[{"id": 15386945, "authorName": "singlespeed", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/singlespeed/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The answer to this week's \u201c question of the week \u201c! Just saw a pacer on the road this past weekend.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1724699298, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15387650, "authorName": "TessieB", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tessieb/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Nice honest car. Skin that thing down to the metal, attend to the rust and dings before painting and she'll shine! That door panel will take a bit of searching about...but you can find them.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1724701369, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15387856, "authorName": "willystarman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/willystarman/", "bidAmount": 500, "content": "$500 bid placed by willystarman", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724702127, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15390420, "authorName": "89lincolntc", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/89lincolntc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I was eleven years old and riding in the backseat of one of these that belonged to my our family friends in Columbus Ohio. I felt SO futuristic riding back there, now it just looks hopelessly stuck in the 70's, strange how the passage of time affect our perceptions of things. GLWTA.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1724708792, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15390683, "authorName": "Dahmayor", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dahmayor/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This is a nice clean comfortable car. The inside is very roomy, it obviously has great viewing, and the 258 inline six cylinder provides for a smooth ride. In 1976 I worked at a AMC/Jeep dealership and I drove a DL Pacer and it was a great car and the seats with cloth interior were also very comfortable. The only thing that could make this a better car is if it had a 4 speed manual to enhance the cars performance.\r\nSomeone will be driving a very nice cat!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1724710542, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15391412, "authorName": "sludgo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sludgo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The R&T review is a hoot of a read. Mostly positive, glowing in some spots. Reflective of how hungry we were in the mid-'70's for something....different. Something with purpose and function that still made a statement about style. Attitude. Something that looked toward the future with optimism and promise and hope. Something like an AMC Pacer.\n\nPersonally, I love these damned things.\n\nGLWTA", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1724716478, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15391927, "authorName": "Markindy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/markindy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Strange color combo, and it looks to be completely original. I guess that just adds an extra \"something\" to a car that's already full of character.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1724721309, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15392361, "authorName": "Tom_S.", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tom_s.-user/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The car on offer here is very appealing. The Pacer has such unique and attractive styling. I have liked it since day one. \r\nGLWA", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1724727917, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15392454, "authorName": "Jhughes1962", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jhughes1962/", "bidAmount": 600, "content": "$600 bid placed by Jhughes1962", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724729918, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15393177, "authorName": "HeavyTank77", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/heavytank77/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "As featured in the AMC model line product brochure this Pacer features:\r\n\r\n-Standard split-back bench seat in Basketry Print Fabric.\r\n-Durable \"Luster-Guard\" acrylic baked enamel finish\r\n-Dome light actuated by doors (WOAH.)\r\n\r\nD/L stands for \"Distinctive and Luxurious\" \r\n\r\nIf only the original owner had checked the box for the \"Bravado Grain\" vinyl roof in \"Berry\"...\r\n\r\nPRAISE THE MALAISE.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724762324, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15393188, "authorName": "HeavyTank77", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/heavytank77/", "bidAmount": 777, "content": "$777 bid placed by HeavyTank77", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724762457, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15393218, "authorName": "HeavyTank77", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/heavytank77/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "How could I neglect to mention that awesome sweater?! Was that a factory made sweater where there could be multiple examples still in circulation, or is that a homemade version and who do I pay to make me one??", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1724762744, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15393628, "authorName": "racingflyboy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/racingflyboy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Worked with a guy that had graduated HS in the early 80's. One day he said he had a Pacer in HS. Believe I probably made a couple jokes about them, and he replied, \"yeah, but here's what you don't know about Pacers. You remove the spare tire, and an 8 gallon keg fits perfectly. Fill the car up with your friends and head to the Drive In movies\" That, I did not know. GLWA.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1724766685, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15393993, "authorName": "bigouch20", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bigouch20/", "bidAmount": 1000, "content": "$1,000 bid placed by bigouch20", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724770129, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15394286, "authorName": "Knuckles-R-Busted", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/knuckles-r-busted/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wide-glide AMC with iconic wheels. Cool, in its own way.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1724772460, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15394476, "authorName": "Lancealot", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lancealot/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Hi love the Flying Fishbowl car !! Can you tell me if the AC blows good and cold ? Thank you ! Have a blessed day !", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724773769, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15394479, "authorName": "Lancealot", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lancealot/", "bidAmount": 1313, "content": "$1,313 bid placed by Lancealot", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724773811, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15394673, "authorName": "B34 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/b34/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The sweater was offered through Hagerty Insurance as a limited edition Christmas sweater a few years ago. It is a size large men\u2019s and is like new. It will go to the high bidder.