I'm pretty sure AMC made the passenger side door longer than the drivers side so it was easier for passengers to get in the back seat. This thing looks like so much fun!
Yes the passenger side is longer. My great grandparents had one when i was a kid and we had my great grandmother convinced the entire passenger side of the car was longer.
I got my drivers license with a 76 AMC pacer my mom had. We called it the fish bowl. My friends and I got in all kinds of trouble when we covered the back and side with fish stickers.
It is Demri's car... Get a 4.6 stroker like Matt is putting in Dejablue. It's a straightforward drop in. Make that little thing a screamer instead of a turbo LS death trap.
Randall amc, a dealership in Arizona, was selling 401 powered pacers that would get into the 13s in the quarter mile.... Literally frightening to ride in.... because they don't like anything over 80....and with the super short wheelbase, and the soft spring rate, when my buddy would do doughnuts, it felt like the rear quarter panel was Dragging on the ground.
@@ryurc3033reminds me of my buddies in college driving their crawler cherokees with no sway bars and soft suspension on the streets. You'd look out the passenger window on a left turn and see pavement 😂 a little scary
One weird thing about these cars , the passenger side door is six inches wider than the driver’s side, There’s a different hood with a hump in the center for V8 , can hold a bigger rad .
AMC Sourced a ton of parts from different manufacturers in the 70s. As you go through it maybe you can name who made what. You've found Ford Components, the ignition switch and keys are GM, the (anemic) 232 six is all AMC, but I believe the auto trans may be Chrysler torqueflite. You'll find this beast all over the map. A shame AMC died, in a way they were ahead of their time with the 4WD Eagles. Now look at the SUV all wheel drive types we have on the road today. PS. I did hear of a guy in the area that gutted a Pacer for his backyard terrarium.
The Pacer was built as an answer to the small cars built as a result of the oil embargo(s) of the 70's. People missed 'wide' cars, so the pacer had the bulging sides to make more interior room, i.e. a wider small car. Good luck.....
Twin turbo LS and a Wayne's World paint job! Make sure to match the interior and the head unit from the movie in the dash. That's a rebuild even Mike Myers might chime in on.
A couple fun tidbits of info. The passenger door is longer than the drivers, encouraging people to get in/out on the sidewalk side. Subway had an add that you could fit a 6foot sub sideways in the driver passenger seat.
Haven't seen one in years. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think I seen a brochure back in the day that mentioned the passenger side door is 3 inches longer than the driver. Definitely needs an LS!
In case you didn't know, that engine is basically the same as the 4.0 liter engines in the Jeep Cherokees. Soooooo ... why not drop in one of those Golun stoker engines like the one Matt just put in your Cherokee? It's virtually a drop-in swap.
I like the part at about 19 min 29 seconds and Robby says "Were just trying to figure out the wiring" and she says "Just look at the positive..." that is comedy gold.
I would keep the inline 6 maybe a motor like dory the explorey with a turbo upgrade the suspension and let the Boss pick the paint and inside of car color scheme. Good luck on the build
Awesome choice Demri ! Reminding me of the hilarious things that happened in my younger days . You guys are so fun with old junkers like this AMC. Thats the best burnout I ever saw Roberto... MAAADD! Look at your speedo LOL. Hillbilly rules in these conditions fixing up the Pacer. Robby is even better!! Demri leaning all over you bore scoping your ears. I laughed so much my throat is aching. Thanks so much guys!
I'm in on this one as a AMC Fan. I got a 70 Javelin. Kinda always wanted a Gremlin with a 401. Can't remember but thought I heard that one door is slightly longer than the other on the Pacer.
We had a derelict Pacer parked on our property and my cat could get in and sleep in the greenhouse on wheels, she loved it and it got roasting hot inside
I had one of those that I paid 500 dollars for it was in mint condition and ran like a top. Until one time down in Colorado Springs something snapped in the transmission. It never ran for me again. But I had fun with that little car.
PACER DRIFT CAR! I thought that in the first 5 minutes of the video. In this case a LS swap is totally acceptable, but a 4.6 AMC turbo stroker motor would be kinda cool (and expensive). Anyway, gut it, paint it and make it pretty, put in a cage and proper suspension, and let the Boss let out her inner drift car drive out. It’s a bit out of your comfort zone a bit, but would be fun. Right Demri?
