The same big man can survive in a condition approaching comfort in the rear seat, too. ... 1975 AMC Pacer D/L Vehicle Type: front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 4-passenger, 2-door hatchback.

The Pacer V8, along with the rest of the Pacer line, sported a rear-wheel drive drivetrain layout. ... We'll lay out the AMC Pacer V8's detailed engine and performance specs in the table below: ...

The 1975-1980 AMC Pacer isn't beautiful. It's ... AMC originally designed the car for a rotary engine that General Motors ... It was a tight fit, with the rear two cylinders shoehorned under the ...

To accommodate the Pacer’s wide body, Fred chose axles from the ’81 Cherokee Chief that offered a front track width of 62.5 inches, front disc brakes, and drum brakes in the rear.

Specifications. 1976 AMC Pacer Vehicle Type: front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 4-passenger, 2-door sedan. PRICE Base/As Tested: $3499/$5063 Options: two-barrel 258 engine, $99; automatic ...

The 1977 AMC Pacer we're looking at today is phat. ... The seats are alarmingly flat both front and rear, ... A Wankel engine, to be sourced from GM, was AMC's original choice for Pacer power.

The 304 V8 was a special engine that AMC stuffed into very nearly everything the brand made during the 1970s. Tech. ... including the 1979-80 version of the AMC Pacer Limited Wagon and Hatchback, ...

He's kept the original brakes, but used a V8 Pacer rear axle and tied the frame together with 2x2 box tubing. The owner added that he's a real AMC nut. Since 1964, he's had over 200 of them!

American Motors Corporation (AMC) produced the Pacer from model year 1975 through 1980. Reviews described the car as “futuristic, bold, and unique” yet only 280,000 units were built over the ...

This early proto-Pacer is notable because of the extremely unusual layout: transverse mid-engine, driving the rear wheels, and with back-to-back seating for the two rows of seats.