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1724775064, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15394690, "authorName": "B34 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/b34/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I have never tried the AC as we hardly ever need it in Western Washington. I will try it and see what happens", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1724775182, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15396586, "authorName": "bigouch20", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bigouch20/", "bidAmount": 2000, "content": "$2,000 bid placed by bigouch20", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724781995, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15397144, "authorName": "luigit", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/luigit/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I have had 4 of these over the years including a new 1976 , last one was a 1977 red/white Pacer x with 50,000 original miles , like new, gave it to my daughter , she was 6 when I bought the first Pacer.\r\nI will bid on this one if the A/C actually works, an issue for me in AZ. GLWA", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724783639, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15397380, "authorName": "TessieB", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tessieb/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My 76 Pacer rides better than my 2023 KIA. Lots of room, a head turner (one guy wrecked his truck), and not so good on gas. Somebody really took care of my Pacer in the past and it shows. There are very few of them around that are road worthy.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724784242, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15397502, "authorName": "carbuyer9", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carbuyer9/", "bidAmount": 2500, "content": "$2,500 bid placed by carbuyer9", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724784654, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15399407, "authorName": "B34 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/b34/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I just checked the heat and AC. AC blows cold and the heat is nice and toasty warm.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1724789960, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15399533, "authorName": "bigouch20", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bigouch20/", "bidAmount": 2600, "content": "$2,600 bid placed by bigouch20", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724790289, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15402416, "authorName": "Bullvette", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bullvette/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@luigit does your daughter still speak to you? Not trying to hate on the Pacer, but if I gave my daughter a Pacer to drive when she was 16, she would have disowned me and never talked to me again.\nLuckily, I put her in a 1986 Iroc Camaro and she has liked cars ever since!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1724803395, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15403363, "authorName": "luigit", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/luigit/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@bullvette she was 6 when we bought the first Pacer and at 54 she wanted it to remember her childhood. The first car she rode in without a car seat. She loves it", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1724812558, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15403824, "authorName": "neilpierson25", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/neilpierson25/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "We had a new, 1975 Pacer X in maroon. At the time, I thought it looked futuristic and distinctive. With 40 years of hindsight, I now think that it looked... futuristic and distinctive.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1724824105, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15403849, "authorName": "Ser", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ser/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@B34 - Which picture(s) show the patch above the driver\u2019s door?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1724825868, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15409181, "authorName": "B34 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/b34/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I have added two pictures of what was described as a patch. It is some sort of a flaw on the top of the drivers door. I put a quarter there to give a size comparison. Also I checked the date codes on the tires. One is 38th week of 2018, the other 3 are the 11th week of 2019", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1724871544, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15412469, "authorName": "LuapR", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/luapr/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What?, No Boston Firn in the rear window.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1724879465, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15412849, "authorName": "lanceinsb", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lanceinsb/", "bidAmount": 3000, "content": "$3,000 bid placed by lanceinsb", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724882565, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15414701, "authorName": "60brookwood", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/60brookwood/", "bidAmount": 3100, "content": "$3,100 bid placed by 60brookwood", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724901974, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15416069, "authorName": "p5power", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/p5power/", "bidAmount": 3200, "content": "$3,200 bid placed by p5power", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724939245, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15418785, "authorName": "NaturopathicDoctor", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/naturopathicdoctor/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@seller \r\nIs the car available to inspect? Thank you.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724953215, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15418999, "authorName": "lanceinsb", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lanceinsb/", "bidAmount": 3500, "content": "$3,500 bid placed by lanceinsb", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724953829, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15421084, "authorName": "B34 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/b34/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The car can be inspected on Monday morning", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1724960416, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15425862, "authorName": "bucolic", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bucolic/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I am sorry but AMC was ahead of its time! I love the quirky aspects of their cars. \r\n\r\nFor example, you'll notice the passenger door on the Pacer is 4\" longer than the driver's door. This was to make loading and unloading passengers curbside more efficient! Elon, you've been one-upped!