Re: Southern Pacers?

["Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A: One of these days (once my Jeep projects are caught up) I will get a late 
model PAcer (79/80) with good body and the raised hood to put a 4.0L into 
with a 5 speed.


From: farna@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Southern Pacers?
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I'm just moving from MS! You won't find a lot of AMCs there, I'm afraid. 
There is a Pacer in one of the slavage yards near Biloxi. All I can recall 
at the moment is the yard is just north of I-10 between the Gulfport and 
Biloxi exits -- might be A-1 Salvage??? I'd have to look at a phone book, 
might have one packed up...

There's a pick-n-pull yard just north of I-10 at the Canal Road exit also. 
That's just a couple miles west of the Hwy 49 exit. They occasionally have 
an AMC, you have to look through the Chrysler section. I always found more 
Jeep 4.0L stuff there than AMC cars though. A 4.0L is just what a Pacer 
needs to be a resonably powered vehicle!  They were always just adequate 
with a carbed 258, though 304 models were a little better. The 4.0L (even 
the first ones) has more power than the 304 and should deliver a bit better 
mileage than a stock 258 Pacer. That's one car I've yet to see a 4.0L 
dropped into -- most conversions are Eagles and mid/late 60s Americans, with 
an odd Classic or two (like mine). Few Concords, but I've seen one Spirit 

with a 4.0L.