| 1. The famous first Pacer Page Pacer! You've seen quite enough of this one. If you haven't yet gotten enough, check this out. |
| 2. Check out this scan of the original 1975 AMC Pacer specifications sheet! |
| 3. A photo borrowed from Erik Verbeek's now-defunct page. He drives a Suzuki motorcycle and pokes fun at Pacers with this picture. (Editor's note: IMO, he only wishes he could get his hands on something as slick as a Pacer! :) ) The (unmodified) photo is from the original 1975 sales brochure. |
| 4. Carl-Johan's lemon yellow Pacer (Lemon?). Editor's Note: Several more pictures of this car appear later in the archives! |
| 5. Jerry's former 1977 Pacer wagon, after a collision or two. Borrowed from his (now defunct) car page in GeoCities' Motor City! |
| 6. Gary Apple's gorgeous 1976 Pacer X. Gotta wonder why he sold this one. |
| 7. And you thought Pacers were unique enough on their own... Enter John Aderman's Nitrous-Powered Snortin' Pacer. Borrowed from his (now defunct) page. |
| 8. From a 1 November 1995 article in The Detroit News. |
| 9. As of 29 May 1997, this Pacer was for sale (see Highway One Classifieds), though it's likely found a new owner by now. (Photo harvesting credit: Tim Hansen.) |
| 10. This Pacer belongs to Debbie Koos, a member of the Alamo AMC club. Check out the miniature Pacers on the roof! (Photo harvesting credit: Tim Hansen.) Some additional notes from Alfred Koos: - "The car is listed in our club roster under 'Debbie Koos' (my sister), but the car actually belongs to Jeanne Koos (my mother). Members of my family were AMC employees going back to the Nash days. Our family had two Pacer company lease cars in the '70s, and they were always my mom's favorite. Twenty years later, she spotted this Pacer for sale in the local San Antonio paper and bought it!
- "It's a '77 D/L with blue 'basket weave' interior. It had 70,000 original miles when she bought it in '95.
- "The photo you have was from the 1995 'Torrado Mopar Show' in San Antonio--it was the first show we entered the car in, and on that occasion the Pacer took a first place for 'Best AMC', beating out a row of Javelins and AMXs! The little Pacers on the roof are my two vintage 'Tonka' Pacers, one yellow and one purple.
- "The Pacer is part of a stable of Koos family cars. I have a '64 Rambler Classic, '72 Ambassador, and '85 Eagle. My older sister, Debbie, has a '70 Javelin, and her fiance races a '68 Javelin. My little sister has a '79 Spirit. My Grandpa has a '75 Pacer D/L with only 30,000 miles!"
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| 11. Tim Hansen was finally able to send me some pictures of his Pacer! He says there's no other on the net quite like it, and I might have to agree with him. |
| 12. This was Malcolm Talley's Pacer until December 1996. (Photo harvesting credit: Tim Hansen, from John Rosa's Javelin/AMX Page.) |
| 13. A sight a Pacer enthusiast never wants to see. It speaks for itself, but boy, is it scary! (Photo harvesting credit: Tim Hansen.) |
| 14. From Early Bender-Werth's Pacer collection in Richmond, VA. Quite some time ago, his collection was for sale. (Photo harvesting credit: Tim Hansen.) |
| 15. From Early Bender-Werth's Pacer collection in Richmond, VA. Two Pacers for the price of one in the top picture, but check out the super-spiffy, two-tone paint job on the orange Pacer! Quite some time ago, his collection was for sale. (Photo harvesting credit: Tim Hansen.) |
| 16. From Early Bender-Werth's Pacer collection in Richmond, VA. A brown Pacer wagon, and a peek under the hood at its V-8. Quite some time ago, his collection was for sale. (Photo harvesting credit: Tim Hansen.) |
| 17. Also from Early Bender-Werth's Pacer collection in Richmond, VA. One of the jewels of the Pacer line, the Limited was the luxury Pacer. Note the interior leather and moonroof. Quite some time ago, his collection was for sale. (Photo harvesting credit: Tim Hansen.) |
| 18. The Pacer's Hollywood cousin! All three of the cars in the pictures to the left were used in the movie Wayne's World and its sequel. Note the flames on the convertible, and the lack of flames on the other coupe -- the latter was used for interior shots during filming. (Photo harvesting credit: Tim Hansen -- all three pictures came from John Rosa's Car Stars of Film and Television.)
Editor's note: As I'm writing this entry, on the evening of 19 June 1997, I just returned from a drive in my car (not the Pacer -- that would have been too scary), where I heard "Bohemian Rhapsody" on Cleveland's WNCX 98.5 FM. |
| 19. An image from the original AMC Pacer factory brochure. (Photo harvesting credit: Tim Hansen, borrowed from the now-defunct Internet Pacer Club.) |
| 20. Hot Wheels' version of this beloved automobile: The Packin' Pacer! |
| 21. A photo collage of Norbert Vance's red Pacer X. (Photo harvesting credit: Tim Hansen, borrowed from The AMX Files.) |
| 22. A photo of Carhenge, Alliance, Nebraska's replica of Stonehenge. Covered in whitewash, look for the Pacer lookalike just right of center in the top picture! In the bottom photo, the Pacer's little cousin, a Gremlin. Borrowed from a couple Carhenge site. |
| 23. Paine's Trains and Automobiles: George Paine's 1978 D/L Wagon and CSX caboose hop D781 passing Washington Grove, MD at 16:42 on 9 February 1997. (Photo by George Paine, scanned by Taunton T. Paine.) |
| 24. From the toy chest on John Rosa's Javelin/AMX Page, here are two Pacer models, at 1/32 and 1/64 scale. (Photo harvesting: Tim Hansen) |
| 25. A black-and-white newspaper scan taken from a mid-70's article on "the Pacer CGE, a 401-powered Pacer with blanked out rear windows, spoilers, air dam, wheel moldings, etc. done by Randall out in Mesa, AZ." -Jerry Casper (Photo harvesting: Tim Hansen)
Additional information from Eddie Stakes: "Randall AMC of Mesa Arizona, famous for the Randall Gremlins, also did a few Pacers; they would yank out the 304/904 combo and drop in a highly modified 401/4spd, along with the custom flair job." |