Topic: Green as Grass With a Car Question

Hi guys. My name is Dan, and I am a newbie to these forums.  I have been pondering fielding a car for a year or two, and I think I might have found a car. It is a 1976 AMC Pacer that I bought for $400.  I originally bought it to fix up for my youngest daughter, but the body and interior are really rough. So, I have been using it for parts for my other two pacers. Engine and tranny were "supposedly" rebuilt about 20K ago. The car is almost all there (except for the exhaust manifold and a few trim parts I have glommed off of it) and actually has disk brakes!

I searched the forum to see if anyone had raced a Pacer yet, and I did not find one. So, hopefully I would bring something new to the table. Which leads me to my first (of many questions): Seeing how slow this car would be on the track, would I be more of a hazard to the other drivers? I think it would be fun, but I do not want to be cursed!

Thanks!
Dan

Oh, here is a picture of it taken during our snow day today! I do have the bumper for it.

http://www.aquateenshungerforce.com/Lemons/pacer.jpg

Re: Green as Grass With a Car Question

That car can not get cursed, bring it on and dont worry about being in the way, wave the others by.

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Re: Green as Grass With a Car Question

I'd recommend reading the following:
http://forums.24hoursoflemons.com/viewtopic.php?id=7652

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Re: Green as Grass With a Car Question

That's freaking awesome!

Regarding being slow.......we're running an '85 Chevette, and we're not concerned.   Yeah, we'll probably spend more time watching the rearview mirror that we will watching out the windshield, but we're going to have a blast doing it.

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Re: Green as Grass With a Car Question

Pretty sure you will get a free pass at tech no matter what you do in that car.


KT

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Re: Green as Grass With a Car Question

Absolutely bring it!  You will be accepted, and only really bad/nasty drivers get the curse now.

That car would be reasonably peppy with a healthy 258 and a stickshift.
Don't forget youre gonna take out several hundred pounds of glass and carpet and sound deadening and door guts and dashboard and seats and...   

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Re: Green as Grass With a Car Question

Thanks for the feedback gang. I am located in Arlington Texas...home of the Dallas Cowboys! So much for naming rights! :^)

You all have encouraged me!

Dan

Re: Green as Grass With a Car Question

They make a t-shirt based on that car


KT

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Re: Green as Grass With a Car Question

The theme writes itself...

http://onscreencars.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/waynes_world_pacer.jpg

Re: Green as Grass With a Car Question

Dan- bring the Pacer. What could possibly go wrong?

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Re: Green as Grass With a Car Question

trekkor wrote:

Pretty sure you will get a free pass at tech no matter what you do in that car.


KT

He will get a pass at BS, not Tech. they are 2 different things. Make sure it has all the safety requirments met to pass tech. As for BS, just bring something that says you payed $400 for it even if it is a bill of sale scribbled in crayon on a coctail napkin... with the wrong name on it.

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Re: Green as Grass With a Car Question

I am sure you will have no problem at bs at all.  john is right, a crayon bill of sale in the wrong name will work for the judges, even if it had a p&m built motor in it.  Love it!

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Re: Green as Grass With a Car Question

DrNoose wrote:

Thanks for the feedback gang. I am located in Arlington Texas...home of the Dallas Cowboys! So much for naming rights! :^)

You all have encouraged me!

Dan

Hell, you're close to seveal of us. There are a couple of teams out of Mansfield including myself. If you need a hand, give us a shout. Ive got a shop in Venus with a lift if you need some help.

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Re: Green as Grass With a Car Question

This is a more than worthy car for Lemons.  The time has come!  Pacers, unite!

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Re: Green as Grass With a Car Question

Come on out to the race at MSR at the end of this month and see what goes on. smile

Re: Green as Grass With a Car Question

Nice!!!  More AMC's!!  Now I have someone to swap 258 stories with at Texas races.  A pacer was in our plans to bring one day, but that was a year off or so.  Glad someone's doing it.  Welcome!

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Re: Green as Grass With a Car Question

Doug I wrote:

Come on out to the race at MSR at the end of this month and see what goes on. smile

+1

You can see how tech is and the BS inpection. Plus the racing and penalties are a bonus.

Re: Green as Grass With a Car Question

I was a fan till he piped up about the Cowboys...

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