Another Barris creation ?

[donculley]

Found this on the 'bay , sorry I don't know how to hyperlink it.
EBAY # 270584370850. . Never heard about this one, but I don't think this guy will get his reserve price !


1972 AMC Gremlin Own a piece of history!
This is one of the first modern day Hydrogen-powered automobile experiments, developed by a team at UCLA. The car was a collaborative effort with donated components from General Motors, Ford Motor Company, George Barris (http://www.barris.com ), Hooker, Edelbrock, Union Carbide and Impco, (a company that specializes in alternative fuel products).
Yes, its one of a kind!! It won the overall Urban Vehicle Design Competition in 1972; a one-time event that brought together 64 North American universities in a contest to see who could build the most innovative vehicle.
American Motors donated the Gremlin to the project. Ford provided a powerful Boss 351 engine, the same kind used in limited-edition Mustangs at the time. The Gremlin has been featured in several museums, including Harrah's Automobile Museum in Reno. Please contact to hear more about this piece of automobile history. Full log books and documentation are also included. Serious buyers only PLEASE!

[treswright]

Wow, that's funky! Let's see if this link works:

cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_rdc=1&item=270584370850&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dp3907.m570.l1313%26_nkw%3D270584370850%26_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_fvi%3D1&viewitem=

Side view:



I wonder if Barris provided that awesome custom rear bumper, what is that, an old tire tread?

[mykturk]

No pictures of the engine at all?
Wild looking seats in he thing for sure.

[donculley]

Whats really odd are the quarter panels. The Gremlin had a more curved 1/4 glass in the back, these look like the later Spirit quarter panels. I wonder if this was a pre production car they had lying around and just donated it ?

[Bert]

As you can see the rear quarter windows of the Gremlin are different. It almost looks like the rear windows are from a Vega Wagon.

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[ShowRodFreak Don V.]

Niiicceee rear quarter panels

[chiefsspeedshop]

May 27, 2010 15:58:21 GMT -6 Bert said:

As you can see the rear quarter windows of the Gremlin are different. It almost looks like the rear windows are from a Vega Wagon.

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

YEP those are different ,but NICE QUARTER PANELS ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[kettlekettle]

well rounded and shaped quarter panels.

[davekapp]

Nevermind the quarted panels. What about the "bumpers?" Seats look comfy, I wonder if it runs?

[chiefsspeedshop]

May 30, 2010 12:54:06 GMT -6 davekapp said:

Nevermind the quarted panels. What about the "bumpers?" Seats look comfy, I wonder if it runs?

WELL now that you mention that Dave, I HEARD it runs like a PUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRINNGGGGG KITTY, ;D ;D ;D ;D BUT then again that could have been a big FIB BUT by the looks of it,I never meet a PPPPPUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRIIINGGGGGGGGGG KITTY that I couldn't PET .................................Chief

[davekapp]

I have always loved Gremlins. I have never been in one, this is the closest I'll ever get to owning one.