Gremlin's had a tough motor and tranny.. the rest of the car was crap... especially the body.. rusted out real quick in Northern States with road salt...like any other AMC product..
Same with the running gear in Pintos....their problem was they were a cheap little car...people use to never do any maintenance on them...especially oil changes....
either ran them dry on oil...or not changing the oil killed the engine..good little motor tho, the main application for that Ford motor ( before going into the Pinto) was for Refer units on OTR Semis...
