Our own Ed F. is famous
 

Did you know he is in Wikipedia?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMC_Gremlin#Racing

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Well I'll be........

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wow

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Double wow!

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OK Ed, Fess up .. Just how many strings did you pull with NHRA and IHRA to be able to run stock with a "modified" Gremlin?. (so the picture says )lol.......I bet one of them was " I'm gonna be president one day" lol again........

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Dam Ed that is cool.

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Oh geez, there'll be no livin' with him now.....

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see this?
"Randall 401-XRRandall AMC dealership in Mesa, Arizona received AMC's endorsement to build 401 cu in (6.6 L)V8 powered Gremlins. The cars started out as 304 V8 models from the factory and after Randall's modifications would run 13.90's at 103-106 miles per hour (171 km/h) in the quarter mile, for $2,995. Known as the Randall 401-XR (X for Gremlin X, R for Randall), a total of twenty cars were built for the street and one for the strip during 1972, 1973, and 1974.[41] Car Craft magazine tested one with some modifications and achieved 115.07 miles per hour (185 km/h) in 12.22 seconds while still remaining a "totally streetable, daily-driver".[42]"

i have the racer gremmy sitting here (storing it for a friend until he has room in his garage)

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And as it was AMC endorsed, it should be legal on Stock, right Eddie?

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"We are not worthy" Ed, it is still a Gremlin though! LOL

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wayne's world amc was a pacer, not a gremmy....

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Still , that's cool ! Tip o da hat to Ed !

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Forget livin' with him........now that this secret is out he'll probably have his Gremlin shined up and at Barrett-Jackson next January ..............

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Doug I'll still be the same old lovable fuzz ball I've always been.
Tom,those 401 KRs are far and few between now.There's no firm documentation from
the factory and a lot of the paper work from Randall is gone.They all started out as 304
V-8 cars though.There are a few around that the owners claim at original cars.
And for the price of the car you also got one way airfare to Mesa Az to pick up the caqr.
And Tom please,it's not a gremmy.That' word is like someone scratching a chalk board.
Bill they only made + or - 42 of them.And all were dealer constructed.
Jack,they're hard to sell as 401 KRs without any documentation.They can always be done
as a so called "tribute" car though.

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Do we call him MR. now ??

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It's Mr Fuzz Ball to you.

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I've been calling him MR. ED for sometime now but humor aside, that's cool Ed that your car is famous, and you have a photo of your nice looking car in that thread (I'm a bit jealous)! I have to admit, since your car is also against the norm (as a stocker racer), I wish that AMC dealers would've been closer to where I lived in Denver than Chevrolet & Ford dealers were, because I would've been happy to own a Gremlin too (or even a Hornet)...my first wife had a '73 and it was fun to drive could've made an interesting race car too??? One benefit to buying one (even with the six-banger), would've been the option of being able to drop the 304 V8 into it...knowing me however, I would've stayed with the 6-banger to have something different...Cliffords Research was very famous during the 70's and they could've guided me to the parts needed to make that car quicker than my Cavalier....certainly easier to work on!!!

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LOL, I'll chime in on here since Ed is a huge fan of me....Hey Ed! I bet your Gremlin is not as modified as the front end of Jerry Emmons sheet metal on his AA/SA that was driven by that real super rich guys son in Fontana, Ca the weekend I took my Cadillac out there and raced it for the first time...It was the first time I ever took a new car out and did'nt make the final round...put that in Wikipedia....I got witnesses..I did judge the roll out correctly.. Had a -.016 on first pass..then backed way off to keep conservative..

Kind weird how I broke out and took 12 mph off while blurping three times and hitting the brakes twice... I took way too much strip...Anyways, anyone here familiar with that?

;)

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Very nice Jason.Now go crawl back under the rock you come out from under.

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Better a machine shop and another 3500 sq foot body shop I'm crawling from under.. I haven't been on this site for awhile..There are way to many ignorant idiotic trolls who wish I was a punk like they are... Honey Badger don't play... Ya know...

How's the weather in West Hollywood Ed? I hear your people have been keeping fiscally responsible. The entire city has a surplus in it's budget...Good for you...

Just tell me when Ed Fernandaz .444 ;)

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Ed used to be my hero, but now he is so famous that I have to look for a higher pedstal to put him him up onto.

You Da man Ed, no matter what everyone else says!

David
The New Hemi Guy

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t I haven't been on this site for awhile..There are way to many ignorant idiotic trolls

Believe me your absence was a welcome relief from your nonsensical posts.
I'm nowhere near Ca. no less Hollywood.Sounds like you're code talking to your your gay posse.
I guess your badger reference is to the effect that your a real bad *****.I'll have to remember that in case we ever meet. Excuse me while I go change my underwear.

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actually, i got the story (about the KR GREMLINS) from the horses mouth
had him at a club meeting last fall, VERY interesting on how they got caught puting 401's in 'em..lets just say there wouldn't be any factory documents;)

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Dang Ed, I'm impressed!

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My main AMC experience was when,in 1980,I took a job with Los Angeles County's Mechanical Department, where we serviced and repaired the vehicle fleet. The La Sheriff's Department had phased out their Matador black and whites, but we had a couple of plain color cars, one was a jade green 73 Matador, 401 with a 727 Torqueflite.It was a 4500 pound sleeper. That car on a wide open throttle leave from a stop light would bark the tires really loud on the second gear upshift. It felt like it could easily pin the speedometer, but that car's downfall was the size and weight in a uni-body. Upper control arms and front end pieces liked to break on these. On one of them, the upper bushing bolts had been rotating in the mounting holes until they cut through the inner fender stampings, and the front end collapsed .That engine and trans were begging to be put in something more deserving of it. Another weird find in the fleet were a pair of 77 Pontiac LeMans two door sedans with 403 Olds power. Wonder what class those fit, and wonder how many were built? Any Pontomobile fans out there?? ('>')

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Now here's a car for Mr.Nees to build ..................

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No dice Jack, in that body style the 6X 400 pontiac is a much better deal.