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 Posted - June 15 2015 : 9:54:55 PM
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Ok, continuing on with this, Here's a few I picked up at the thrift store recently. None HO scale, but all valued by me. 
Jerry
Here's one with vintage antique plastic cars, and a moon rover. Gee, that Moon Rover looked a LOT like a Model T, didn't it?
Here's a Microbusss teaser, frog van. just found this one at Wal-mart. :)
This is a nice Ertl 1/43 scale truck, the detail is awesome, look at the snow chains on the rear tire! Pretty cool. Another thrift store find.
Now THIS truck may pass for HO, a vintage Matchbox 700 series wrecker. Rather battle-worn, but don't see this big truck too often.
An early 1980's Hotwheels, a very nicely done trash truck. Also possible HO scale.
Ok enough for now. Next!
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Posted - June 16 2015 : 10:16:32 AM
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gimmie Sinclair truck!
My finds on Sat
Yes AMC is getting this
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Posted - June 16 2015 : 12:36:49 PM
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A police Pacer?  My DOTW is a Maisto 1939 Ford Deluxe.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - June 16 2015 : 3:50:08 PM
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Gawd, I hated spacers. Supposed to look like a space ship, eye guess.
Passenger door four inches longer than driver's....and as big as they were, AMC never did figure out how to build hinges that held up. We changed out bushings and pins all the freaking time.
Issues with electronic ignition pickup and wiring.....if I recall, the plug and wire reached from distributor to inner fender well...and the wire was not designed to flex continuously...which it did. And failed.
I read now the plan was FWD, but back in 74-75, I remember it was a new in-line four banger....which didn't have enough power to turn the alternator....and the cowl was set full forward to clear a 4 banger....but not the back two holes on an in-line six, keeping fan and radiator in same place and balance.
It was a real trip for the time frame to figure out how to tape pushrods together to get the head on and off.....if you failed to be set up for re-install, you pulled it back apart again.
Typical for the era AMC wallowing suspension. I used to have several customers with them, we always hated to see them come into the shop....but thankfully being of mid-70's AMC design, they didn't last long and were gone.
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Posted - June 16 2015 : 5:16:39 PM
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Scalecraft, you have obviously seen the darker side of Pacers.
MANY years ago, I worked for Budget RAC.
The Pacer was a very popular request by customers.
I thought they had a smooth ride, and you could steer them with one finger.
Of course, I've never spoken to anyone who had to repair one before.
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Posted - June 16 2015 : 5:35:41 PM
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quote:Scalecraft, you have obviously seen the darker side of Pacers.
MANY years ago, I worked for Budget RAC.
The Pacer was a very popular request by customers.
I thought they had a smooth ride, and you could steer them with one finger.
Of course, I've never spoken to anyone who had to repair one before.
Evan
Originally posted by PGE33Â -Â June 16 2015Â :Â 5:16:39 PM
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B pillar cracking at the striker due to sagging hinges. If I recall all these decades later, wiper motor and wiper transmissions were an issue....HUGE windscreens put a lot of stress on them. Window regulators (again, HUGE windows, lots of additional stress). Water leaks at every possible place.
One of the ideas was FWD, 4-banger...another was a Wankel rotary. Either of which would have made under access hood easier, altho with a rotary, valve cover gaskets and cylinder head gaskets would not be an issue..
Weren't those AMC 232's? Exhaust manifolds. Gaskets and cracking. Same issue with cracking on 4 litre Jeeps.
Seat frames breaking, upholstery coming apart, headliners....I seem to recall visors that wouldn't stay up no matter what...we finally removed them.
Some of it isn't attributable to Spacers specifically, rather to AMC in general.
Often folks who had them liked them. Until the cost of repairs equaled the cost of purchase, then they started looking for something more reliable and cheaper to repair like a Pinto.
I see more Pintos on the road than Spacers...heck, I see more Vagrants (Vegas) than Spacers.
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Posted - June 16 2015 : 11:48:25 PM
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You see more Pintos than Pacers where you are? Wow. Here in Virginia, it's very rare to see a working Pinto ( or a Pacer , either ) but I've seen way more Pacers than Pinto's on the road here. I own one, a D/L wagon. I can run down a list of things I've had to fix, or not :
Ignition - early Pacers used a Ford Electronic ignition, piece of crap. I think in 76 it was called Prestolite or something. The next generation was better, but not much more. There was an issue with the plug-in connection between distributor and wiring harness, Recall fix was to cut the connector out and solder the wires directly. Problem solved.
Water leaks? Yeah, those roof rails have plastic or nylon donutes that hold the rivet into the roof, when they go bad, the roof starts leaking. Well, after how many years, many roof racks leak.
I never had a problem with my motor, it's a 258, you could get the 232 in it. Or the 304 V-8. Originally the Pacer was to receive a GM Wankel engine, but GM cancelled their program, so it left AMC hanging, so they had to widen the car some to accomodate the 6 cylinder motor. The original design might have worked had a wankel been available. But the widening left the car heavier, and under-powered. The Pacer sold wildly the first two years, then the oven-like nature and anemic 6 power didn't help sales much. It DOES drive like a Cadillac, though, compared to my Hornet and Gremlin models. They ride very rough comparitively speaking.
I'll have to check my B pillar, only my driver's door is sagging some, not my passenger door - cause I don't use it much. Actually, the car has been off the road since 2002, and I'm trying to get it back on the road this summer. Got it running finally last fall, and drove it into the back yard, but the front wheels are stuck on the hubs, and it's hard to break them free. No where to pull them. Never had a problem with the wiper motor, either.
My biggest problem was a leaky carb, and the leaf springs rusted out, got one side replaced, hopefully get the other side done when the car is back rolling again (brakes seized up front ). While AMC had it's share of problems, and it's cars, too, I think I'd rather have the Pacer than the Pinto. I don't like driving potential fireballs. :)
quote: quote:Scalecraft, you have obviously seen the darker side of Pacers.
MANY years ago, I worked for Budget RAC.
The Pacer was a very popular request by customers.
I thought they had a smooth ride, and you could steer them with one finger.
Of course, I've never spoken to anyone who had to repair one before.
Evan
Originally posted by PGE33Â -Â June 16 2015Â :Â 5:16:39 PM
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B pillar cracking at the striker due to sagging hinges. If I recall all these decades later, wiper motor and wiper transmissions were an issue....Water leaks at every possible place.
One of the ideas was FWD, 4-banger...another was a Wankel rotary.
Weren't those AMC 232's? Exhaust manifolds. Gaskets and cracking. Same issue with cracking on 4 litre Jeeps.
Seat frames breaking, upholstery coming apart, headliners...
Some of it isn't attributable to Spacers specifically, rather to AMC in general.
Often folks who had them liked them. Until the cost of repairs equaled the cost of purchase, then they started looking for something more reliable and cheaper to repair like a Pinto.
I see more Pintos on the road than Spacers...heck, I see more Vagrants (Vegas) than Spacers.
Originally posted by ScaleCraft - June 16 2015 : 5:35:41 PM
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