1974 · AMC · United States
1974 AMC Gremlin X / V8
The Gremlin X gained a 'hockey stick' stripe. The 304 V8 remained available, but no X or V8 counts for the year were found.
United States · researched through 2026-09-22
For 1974 the Gremlin X stripe took on a "hockey stick" form, a graphic that followed the window line before sweeping up and terminating on the C-pillar. This overview entry is the only description of that year's specific X-package graphics found in the source consulted. No price, engine, transmission, option, interior, specification, or performance data survives in the source material consulted for this specific model year, leaving production and paint as the only two areas this particular record can document in any real depth.1
No source consulted turns up a production count specific to the Gremlin X package or its V8 take rate for 1974, a gap this record's own keyFacts explicitly flags as "missing is not zero" rather than treating the absence as a zero. AMC's own final model-year tally sheet instead reports only whole-Gremlin totals broken out by plant and engine rather than by trim: at Kenosha, 12,263 cars left the line with the 304 V8, 67,699 with the 232 six, and 51,943 with the 258 six, summing to a Kenosha total of 131,905; at Brampton, Ontario, the split was 1,874 with the 304, 24,815 with the 232, and 12,534 with the 258, for a Brampton total of 39,223. None of these figures can be attributed to the X package specifically, since AMC's tally covers every trim built on the Gremlin body that year. Combined Kenosha-plus-Brampton production for 1974 came to 171,128 Gremlins across both plants and all three engines, of which the 304 V8 accounted for 14,137, or roughly eight percent of the full run; the record does not say what share of that eight percent carried the X package's stripes and trim.1,2
A separate, five-year combined figure of 40,994 Gremlins built with the 304 V8 across 1972 through 1976 is attributed to a specific published source but has not been independently checked against that book, and like the plant totals it carries no per-year or X-package breakdown of its own. That combined figure and the individual Kenosha and Brampton 304 totals for 1974 cannot be reconciled against each other within this record, since the five-year figure gives no year-by-year accounting to check against the tally sheet's 12,263 and 1,874, and the combined 14,137 those two 1974 rows sum to is itself only a mid-point data point within the broader five-year total rather than a number that source states directly.1
Fourteen exterior colors were charted for 1974. Ten, including Snow White, Trans-Am Red, Fawn Beige, Golden Tan Metallic, Sienna Orange, Copper Metallic, Silver Green Metallic, Medium Green Metallic, Dark Green Metallic, and Dark Blue Metallic, were available across the full AMC model line. The remaining four, Mellow Yellow, Maxi Blue, Diamond Blue Metallic, and Plum Metallic, were restricted to the Gremlin, Hornet, and Javelin rather than offered line-wide. This year's chart does not carry any explicit "Gremlin X colour selection" marking, so none of these fourteen colors can be tied specifically to the X package from this source alone. The palette leaned toward earth tones and metallics that year, with Golden Tan, Sienna Orange, and Copper joined by three distinct greens (Silver Green, Medium Green, and Dark Green, all metallic) and two blues (Diamond Blue and Dark Blue, also metallic), alongside the more traditional Snow White, Trans-Am Red, Fawn Beige, and Plum.
Fact sheet · 1974 · United States
The numbers
1974 AMC Gremlin X / V8 — The Gremlin X gained a 'hockey stick' stripe. The 304 V8 remained available, but no X or V8 counts for the year were found.
Coverage: Partial — researched sections are shown; missing ones are not yet sourced. Researched through 2026-09-22.
Every figure is labeled with how sure we are. Reported means a manufacturer, registry, or reference figure we cite but have not reconciled against factory records ourselves. Disputed means credible sources disagree and both are shown. Rows are separately scoped; don't add them together unless the note says they make up a total.
