In the late ’60s and into the early 1970s AMC took on Detroit with sedans, wagons, and muscle cars, and the outfit even had an answer for the influx of compact, affordable imports: the Gremlin.

The AMC Hornet, the Rambler ... a lot of work had to go into it first. After all, the Gremlin isn't one of the easiest cars to mod. They had to shorten the chassis to accommodate for the ...