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For anyone looking to pick one up, it doesn't matter how good the body is or how well it runs - the first thing you check, is the point where the frame-stubs meet the body, at the firewall. A LOT of the Eagles that are still flying have homemade square-tube subframe connectors tying everything together. They really rust out at that point.
These cars can be deceptive too, with their plastic molding all the way around the bottom it's hard to tell when they're rusty until you get under them
When my daughter was born , I drove a Chevy Monza Spyder... Small car with a small block V8. It ran great ! Driving over the appalacian mountains on our way to see fam for xmas , I was caught in a blizzard.. Stuck near the top of a mountain , I could go no further . Luckily , a snow plow saw us in time before hitting us . He was shocked to see us there... He said , I'll hook onto you & pull you to the top . When starting down the other side, he stopped , we unhooked . He said stay in my plowed lane & you should be ok... Made it to my folks house & enjoyed xmas. The nxt day I went to the AMC Jeep dealer & bought an 84 Eagle 4x4. I stored my Spyder in my folks barn where it sat for 10 yrs . My dad would start it occasionally & drive it on occasion to keep things lubricated.. Back to the Eagle... On our way home we had to cross the mountain again . I decided to take a different pass that was an emergency snow root... As luck would have it , a damn blizzard came outta nowhere..(mountain weather is unpredictable) I had that Eagle in 4x4 nearly at the base of the mtn since 8 inches had alrdy fallen. We crossed the pass pushing snow with the bumper . White knuckles all the way. As we started dwn the other side , a lone mom & pops gas station/ grocery store was open to my surprise. . I pulled in & filled up as my wife & baby went inside.. As I walked in , a grandma aged lady scolded me but good for crossing the mtn with wife/baby . She calmed & softened as my daughter , 1 y/o started cooing. She insisted we stay overnight & My Nerves didnt argue. At daylight nxt morn , a snowplow driver stopped in for coffee . I asked, can we follow you down.. He said , Ive never had to pull one of those outta the snow . (Meaning my brand new Eagle) . But he said fall in behind, you'll be ok.. I drove that Eagle until it had over 100k on it. I crossed those mountains many times in ice storm & snow storms and it never failed to get us thru.. So, maybe not the best car of the day , but it was a beast in bad weather.. P.S. My nxt new vehicle was a 95 4X4 Chevy Tahoe , 2 door . Two vehicle I would love to have back. 3 , including the Spyder.
The 258 in my old '78 CJ5 had more power than I ever needed. I could literally put it in granny gear with the front bumper up against a tree trunk, step out of the vehicle and watch it dig itself into the ground at idle. Now, being geared that way top speed in it was only about 65 mph but trust me, you didn't really want to go any faster than that, especially with a big set of tires on it. I eventually changed those out to regular small truck radials and the handling on the road increased dramatically and it got rid of that ever-present humhumhummmm noise of those big tires and I didn't notice it being any less capable in the woods and creeks and hills on the back of our farm. I always carried a log chain around with me and if I saw someone stuck in a ditch or just off the road, I'd pull them out just to save them from having to pay a tow truck to come get them back on the road.
@@todddenio3200 I want the SX-4, if for no other reason that when I was born, my parents had one. Had to leave it behind when dad left the navy, so it's been on the short list of cars I absolutely want, along with the '69 Coronet and a '56-60 Studebaker Hawk. I just want to know how they find these cars. I never find much of anything near me.
@@drg5352 cars with childhood memories are great. And a Studebaker Hawk is a beautiful car. And they likely are constantly looking for cars any time they are going anywhere and also are probably watching Facebook marketplace, Craigslist and local classified ads closely and also have a network of people who tell them about ones they either see or hear about - (befriending the workers at parts stores can be a fantastic source for leads.) I have gotten many cars using these methods and some of them were pretty collectible and a few were outright rare.
1980 was the first year of Eagle production. I know this as my father was patiently waiting for our local AMC dealer to get the first Eagle in. She was a beaut... Silver over maroon Coupe with factory sunroof. This was mom's anniversary present and we ended up with an '81 wagon and two SX/4, both with manuals.
