22 Jun 09 06:55, TOM WALKER wrote to ROGER NELSON:


 RN>> Too small for me.  There was a car that American Motors put out that
 RN>> had a l of glass on it and I can't remember its name.  It was either
 RN>> the Gremlin or Pacer.  I think it's the latter.  Whichever it was, I
 RN>> think they were originally designed to use the Wankel rotary engine.
 RN>> I wonder if they ever solved the fuel consumption problem with that
 RN>> engine.  It was a good engine.

 TW> It was the Pacer.
 TW> And NOT really on the Wankel since it is a engine designed for power
 TW> and it takes fuel to provide it. I ownewd a little RX3 Station myslef
 TW> one of the Most Fun Cars to drive after my 1965 Corvair Corsa.

Back in the day, a friend of mine bought an RX2, coupe. That little wankel
could turn 7 grand or better and went as fast in the quarter mile as my
wife's 64 Impala SS with high 14s.

                R\%/itt

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