MK Funny Car Project
MK Pacesetter
This Eliminator Funny Car was purchased by David Davila from Mike Kopchik at MK-Pacesetter circa 1987 in New York for the original purchase price of $3500.00, unassembled and without the electronics. The car was a custom order complete with front a-arm suspension, a Skellenger quick change rear, scale wheelie bars, a Solo 54cc engine with the dual element clutch. David Davila bought the car for his wife and they campaigned the car with a lot of success. Moving in various states was a requirement of David’s job, but they finally ended up in Florida. David reports that the cars ran consistently in the 4.70 - 4.90 range but their best time was a 4.65 in the scale 1/4 mile (330 ft.) track. David is very talented and does many custom paint jobs on his car bodies, but he is most proud of his circa 1990’s John Force’s Oldsmobile that he has signed by John Force himself. This car represents David’s first attempt at painting.
As for cars, MK-Pacesetter sold 100's of these cars, so where did they all go?; basements, attics, in storage, sitting on shelves as trophy’s? Thank god for the internet, I believe this will bring back many of these awesome cars. There is a large amount of available parts for these cars like; Silver Dollar and Skellenger quick change rear ends that were all available with the Pacesetter Funny Car.
The early MK used a Pacesetter frame with the A-arm front end, and then eventually evolved into a full blown MK-Pacesetter frame by the time they closed the doors around 1990. Many enthusiast manufactures re-pop front end components, quick change rear ends, and bodies.
I purchased the car from David Davila in July of 2014 and plan to do a complete restoration and add it to my collection.
This Eliminator Funny Car was purchased by David Davila from Mike Kopchik at MK-Pacesetter circa 1987 in New York for the original purchase price of $3500.00, unassembled and without the electronics. The car was a custom order complete with front a-arm suspension, a Skellenger quick change rear, scale wheelie bars, a Solo 54cc engine with the dual element clutch. David Davila bought the car for his wife and they campaigned the car with a lot of success. Moving in various states was a requirement of David’s job, but they finally ended up in Florida. David reports that the cars ran consistently in the 4.70 - 4.90 range but their best time was a 4.65 in the scale 1/4 mile (330 ft.) track. David is very talented and does many custom paint jobs on his car bodies, but he is most proud of his circa 1990’s John Force’s Oldsmobile that he has signed by John Force himself. This car represents David’s first attempt at painting.
As for cars, MK-Pacesetter sold 100's of these cars, so where did they all go?; basements, attics, in storage, sitting on shelves as trophy’s? Thank god for the internet, I believe this will bring back many of these awesome cars. There is a large amount of available parts for these cars like; Silver Dollar and Skellenger quick change rear ends that were all available with the Pacesetter Funny Car.
The early MK used a Pacesetter frame with the A-arm front end, and then eventually evolved into a full blown MK-Pacesetter frame by the time they closed the doors around 1990. Many enthusiast manufactures re-pop front end components, quick change rear ends, and bodies.
I purchased the car from David Davila in July of 2014 and plan to do a complete restoration and add it to my collection.