The problem the Gremlin was having when they were racing is that it spun it's rear tires too much. They also failed to mention that American Motors made a V8 Gremlin called the "Gremlin X" it had an optional 289 and Levi Brand cloth interior. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Sawyer" <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 12:31 PM Subject: [tcb] Re: Full Throttle > Did you see the one last week where they pitted a pacer against a gremlin. > The pacer won. > > Fred McDonald <texasbluebus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > There is a program on the History Channel called "Full Throttle". The > format is two teams are give a car of the same type. They have limited > funds and a short time to prepare them and then they drag race them; the > team with the fastest car wins both cars. Tonight at 8pm they are using > 1967 VW Beetles! > > > >