Key facts
- No Gremlin X package count or per-year V8 count for this model year was found in any source consulted. Missing is not zero.1
Production
| What was counted | Count | Basis | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gremlin, all versions (conceptcarz total)3 all Gremlin · 2-door hatchback sedan · not stated Equals the Kenosha (131,905) and Brampton (39,223) sheet totals added and the two body rows below; cross-check only. | 171,128 | built, model-year | Reported |
| What was counted | Count | Basis | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gremlin with the V-8 (conceptcarz)3 all Gremlin · 2-door hatchback sedan · V8 · not stated Equals the Kenosha (12,263) and Brampton (1,874) 304 rows added; cross-check only. | 14,137 | built, model-year | Reported |
| Gremlin with a six-cylinder engine (conceptcarz)3 all Gremlin · 2-door hatchback sedan · six-cylinder · not stated | 156,991 | built, model-year | Reported |
| Gremlin with the 304 V8, Kenosha2 Gremlin (all trims, incl. X) · all bodies on the Gremlin row · 304 V8 · US, Canada and export market; built at Kenosha AMC's tally does not separate the X package; this is every Kenosha-built V8 Gremlin. | 12,263 | built, model-year | Reported |
| Gremlin with the 304 V8, Brampton2 Gremlin (all trims, incl. X) · all bodies on the Gremlin row · 304 V8 · US, Canada and export market; built at Brampton, Ontario Separate plant block. Do not add to the Kenosha row without a source stating the combined figure. | 1,874 | built, model-year | Reported |
| Gremlin with the 232 six, Kenosha2 Gremlin · all bodies · 232 six · US, Canada and export market; built at Kenosha | 67,699 | built, model-year | Reported |
| Gremlin with the 258 six, Kenosha2 Gremlin · all bodies · 258 six · US, Canada and export market; built at Kenosha | 51,943 | built, model-year | Reported |
| Gremlin with the 232 six, Brampton2 Gremlin · all bodies · 232 six · US, Canada and export market; built at Brampton, Ontario | 24,815 | built, model-year | Reported |
| Gremlin with the 258 six, Brampton2 Gremlin · all bodies · 258 six · US, Canada and export market; built at Brampton, Ontario | 12,534 | built, model-year | Reported |
| What was counted | Count | Basis | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gremlins with the 304 V8, 1972–76 combined1 all Gremlin · 2-door hatchback sedan · 304 V8 · US Five-year combined figure, attributed and not checked against the book. No per-year or Gremlin X split was found. | 40,994 | built, model-year | Reported |
| What was counted | Count | Basis | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gremlin, all engines, Kenosha2 Gremlin · all bodies · US, Canada and export market; built at Kenosha The three Kenosha engine rows sum to this total on the sheet. | 131,905 | built, model-year | Reported |
| Gremlin, all engines, Brampton2 Gremlin · all bodies · US, Canada and export market; built at Brampton, Ontario | 39,223 | built, model-year | Reported |
Context rows are separately scoped. They are not Gremlin X production. The best sources to close the gap are AMC production reports or Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946–1975 / 1976–1999 (archive.org lending copies; not read).
The k-* and b-* rows come from AMC's final model-year tally sheet. Each plant's engine rows sum to that plant's total on the sheet. The two plants are shown separately and never added here. No source splits the Gremlin X package out of these figures.
Paint
| Code | Color | Built |
|---|---|---|
A1 |
Snow White | Not yet sourced |
E9 |
Mellow Yellow | Not yet sourced |
D7 |
Trans-Am Red | Not yet sourced |
E6 |
Fawn Beige | Not yet sourced |
F8 |
Golden Tan, Metallic | Not yet sourced |
G6 |
Sienna Orange | Not yet sourced |
F9 |
Copper, Metallic | Not yet sourced |
G1 |
Silver Green, Metallic | Not yet sourced |
G2 |
Medium Green, Metallic | Not yet sourced |
G3 |
Dark Green, Metallic | Not yet sourced |
F2 |
Maxi Blue | Not yet sourced |
E1 |
Diamond Blue, Metallic | Not yet sourced |
F7 |
Dark Blue, Metallic | Not yet sourced |
G4 |
Plum, Metallic | Not yet sourced |
Color names are the factory's. We don't show color swatches, because a screen color is no guide for a restoration.
