Graveyard Page

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When you are walking alone through a junkyard to find parts for your Pacer, it can remind you of being in a cemetery. With the wind blowing the weeds, and stirring up the dust as you walk between row upon row of vehicles, you can sometimes hear the faint whistling wind through the open doors and broken glass. It is kind of sad, to see what was once vibrant and useful to be tossed as castaways. This page is dedicated to those vehicles that gave something of themselves for the betterment of my 1976 Pacer D/L.

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     1975 Base Model Coupe
     Vin #A5A667C105755

     This little coupe was sitting out in the middle of AMC Meadow Row with it's dull autumn red paint, with white/black interior and no front passenger fender.

     1976 Pacer D/L Two Tone
     Vin#A6A667A157393

     This two tone sand tan coupe with burnished bronze metallic bottom was sitting in the row beside the little red coupe above facing the other direction. All there...except for the front passenger seat and windshield. It must have found a new home from the last time I was there, as it appeared to have been just taken out.

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The rearview of the car above. Note how the two tone paint flows underneath the rear tail lights and license plate area, along with the correct Pacer emblem placement. When revisited, a unkindly visitor had broken both rear tail light lens. Errrr...Sadly, I think that this one met with a common type of fate, even though it looked great on the outside. When I went to retrieve a few interior parts, both my feet went through the front floor boards on both sides! It also had the inevitable firewall / crowl rust under the driver's windshield area which had eaten through the firewall.

     1976 Base Pacer Coupe
     Vin#A6A667C239767

     The car looks like it met with an untimely death, but in fact had been picked upon by the savage junkyard forklift. Have not seen many Pacers in 6B, Seaspray Green. It's black interior with black and white seats must have been quite a looker in it's day. This one had the same interior as my first Pacer. Note the missing driver's door, and the remains of a sporty luggage rack.

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1976 Base Model Coupe
Vin#A6A667A351351

Medium blue poly, G-9 in color. Windshield wipers were apparently working when this little one was parked. Missing one of it's headlights, and front passenger turning signal lens. Passenger door open with weeds and overgrowth protecting it's interior from invasion.

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     1976 Base Pacer Coupe
     Vin#A6A667A101839

     H-7 or Aztec Copper Poly was one of those Pacer's that you did not see everyday, or at least in our part of the country. This basic coupe, also sported a white interior with optional full wheel covers.

     1978 Pacer D/L
     Vin#A8M667C323689

     With a car parked in front of this one, you would not see this '78. This one has a dent in the drivers front fender near the door, and the rear hatch glass was broken with vines growing through the cargo area. It boasts of a luggage rack with some pieces missing, white bucket seats and one of only two manual transmissions in the yard.

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     1978 Pacer Woody D/L
     Vin tag was removed from vehicle

     This yellow 1978 Pacer D/L Woody wagon must have been one classy ride in it's day. Small dent in the passenger front fender. Sprung and dented hood with broken grill and hole through the windshield, all caused by careless yard visitors. This one was robbed of it's identity with no Vin # plate!

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1978 Two Tone Pacer D/L
Vin#A8A667C303632

Out of all the Pacers that I found in this yard, this one is my favorite. It was safely hidden behind an Eagle wagon with the weeds protecting it. When walking down AMC Meadow Row, you would have missed it as it was located on the side of the hill, tightly tucked between another '78 Pacer and a '63 4dr. Classic. When I found this little beauty, I thought that my search was over for the correct shaded windshield that I was looking for. But, unfortunately, I found one small bullet hole through it's glass. Errrr...I did manage to get a few chrome pieces. Running out of time, I should have nabbed the Am/Fm stereo cassette that it had, as the next time I was there, it was gone. Note the 6D and 7C two tone paint, and where it was applied on this vehicle. Also in the picture if you look closely, is the bi colored pinstripe that divides the colors of paint.

1978 Base Pacer Wagon
Vin#A8M687C319531

This light blue Pacer wagon was sitting all by itself. It is the only other manual transmission Pacer in this yard. Sad to see the windshield smashed out of this one. Would have walked by it for all the weeds guarding it.

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     1978 Pacer Wagon
     Vin#A8A687C357237

     The weeds were sort of overtaking and possessing this '78 brown wagon. Small dent in the driver's front fender, with larger dent in the driver's door. Note the outside driver's door mirror is gone. Wiper arms were both still good.