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The Gremlin received new
front and rear styling for 1974. A completely redesigned grille/headlight
panel was used up front, as was a wider, free-standing bumper. A new
telescoping bumper was added to the rear and the sheet metal around the rear
bumper was smoothed. The two horizontal depressions on the rear sail panels
were replaced with four smaller, vertical-angled indentations.
The "X" package striping was
completely redesigned. The side stripes were now shaped like hockey sticks,
and the sail panel indentations were integrated into the stripe. The rear
indent panel decal was also enlarged so that it continued under the rear
bumper and extended almost to the edge of the rear sail panel. These design
elements all combined to make the Gremlin appear longer and more substantial
than the previous models.
Powertrain availability was
more or less the same as in 1973, though a bit of rear axle ratio juggling
did take place. A new "Rallye-X" package was offered, which included a
dash-mounted tachometer (appearing in the right-most pod of the three-pod
instrument panel borrowed from the Hornet), oil pressure and ammeter gauges,
front sway bar for six-cylinder models, and "blacked out" instrument panel
and steering column. |
