I'm glad Rick bought it and restored it. To hear about these icons just rotting away is heartbreaking. The people that take on the job of restoring, preserving, care taking of these timeless treasures are heros. There's no doubt about it. Because anyone that has grown up with these movie stars will always have nostalgia about them. They feel like a friend you have seen or heard from in a long time. To know they've been saved & taken care of brings a sense of happiness to us all.
Awesome video, my friend! We will never have great movies like this again. There was something special about the 90s comedies. Maybe movies didn't take themselves so serious back then and felt more genuine and less forced. Thanks for the great content!
Great video! We love getting to be the ones taking care of the screen used Mirthmobile! We actually built our own replica before owning the screen used Mirthmobile, so we own 2 Pacers!
The mag wheels on the back and stock rims/wheel covers on the front reminded me of the very real trend amongst high school car owners on the late 70s-early 80s. Want mags but have to work for them? Buy two for the rear when you can afford them, then continue tomp work, save, until you can afford them for the front. Saw a lot of cars rolling around that never quite got new aftermarket wheels installed on the front. Instead, air shocks were usually a required purchase due to the new wheel/tire combo being a lot wider than stock.
Mike Myers is from 🇨🇦 too. From what I recall, they wanted a funny Tim Hortons 🏒 tie in for the donut shop place but the execs/VPs at the chain didn't want to work on the film.
I had a turquoise 76 Pacer DL. I loved it, but it had it's issues. A lot of interior bits just fell off. It did have a 3spd manual with a floor shifter though, and I've never seen another manual Pacer since.
Cool. I loved the Pacer when it came out but the quality control for the interior was horrible. The dashboard and glove box parts don't line up at all.
Indeed, had the company been in a better financial spot at the time, it would have been a better car for sure that they could have spent more time on it.
Party on Car Starz! Great video but I believe you are mistaken about AMC going under in 1979. They soldered on until being bought out by Chrysler in 1988.
Thanks, yeah; I meant as an all original company directly producing the cars they designed and built directly, which ended with the pacer in late '79 😉
I've heard that one of the Mirthmobiles used in Wayne's World 2 was repurposed as the Burger Mobile in the 1997 Nickelodeon film, Good Burger. After filming was complete on Good Burger, the car was sold to a private owner in Florida, who left the car outside exposed to the elements for over 20 years. Until 2021 when it was bought by a dedicated fan from St.Louis, who restored it back to it's Burger glory. It's now on display at the Hi-Pointe Drive-In.
This was an excellent and appropriate prop for Wayne and Garth!! I love that it’s still around too!! Thank you for the info!! Keep up the great work!! P.S. have you got the motorbike Streethawk on your list? And the Square body truck from the 1986 film The Gladiator, there’s lots of cool modifications on it 😊
As always great vids, incredible knowledge! Could you possibly tell us either about the Cannonball movie Red Firebird or Navin’s Firebird from the movie The Jerk?
@@CarStarz42 I just watched a movie I haven't seen in years but it has what is probably thee best known movie car you don't even have to see the whole car just the racing stripe is enough to identify #53 herbie . Would love to see a video on anyone of the herbie movies.
AMC Pacer also has a passenger door that is 4 inches longer than the driver's door. To allow rear passengers easier entry. I heard Mike Myers wanted a car a teen in the early 90's would drive.
Two things. I recall the filming of certain scenes, near where I worked. Obviously it was a movie car with the camera trucks. And in high school, during summer football, a teammate had one, leaked oils, but the a/c kicked ass
Oh yes we have reached our paradise and it's a music store my brothers so let's rock 😂😂 incredible work there carstarz on this 76 pacer video to know that 'Mirthmoblie' is safe and secure hands so that garth can get it back to rocking with wayne in the future 😂😂😂 anyway thank you my friend so see you later bye now.
Thank you!!! One of the coolest movie cars ever !! Id love to know about it and if it still exists!! Possibly purchase it ! Thanks for doing great videos!!!
Say what you want but those Pacers were tough! I can remember when they were common enough on the road to see every day. How many other movies have you heard of that had ONE single hero car? That's the same 258 six cylinder that was in Jeeps right up into the 2000s, not a powerhouse but tough as nails and reliable. Oh yeah and that's not mismatched aftermarket chrome wheels, those are the stock hubcaps on the front.
@@CarStarz42 yes !!! Thanks ! Im not americain but if one days travel in usa , go to Peterson museum and NASCAR race maybe Talladega and finish for Rick Hendrick's museum for watch lumina 46 of Cole Trickle . My kid Dreams car ;-)
Be neat to know about Mr. Rouke's red customized wagon from Fantasy Island: Volare or Aspen? Also, I believe the last vehicle that AMC produced was the XJ Jeep Cherokee platform that sadly (for AMC) went on to make Chrysler billions.
Yes, we have been discussing that in the comments already. I got some bad info in a Pacer article I was reading and didn't know any better since I'm not an AMC guy. My bad on that one.
@@CarStarz42 The 4x4 AMC Eagle, which was an original AMC self produced product based on the AMC Concord, was produced by AMC well into the late 1980’s. Just trying to share knowledge. Nice video though.
I"m not sure where you got the information that AMC shut down in 1979. Before being purchased by Chrysler, largely for their Jeep subsidiary, AMC continued making cars until 1988, before being renamed Jeep/Eagle following the purchase by Chrysler. Renault was a part-owner through the early to mid 1980s, but they definitely still existed, producing mostly Hornet and Gremlin-derived models such as the Concord, the Eagle, and the Spirit.
Please do the Simon and Simon camaro, the yellow trans am from wraith, death proof charger, drive Angry charger, Nash bridges cuda, Rockford firebird, Dukes of hazard 00 mustn’t fastback, Lucifer fastback and fastback from the Johnny Knocksville movie
Who told you that AMC folded in 1979? The last AMC cars rolled off the assembly line in 1988 after Chrysler bought AMC in order to get jeep. Also the pacer wasn’t the last car they made that would be the AMC eagle. There were other cars sold right up until the end but they were just re badged Renaults.
Yeah, it was in a Pacer article I was reading, but it apparently wasn't 100% correct on that particular note; my bad for not double checking it elsewhere I suppose.
I was about thirteen years old when those Pacers hit the streets, I thought those things were butt ugly.. but , after all these years later … They’re still , butt ugly ! Great movie Though, Great Video .
@@CarStarz42 BTW, what I like most about the videos you produce, is the editing., a lot of information , in a short amount of time. Also , the great research details . Thanks !
Not sure 🤔 if you have these movie cars in your long list, the Pontiac GTOs from The Faculty & Roadtrip or the Le Mans convertible from the second Jurassic Park movie 🎥.
@mikeandre9052 2 minutes ago I’m sure you’re correct; I just meant Joe and Hubs had a cooler and more true to life party mobile than Wayne and Garth. But the Mirthmobile did it first and is great too. Thanks for posting.
