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===Randall 401-XR=== [[File:1972 AMC Gremlin built as Randall 401-XR modification with 6.6 L V8 at 2015 AMO show 6of6.jpg|thumb|upright|Randall 401-XR advertisement on a replica car]] Randall AMC dealership in [[Mesa, Arizona]], received AMC's endorsement to build {{convert|401|CID|L|1|abbr=on}} V8 powered Gremlins. The cars started out as {{convert|304|cid|L|1|abbr=on}} models from the factory and after Randall's modifications would turn in 13.90 second passes at {{convert|103|-|106|mph|km/h|0|abbr=on}} in the quarter mile, for $2,995. Known as the Randall 401-XR (X for Gremlin X, R for Randall), a total of twenty cars were built for the street and one for the strip during 1972, 1973, and 1974. In 2012, the Randalls built a 22nd Continuation Plum 1974 Gremlin 401XR, originally intending to build a few, but completed only one.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.gremlinx.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=83:randall-401-xr-gremlin&catid=37:article-archive&Itemid=152 |title=Randall 401-XR |website=gremlinx.com |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121005114105/http://www.gremlinx.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=83%3Arandall-401-xr-gremlin&catid=37%3Aarticle-archive&Itemid=152 |archive-date=October 5, 2012 |access-date=June 27, 2014 }}</ref> ''Car Craft'' magazine tested one with some modifications and achieved {{convert|115.07|mph|km/h|2|abbr=on}} in 12.22 seconds in the quarter while still remaining a "totally streetable, daily-driver".<ref>{{cite book|last=Mitchell |first=Larry G. |title=AMC Muscle Cars |year=2000 |publisher=MBI Publishing |isbn=978-0-7603-0761-8 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=JHVaQFDrx_MC&q=Randall+401-XR&pg=RA1-PT51 |page=107 |access-date=June 27, 2014}}</ref> In 1972, ''Super Stock and Drag Illustrated'' magazine had a "Special Gremlin" issue. One of the many venues where Randall's 1972 Gremlin 401XR [[Super Stock]] car{{clarify|date=February 2024|reason=was what?}} at the [[1972 NHRA Winternationals|1972]] [[NHRA Winternationals|Winternationals]].{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}{{clarify|date=February 2024|reason=NHRA or IHRA?}}
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