I've owned my 84 Eagle wagon for 26 years now. It's completely Stock with all of the original emissions eqpt on it. I don't drive it every day but when i do a day never passes without getting a compliment or 3, and it has 206k on the clock. Always garaged, Shiny OE copper tone paint and everything including the oe R12 A/C still works killer! When i lived in Colorado where the car was from, I'd driven it through snow to the tops of the front fenders! It is not a serous off road 4X4 but a very capably All wheel drive grocery getter that will get you where you need to go & I've always liked the looks of it. Glad to see you guy's keeping this one alive................T
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Eagle makes a return. Man wish I had one of these wagons I'd drive it until the the engine falls out lol. Great content, always makes a day a little better when you got another adventure for us!
For anyone who is serious about saving these Eagles, the rusted out Eagle that Angus bought earlier before this one can probably be salvaged with some serious sheet metal skills. If you come across a parts car AMC Concord or Hornet rusted out in the cabin but good and strong in the engine bay with strong unit body front end frames, that might work in repairing the front. The late 60s Rambler American was the platform used to make the 1970 and later AMC Hornet, then Concord.
Welcome to the AMC Team Angus! Will it run!? WILL IT RUN!? It's an AMC of COURSE it'll run! 😉 And if it doesn't... you can literally rebuild almost the whole car in a parts store parking lot!
I have a very nice condition headlight bezel in my junk and I just realized that it goes to this make, model, and year car! I thought that it went to an AMC of some sort because the style and lines reek of their designs. Note: "AMC" also stands for "All Makes Combined".
@@loganmosher5935 "All Makes Combined" and "All Most a Car" are jokes at American Motor Company's expense. The "All Makes Combined" joke is due to AMC buying ignition parts and carburetors from Ford and engines from GM for the early Jeep Cherokee and Comanche. The also bought transmission from Chrysler. In the end, they were more of a "cobble it together to survive" company. Sad shame when they were a bit unique compared to the stodgy Big Three.
I was at a truck pull last night so I didn't see this notification until I got home. Glad to see another AMC Eagle on the channel. My grandpa has a wagon AMC Eagle rotting in his field and has the 2 door hatchback one in amazing shape.
Kevin you probably don’t need a puller. I’ve taken off dozens of steering wheels and not once used a puller. I usually just get pissed off because it won’t budge and I start aggressively yanking on it and it comes right off. Works every time 😂
That could ruin the tilt mechanism in this column and the wheel will flop around and probably won't pass inspection (if you live in a strict north east coast state)
Hay GG , I did that on my ‘73 Grand Torino….station wagon when I was 17 to replace the turn signal switch. After I put it all back together I couldn’t get the car out of park. My mom had it towed to a garage we used and the owner/Machanic told my mom if I wanted to do mechanic work I should go to school like he did. To which she said “ well it must not have been a very good school ‼️”😎😂. I learned just about everything in FFA ag mechanics and working for the neighbor who leased our farm and did 99% of his own work on all the equipment on the farm. I also farmed on shares with him for 6 years.
Back when I was the head of the R&D Dept. at Clifford Research I made a tri-y header for this same make /model of car. It was the only thing that I could make work. There was no room to run anything else. Clifford was one of the better jobs I've had there were some good people that worked there. 6=8.
People sometimes say that AMC has a lot of left over parts. Another, more complimentary, way to say it would be that AMC, when they outsourced, used the best parts. Saginaw Steering, Motorcraft carb, Duraspark ignition, Dana Axle. Chrysler and GM automatic transmissions. In fact, the second rate parts tend to be the AMC specific parts. AMC 20 is a good axle, though.
Love these eagle revivals. My parents had two when I was growing up, a blue on blue 83 and a manual black and tan 84. I inherited the black one and drove it all through high school. Loved that car, in 4wd it was almost unstoppable and got surprisingly good fuel mileage. I carried around extra starter solenoids cuz it went through them like cheap toilet paper.
I was very slow to recognize just what a cool car these eagles were. I was not into 4x4 anything when these were new and thought they looked dorky all lifted up high on there suspension and with the fender flare extensions to plug the gaps in the wheel wells. Now my attitude towards this car has changed. Confirming my current old guy status vs young 20 something outlook on life.
