[A/S] Re: AMC Pacer Tow Car

["overlander_64" <overlander64@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't know whether it would be a preferred towing setup, but I do 
know that the Pacer and Hornet series were advertised with trailer 
towing packages at the time as I really wanted a '79 Hornet 
Sportabout with the trailer towing package for the Nomad 18' light 
weight special that I was in the process of ordering - - but settled 
instead to retrofit my '65 Dodge Coronet 500 Convertible for tow duty.

I believe that the package for the Pacer was advertised at 3,000 
pounds and the one for the Hornet may have been a little greater in 
rating - - I was searching for a car with the 3,000 pound rating at 
that time.

You could have a replica of the factory brochure advertisement in 
1978 - - a light blue Pacer DL with an Argosy Minuet 6.0 Metre.  In 
the photos, it doesn't look as outlandish as it sounds - - the pair 
actually look well matched - - remembering that the Pacer is a wide-
body compact and the Minuet is a narrow-body Argosy trailer.

Kevin D. Allen
WBCCI/VAC/Free Wheelers #6359
1964 Overlander International/1999 GMC K2500 Suburban (7400 
VORTEC/4.10 Differentials)
1978 Argosy Minuet 6.0 Metre/1975 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible (8.2 
Liter V8/2.70 Final Drive)