<![CDATA[Jalopnik: Pacer]]> http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: Pacer]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/pacer http://jalopnik.com/tag/pacer <![CDATA[Buying a 1978 AMC Pacer was the "smart" thing to do]]> What was it about owners of the 1978 AMC Pacer that set them apart? A rational person might answer this question by pointing out they were among the few actually willing to purchase a brand new Pacer wagon. According to this vintage ad it wasn't Pacer owner's quirky taste in cars that made them different, it was their intelligence. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5845661&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The lowest mileage AMC Pacer in existence]]> According to the current owner this 1977 AMC Pacer is the lowest mileage example in the world. Although proving that claim is nearly impossible, considering the fact this Pacer has traveled a mere 12 miles in its 34 years we find it pretty easy to believe. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5813164&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[For $16,900, Go Slow Pacer! Go Slow Pacer! Go Slow Pacer, Go!]]> Upon its introduction, some called AMC's uniquely styled Pacer the Flying Fishbowl. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe wagon edition is a bigger bowl, but is there something fishy about its price? More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5806099&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Jalopnik's 14 Favorite Vintage AMC and Jeep Commercials]]> AMC may be long gone, and Fiat owns the Jeep brand nowadays, but classic AMC ads will never die! More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5363486&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[KV Mini, Towed 1,000 Miles Behind MGB, Takes Worst Of Show At Concours d'LeMons!]]> We couldn't cover the first-ever Concours d'LeMons in Monterey last weekend, because Jalopnik's entire West Coast Bureau (me) was busy covering some dumb race in Merle Haggard country. No problem, though- we've got photos aplenty! More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5343353&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[1977 AMC Pacer for a Fat $7,000!]]> Are you large and in-charge? Well, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a tubby two-door that will let you see and be seen. So get your bad portly self over here and take a look. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5341245&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[What Does The Billetproof Chief Perpetrator Drive?]]> When you're in charge of both Billetproof and the Concours d'Lemons, you aren't allowed to use a Camry as your daily driver. No, you must roll Kenosha style! More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5238479&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[52 Low-Mile AMCs To Go Under The Gavel, We Stagger Back In Awe]]> How would you like to own a totally original 1,718-mile 1980 Pacer? Perhaps a 1970 Rebel Machine 390? Or even- are you sitting down?- the coveted Gucci Edition 1973 Hornet wagon? More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5165992&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Project Car Hell, 10 Painful Choices Edition: Go For Buttonwillow 24 Hours Of LeMons Glory!]]> Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose the project that's the coolest... and most hellish! Are you thinking of entering the Buttonwillow Histrionics 24 Hours Of LeMons, but just can't find the right car? More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5153815&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[1975 AMC Pacer: So Wide, It Can Be Used As A Packing Crate For A Nova!]]> OK, so the Nova would stick out the back if you tried to stuff one inside a Pacer's shell (though the Pinto and Vega might fit). The point here is that the Pacer was completely crazy- no, wait, we mean incredibly innovative! Tough as it might be to believe today, the Pacer sold pretty well and was once a common sight on the road. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5062111&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[AMC Pacer: For Those Who Prefer Round And Wide]]> More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5060916&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[AMC's Awesome Malaise Compacts]]> When we told you about the possibility of a new Chevy-branded compact car yesterday, the howls of lamentation quickly followed, as long-repressed memories of awful bowtie-badged compacts bubbled back into consciousness. But if you think those old Chevettes, Toyota-based Novas, and Citations were bad, you're forgetting about the real champion of awesomely awful American hatchbacks: AMC. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=394667&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[All A Pacer Needs Is a Little Love and a Jeep Engine]]> So what we have here is an honest-to-God AMC Pacer Family. Dad builds a 10-second Pacer with a Pontiac 455, then buys his daughter her first pager... at age eight (apparently driver's-license regs are more lenient in Louisiana than they are in the rest of the country). Now she's driving a purple '76 Pacer X with a 4.5 Jeep 6-banger (made by putting the crank and rods out of an '85 Jeep 258 into a '95 Jeep 4.0 engine), some subwoofers, and so on. See, the Pacer is no laughing matter! [Mopacer.com] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=319795&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[1976 AMC Pacer X]]> I'd been keeping my eyes open for one of these on the street in Alameda for quite a while (we see one in a driveway behind the '50 Pontiac Chieftan, but driveway cars aren't, like, on the street), so I had the camera out and shooting before you could say "defunct automobile manufacturer" when I saw this '76 on Alameda's main drag. Not only is it a Pacer, it's the coveted X model! And in great condition to boot. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=318562&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The '78 Pacer Wagon Makes You Smart!]]> It's too bad The General never was able to supply AMC with those rotary engines they promised they'd make, because the goofy styling of the Pacer would have made sense with a Wankel under the hood. In any case, AMC made the best of it, claiming that the Pacer was a small car with huge hauling capacity. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=278281&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Shitfaced, Johnny! Bad Student Car Ad Thing]]> While on the prowl for more vintage AMC goodness, we ran across this student project for Mr. Frisbee's Video Editing Basics class at the Art Institute of Dallas. We'll let the auteur — one "Noodlez" — explain his work here:
"This is a funny car commercial I did in Video Editing Basics. The car I think is a 1977 AMC Pacer, and it's just a commercial about selling a car and what the car is about. I used a beat by Young Dai and it's a commercial with a beat, haha, enjoy....."
– Davey G. Johnson More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=240244&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[SquadPacer!]]> Wow. We have no information on this car. We're not sure where Freetown is, but we have a feeling it must be something like Free Country, USA. But Freetown apparently decided to one-up Free Country's Gremlin and styled up a police-package Pacer. We're going to find this place and get arrested there, just so we can ride in it. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=193436&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Why You Belfasties Gotta Poke Fun? The Telly on the Pacer]]> Last week we posted on a bit the Belfast Telegraph did on the history of the Proud Ship Studebaker. This time, they're taking on the Pacer, and their invective gats are loaded with hollow points: "The AMC Pacer is really America's Austin Allegro, a Seventies car that was so uniformly inept in almost all respects that it has passed into folklore and become perversely 'cool'." Dear Telegraph, the Austin Allegro will never be as cool as the Pacer. Is this series some kind of revenge tactic for James Cameron's Titanic? More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=177201&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[But Does it Come With a Licorice Dispenser? Cad 472-Powered Pacer on eBay]]> Ah, only in San Berdoo. This 1976 Pacer features a stonking Cadillac 472ci mill, but it needs a bit of work, especially requiring "exuast from the Exause manafolds back," which would include cats and um, and an AMC motor, because despite what the seller thinks, 1976 cars are required to pass smog in California. Oh, if only we still lived in Texas. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=157844&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Kids of Today Should Defend Themselves Against the '70s: AMC's Spirit of '76]]> We were born in 1975, which meant that as a small child AMC's then- current lineup seemed interesting and futuristic to us. We also remember thinking Porsche 914s were strange-looking, yet kind of cool. Now generally remembered as the nadir of automotive design (along with the Vega, Pinto and Aspen/Volar twins), we still have a lingering affection for the '70s AMC products. Except for the Matador. Not even James Bond could make the Matador cool. More »
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