I bought 2 pacers every time we brought one into Dad's garage mom would complain because we bought it because she said it has to much glass in them but we bought them for the engine to throw in the jeep because we kept destroying them going under water
One of my high school buddies had a Pacer. He was up in Daytona surfing, parked on the beach, and wasn't paying attention. The tide came in and the fish bowl became a fish bowl.
Duct tape drag car. Make it a sleeper. Keep it looking exactly how it does now, but tuck some fat tires under the back and put some power in it all under the completely stock hood.
I grew up in the age of Pacers. In fact, one of my racing buddies (AMX) owned an AMC dealership. On the desirable scale, where Ferrari 308 was on top, Pacers were on the absolute bottom. A rolling joke. I met my wife in a gas station. A buddy and I were out cruising in my real '69 Z-28 (302), she was on the way to a party with a belly dancer, driving her VW GTI! 🤣 In 38 years of marriage the running joke has been that had she been driving a Pacer we would have never met, because I would have never noticed her!
The world has been waiting for a tubbed out Pro-Street Pacer. Now you can make history and you can call her Bronco ''Beauty and her Pacer ''The Beast''
That has made my day!!! I literally was belly laughing out loud when the wheel fell off!!!! Best video I’ve seen anywhere in quite a while!!!! Keep it up!!! I hope you guys make an entire series with the pacer!!!
These cars are Classics! We use to call them Fishbowls with all the glass in them to Funny! I was a old Chevette person there little runners to had it through highschool and was able to haul my dirt bike in the back loosen the handlebars slide in and almost get the hatch to close on!🤣 I hope you guys bring it back to life can't wait to see what happens with it!🤔😉👍📹💯✔️👋👋👋👋
Demri... your fun project car is cute. Be advised. The AMC Pacer and the early Ford Pintos had rear fuel tanks and one of my teen age buddies was killed in a Pinto - basic rear-end crash and it caused an inferno. Be safe out there.
The boss said I did, TH-cam did, so here's my comment and I'll hit that like button like always, great buy Demri!! We'll get ya outta that marketplace debt😂
Ok, here’s a recipe for a different sort of spring roll. Peanut Butter and Banana Smores spring rolls. Take a large spring roll wrapper and start with 1-2 marshmallows, a handful of chocolate chips. Half a banana and a tablespoon dollop of peanut butter. Crunchy PB is the bomb here. Wrap it all up and toss it in the air fryer for 10 minutes and let them cool for 4-5 minutes before you enjoy. Warning: you have to seal the wrap tightly because otherwise you will end up with a marshmallow blowout. Not good.
One of the worst cars of the 70s! My best friend's mother had one. Here in Canada we called it the goldfish bowl. That said, I did see one in an auto show that had been converted to a drag car! Gloss black, fuel tank in the trunk (safer there) and Nitro! Many people had a good chuckle. Let's see what you can do with this one.
Robby this old man loves your channel and your crew. But I have to say .Demri and your beautiful children are your greatest assets. Whenever the Boss is on the channel we always know it's gonna be a good one
I'm pretty sure AMC made the passenger side door longer than the drivers side so it was easier for passengers to get in the back seat. This thing looks like so much fun!
Yes the passenger side is longer. My great grandparents had one when i was a kid and we had my great grandmother convinced the entire passenger side of the car was longer.
4" longer
That's exactly correct, also because the passenger side towards curb
Gas tank door is on the driver side of why
@@halleyweasel346 most cars of that vintage had the gas cap/door on the drivers side
I got my drivers license with a 76 AMC pacer my mom had. We called it the fish bowl.
My friends and I got in all kinds of trouble when we covered the back and side with fish stickers.
Demry makes every video better. Love her sense of humor. You guys are a perfect match.
It is Demri's car...
Get a 4.6 stroker like Matt is putting in Dejablue. It's a straightforward drop in. Make that little thing a screamer instead of a turbo LS death trap.
You haven't lived until you've driven a 304 V8 Pacer!
Randall amc, a dealership in Arizona, was selling 401 powered pacers that would get into the 13s in the quarter mile.... Literally frightening to ride in.... because they don't like anything over 80....and with the super short wheelbase, and the soft spring rate, when my buddy would do doughnuts, it felt like the rear quarter panel was Dragging on the ground.
