One Scary Gremlin

Aptly named due to them being a scary little creature I think that AMC holds some sort of record for the ugliest cars ever mass produced. Although the phrase "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" has never been more true than when one comes face to face with such a design failure.

In my opinion ( I often say this phrase with a real serious look on my face with a strong confident voice so that it would appear that my opinion really does count) the AMC Pacer was the ultimate in ugly. I dont have a photo or I would insert it here. I could go on and on about the multiple failures of AMC but that's not what this post is about.

It may sound as if I hate them but that's not the case at all. The Javelin is one of my favorite muscle cars. I had a friend that owned an AMX that would raise the front tires upon the initial launch from the starting line! That car was very fast and pristine.

OK, back to what this is really about. You will probably be disappointed when you reach the end but what else are you going to do at work? Work? That comes later. Lets see where this is headed shall we?

So my family and I are driving home from a wonderful lunch at a seafood restaurant located in Gadsden AL when this old Gremlin is spotted for sale. I forgot to mention for the past year or so I've been telling my 15 year old daughter that she would be driving an AMC Gremlin when she turned 16. In hindsight I see that joke was wasted on her because she had not ever seen one.

After hanging a U Turn in the middle of the 4 lane hwy, the SUV that provided our transportation was producing some dust due to the speed in which I was attempting to control while whipping into a gravel parking lot filled with less than desirable vehicles from the 60's.

After almost stopping completely I was jumping out and running to the rear of my vehicle to grab a camera. I went into some sort of picture taking frenzy! Uncontrollable and wild! Well I may be exaggerating a bit but you get the idea. After making a small scene we were on the road again. I tried to sell it but was shot down with every positive I could think of.

The phrase my daughter would say after every positive sentence I would use was "Dad! That thing is ugly!"