My mother in law had a Pacer when it was new and 2 Gremlins previous to that. Pretty basic cars but they were not too bad. The Gremlins were olive green and caramel colored and the Pacer was caramel as well. I do remember the one Gremlin squeaking terribly. They had to drive down a gravel road to and from the highway and I think the dust got into something in the front suspension. I recall them trying to spray WD40 or something similar in on the spring etc but it did not help much. About enough to drive you crazy.
Randy -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on Behalf Of Alex Chamberlain Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 1:50 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] WOW! This is unique On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 7:49 AM, LarryT <l02tur...@comcast.net> wrote: > Now, if you can find a Pacer you could own 2 of the ugliest cars ever made. > > One reason the Pacer was so ugly was its weird proportions, which I think were actually well-intentioned---the designers tried to make a small car that still seemed roomy inside by making it very wide for its length. (Wider than a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, according to Wikipedia!) Quite different from the prevailing style in which subcompacts are tall and narrow. I think the short, wide design is arguably better suited to American roads, while a narrow car works better on European and Japanese roads. But there's no way to make a short, wide car attractive. I was at an orphan car meet this past weekend that featured a few AMCs, including a Gremlin and a Maverick, but no Pacers. I wanted to take a picture from directly behind, from which angle, because of the bulging side glass and inboard C-pillars, the Pacer looks like a fat guy wearing suspenders. Alex Chamberlain '87 300D Turbo et al. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090625/2bea5cf5/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com