@@ryurc3033reminds me of my buddies in college driving their crawler cherokees with no sway bars and soft suspension on the streets. You'd look out the passenger window on a left turn and see pavement 😂 a little scary
Just a thought. Put it on the road for the Boss then fully redo it for Lincoln's first car. He'd be the coolest kid in High School.
Wayne's world, Wayne's world party time excellent!!!!!!!
It definitely needs the candy dispenser.
Thank you for a great laugh of the car being in reverse. I needed it. Happy it runs
Every once in a while they just make a video that's above and beyond greatness. This was one of them.
The craziest part is we literally rushed this video because we are behind and we got it filmed yesterday!! My editor edited all night long!!!
One weird thing about these cars , the passenger side door is six inches wider than the driver’s side, There’s a different hood with a hump in the center for V8 , can hold a bigger rad .
My mom used to sell these. We always had a gremlin, pacer, AMX or CJ3 or 5 at home. This was by far one of my favorite videos. So fun.
AMC Sourced a ton of parts from different manufacturers in the 70s. As you go through it maybe you can name who made what. You've found Ford Components, the ignition switch and keys are GM, the (anemic) 232 six is all AMC, but I believe the auto trans may be Chrysler torqueflite. You'll find this beast all over the map. A shame AMC died, in a way they were ahead of their time with the 4WD Eagles. Now look at the SUV all wheel drive types we have on the road today. PS. I did hear of a guy in the area that gutted a Pacer for his backyard terrarium.
The Pacer was built as an answer to the small cars built as a result of the oil embargo(s) of the 70's. People missed 'wide' cars, so the pacer had the bulging sides to make more interior room, i.e. a wider small car. Good luck.....
HELL YEAH Demry ... YOU GO GIRL....KEEP UP THE AMAZING WORK.
That Pacer is cool I built a model of one when I was a kid always wanted one . They look like a little space ship. Very cool great purchase Boss.
I liked the Pacers.....Gremlins Big Brother.....
LS swap, 5 speed auto w o.d.........perfect sleeper grocery getter......LOVE IT
Newcomer Racing made 1080hp with a 4.6L turbo. That would be fun in Pacer!
Twin turbo LS and a Wayne's World paint job! Make sure to match the interior and the head unit from the movie in the dash. That's a rebuild even Mike Myers might chime in on.
A couple fun tidbits of info.
The passenger door is longer than the drivers, encouraging people to get in/out on the sidewalk side.
Subway had an add that you could fit a 6foot sub sideways in the driver passenger seat.
Haven't seen one in years. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think I seen a brochure back in the day that mentioned the passenger side door is 3 inches longer than the driver. Definitely needs an LS!
In case you didn't know, that engine is basically the same as the 4.0 liter engines in the Jeep Cherokees. Soooooo ... why not drop in one of those Golun stoker engines like the one Matt just put in your Cherokee? It's virtually a drop-in swap.
NO on a burn out car. You cannot replace those rear fenders when you blow the tires. They are cool rear fenders.
BTW, that is basically the same motor as is in your Deja Dory (or whatever). First used in Ramblers!!
haha, deja dory or the blue explorey......better names
This video's an instant classic... Good job everyone! Cheers from Vermont!
Definitely put a quality paint job on her and an LS. Replace interior too. Make it fun to drive!!
Fun fact: the passenger door is bigger than the driver door for easier access to the rear seats.
I like the part at about 19 min 29 seconds and Robby says "Were just trying to figure out the wiring" and she says "Just look at the positive..." that is comedy gold.
I would keep the inline 6 maybe a motor like dory the explorey with a turbo upgrade the suspension and let the Boss pick the paint and inside of car color scheme. Good luck on the build
Awesome choice Demri ! Reminding me of the hilarious things that happened in my younger days . You guys are so fun with old junkers like this AMC. Thats the best burnout I ever saw Roberto... MAAADD! Look at your speedo LOL. Hillbilly rules in these conditions fixing up the Pacer. Robby is even better!! Demri leaning all over you bore scoping your ears. I laughed so much my throat is aching. Thanks so much guys!
I'm in on this one as a AMC Fan. I got a 70 Javelin. Kinda always wanted a Gremlin with a 401. Can't remember but thought I heard that one door is slightly longer than the other on the Pacer.
