This 1971 AMC Gremlin was is finished in purple with white accent stripes and multi-color pinstriping over a white interior with purple accents, and power is supplied by a 4.0-liter inline-six sourced from a 1995 Jeep paired with a five-speed Ford T-5 manual transmission. Additional features include Subaru seats, a Ford dashboard, white-painted steel wheels, hubcaps, front disc brakes, power steering, adjustable air springs, chrome bumpers, and a shaved cowl and door handles.
The rear seats have been removed, and the custom, raised cargo-area floor features purple and gray pinstriping. Audio equipment is located under the cargo floor, which has access panels behind the seats and also ahead of the tailgate. The fuel-injected 4.0-liter inline-six is said to have been sourced from a 1995 Jeep Wrangler and installed during refurbishment of the car. Body-color and pinstripe accents decorate various components in the engine bay. Power is delivered to the rear wheels through a five-speed Ford T-5 manual transmission. The underbody was refinished with spray-on truck bedliner material.
The car was refinished in a Toyota-based shade of purple in 2013, and features include white accent stripes on the hood, sides, and quarter panels as well as Gremlin-themed pinstriping flanking the grille as well as multi-color pinstriping inside the door, hood, and tailgate openings. Bodywork have included the addition of a shaved cowl and driver and passenger door handles as well as rolled wheel-well openings and the installation of a grille bar was sourced from a 1956 Buick. Equipment includes a single-exit exhaust as well as chrome bumpers that were refinished in 2014.
White-finished 14″ steel wheels wear bright center hubcaps and are mounted with 185/70 Uniroyal Tiger Paw whitewall tires. The car is equipped with power steering, and braking is handled by front discs and rear drums. Adjustable Viking Performance coil-over shocks have been installed up front and KYB shocks and removable lowering blocks are installed with the rear leaf-spring suspension.
The interior was refurbished features white front bucket seats that are said to have been sourced from a 1990s Subaru and a white dashboard fabricated from a 1950 Ford “shoebox” dash. A purple shag headliner and matching trim for the door handles, A-pillars, and center console are complemented by purple carpeting with white trim and purple three-point seatbelts. An analog clock is set in the center of the dashboard, and an aftermarket stereo has been installed underneath the driver seat.
A three-spoke steering wheel sits ahead of a 100-mph speedometer with inset gauges for oil pressure, coolant temperature, and voltage.
The five-digit odometer shows 99 miles, true chassis mileage is unknown.
