I want an AMC Gremlin?

The influence of living with people that’re into the whole vintage car thing has finally gotten to me and made me look at world renowned ugly car the AMC Gremlin and go “omg wow what a neat looking car. I wish I had one.” I know jack shit about cars btw, but the thought of driving this funky thing around is very appealing to me. I think it would be really cool to do one up all nice to use as my daily driver!

But instead of committing myself to a project that will cost thousands of dollars and man hours on a subject I know nothing about, I’m making this page to mull it over and gather my thoughts. I may loose interest in this project, and this page might end up having been a waste of time, but who knows! I enjoy the thrill of categorizing things and making lists, so here we are.

Base

Jumping off point is actually finding the car. Absolute musts for me are a solid body and a title. An automatic transmission would be preferred, but it wouldn't be the end of the world if I got manual. It'd give me an excuse to finally learn stick, instead of just enough bare basics to get by.

I would like to restomod the car. Put in a newer, better engine, newer technology, the works. Again, I don't know anything about cars so I don't know whether it'd be easier to do a restomod or restore.