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Offline ken w.

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AMC PACER
« on: May 28, 2019, 10:15:30 PM »
Here's a sleeper car. Might be worth a fortune someday.    :))

It could be your for only $ 6000.00

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/365631924067502/
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Re: AMC PACER
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2019, 10:24:27 PM »
That POS will never be worth $6,000
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Re: AMC PACER
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2019, 10:53:37 PM »
WTF??

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Picture is an example not actual vehicle.

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Re: AMC PACER
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2019, 06:20:14 AM »
That POS will never be worth $6,000

But its a Pacer X  :D
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Re: AMC PACER
« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2019, 09:54:03 AM »
In that condition maybe $100 to $200 tops. Is this the same seller as the Yugo? ::)

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Re: AMC PACER
« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2019, 11:16:14 AM »
WTF??

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Picture is an example not actual vehicle.

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I messaged them on that....

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Re: AMC PACER
« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2019, 11:29:58 AM »
I would hope the actual car looks better than the one in the pic.

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« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2019, 01:21:10 PM »
Aaaah! Memories, the minister’s daughter, her mother’s Pacer and a moonlit night at the lake........ >:D
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Re: AMC PACER
« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2019, 01:22:55 PM »
Nothing like putting on a show in a fish bowl.  :))

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Re: AMC PACER
« Reply #9 on: May 29, 2019, 04:31:40 PM »
One thing I liked about the Pacer was the good all-around views. Not like todays micro-windowed pieces of junk with blind spots as big as Texas! >:(

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« Reply #10 on: May 29, 2019, 05:49:50 PM »
One thing I liked about the Pacer was the good all-around views. Not like todays micro-windowed pieces of junk with blind spots as big as Texas! >:(
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Re: AMC PACER
« Reply #11 on: May 29, 2019, 07:14:01 PM »
Nothing like putting on a show in a fish bowl.  :))

OOFF what a mind flash . I`d be like lookin at this horror show through foggy glass :-\
« Last Edit: May 29, 2019, 07:40:13 PM by jabberwoki »
Is the need enough? Or does the want suffice?

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Re: AMC PACER
« Reply #12 on: May 29, 2019, 08:36:17 PM »
That POS will never be worth $6,000

Elroy agrees fully with this statement  :))

Please note the disclaimer in the add: Picture is an example not actual vehicle.

If that POS spent any time in Buffalo, then no doubt the salt turned it into a true rust bucket
« Last Edit: May 29, 2019, 08:42:24 PM by Elroy »

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Re: AMC PACER
« Reply #13 on: May 29, 2019, 09:53:18 PM »
Well he messaged me and said those are the actual picture of the car, and that he is NOT asking $6000. Said person posting for him made a mistake.

I asked what his asking price was and he told me to shoot him an offer....(I hate that crap)

So if anyone is seriously interested in it maybe you can score a deal lolx

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Re: AMC PACER
« Reply #14 on: May 30, 2019, 07:45:54 AM »
Must have run recently, there are no trees growing up through it. :))

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Re: AMC PACER
« Reply #15 on: May 30, 2019, 09:23:25 AM »
Those are fresh NY plates on it. Maybe he was thinking $ 60.00 for it.

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Re: AMC PACER
« Reply #16 on: May 30, 2019, 09:25:29 AM »
Oh Lord!! - I'd forgotten how truly ugly those cars were. Having seen these things during their heyday, they were not very well liked even when they were new. AMC had some great cars -- even the Gremlin with the straight six was a very reliable car, and the AMC Eagle 4x4 family of sedans and station wagons were way ahead of their time. Heck -- pretty much every AWD cross-over and sedan style SUV these days has its origins in the Eagle. ...BUT the Pacer? -- what a disaster. 

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Re: AMC PACER
« Reply #17 on: May 30, 2019, 10:31:55 AM »
Oh Lord!! - I'd forgotten how truly ugly those cars were. Having seen these things during their heyday, they were not very well liked even when they were new. AMC had some great cars -- even the Gremlin with the straight six was a very reliable car, and the AMC Eagle 4x4 family of sedans and station wagons were way ahead of their time. Heck -- pretty much every AWD cross-over and sedan style SUV these days has its origins in the Eagle. ...BUT the Pacer? -- what a disaster. 

I can just imagine if I showed up at the huge Hot August Nights car show here in one of those fish bowls the laughter I would get. Would it fit in with all the muscle cars and hot rods?

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Re: AMC PACER
« Reply #18 on: May 30, 2019, 10:49:33 AM »
You older members remember this "famous" commercial? All the actors in this clip were in many other 1970's/80's commercials. Their faces you remember, but their names were easily forgotten.


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Re: AMC PACER
« Reply #19 on: May 30, 2019, 12:18:27 PM »
Entertaining commercial, GF.  A fishbowl on wheels.
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Re: AMC PACER
« Reply #20 on: May 30, 2019, 02:52:36 PM »
Must have run recently, there are no trees growing up through it. :))

No self respecting tree would be seen growing through a Pacer.
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Re: AMC PACER
« Reply #21 on: May 30, 2019, 03:17:03 PM »
If I remember correctly , didn't these come with a V8 in them as an option ??

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« Reply #22 on: May 30, 2019, 03:51:43 PM »
Originally it was designed around a rotary engine made by (I believe) GM. That engine never saw production and the product line scrapped so AMC scrambled to find a replacement which ended up an I6. But the engine didn't really fit the bay which was designed for the shorter rotary. There was a 5L option but I think it was only the last year or two of production.
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« Reply #23 on: May 30, 2019, 05:20:34 PM »
It did come with a V8 in the later model "tarted up" deluxe versions. To think they actually tried offering the thing in a "Sport" and "Luxury" version -- simply ghastly!

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Re: AMC PACER
« Reply #24 on: May 30, 2019, 05:31:02 PM »
Supposedly the designer of the Porsche 928 was a fan of and inspired by the Pacer.

To my eye not the best looking Porsche.

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Re: AMC PACER
« Reply #25 on: May 30, 2019, 05:59:00 PM »
How about a blown Pacer? Sure looks funny with a chute pack on it.

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Re: AMC PACER
« Reply #26 on: June 08, 2019, 10:28:33 PM »
That Pacer is basically a joke
HOWEVER

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Re: AMC PACER
« Reply #27 on: February 18, 2020, 09:29:16 PM »
I owned a 75 and a 76 X version.  Both with the 4.2l and the X with a 727 auto.  Unkillable by methods that took out lesser cars.  Flipped one full sideways at 55 on purpose and it stayed four wheels down sideways braking.

Rust was the end of both.  I wasn't permitted plate renewal anymore. 

Slow RPM engine pushing the same rear axle a 1941 cryslur had and I could use pure torque to pull a two wheel burn for a full block.  Never going more than 30 mph.

Neither had working rear brakes ever and the roof even had rustholes.   Horrible winter cars.