ugliest, but it was practical.
Agreed
I like the Gremlin design. It's bold, and it's not afraid to stand out.
@@supercommie Hell's bells! The Gremlin isn't even in the top ten of ugly American cars from the seventies.
What about the reskinned Vegas GM was passing off as Monza, Starfire, Skyhawk, and Sunfire?
You want "Don't touch it! You'll get warts!" ugly, check out the Lincoln Versailles, but only at a safe distance. Worse than the Granada/Monarch models it was based on.
Then there was the Buick Century, bad enough in the '73-'77 "Colonnade" model years, but one look at the slant-back design from 1978 could turn you to stone. Of course, the previous generation Skylark and the rest of the A-bodies were little better than the Colonnades.
Somehow the trim department at Ford (and by extension, Mercury) got the idea that a buckskin-color vinyl top over navy blue paint made the LTD II/Cougar/Thunderbirds look good. Spoiler alert, it didn't, and the whole rent-a-car fleet in the city of Atlanta appeared to consist of ford products in that livery.
Whoever compiled this video obviously has no concept of what ugly is in the automotive world.
Have to disagree. The Gremlin was startling in comparison to the competitors' designs, but it made sense and AMC sold a heck of a lot of them. Yeah, they have something of a cult following even fifty-plus years later.
The design that still grinds my gears is the '70-1/2 Camaro/Firebird. They could have been so graceful with an evolutionary extension of the gentle notchback lines from '67 to early '70, but that chunky fastback with the blind rear quarters looks like something out of a ten-year-old's social studies textbook margin.
Hideous and sub-amateurish from every angle.
It may have been ugly, but it was the only sub-compact American car to come with a 304 CID V8 option.
Stupid list click bait.
Ok. The Gremlin was never "cool". Certainly, it's less uncool than was the Pacer, but the Gremlin has earned no such superlative. Cool, puleeze.
At introduction the Gremlin's appearance was startling, but it was an idea whose time had come and you saw them just about everywhere.
I’ve got an 84 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham 2dr with the Chrome pkg, wire wheels and full gauge pkg.
It had 97K original miles.
It’s black with light “pillow” grey interior.
It belonged to my grandma. My grandpa ordered it for her the end of 83.
It’s for sale