Re: Pacer brakes fit 74 gremlin? (and stupid polls!)

["amc74hornet" <AMC74HORNET@xxxx>]

--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxx> wrote:
> Yes, you can use the Pacer discs on Gremlin and Hornet. And in late 70s, AMC
> started using Bendix again, I believe the V8 Spirits but don't quote me on
> that but it was not the crappy four piston Bendix setup AMC had used from
> 1965-71. When people call and ask me to interchange for earlier models I
> always suggest 72-78 Mata/Amb/AMX/Jav series as most times those are the
> heavier duty setups. But many Grem/Hor/Con/Pac also came with heavy duty
> brakes and those are worth grabbing. When in stock, I sel the whole used
> setup, calipers, rotors, porportioning valve, spindles, backing plate and
> master cylinder and booster (if one) for $350 and can't keep them in stock.
> 
> Now Doc, the roadside is littered with vile comments about those folks who
> have a pompous opinion about what 'the worst cars ever built' were. My
> favorites were two articles in Forbes magazine. Yes, Forbes.
> http://www.forbes.com/2002/10/21/1021feat.html
> And:
> http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/2004/01/26/cx_dl_0126feat.html
> Now depending on which catbox you are putting your Forbes magazine in, the
> results will vary. Not sure why the list changed in 2 years above, but
> again, I have said it a million times, this is a magazine (tabloid) that was
> encouraging people to buy Enron stock years ago. Worldcom too. So if anyone
> believed that they surely would believe the 'worst cars' list. Actually I
> hope they did believe Forbes and bought Enron & Worldcom, hell, throw in a
> little Martha Stewart Livin in Prison stock too. In other words I hope those
> gullible folks that followed Forbes advise lost their ass and are now living
> in a trailer down by the river (with apologies to the late Chris Farley!).
> But you have these stupid polls from hack writers from time to time.
> Amazingly enough, sometimes you even see these 'worst car' polls in
> automotive magazines. Now ya'll go vote above, looks like Yugo is pulling
> away in one poll, but we need a big block of votes to get Gremlin out of
> first in the other poll, I say everyone vote for GTO!
> Eddie Stakes' Planet Houston aMX
> www.planethoustonamx.com
> 
> Well Eddie can you use the disc setup off the front of a Pacer on a Gremlin
> or a Hornet? I heard in the past that the 74 Gremlin was on the list of
> worst made cars but the Hornet wasen't. How could that be as they were made
> with the same parts. And talk about ugly, just look what the big 2 and Heir
> Mopar are offering in the way of cars today. I concidered buying a PT
> Cruiser as I liked the retro look of it but couldn't get my fat old butt in
> it. There is nothing like slideing into one of my comfortable Hornets for
> me. Although the yellow onw with bucket seats is more comfortable than the
> new one with the bench seat. Hopefully the bucket seat problem will be
> solved soon.
> "Doc"
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That's what I thought that the Pacer Brakes fit the Hornet's and Gremlin's. I read that a while back on the AMX Files. You probably don't hear much about that because there probably is not a lot of Pacers around to use for this swap. The 82 Spirit 6 cyl I parted out had some strange lookng small disc brakes on it. I have a set of disc's off of a 79 Concord that I will install on my yellow Hornet this spring. Didn't the big cars have a solid rotor Eddie. 
"Doc"