"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile) 03/25/2014 at 17:44 • Filed to: None

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BRB, going to TN

Well, okay, not really, but so close to doing that.

jkm7680 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/25/2014 at 17:45

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It's nice that he has titles. It seems that a good percentage of Craigslist cars do not have any title for them.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > jkm7680 03/25/2014 at 17:47

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'76 is the last year for the classic rounded C-pillar look on the Pacer, and before they changed the front end. This... this is a bargain way into Pacerhood, and thus very rad.

jkm7680 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/25/2014 at 17:49

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Nice, I've somewhat liked the look of these. The Gremlin I didn't mind either.

I don't know if I'd own one though.

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/25/2014 at 18:04

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I'll take mine powder blue with pseudo-flames, a tape-deck CD player, and a red vines dispenser mounted in the headliner.

Jonee > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/25/2014 at 18:54

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The front end changed in '78, second year of the wagon.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jonee 03/25/2014 at 18:55

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So, in other words, the '77 is the most pointless Pacer - ruined looks, but a ruination that is half-assed.

Jonee > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/25/2014 at 19:18

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Where are you seeing a difference from the 75-76 to the 77? I thought the only change was when they raised the hood for '78.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jonee 03/25/2014 at 19:25

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I'm mostly referring to the wagon as the ruination of the Pacer, as I rarely see anything but past the point of its introduction. I just don't like the look at all. For some reason, I was thinking either the normal one had gotten discontinued or production numbers for it caved in past that point, but I was perhaps delirious- forgive me. Kind of like how I tend to forget there are any Falcons past the '65.

Jonee > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/25/2014 at 19:38

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Ah, gotcha. I've had a bunch of Pacers and I would have been shocked if there was something I missed. I don't like the wagons, either, but the real crime was losing the sloped hood. The wagon was pretty practical, though, and did outsell the coupe once it was introduced, so you do see more of them.

I know what you mean about the Falcon.

AMC/Renauledge > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/25/2014 at 19:39

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The regular '75-76 Pacer hatch was still available with no styling changes in 1977. They just added the wagon companion. And even with the "ruined" '78-80 nose, you could still get the hatch.

See? This is from the '77 brochure.

But yeah, the wagon vastly outsold the hatch once it was introduced in '77. Thing is, because sales cratered so rapidly after '76, the vast majority of Pacers were the hatch body.

FailWheelDrive > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/26/2014 at 09:18

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The coupe was made all the way through 1980. They just weren't anywhere near as popular as the more conventional looking wagon when it was released in 77. Also, the raised hood served a purpose, to fit a larger radiator for the V8. Controversial in design, but functional none the less.

I've been a Pacer fan since I was a kit. Restomodded a 78 V8 Coupe with my dad as my first car. I've had it for 15 years now:

I had no idea there were other Pacer fans out there. Mine's got a 401 and T-5 from a Cobra R. I think it's one of the most under-rated hoon machines ever. RWD manual hatchback. Checks all the right boxes.