Jerry,
My '77 Pacer wagon was a goner when I pulled the front end. The interior
was shot, body rusted badly, it had been rear-ended, and the motor had a rod
knocking. My other Pacer (79 wagon), which I drove for a year while building
my truck engine, was in good shape except for a noisy 904 transmission. I
sold both to a friend who swapped trannies and is still driving the wagon.
I would probably still be driving the wagon if I could have found the
correct window channels and cat-whisker moldings to keep the rain out. I was
a AMC-list member for a while, even joined the Pacer club, and posted
requests repeatedly for these parts and never got a lead. AMC cars seem to
deteriorate rapidly if left out in the weather here in Florida.
There is a salvage yard in Central Florida that has (or did a few years ago
anyway) a Pacer X, a V8 Gremlin X , a Pacer wagon and several others. These
were not wrecks but complete cars. At the time, the cars were behind several
big stacks of crushed cars and could not be retrieved. The yard is Umatilla
Auto Salvage, owner Tom Lee, the phone number is (352) 669-6363. BTW he has
lots of early GM stuff as well. Not much early truck stuff left, but he does
have a AD canopy express in fair to poor condition.
Jack / Winter Park FL
PS I saw an original, unrestored Mark Donhue Javelin at a cruise last week
(not for sale!)
----- Original Message -----
From: <GremlinGT@aol.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 1999 4:15 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Re: Pacer IFS projects...any AMC car parts leads
appreciated!
> For those of you Ole-truckers who are using AMC Pacer front ends out
there,
> PLEASE let me ( ie, an AMC car nut as well ) know if there are any other
good
> parts left on those Pacer(s) you're ripping the parts off of so I can keep
my
> '79 Wagon running. I belong to an email AMC-List similar to Ole Trucks, so
> would like to know where all these parts Pacers are, if you don't mind. I
> also have 3 Gremlins, 3 Javelins, a Hornet as well. My main parts
priorities
> are the Gremlin, Pacer, and the Javelin. Although if you run across a nice
> SC/360 Hornet.. . :). Anyway, I realize that you can't save every AMC car
out
> there, but there are some hard to find parts, like the gauge pod on the
trans
> hump of Pacers, dash tach, etc that would be nice to find/save, if you
don't
> mind letting us AMC people know where they are, it would be definitely
> appreciated by us " orphan " car lovers.
> I'm buying/moving into a "new" home in a few weeks , with 2-car ( er,
> 2-truck! ) garage, and hope to start finishing some projects, like my
Gremlin
> and the '55-2 Chevy Suburban I have. My '57 Chevy car also needs to get
> finished, or at least for me to get restarted on restoring it. Thanks
again
> for any leads from you Oletruckers out there for AMC parts/cars, no matter
> what state you're in, I can forward them to the AMC list for salvage
> information if they're not close enough to me. Keep the ol' tin moving!
> Public Service Announcement : Leon's Salvage Yard, Culpeper, VA on Rt.
29
>
> This man has almost 100+ acres of nothing but old cars/trucks from the
> 40's on up, still has a few 50's Subs and Panels. He will sell entire cars
> and trucks. His father ran the business, then Leon Jr. took over. Prices
> vary, he knows what he's got, but the more you buy, the cheaper the prices
> overall, usually. His phone # is ( 540 ) 547-2366. I've shopped there for
> over 10 years, and still there are parts of the yard I haven't fully seen.
> It's a big place! Anyway, he won't ship parts, so you'll have to come to
him.
> But it's worth the trip for a trip back into time! See ya!
>
> Jerry
>
> Jerry Casper
> Soon-to-be owner of 2-car garage with home detached. :)
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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