I had a girlfriend who had a Pacer (Reply #42)

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Fri Jun 28, 2019, 06:37 AM

Danascot (3,297 posts)

42. I had a girlfriend who had a Pacer

It rattled so badly I was convinced that if I looked behind us I'd see parts strew all over the road. But my favorite feature was that if you opened the glove compartment it would dump the entire contents on your feet.

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62 replies	Author	Time	Post
AMC Gremlin vs. Ford Pinto: Who Ya Got? [View all]	Rhiannon12866	Jun 2019	OP
The Ford Pinto the Molotov cocktail of cars.	comradebillyboy	Jun 2019	#1
+1 ... and why I'd take the Gremlin. But this is what I drove:	Auggie	Jun 2019	#8
Not a bit worse than others of it's era.	Mopar151	Jul 2019	#46
Chevettes?	Auggie	Jul 2019	#52
A piss-poor try at that	Mopar151	Jul 2019	#58
I had a 76 Chevette. Automatic. What a piece of crap.	yellowcanine	Jul 2019	#60
We did have one Gremlin in our family,	TexasTowelie	Jun 2019	#2
My Dad was not a car guy, he'd have a company car and would eventually buy it	Rhiannon12866	Jun 2019	#3
We had a '66 Falcon in my youth with "three on the tree".	Bob Loblaw	Jun 2019	#17
Of the three Ford Falcons in the family,	TexasTowelie	Jun 2019	#20
Yeah, I remember "helping" dad	Bob Loblaw	Jun 2019	#23
One of my dads friends still had a 70's AMC Pacer in the mid 80's and I'll tell ya	mr_lebowski	Jun 2019	#4
I certainly remember the Pacer!	Rhiannon12866	Jun 2019	#5
i was just thinking of the pacer .	AllaN01Bear	Jun 2019	#24
I had a girlfriend who had a Pacer	Danascot	Jun 2019	#42
Aesthetically, neither is pleasing to the eye	True Dough	Jun 2019	#6
I've owned 2 (used) Gremlins & 2 (used) Pinto Wagons...	WePurrsevere	Jun 2019	#7
No love for the Chevy Vega? (nt)	NeoGreen	Jun 2019	#9
I owned one	ChazInAz	Jun 2019	#11
Sounds like you had a pretty special and intimate relationship with this...	NeoGreen	Jun 2019	#12
I sure remember Vegas, they were a very popular car!	Rhiannon12866	Jun 2019	#32
Very little...	Mopar151	Jul 2019	#47
Gremlin...both were planned obsolete the day they left the lot...	Tikki	Jun 2019	#10
My husband had a Pinto	mgardener	Jun 2019	#13
"Do you know what kind of women you get in heaven by driving a Ford Pinto?"	rocktivity	Jun 2019	#14
I had a Gremlin	MrScorpio	Jun 2019	#15
That's the one I voted for on this article	Rhiannon12866	Jun 2019	#34
I had a Pinto.	murielm99	Jun 2019	#16
Vegas! Let me tell you.....	machoneman	Jun 2019	#18
Guess where Vegas were built....	Ohiogal	Jun 2019	#19
You tell 'em OG.	JohnnyRingo	Jun 2019	#22
I replaced a head gasket on a ten month old Vega and the front fender I was bending.....	EarnestPutz	Jun 2019	#25
Wow -- that was one big lemon.	Auggie	Jul 2019	#53
I love Jalopnik.	JohnnyRingo	Jun 2019	#21
Thanks! I thought this was a pretty clever article	Rhiannon12866	Jun 2019	#33
Pintos had an unfortunate tendency to blow up.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Jun 2019	#26
Only when you tap the rear bumper.	cos dem	Jul 2019	#51
I had a 1976 Gremlin	customerserviceguy	Jun 2019	#27
Pinto had two engine options - a 1600 cc engine based on a British design and....	EarnestPutz	Jun 2019	#28
Pretty bad?	Mopar151	Jul 2019	#48
As much as I hate to admit it to a "Mopar" guy, you are right. In my own defense....	EarnestPutz	Jul 2019	#49
Also the basic block of two Pedigreed Cosworths, and the "Lotus" twincam	Mopar151	Jul 2019	#50
I had a Bobcat (a Mercury Pinto) and a Pinto; both were great cars that I liked a lot.	NBachers	Jun 2019	#29
We had a green 1970 Gremlin	ThoughtCriminal	Jun 2019	#30
Hey just a minute there...	The Figment	Jun 2019	#31
My friend had a green 1974 Gremlin	kimbutgar	Jun 2019	#35
Gotta go with the Pinto.	WinstonSmith4740	Jun 2019	#36
Vauxhall Brexit	trusty elf	Jun 2019	#37
That does look like it really is "unsafe at any speed!"	Rhiannon12866	Jun 2019	#39
Neither of them hold a candle in the ugliness department compared to this bug-eyed monstrosity.	cos dem	Jul 2019	#54
That just don't look kosher.	keithbvadu2	Jun 2019	#40
Wish I had my mom's 62 Corvair	mountain grammy	Jun 2019	#38
Learned to drive in a Corvair also. Perfect size and cool car.	Hoyt	Jul 2019	#59
'60 Falcon, six cylinder, automatic. 60mph (downhill)	keithbvadu2	Jun 2019	#41
I'll go with the pinto	bluecollar2	Jun 2019	#43
I had two Ford Pintos	Captain Zero	Jun 2019	#44
Say what you will about the Gremlin, the Vega and the Pinto	pecosbob	Jun 2019	#45
Bought a new 1974 Pinto Wagon.	GP6971	Jul 2019	#55
Gremlins were very, very heavy for their size. Don't know why.	yonder	Jul 2019	#56
Under the funky style	Mopar151	Nov 18	#62
Although a hot rodder and and drag racer	gibraltar72	Jul 2019	#57
My father had a Mercury Bobcat (a Pinto with a fancy grille).	Eugene	Jul 2019	#61

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