Identification
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Also in 1974
- AMC AMX The final Javelin AMX: 4,980 built, with the Go Package's cowl induction dropped and a production run that stretched into November 1974.
- AMC Javelin The Javelin's final year: 22,556 non-AMX cars on a production run extended into November 1974.
- Buick Riviera Colonnade pillared roof; 20,129 built, 1,698 with Stage One and 4,119 with the GS handling option.
- Buick Skylark Gran Sport, GS and GSX The last year a 455 Stage 1 could be had in a Buick intermediate Gran Sport; 3,355 were built, 478 of them Stage 1.
- Chevrolet Chevelle and Malibu SS The SS was gone; the new Laguna Type S-3 coupe carried the Chevelle's performance image, with a 235 net hp 454 still on the engine list.
- Chevrolet Chevy II and Nova Spirit of America Nova (RPO Z51) offered on the Custom hatchback per the source. Enthusiast-compiled production: 390,537 cars; Super Sport 21,419.
- Chevrolet El Camino SS Colonnade-era El Camino; Chevrolet's 1974 data pages define the RPO Z15 SS option for the El Camino Classic. Team Chevelle's production totals give 51,223 El Caminos built, 4,543 of them with SS equipment.
- Dodge Challenger The last original-era Challenger shared a catalog with the Dart; the 360 replaced the 340 as the optional engine and production ended in April 1974.
- Dodge Charger The last B-body Charger before the 1975 personal-luxury redesign, with 5-mph bumpers, carried-over powertrains and an SE that accounted for 30,957 V-8 cars.
- Dodge Dart GTS, Swinger and Demon The 360 replaced the 340 in the Dart Sport, and Flory's production table counts 3,951 Dart Sport 360s at a $3,244 base price.
- Ford Maverick Grabber Grabber production fell to 23,502 by Classic Industries count.
- Ford Ranchero GT The Ranchero GT continued on the 1972-76 Ranchero; 11,328 GTs were built, per reference-site counts in the Standard Catalog lineage.
- Ford Thunderbird Sixth-generation personal-luxury Thunderbird; the record holds the production total and the luxury-group option prices only.
- Ford Torino The 1974 Torino grew again and added the Gran Torino Elite; the Gran Torino Sport survived only as a formal-roof hardtop, with 23,142 built.
- Mercury Cougar Outside the muscle focus: 91,670 Cougars for 1974 per Wikipedia's table.
- Oldsmobile Cutlass, 4-4-2 and Hurst/Olds The Hurst/Olds paced the Indianapolis 500 again and offered a 350 for the first time: 1,800 coupes, 380 of them with the 455 W-30.
- Plymouth Barracuda and 'Cuda The final year: Barracuda and 'Cuda hardtops with a standard 318 and a new optional 360, and 11,734 built before the line ended.
- Plymouth Duster 340 and 360 The 245 net hp 360 replaced the 340 in the Duster's best sales year: 3,969 Duster 360s among 281,378 Dusters, with Twister, Gold Duster and Space Duster packages priced separately.
- Plymouth GTX, Belvedere and Satellite In 1974 a GTX nameplate came with the Road Runner's optional 440 four-barrel, TorqueFlite required; Mueller's Muscle Car Source Book counts 386 of them.
- Plymouth Road Runner The last Satellite-based Road Runner; production roughly halved from 1973.
- Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am A new nose and the last Super Duty: 10,255 Trans Ams, 943 with the SD-455.
- Pontiac GTO The last original GTO: a package on the compact Ventura with a 200 hp 350; 7,058 built.
- Pontiac Grand Am A revised nose and 17,083 built, only 342 with a four-speed.
- Pontiac Grand Prix The 455 remains the SJ engine as Grand Prix volume falls to under 100,000.
- Pontiac Tempest and LeMans With the GTO moved to the Ventura, the LeMans GT package became the intermediate performance choice, backed by 350, 400 and 455 V8 options.