almost forgot to say how i love that series of videos (really all videos on this and Mook's channel) where you, Angus and your brother went to that property to try to revive as many vehicles as possible ... always wonder (in terms of the cars and trucks that were still there and "are they ever going back to get more of that stuff running and sold?") what happened to that property
At this point Kevin, when I see a revival video, before pressing play, I hit that like button. ADORE watching everything you guys do and have seen all ur vids 10 times over 🤣
I love the fact that these videos are so entertaining. Angus looks like he has upgraded his garage. Did it come with a house? I also like the fact that I can’t smell all those interiors. 🤢
I can't believe you found another one. These are the coolest cars ever. Once you drive one, you fall in love with them forever. There aren't many left though. Thanks for saving another one. I used to know a guy that was obsessed with them. He found one in a junkyard by accident. He had never heard of them before, but thought it was cool. He bought it and got it running again. Within a year, he owned three of them. He lifted one of them and put big ass tires and a winch on it. That car was awesome. He let me drive it once, and I fell in love with them. They are just cool and unique cars.
Turn that fuel filter so the return line is at the 12:00 position, or you might starve the carb a bit. It's just an open hole in the filter that allows extra pressure to bypass the needle and seat and return to the tank. With as rusty as the lines were, you might want to make sure it's not draining on the ground...that's the same setup as Jeep CJs of the same year. On a side note, I hate seeing guys tear out the charcoal canister. This does absolutely nothing to improve the performance and since its primary purpose is to vent the pressure out of the fuel tank without blowing raw gas fumes into the air/engine bay where the end of the vent line is located, removing it does nothing but make the car smell like gas and vent raw fuel fumes into the atmosphere. The only vacuum line on it connects to the PCV, and it doesn't draw much. It's best to leave it.
I still have the charcoal canister on my 1986 F150, I never understood the operation though. Complicated vacuum valves and solenoids, ontop of that, it got full vacuum when a solenoid turned on. When I gutted the non-functioning feedback system out of it, I just hooked it's engine side port to the timed vacuum and put the HEI distributor on full manifold. I find it rather odd that this truck was the only one I noticed a gas smell on, I had a 1984 with the canister missing and line plugged, but a vented gas cap and never noticed a gas smell. Same goes for several other trucks I've owned.
im so glad that Angus is still driving the 1964 ford f100! thats awesome! I honestly think its my favorite truck they have worked on this channel for some reason!
I can't believe it...lol. You guys have now done two out of three cars I owned when I was in high school. First was the blue diesel Buick century, now the AMC (mine was kinda burnt orange with fake wood paneling down the sides). Just keep 'em coming. See if you can lay your hands on a 2000 Chrysler Sebring drop top and the trifecta will be complete.
The Eagle wagon are amazing cars and I would love to own one hopefully one day. I really enjoyed the cameo by Mook in the Hello Fresh segment. I always look forward to your videos keep up the great work
I had a 1981 AMC Concorde that I bought for like $500 bucks in 1988 back in NY... Wonder if it's still in the private Junk Yard where I left her in June 1989! I'll have to check on that when I go back in November! Love the AMC's!
"Thankfully someone's already deleted all the emissions B.S. over here"-7 minutes later*- "This episode sponsored by Hello Fresh, the first carbon neutral food kit company..." 🤣🤣🤣 Awesome.
I've cleaned out a number of cars, and even after vacuuming and scrubbing, the smells can often remain. I've found that spraying down the interior of a stinky car with cleaning vinegar (like a gallon in a garden sprayer), letting it dry, then powdering the entire interior with baking soda, and finally vacuuming up the baking soda. This can often eliminate bad smells on the cheap.
I have a 1984 eagle wagon , parked it because of the blow by , I always thought it was the valve guides but everyone said it was rings but it never smoked out the tail pipe . But when it was running it got 28+ miles to the gallon even with the blow by and it was the best car on very bad roads I've ever drove . Do you know what jeep motor will fit in it ? Would love to get it going again ! Great video guys!
My grandmother had one in the late70s/ early 80s, great car when it ran. Park City Ut had them for police cruisers. We loved bashing dirtbikes straight up the rockwashes and mine trails to get away from them, lol. But THEN they and Aspin got these things they called Cherrokes, for cold weather testing! We were about screwed! Lol
That door matches the $50 car vs Off-Road Jeep Pack AMC Eagle. Definitely remember seeing these cars run up and down the street as a kid during the 80's. Always wanted one, glad to see some people are keeping them going.