\r\n\r\nWith only 280,000 ever made this is a nice find! Someone is getting a cool AMC piece of History!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1724985148, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15426298, "authorName": "Maddraven", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/maddraven/", "bidAmount": 3700, "content": "$3,700 bid placed by Maddraven", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724995506, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15435564, "authorName": "wscars4227", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wscars4227/", "bidAmount": 5100, "content": "$5,100 bid placed by wscars4227", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1725067794, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15437486, "authorName": "SilverFox10", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/silverfox10/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "....\"the car is finished in brown\".... of course it is. \r\nWasn\u2019t everything in the 70's finished in brown?!?!", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1725116533, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15439947, "authorName": "Mexican_Spec", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mexican_spec/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Does anybody know if this interior design was ever offered in the Gremlin in the US?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1725129236, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15444004, "authorName": "Altadena7", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/altadena7/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "One of life\u2019s mysteries is how everything in this time period was brown. I\u2019d love to have some scholar explain how this phenomenon occurred.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1725163967, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15448784, "authorName": "NoHarmLookin", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/noharmlookin/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Speedo goes to 100: why? My wife's grandfather's '76 never hit more than 80. But then, his carried extra weight: he'd welded a 40-gallon reserve tank behind the back seat to get between oil rigger jobs in Alaska. GLWTA.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1725226363, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15448999, "authorName": "Donaldashton", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/donaldashton/", "bidAmount": 5200, "content": "$5,200 bid placed by Donaldashton", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1725229154, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15450336, "authorName": "59caddycoupe", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/59caddycoupe/", "bidAmount": 5300, "content": "$5,300 bid placed by 59caddycoupe", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1725251007, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15450821, "authorName": "Dlhesq", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dlhesq/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Watching with interest as I just bought a 76 Pacer X at Mecum in January. Fun car and it gets way more attention at cars and coffees than anything else there! GLWTA", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1725281064, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15451290, "authorName": "drjaybdmd", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/drjaybdmd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@SilverFox10, @Altadena7- My '73 Triumph GT6 is brown! (Sienna). Ha.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1725286641, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15452281, "authorName": "rcwkr", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rcwkr/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Grace, Pace(r), Space. OK, 1 out of 3 ain't bad......", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1725295700, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15452309, "authorName": "KatieKlean", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/katieklean/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Altadena7, it's because the 70s generation was the very best at making music and muscle cars. But were the absolute worst when it came to style. Whether clothing, interior design or colors. Consider paneling, white pants, bell bottems, and brown cars.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1725295967, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15452644, "authorName": "JayKay2430", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jaykay2430/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@SilverFox10 \u201cWasn\u2019t everything in the 70\u2019s finished in brown?!\u201d\r\nBrown and don\u2019t forget green\u2026However, I long for the days of cars with actual character and style in all kinds of different colors! Unlike today\u2019s cookie-cutter look-alike SUVs in white, silver, gray, or black\u2026absolutely boring and depressing! Maybe that\u2019s a reflection of society today?", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1725297721, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15453167, "authorName": "Frederal", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/frederal/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@B34 Thanks for the start-up video that included the vehicle being driven in reverse. Can you please confirm it can also be driven in all forward gears and what is the highest speed you have reached in it?", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1725299562, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15454300, "authorName": "B34 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/b34/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I have driven it on the freeway at 70 mph for 40 miles and back home at same speed and distance just before the photo shoot", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1725303082, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15455019, "authorName": "4HuntingCars", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/4huntingcars/", "bidAmount": 5400, "content": "$5,400 bid placed by 4HuntingCars", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1725305925, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15455155, "authorName": "4HuntingCars", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/4huntingcars/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sold on 9/2/24 for $5,400 to 4HuntingCars", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1725306600, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 15455226, "authorName": "Tarheel6", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tarheel6/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wow, great deal @4huntingcars Enjoy, very cool car.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1725306894, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15457094, "authorName": "jka73", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jka73/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "How this Pacer only got to 5400, when the badly rusted green one sold less than a month ago for over 6k, is beyond me.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1725313780, "type": "comment"}]