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Old Sep 27, 2009 | 11:44 AM
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Default AMC Pacer with LS
I am not sure if this care has been posted on the site before but I thought it was too cool of a car to not repost again

These were taken @ Milan Dragway Nostalgia Drags
the car was running 10.30's @ 130ish (iirc)







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Old Sep 27, 2009 | 11:51 AM
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I remember those turds when I begun turning wrenches many years ago...

Though bout the best way to make it go fast, LS Power !!!
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It might be a LS7 it has no dipstick and has a dry sump tank. Or could be just dry sump conversion.
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Old Sep 27, 2009 | 11:55 AM
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That's just WRONG... I can't believe that someone put all of that work & effort into a Pacer of all things... (I'm diggin' those seats though!)
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how do you switch the upper radiator hose to AN fittings? thats bad ***.
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how do you switch the upper radiator hose to AN fittings? thats bad ***.
you learn how to weld aluminum...
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Old Sep 27, 2009 | 06:14 PM
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gremlin much?
scary how well that ls fits in there.
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This was also seen cruising the pits

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That's just WRONG...
But in a good way....

I don't care what kind of car it is, anything done that well looks like art.
I say pull the wheelie bars off and stick some bigger tires on the front and terrorize the local squirrels.

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that Pacer is titz
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Those were some ugly *** cars, but the guy who built that one knows what he is doing.

Pretty fast too.
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This was also seen cruising the pits

hey I had one of those, my first car. straight 6 and vacuum wipers it was a 71.
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hey I had one of those, my first car. straight 6 and vacuum wipers it was a 71.
No way - MY first car was a '71 Gremlin as well!! It was this faded steel-blue color (almost shark-colored) and had a 232 straight-6, & 3 on the tree. My dad gave it to me when I graduated HS, & we kept it for 3 weeks - just long enough to change the clutch & sell it to a girl who was going off to college...



Even being female, she probably never got laid with that car...
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Regardless of what kind of car, it looks to be well put together.
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I highly recommend you guys take a good look at this Pacer LS7, as it just became largely famous.
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I highly recommend you guys take a good look at this Pacer LS7, as it just became largely famous.
Yup. Just seen the story behind it in the latest Hot Rod. Sick car.
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i believe this car was just in featured in Car Craft.
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Even bigger story than the magazines, coming soon.
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Pinks, It won the Norwalk event over the weekend......
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