My old and long gone family friend Carl Skeeby from Williamsport, PA drove ONLY these cars. Was a salesman and put half a million miles on many of these over the years or more miles. I met him in Ontario, Canada where he would come to fish for a week during the summer. Always driving an Eagle. He once decided he needed to relive his youth and bought a 2 door, 4x4 version as you mentioned. It was amazing in the mud, but horrible in the winter. So he sold it and went back to the wagon. Great cars.
Had a 1987... the last year made, back in high school. That thing was great. the 4.2L I6 was not powerful BUT it did the job and was simple to keep running. That was the car that started my love for tinkering with vehicles.
Gotta love the Eagle, nothing better in the snow! BUT, find some spares: headlight adjusters (probably every year or so), lube the hatch hinges! (They're made of pot metal, they WILL break) & the push button cable for the trans selector... I've got an 87 in the back yard(last year made) have had since '88, great mileage, comfortable ride... Thanks for the memories & chuckles!!
The AMC Concord was the RWD version of the Eagle. It was sold in all the same bodystyles. A friend of mine had a Concord in the early '90s and it was the most gutless thing I have ever seen...
But to be fair to the Eagle/Concord, think about the performance capability of the other cars in the category and price range. Up into the mid 1980's and a little further, 115hp in a V6 family sedan was a reasonable expectation that was very widely accepted. The joys of the "Malaise Era". If you didn't drive cars from that time, you just don't know how good we have it today. Enjoy it while it lasts.
@@brandonzilka1274 the one my friend had was completely worn out though. His driveway was fairly steep and the car no longer had enough power to go up it and he had to park at the bottom and walk up. 😂
near Gaylord, MN - my parents had family all around there and an aunt/uncle in Gaylord. Mom was born down the road in Franklin. Familiar territory. And once again, that red '64 Ford pickup! Love that thing.
I was impressed with how quickly you got it to start and run with virtually no work the first time you started it. Also that aftermarket Pioneer radio looks like the same one I had in one of my cars at one point.
After I got out of the NAVY in early 1991, I worked for a CHRYSLER JEEP EAGLE dealership here in Flagstaff. These were fun to drive to Sedona on the switchbacks but, when put to the 4X4 test in soft red sand on the Navajo Reservation, they often got stuck due to inappropriate tire selections. We had one customer that had knobby tires and he rarely got stuck in sand. These had the Chrysler auto trans with an electric lock-up torque converter that often went out. Most of the early carb models had that lousy Lean-Burn carburetor which needed the jets drilled out. But really, if you got one running they were fun to drive. I can only imagine what the interior looks like now. Good luck and I hope you got the manual trans... Non ABS brakes and fuel injection. Clean out that gas tank, flush the lines and service that auto trans.
Loved the Hello Fresh ad you two did. I always do when juat watching how you two are together. Reminds me and my wife of how we are. Also. Prosthetic Leg Beige had me cracking up. My Mercury Zephyr has the same color interior. And yes. It matches the socket on my prosthetic almost perfectly.
Ah, c'mon Kevin...Mom and gentleman? I watch all your stuff and love it (especially with Angus and Luke)...I'm a 66 years old, retired engineer and motorhead since I was 5! As Travis Tritt sang...girls like fast cars too!!!!!!
You guys are hilarious thank you for bringing back shade tree mechanics I love you guys that's why I got a group called broke bastard racing cuz we do shade tree mechanics and I thank you both and Luke for being innovators and shade tree mechanic restoration thank you
That's going to be an excellent winter car for a MN guy. Speaking as a MN dude myself. Especially since I hear that thus winter is supposed to be tough. Great buy Angus!
Well I’ve watched this channel for a while now and the videos keep getting better and better I love getting old cars running but too broke to fix what’s broke 😂 love your vids man 🤟🏻
That reminds me of one day when I was at work I saw the exact same eagle in amazing condition. I work at the lowes in Owasso Oklahoma and it was parked in the pro parking area
AMC Eagle was and IS a great vehicle...my dad had one....Dad was a master mechanic in the Air Force...way back when,,,before he started a family...if I could only remember 1/2 of what he taught me me I would be a MUCH bttr mechanic than I am now. RIP Dad.... Dad needed to replace the head gasket on the Eagle he/we had...he left me holding up the the head while he went for coffee...saying..."Dont let it down yet"...mind u I was like 12 at the time...straight 6 iron head...what felt like 10 minutes later he returned and we finished.....hell of a car...go ANY WHERE...
