5k: What Do You Do With It? 1979 AMC Pacer Wagon
Tipper Busa7 writes us with a link to this sweet 1979 AMC Pacer Wagon offered for $3,999 CDN ($3,677 USD at time of printing) offered for sale in North Lancaster, ON, Canada via kijiji.ca. The best part is that Busa7 included a bunch of potential reasons you might need this 4.2 liter inline-6 powered Pacer…add more in the comments below. In his own words:
How can you not love this. It is pure design genius from the fake wood grain, to the naugahyde interior, the lovely shade of hangover puke and looks only a mother could love it is the perfect car if:
1. You are entering clown college in the fall and you want to impress as well as have room for all the floppy feet, baggy pants and bubble noses you will need to complete your education.
2. You really need to break up with your GF of multiply years but you cannot because let’s face it she is kinda scary. Picking her up in this thing should fix things real quick.
3. You have a deep desire to join a very exclusive club; with only 2500 made there cannot be many left and an invite as the celebrated marque at Pebble Beach cannot be too far away, and finally (this one is a little serious)…
4. The perfect car for a long tour of North America’s back roads, with it’s vast storage, easy ingress, marshmallow tuned suspension, fast food stain proof interior and no obstructed views from the interior it is the perfect way to see all of the sites on the bucket list in a big old rolling bucket.
And the best part it is only $3,999.99 Canadian $ which we all know is not real money and the seller will likely take Tim Horton’s gift cards and Canadian Tire money as equivalent, what a bargin.
With only 61k on the clock I am sure there are plenty of other uses that the readership can come up with but I humbly share my thoughts and welcome comment.
Thanks for the link and great ideas Busa7, keep ’em coming! EIC Vince
Flip it over and make a hot tub?
Are you saying I should be concerned it you come home with a Pacer?
Who was the head of styling at AMC in 1979–Liberace?
I particularly like the inexplicable double-decker front armrest.
its like 2 loaves of deli meat, wtf is up with that scenario for an arm rest?
One regular old fashioned for the daily baloney sandwich, and one pimento loaf for when you're up for a more adventurous luncheon experience.
That sir, is real, genuine leather, with corduroy inserts. No naugas were killed to make that interior.
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I understand there are vast colonies of Naugas who owe thir lives to AMCs brilliant coporate choice to go Nuaga free in its production of this fine automobile. I liked the hot tube idea but I already have one. What I am really looking for are more use cases. If I had the gonads I would get the Clown College to sponsor me, add a LS1, a cage, some five points ( not sure how I would get it through tech with the "real" leather seats but they have to stay) . Once modified there is really only one test of this automobile and that is the Targa Newfoundland. If 67 Pontiac Canso Acdian (what) can win (look it up) there is hope the Pacer. GT world has to have some great uses, we are counting on you.
Now THIS is what I need to buy my daughter as her first car. If she can get thru a year of driving it without getting into an accident or tickets or worse finding a boyfriend, then we can move on to something else for her.
Since the A/C doesn't work you could always use it as a greenhouse.
l love the bulbous automotive siblings in the background! "Now Junior, don't go and do anything crazy when you get to the city…"
Still my beating heart….
Everything beautiful and wrong in American Automotive History is summed up in this rare and honorable beast.
And just imagine the looks my wife's snobby friends would give me when I pulled in this not-so-Bad Boy! (I could even play some era correct easy listening music to seal the deal. Emerson, Lake & Palmer anyone?)
By 1979 Emerson, Lake & Palmer were already past their prime, on their way out. No, for '79 I would suggest the Bette Midler soundtrack to "The Rose."
"Some say love, it is a river that drowns the tender reed;
Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed"
No, actually ELP still has some relevance.
"Stiiiiillllllllllll,………….you turn me on…"
I don't think anyone would argue that the design of the Pacer was influenced by a bizzare expriment at AMC.. you know Brain Salad Surgery
You know most here belittle this litte prime beast…It rode better than my Cadillac did, Had more leg room then the caddy did too. I bought one new in '79 and put over 200K miles on it. Never had any problem with it other than the normal wear and tear, Ie brake pads, hoses, oil changes tuneups etc. If I could I would still have one, but that pick up that ran that stop sign and broadsided me back in 92 sort of ended that for me. Now I have a Chrysler, a piece of junk I think, so was the Chevy I had and the Caddy I owned. Give me an AMC anyday, they lasted for ever, took punishment and were a great car. sure they were ugly, but then so were you when you were born. LOL