We had a derelict Pacer parked on our property and my cat could get in and sleep in the greenhouse on wheels, she loved it and it got roasting hot inside
I saw a Pacer back in Wales and was surprised that the speedo max was like 50/55 mph!
I had one of those that I paid 500 dollars for it was in mint condition and ran like a top. Until one time down in Colorado Springs something snapped in the transmission. It never ran for me again. But I had fun with that little car.
The 6 cylinders came with the same chase as the v-8. We called it the fish bowel.
PACER DRIFT CAR! I thought that in the first 5 minutes of the video. In this case a LS swap is totally acceptable, but a 4.6 AMC turbo stroker motor would be kinda cool (and expensive). Anyway, gut it, paint it and make it pretty, put in a cage and proper suspension, and let the Boss let out her inner drift car drive out. It’s a bit out of your comfort zone a bit, but would be fun. Right Demri?
1976 Pacer sleeper??? The answer is ABSOLUTELY!! 😂😂. Fun car for sure.
I bought 2 pacers every time we brought one into Dad's garage mom would complain because we bought it because she said it has to much glass in them but we bought them for the engine to throw in the jeep because we kept destroying them going under water
cut the back hatch to make it a ute, turn the rear seats around to rear facing, then put a giant blower sticking out of the hood
You guys are SICK!
I had an AMC Hornet!
You brought back some sick memories!
Thank
One of my high school buddies had a Pacer. He was up in Daytona surfing, parked on the beach, and wasn't paying attention. The tide came in and the fish bowl became a fish bowl.
Slap a 4x4 chassis underneath. It would be the totally coolest ride at Sand Hollow for next year's Matt's extravaganza.
Duct tape drag car. Make it a sleeper. Keep it looking exactly how it does now, but tuck some fat tires under the back and put some power in it all under the completely stock hood.
Definitely an LS with twins. Meaty tires with deeeep dish wheels. a cage for racing, Make it a give away car.
Great video! I would say let the Boss decide what to do. I would suggest rebuilding the 6 banger and giving it a sick new paint job!
I grew up in the age of Pacers. In fact, one of my racing buddies (AMX) owned an AMC dealership. On the desirable scale, where Ferrari 308 was on top, Pacers were on the absolute bottom. A rolling joke.
I met my wife in a gas station. A buddy and I were out cruising in my real '69 Z-28 (302), she was on the way to a party with a belly dancer, driving her VW GTI! 🤣 In 38 years of marriage the running joke has been that had she been driving a Pacer we would have never met, because I would have never noticed her!
The world has been waiting for a tubbed out Pro-Street Pacer. Now you can make history and you can call her Bronco ''Beauty and her Pacer ''The Beast''
This may be my favorite video of ALL your videos Robby! Just pure joy. This needs to be a T-shirt.
Take the frame out put a Jeep frame underneath it with a 29:39 LS
The 2009-2012 Nissan 370Z has the same wheelbase as the Pacer! BODY DROP!!!
All it needs is a LS drivetrain, Red Velour upholstery and you are ready to cruise St. George.....
Interesting car. Just like the Charger, the '57 Chevy, the Mustang and the FJ55. So I'm assuming I'll never see it again.
Need to make Robby hunt down a 401 from a wagoner for it. The smallest amc deserves the biggest amc engine.😂
That has made my day!!! I literally was belly laughing out loud when the wheel fell off!!!! Best video I’ve seen anywhere in quite a while!!!! Keep it up!!! I hope you guys make an entire series with the pacer!!!
Between Fab, Matt, and you I'd like to see you guys get a pinto and put it on a bronco chassis. They were cool in my day and wish I had one.
Lol i remember those cars and the AMC Gremlins 😂.... It might be something with v6 under the hood! Love it!
These cars are Classics! We use to call them Fishbowls with all the glass in them to Funny! I was a old Chevette person there little runners to had it through highschool and was able to haul my dirt bike in the back loosen the handlebars slide in and almost get the hatch to close on!🤣
I hope you guys bring it back to life can't wait to see what happens with it!🤔😉👍📹💯✔️👋👋👋👋
It needs a 427 Ford engine with TT & nitrous, like what the Hoonicorn has in it!
I remember when these were new and they caught on fire a lot.............A LOT!