I remember around when I got my license, there was a local shop who restored some of these, and they had two eagles for sale parked out front. One was a brown woodie, one was blue. Both 4x4, both 5 speed, both had been swapped with 350 sbcs. Each ready for the road, and each had a $5k price tag. I wish I had bought one, but instead I bought a 92 Honda Accord with 350k kms for $700. It is what it is. I also have a friend who's mom has his father's old orange Javelin sitting in a barn behind their house. He wanted it but mom wanted it gone. It's still there just sitting, hopefully not rotting away.
Excellent video Junkyard Digs Kevin :) , Angus :) yes those AMC cars wild for 2 or 4 doors plus Wagon even 4×4 types I know guy has 1980 AMC Concorde in 2 door very low mileage bought recently for $1.000 all need fuel tank plus Send Unit also tires to and in 2 tone brown and beige interior in nice shape! Angus did excellent job find this one too and hope has lots good luck too! Looking forward more videos too on it too! Also Yes Kevin :) I report to You Tube videos company and ignore them on Scams one also get lots lately! No going get me down from watch your excellent videos too!
Many car companies have purchased parts and systems from each other. In that case, you could say that about any automaker on the planet. That's too broad of a statement to make . AMC purchased fuel and ignition systems from Ford, steering columns, power steering pumps, and some brake components from GM, Transmissions from GM, Borg Warner, and Chrysler. AMC did not make those components. Rolls Royce purchased Transmissions from GM also. That doesn't mean they used "left over " parts. What was AMC supposed to do !?
I drove an AMC Sportabout wagon (2WD Hornet wagon) for several years when I was young --- It had both snow tires and air shocks on the back so it was ready to go in any situation ----- A reliable, lovable POS
1st job after getting out of Marines. Mockingbird AMC in Dallas. The multi manufacture parts car company. Chrysler Ford and Chevrolet extra parts went in these cars. Fun job.
This is one of the cars on my "To get" list. I had a friend in high school with one that was in damn near perfect condition. His parents must have purchased it from an elderly couple or something. And this was in the late 90's so I imagine they basically stole it compared to todays pricing. Of course, being a teenage boys first car, it suffered greatly at his hands. And though I am not sure where it ended up, I cant imagine it was a happy ending.
My first car fell victim to the ravages of time. It was a Subaru. One day 4 years after I got it and fixed it up ( was using it for a backup car both me and my dad) the rear crossmember literally fell apart. The rear tire was sticking out and I looked underneath. It was half rotted away and was pulling apart. On the way home the rear end collapsed. Sold it for scrap a year later
I have known a few people who swore by their AMC Eagles. That is after they sorted out all the vacuum leaks. I understand that absolutely everything is vacuum operated. Even the door locks. I guess that they are pretty good on snow and dirt though.
My SX/4 worked really well in snow and reasonable mud. The weak spot was the clutch cylinder. The bore was very rough and it chewed up the piston on a regular basis.
@@mikespangler98 Well that would really suck. I am not that familiar with the Eagle myself, other than what a few other owners have told me. Is the clutch cylinder replaceable, or did AMC do something really stupid, like incorporating it into the transmission housing? I wonder if that was a common problem, or just bad luck?
@@scotty2307 I don't actually remember. I remember how much it sucked to replace the piston outside at zero F during the winter in north Idaho. If it had been easily removable I'm sure I would have removed it to work indoors. The "reservoir" was a piece of clear half inch plastic tubing because hydraulic clutches never leak. 🤯
AMC's were certainly franken-cars with the parts bin equipment. But generally all the stuff that was in them worked. The biggest problem was rust. My parent's had a '73 gremlin that I swear started rusting on the showroom floor.
I have always liked the AMC six cylinder engines, this one in particular. The ones I have driven are torquey and fun to drive. They also have a great track record for reliability. This one seems to run really well. Very nice!
I came here for the Eagle content, it’s a dirty secret dream car, but, I’m floored by the Hello Fresh content. This is the absolute best ad for them I’ve ever seen. The constant mailers are annoying, but this makes me wanna resubscribe
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Should name the car the “Gaylerd”
You’re definitely my favorite UA-camr and congratulations angus in getting you a better AMC EAGLE YOU DESERVE IT
so you mean you havent been getting all the dic pics ive been sending? well my face is red!
@@timnewton9610 it's angus's, but thank you!
