[Shotimes] OT Pacers

[Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com]

I went to high school with a guy who drove his mom's Pacer.  We called
it The Beet.  It was about the same color and shape.  Ah the memories...


Mike Wojton
Toledo, Ohio

-'95 White MTX
   '96 Brake Upgrade

"Avoid the clap." - Jimmy Dugan




shotimes-admin@autox.team.net wrote on 04/28/2004 11:40:58 AM:

> Some interesting Pacer facts:
> 
> 
> Length: 171 inches, same as a VW Dasher 
> 
> 
> Width: 77 inches, same as a Cadillac 
> 
> 
> Percent Surface Area Consisting of Glass: 37% 
> 
> 
> Original Promotional Tag line: "You only ride like a Pacer if you're
> wide like a Pacer." 
> 
> 
> Common Pacer Nicknames: Pacemaker, Hamster-Mobile, White Lemon, Mirth
> Mobile, Fishbowl on Wheels, Moonbuggy, Bubble Car, Space Module,
> Greenhouse, Egg on Wheels, Glassmobile, Terrarium, Neon wannabe ("Hi."),
> Pregnant Rollerskate, a Great Big Rolling Windshield on Wheels, Glass
> Monster, Pregnant Guppy 
> 
> 
> The passenger's side door was intentionally designed 4 inches longer
> than the driver's side door, to encourage backseat riders to enter the
> vehicle on the curb side. 
> 
> 
> Original plans for design included a rotary Wankel engine but these
> plans were dropped at the last minute. 
> 
> 
> Pacer shape inspired by a football: Richard Teague, AMC chief designer,
> said he got the inspiration for the Pacer's unique shape while watching
> a football game and seeing a long spiral throw, observing how
> aerodynamically the football sliced though the air.
> 
> 
> Porsche 928 designer Tony Lapine has admitted that his design was based
> on the AMC Pacer.
> http://www1.50megs.com/tiedjej/pcto928.GIF
> http://www1.50megs.com/tiedjej/rear928.avi
> http://www1.50megs.com/tiedjej/928pcsmlserie.JPG
> 
> 
> Championed and, at the same time, scorned for it's unique body design,
> after dropping the Wankel engine, the Pacer didn't have many mechanical
> innovations. However, it was the second American car to include
> rack-and-pinion steering. Front- wheel drive was considered only early
> on in the design process. The Pacer was the first car to feature
> cab-forward design. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net 
> >[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Donald Mallinson
> >Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 10:32 AM
> >To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> >Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT Pacers was Re: This Forbes guy...
> >
> >
> >AFter AMC and the Pacer were already a known dead duck, the 
> >company was going under, I went to the local AMC store. 
> >They had a pacer that I was mildly interested In (remember, 
> >I am the one that wanted a Checker muscle car when in high 
> >school!, I tend to want to adopt odd ducks anyway).
> >
> >I asked what they wanted for it and they said sticker price.
> >
> >I coughed then laughed and said: the car AND the company are 
> >now lame ducks.  that sticker was not even close to 
> >reasonable.  I left.
> >
> >That entire store closed within a year, and with that 
> >attitude, why not!
> >
> >Don Mallinson
> >Having to live with my dream of owning a Pacer crushed 
> >forever........   :)
> >
> >George Fourchy wrote:
> >> On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 21:18:56 -0700 (PDT), Ron Childs wrote:
> >> 
> >> 
> >>>"The first wide, small car." It
> >>>was a wide POS with its brother the Gremlin, the narrow POS.  :-)
> >> 
> >> 
> >> I thought it was kind of cool, actually...it just needed a 5.0 Ford.
> >> 
> >> George
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