I have .030 401 with a tci th400 with 2800 stall and ford 9" in mine.
Its definetly a weirdo car I agree but if you show up to a car show with one of them no one wants to be parked buy you because people just go right past their car to look at the Gremlin

This Spring we had a a guy in our AMC club get a 1974 Matador going in prostreet form. He parked next to a guy with a cloned Shelby cobra that was cherry and everyone kept spending a ton of time looking over the Matador. He was erked

But he agreed......When was the last time anyone saw one?
If your son's looking at them he better find one shortly. When I got my car in 03 they were still pretty cheap and 401's where still out there to be had.
Now that people are starting to build AMC's parts Prices have went through the roof. I paid $3k for my non running factory v8 Gremlin and now the same car would bring about $6k.
The Running 6cyl cars in clean shape get about the same as well.
I wanted a Pacer to shoehorn a 440ci into but I couldnt get the wife to go for it. I wanted to install a Licorice dispenser into it like the Garth mobile LOL!
Vegas and Mavericks went through the roof as well.
I almost had a factory 360 Amc Hornet but the guy lost the title and I didnt want any part of that nightmare trying to get another.