I love it errr and wow so cool. Smell is bad I smelled it from here. LOL
For anyone looking to pick one up, it doesn't matter how good the body is or how well it runs - the first thing you check, is the point where the frame-stubs meet the body, at the firewall. A LOT of the Eagles that are still flying have homemade square-tube subframe connectors tying everything together. They really rust out at that point.
These cars can be deceptive too, with their plastic molding all the way around the bottom it's hard to tell when they're rusty until you get under them
When my daughter was born , I drove a Chevy Monza Spyder...
Small car with a small block V8.
It ran great !
Driving over the appalacian mountains on our way to see fam for xmas , I was caught in a blizzard..
Stuck near the top of a mountain , I could go no further .
Luckily , a snow plow saw us in time before hitting us .
He was shocked to see us there...
He said , I'll hook onto you & pull you to the top .
When starting down the other side, he stopped , we unhooked .
He said stay in my plowed lane & you should be ok...
Made it to my folks house & enjoyed xmas.
The nxt day I went to the AMC Jeep dealer & bought an 84 Eagle 4x4.
I stored my Spyder in my folks barn where it sat for 10 yrs .
My dad would start it occasionally & drive it on occasion to keep things lubricated..
Back to the Eagle...
On our way home we had to cross the mountain again .
I decided to take a different pass that was an emergency snow root...
As luck would have it , a damn blizzard came outta nowhere..(mountain weather is unpredictable)
I had that Eagle in 4x4 nearly at the base of the mtn since 8 inches had alrdy fallen.
We crossed the pass pushing snow with the bumper .
White knuckles all the way.
As we started dwn the other side , a lone mom & pops gas station/ grocery store was open to my surprise. .
I pulled in & filled up as my wife & baby went inside..
As I walked in , a grandma aged lady scolded me but good for crossing the mtn with wife/baby .
She calmed & softened as my daughter , 1 y/o started cooing.
She insisted we stay overnight & My Nerves didnt argue.
At daylight nxt morn , a snowplow driver stopped in for coffee .
I asked, can we follow you down..
He said , Ive never had to pull one of those outta the snow . (Meaning my brand new Eagle) .
But he said fall in behind, you'll be ok..
I drove that Eagle until it had over 100k on it.
I crossed those mountains many times in ice storm & snow storms and it never failed to get us thru..
So, maybe not the best car of the day , but it was a beast in bad weather..
P.S.
My nxt new vehicle was a 95 4X4 Chevy Tahoe , 2 door .
Two vehicle I would love to have back.
3 , including the Spyder.
Thats a nice way to get people to know how much of a nice car they’re looking at. Thanks for sharing that story!
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The 258 in my old '78 CJ5 had more power than I ever needed. I could literally put it in granny gear with the front bumper up against a tree trunk, step out of the vehicle and watch it dig itself into the ground at idle. Now, being geared that way top speed in it was only about 65 mph but trust me, you didn't really want to go any faster than that, especially with a big set of tires on it. I eventually changed those out to regular small truck radials and the handling on the road increased dramatically and it got rid of that ever-present humhumhummmm noise of those big tires and I didn't notice it being any less capable in the woods and creeks and hills on the back of our farm. I always carried a log chain around with me and if I saw someone stuck in a ditch or just off the road, I'd pull them out just to save them from having to pay a tow truck to come get them back on the road.
There are 6 different eagles. Wagon, Sedan, Coupe (notchback), SX/4 (Hatchback), Kammback/Slantback and Targa (rare AF)
Someone needs to make a chart of all the crazy model and body crossovers AMC did 😂
I want a targa top eagle now
I would be happy with an Eagle no matter what body style it is.
@@todddenio3200 I want the SX-4, if for no other reason that when I was born, my parents had one. Had to leave it behind when dad left the navy, so it's been on the short list of cars I absolutely want, along with the '69 Coronet and a '56-60 Studebaker Hawk.
I just want to know how they find these cars. I never find much of anything near me.
@@drg5352 cars with childhood memories are great. And a Studebaker Hawk is a beautiful car. And they likely are constantly looking for cars any time they are going anywhere and also are probably watching Facebook marketplace, Craigslist and local classified ads closely and also have a network of people who tell them about ones they either see or hear about - (befriending the workers at parts stores can be a fantastic source for leads.) I have gotten many cars using these methods and some of them were pretty collectible and a few were outright rare.
