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03-08-2013, 07:20 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Wayne
Trailer: Airstream Sold, Nest Fan
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Pacer towing a Pacer....
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03-08-2013, 08:33 AM
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I wonder how many Pacers got repurposed as aquariums when they got old?
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03-08-2013, 11:44 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Francesca Knowles
Trailer: '78 Trillium 4500
Jefferson County, Washington State, U.S.A.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Thomas G.
I wonder how many Pacers got repurposed as aquariums when they got old?
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The trailer or the car?
Francesca 
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03-08-2013, 12:03 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Carl
Trailer: 2013 Lil Snoozy #161 (SOLD)/2010 Tacoma
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Is there a Gremlin trailer?
Imagine, I Gremlin trailer pulled by a Gremlin car driven by a Gremlin.
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03-08-2013, 12:11 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Francesca Knowles
Trailer: '78 Trillium 4500
Jefferson County, Washington State, U.S.A.
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Here ya go- it's "for sale", too!
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03-08-2013, 12:13 PM
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Member
Name: chad
Trailer: 1975 Scamp- Super Cozy Ambulatory Mega Party, 1980 Boler B1500 15'
Alaska
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MC1
Pacer towing a Pacer....
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Nice find! Not sure if they ever came with a v8, but that's a heavy looking trailer.
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03-08-2013, 12:15 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Carl
Trailer: 2013 Lil Snoozy #161 (SOLD)/2010 Tacoma
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I just knew there had to be a Gremlin out there...................
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03-08-2013, 12:22 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Francesca Knowles
Trailer: '78 Trillium 4500
Jefferson County, Washington State, U.S.A.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by carlkeigley
I just knew there had to be a Gremlin out there...................
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Here's another one- you know, it's really sort of a sweet setup for somebody wanting to bring a bike or fourwheeler along- size/gross weight right in the range of many of ours!
Francesca
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03-08-2013, 12:24 PM
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Repurposed Pacers: Answer: None, they all rusted so quickly and badly that they wouldn't hold any water. I know I had a coupe and it had body rust when it was only 3 years old. But the wagon version was much cooler, just ask Goofy, he drove one.
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03-08-2013, 12:52 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: Boler (B1700RGH) 1979
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MC1
Pacer towing a Pacer....
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Is that trailer really a "Pacer"? It looks like an Airstream Argosy, and the file name is "pacer argosy trailer", which just suggests to me that it's a Pacer pulling an Argosy trailer. Not that it really matters, since this is all just for fun.
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Originally Posted by AKSCAMP
Nice find! Not sure if they ever came with a v8, but that's a heavy looking trailer.
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Yes, there were V8 Pacers, but judging from the hood shape, that's not one of them.
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03-08-2013, 12:57 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Francesca Knowles
Trailer: '78 Trillium 4500
Jefferson County, Washington State, U.S.A.
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the PACER model preceded the now popular BAMBI, which was made from 1961 thru 1963. Only 99 PACERS were produced in 1960.
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From: 1960 Airstream Pacer for sale
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03-08-2013, 01:02 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Wayne
Trailer: Airstream Sold, Nest Fan
Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AKSCAMP
Nice find! Not sure if they ever came with a v8, but that's a heavy looking trailer.
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The Pacer's came with a 258ci 6cyl. They had a lot of power for a 6 of that era. The AMC 258 ci engine produced 150 HP at 3,800 rpm and 240 foot-pounds of torque at 1,800 rpm. That Airstream Argosy would have a dry weight of about 2,700lbs.
By comparision our Nissan Quest Minivan had 150HP / 180TQ and had no problems towing this heavier dual axle Airstream.
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03-08-2013, 02:55 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: Boler (B1700RGH) 1979
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Francesca Knowles
From: 1960 Airstream Pacer for sale
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the PACER model preceded the now popular BAMBI, which was made from 1961 thru 1963. Only 99 PACERS were produced in 1960.
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My Airstream education for the day...
Thanks! 
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03-08-2013, 04:46 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Wayne
Trailer: Airstream Sold, Nest Fan
Ontario
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An Airstream lesson for me too. I didn't know they were that rare. 
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03-08-2013, 05:47 PM
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Trailer: Class A Motorhome
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Hmmmm... My Summary of all the foregoing golden nuggets of information;
The 6 cyinder AMC Pacer had a horrid record for engine reliability. In three years our Pacer cracked two exhaust manufolds and blew out a set of valve seals and several oli seals. Admittedly it had about 75,000 miles put on it miles in those 3 years, but it wasn't a very nice experience engine wise.
I thought that the Airstream "Bubble" preceeded the Bambi.
And, althouh we fulltimed for a year in an Airstream in the late 70's, I never heard of either the Pacer or the Falcon, they must have been few and far between.
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03-08-2013, 07:22 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1988 16 ft Scamp Deluxe
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Miller
The 6 cyinder AMC Pacer had a horrid record for engine reliability.
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Almost as bad as the Chevy Vega 
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03-08-2013, 07:24 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Donna D.
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I had a friend in high school that swept up at a Chevy dealer. He said they had Vega engine blocks stacked up like cord wood behind the dealership. 
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03-08-2013, 07:30 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1988 16 ft Scamp Deluxe
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I had a friend in high school that swept up at a Chevy dealer. He said they had Vega engine blocks stacked up like cord wood behind the dealership. |
Aluminum alloy block, cast iron heads, antifreeze diluted with water = disaster. If everyone put straight antifreeze in the radiator... no water, everything was fine. But typically, that info wasn't passed to the consumer. And, the engines were cheaper to replace than repair. Definitely NOT one of GM's better ideas...
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03-08-2013, 08:19 PM
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Member
Name: Sam
Trailer: Owner 16' Amerigo
Tennessee
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Originally Posted by Donna D.
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I had a 1970 Vega sedan and yep, got a new engine, I really made that car special. No radio, no carpet, it was bare bones. I made it in to a GT changed out the wiring and put in a GT instruments, spun alum cover over the instrument panel,4 speed instead of the 3 speed. GT mag wheels, 8 track, CB radio. It was great till I hydroplaned into mail boxes that had locus post holding them up. Oh well....
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03-08-2013, 08:30 PM
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