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SOLVED: WTH # 175 - UCLA AMC Gremlin Hydrogen-powered car with help from George Barris
« on: January 16, 2013, 01:25:57 PM »
What is this car?  What is unusual about the propulsion system?  What customizer was involved?

Answer these questions for one point.
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Re: WTH # 175
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2013, 10:37:45 AM »
Up! 

Time for the Experts to figure this one out.
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Re: WTH # 175
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2013, 02:39:19 PM »
Hydrogen-powered 1970 AMC Gremlin, developed by a team at UCLA with numerous corporate sponsors. The car featured a Ford Boss 351 engine and was reportedly capable of up to 68 mpg. Supposedly the customizer George Barris was also somehow involved.
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Re: WTH # 175
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2013, 02:39:34 PM »
Fyreline, good catch.
« Last Edit: January 24, 2013, 02:43:16 PM by Zerk »
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Re: WTH # 175
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2013, 02:45:16 PM »
Saw you came in behind me by just seconds . . . Sorry 'bout that!
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Re: WTH # 175
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2013, 03:17:06 PM »
And the point goes to Fyreline.  It is the UCLA Hydrogen-powered AMC Gremlin.

I have it as a 1972, but other years may be involved.  No Gremlin had a C-pillar that small.  The AMC Spirit Kammback did though.
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Re: WTH # 175
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2013, 03:25:05 PM »
Quote from: fyreline on January 24, 2013, 02:39:19 PM
Supposedly the customizer George Barris was also somehow involved.

That could be said about 95% of the cars on the AutoPuzzles site.  ;D
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Re: SOLVED: WTH # 175 - UCLA AMC Gremlin Hydrogen-powered car with help from George Barris
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2013, 05:25:20 PM »
Yeah, the first web site I found it at said it was a 1970, but on closer inspection I'm sure you're right - it started as a 1972. That C-pillar is a puzzler, too. Maybe that was George Barris's "kustom" contribution?
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Re: SOLVED: WTH # 175 - UCLA AMC Gremlin Hydrogen-powered car with help from George Barris
« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2013, 04:17:29 PM »
I found some additional pictures of the vehicle.
I seem to remember this was sold on eBay a couple years back.
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Re: SOLVED: WTH # 175 - UCLA AMC Gremlin Hydrogen-powered car with help from George Barris
« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2013, 04:24:43 PM »
The C-pillar and rear quarter area really is interesting.
It almost looks like the folks at the customizer's shop took a Gremlin/Hornet front window, turned it backwards, sliced it at a slight angle, then merged it back into the bodyside.  The shape is a little different from the 1979 (onwards) AMC Spirit sedan.
I understand the car was powered by a Ford 351 V8 with a modified carburetor.

For the record, here's another image confirming Barris' involvement.
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Re: SOLVED: WTH # 175 - UCLA AMC Gremlin Hydrogen-powered car with help from George Barris
« Reply #10 on: February 05, 2013, 08:07:01 PM »
Thanks for the additional photos. Still can't figure out that rear side window modification, though . . . It hardly seems worth the effort it must have taken to do.
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