1980 was the first year of Eagle production. I know this as my father was patiently waiting for our local AMC dealer to get the first Eagle in. She was a beaut... Silver over maroon Coupe with factory sunroof. This was mom's anniversary present and we ended up with an '81 wagon and two SX/4, both with manuals.
Best car content on UA-cam hands down
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I've owned my 84 Eagle wagon for 26 years now. It's completely Stock with all of the original emissions eqpt on it. I don't drive it every day but when i do a day never passes without getting a compliment or 3, and it has 206k on the clock. Always garaged, Shiny OE copper tone paint and everything including the oe R12 A/C still works killer! When i lived in Colorado where the car was from, I'd driven it through snow to the tops of the front fenders! It is not a serous off road 4X4 but a very capably All wheel drive grocery getter that will get you where you need to go & I've always liked the looks of it. Glad to see you guy's keeping this one alive................T
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Eagle makes a return. Man wish I had one of these wagons I'd drive it until the the engine falls out lol. Great content, always makes a day a little better when you got another adventure for us!
Thanks for watching!
17 minutes and 30 seconds and you'll get your wish....lol
For anyone who is serious about saving these Eagles, the rusted out Eagle that Angus bought earlier before this one can probably be salvaged with some serious sheet metal skills. If you come across a parts car AMC Concord or Hornet rusted out in the cabin but good and strong in the engine bay with strong unit body front end frames, that might work in repairing the front. The late 60s Rambler American was the platform used to make the 1970 and later AMC Hornet, then Concord.
Will the Eagle be at Kansas Speedway? Someone already tagged the mirror on an infield bathroom with your Sticker lol
Congrats to Angus! I've been hunting for an Eagle and it's tough to find one that's not rusted out or over budget.
When you think the day can´t get any better, the Junkyard family strikes again! Great work guys!
Welcome to the AMC Team Angus!
Will it run!? WILL IT RUN!? It's an AMC of COURSE it'll run! 😉 And if it doesn't... you can literally rebuild almost the whole car in a parts store parking lot!
I have a very nice condition headlight bezel in my junk and I just realized that it goes to this make, model, and year car! I thought that it went to an AMC of some sort because the style and lines reek of their designs.
Note: "AMC" also stands for "All Makes Combined".
😂😂😂 i like that
All Most a Car
Actually AMC Stands For American Motor Company
@@loganmosher5935 "All Makes Combined" and "All Most a Car" are jokes at American Motor Company's expense. The "All Makes Combined" joke is due to AMC buying ignition parts and carburetors from Ford and engines from GM for the early Jeep Cherokee and Comanche. The also bought transmission from Chrysler. In the end, they were more of a "cobble it together to survive" company. Sad shame when they were a bit unique compared to the stodgy Big Three.
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The C stands for Corporation
I was at a truck pull last night so I didn't see this notification until I got home. Glad to see another AMC Eagle on the channel. My grandpa has a wagon AMC Eagle rotting in his field and has the 2 door hatchback one in amazing shape.
Kevin you probably don’t need a puller. I’ve taken off dozens of steering wheels and not once used a puller. I usually just get pissed off because it won’t budge and I start aggressively yanking on it and it comes right off. Works every time 😂
That could ruin the tilt mechanism in this column and the wheel will flop around and probably won't pass inspection (if you live in a strict north east coast state)
Nothing like brute "angry gorilla" strength! 😆
Give it a crooked smack and a jiggle jiggle always works for me
Hay GG , I did that on my ‘73 Grand Torino….station wagon when I was 17 to replace the turn signal switch. After I put it all back together I couldn’t get the car out of park. My mom had it towed to a garage we used and the owner/Machanic told my mom if I wanted to do mechanic work I should go to school like he did. To which she said “ well it must not have been a very good school ‼️”😎😂. I learned just about everything in FFA ag mechanics and working for the neighbor who leased our farm and did 99% of his own work on all the equipment on the farm. I also farmed on shares with him for 6 years.
There is a lot to be said for the efficacy of blind rage in certain situations.
Back when I was the head of the R&D Dept. at Clifford Research I made a tri-y header for this same make /model of car. It was the only thing that I could make work. There was no room to run anything else. Clifford was one of the better jobs I've had there were some good people that worked there. 6=8.
