If only all "barn finds" were like this

[jpsmit]

I don't think AMC had any aspirations to export the Pacer to right-hand drive countries, so for its intended use it was ideal.

Does appear that an attempt was made - with exactly the results that this forum has identified.


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From Wikipedia:

 A U.K company called C.T. Wooler, in Andover, Hampshire had been in the business for a long time converting LHD cars to RHD and entered into an agreement with AMC to convert AMC vehicles.[81] C.T Wooler converted the Pacer to right-hand drive by leaving the majority of the steering gear on the left-hand side of the car, and running a chain-drive behind the dashboard from the steering wheel (now on the right-hand side) to the top of the steering column. The car retained its unequal-length doors, designed for LHD markets, meaning that in the UK the longer door was on the driver's side, leaving the passengers to use the smaller door, which "in the typically confined British parking spot was virtually impossible".[82] The Pacer was wider than a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow and slightly longer than the then-current Ford Cortina.[82]

The British motoring press adversely reviewed the car and AMC soon stopped exporting it.[82]