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General Discussion / Re: 69 Body Sag

« on: August 22, 2018, 11:45:06 AM »

The shocks don't appear to be damaged nor are they pulled through anywhere. I guess it's possible that I have a bad/weak shock on the low side, as they appear to be original to the car, but I haven't swapped them out yet to confirm. I checked all the body bushings and they seem to be intact.  I venture to say the car hasn't participated in any hole shots as it's an original, unrestored car with only 82K miles and retains the original factory sheet metal as far as I can tell based on the date code stampings. Thanks for the input and I'll keep looking.

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General Discussion / 69 Body Sag

« on: August 22, 2018, 12:55:23 AM »

Looking for some opinions as I'm a bit baffled at this one. My 69 Pacer body sits lower or (sags) on the driver's side a little over an inch lower than the passenger side. My first thought was weak leaf springs, but it turns out that isn't the issue. I have the car sitting on a completely level floor, air pressure the same in all tires, etc... When I measure various points on the frame to the floor, they're pretty much the same on both sides, not even a 32nd of an inch off. When I measure from the floor up to the bottom of the center of the rear fender well, the driver's side is 1 3/8" lower than the passenger side, so I have to assume it's something in the body. Anyone ever seen a phenomenon such as this??? Thanks!

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: 69 Pacer (Factory Error)??

« on: August 08, 2018, 01:09:52 AM »

PM Sent. Thx.

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Decoding/Numbers / 69 Pacer (Factory Error)??

« on: August 07, 2018, 02:02:09 PM »

Throwing this one out for opinions as I haven't been able to come up with a definitive answer. I bought the car a few weeks ago. The car has a 04C build code on the cowl tag. The transmission partial VIN last three numbers is 9 digits off from the car VIN. My first assumption was that the tranny has been replaced with a date correct Turbo 350 that was also a Camaro tranny based on the VIN but what are the chances of that happening? The car partial VIN is 19NXXX334, tranny partial VIN is 19NXXX325, stamped on the top flange of the tranny on the driver's side. Transmission pan stamp is Y9D11D. Kurt S proposed it may be a factory error, but as he said, we'll never really know if that's the case. Opinions? Thanks!

On another note, I can't make out the partial VIN stamped on the block behind the oil filter. I can make out 19N but that's all. I've tried paint remover, Goof Off paint remover, chalk, etc with no luck seeing the rest of the numbers. Any other suggestions that may help make the numbers legible? It is supposed to be the original engine but I can't be 100% sure unless I can verify the partial VIN on the block. The engine code on the block pad is correct but I still want to know what's on the block if possible.