Piston is TDC of Exaust or "Compression."
I want to see a dollar store spray paint, paint job with a single wide stripe painted Down the drivers side hood and across the roof.
37:26 are those tyres called whanko? (snigger)
AMC cars doing burnouts warms my heart. 😂
Here is my idea on what to do with with Robby's World's pacer.... It needs be put on snow car tracks like the bombi
I hope it was free. The Pacer and Porsche 928 bodies were designed by the same team. This " classic" definitely needs to be a Wayne World tribute .
Do the LS build!!! That would be awesome.
Too funny. I loved when the wheel fell off.
LOL...PACER..sure...ok...thats fine...here's an off the wall idea...make it 4x4 and put tracks under it
That was awesome. More Pacer videos please.
Robby what are you going to do with your old tire machine? I live fairly close if you want to sell it
Make it a 4 x 4 recovery vehicle. :D Interesting find. Great video.
LS: ABSOTIVELY!!!
TWIN TURBO: OH YEAH, BABY!!!
THE ONLY THING MISSING: RADICAL LIFTED 4 X 4 (THINK LAYMO LIFTED!!!!!)
TH-cam’s ad placement was great, immediately after the we’ll be right back.
4x4 pacer or paint it yellow and put mats off road on the side of it
I had a ,76 Pacer with a 304 V8 it was bad . Burn outs and drifting. Factory
Demri... your fun project car is cute. Be advised. The AMC Pacer and the early Ford Pintos had rear fuel tanks and one of my teen age buddies was killed in a Pinto - basic rear-end crash and it caused an inferno. Be safe out there.
The 6 cylinders came with the same chase as the v-8.
The boss said I did, TH-cam did, so here's my comment and I'll hit that like button like always, great buy Demri!! We'll get ya outta that marketplace debt😂
Ok, here’s a recipe for a different sort of spring roll.
Peanut Butter and Banana Smores spring rolls.
Take a large spring roll wrapper and start with 1-2 marshmallows, a handful of chocolate chips. Half a banana and a tablespoon dollop of peanut butter. Crunchy PB is the bomb here. Wrap it all up and toss it in the air fryer for 10 minutes and let them cool for 4-5 minutes before you enjoy.
Warning: you have to seal the wrap tightly because otherwise you will end up with a marshmallow blowout. Not good.
AND GIVE IT A WAYNE'S WORLD PAINT JOB. 😂 AND THEN LET THE BOSS LADY DRIVE IT TO SCHOOL AND BACK.
The last time I seen a Pacer my cousins locked me inside it with no inside door handles with a crazy wild cat that was going nuts !
Turn it into a dedicated tow vehicle for the Broncstar.
Slap in a turbo V6, paint it pink, and call it Pinky Peter the Tire Eater!
We love watching your channel been watching for a few years now love the boss
There’s lugnuts working on that clunker
They made the passengers door longer than the drivers door. My uncle bought one of these new because he thought that was a cool feature.
“Hillbilly grab the distributor out the jeep”.
I swear you guys are twins I don’t know why you two deny being blood related…!!!!
You know if you do up the 6 with headers and big Holly carb you get over 350hp
Lol Lincoln asking for the keys😂😂😂 Great video
A turbo Ls would be a rowdy unit! Would be awesome to see it in one of cleetus burnout events
The test drive was awesome! Very nice investment 😂😂😂
Great to see Demri making bad life choices too LOL
The upside down fish bowl on wheels!
THE "FISH BOWL" 😂😂😂😂
What goes around comes around 😂😂😂😂😂
TURBO amazon blow through on the six cylinder 350hp 😂
One of the worst cars of the 70s! My best friend's mother had one. Here in Canada we called it the goldfish bowl. That said, I did see one in an auto show that had been converted to a drag car! Gloss black, fuel tank in the trunk (safer there) and Nitro! Many people had a good chuckle. Let's see what you can do with this one.
See if you can get a Harbor Freight Predator motor to work under the hood ...
Cool looking 4 wheel drive
Agreed with the ls
Should paint it like the Wayne’s world car though
Cool Man..... LOL its big enough for any engine.. (How do the Points look? Condenser?)
Robby this old man loves your channel and your crew. But I have to say .Demri and your beautiful children are your greatest assets. Whenever the Boss is on the channel we always know it's gonna be a good one