People sometimes say that AMC has a lot of left over parts. Another, more complimentary, way to say it would be that AMC, when they outsourced, used the best parts. Saginaw Steering, Motorcraft carb, Duraspark ignition, Dana Axle. Chrysler and GM automatic transmissions.
In fact, the second rate parts tend to be the AMC specific parts. AMC 20 is a good axle, though.
Love these eagle revivals. My parents had two when I was growing up, a blue on blue 83 and a manual black and tan 84. I inherited the black one and drove it all through high school. Loved that car, in 4wd it was almost unstoppable and got surprisingly good fuel mileage. I carried around extra starter solenoids cuz it went through them like cheap toilet paper.
I'm so ready for this, love these vids guys. Angus, Mook, Kevin... all top notch people in my book.
Thank you!
I was very slow to recognize just what a cool car these eagles were. I was not into 4x4 anything when these were new and thought they looked dorky all lifted up high on there suspension and with the fender flare extensions to plug the gaps in the wheel wells. Now my attitude towards this car has changed. Confirming my current old guy status vs young 20 something outlook on life.
We had an eagle back in the '80s 258 6 cylinder automatic four wheel drive was a great little car
almost forgot to say how i love that series of videos (really all videos on this and Mook's channel) where you, Angus and your brother went to that property to try to revive as many vehicles as possible ... always wonder (in terms of the cars and trucks that were still there and "are they ever going back to get more of that stuff running and sold?") what happened to that property
Unfortunately a lot of people started bugging the family directly, and we were no longer allowed back
I'm a simple man, I see a new JYD, and with Angus, I instantly hit like, and another AMC? Even more awesome!!
I was having such a crappy day, I got home and there it is a new video. Now my day doesn’t seem so bad
Another fantastic adventure, thanks guys. You should make a T-Shirt with a slogan, "Junkyard Digs, If they catch us, they'll ANGUS !"
At this point Kevin, when I see a revival video, before pressing play, I hit that like button. ADORE watching everything you guys do and have seen all ur vids 10 times over 🤣
same
Is this the official AMC channel now. Love it.
Can't wait till Angus gets to see the corn growing. Love you guys, Angus is always fun to see on the channel.
Angus is hilarious, I love him. Seeing him so often on the channel is awesome, he really deserves it
You can tell its bad inside when Angus needs to use pliers to touch things inside the car.
I love the fact that these videos are so entertaining.
Angus looks like he has upgraded his garage. Did it come with a house?
I also like the fact that I can’t smell all those interiors.
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Keep the AMC content coming. I can't get enough
On a road trip and this is the perfect video!
I can't believe you found another one. These are the coolest cars ever. Once you drive one, you fall in love with them forever. There aren't many left though. Thanks for saving another one. I used to know a guy that was obsessed with them. He found one in a junkyard by accident. He had never heard of them before, but thought it was cool. He bought it and got it running again. Within a year, he owned three of them. He lifted one of them and put big ass tires and a winch on it. That car was awesome. He let me drive it once, and I fell in love with them. They are just cool and unique cars.
Turn that fuel filter so the return line is at the 12:00 position, or you might starve the carb a bit. It's just an open hole in the filter that allows extra pressure to bypass the needle and seat and return to the tank. With as rusty as the lines were, you might want to make sure it's not draining on the ground...that's the same setup as Jeep CJs of the same year. On a side note, I hate seeing guys tear out the charcoal canister. This does absolutely nothing to improve the performance and since its primary purpose is to vent the pressure out of the fuel tank without blowing raw gas fumes into the air/engine bay where the end of the vent line is located, removing it does nothing but make the car smell like gas and vent raw fuel fumes into the atmosphere. The only vacuum line on it connects to the PCV, and it doesn't draw much. It's best to leave it.
good advice, thank you!
I still have the charcoal canister on my 1986 F150, I never understood the operation though. Complicated vacuum valves and solenoids, ontop of that, it got full vacuum when a solenoid turned on. When I gutted the non-functioning feedback system out of it, I just hooked it's engine side port to the timed vacuum and put the HEI distributor on full manifold. I find it rather odd that this truck was the only one I noticed a gas smell on, I had a 1984 with the canister missing and line plugged, but a vented gas cap and never noticed a gas smell. Same goes for several other trucks I've owned.
im so glad that Angus is still driving the 1964 ford f100! thats awesome! I honestly think its my favorite truck they have worked on this channel for some reason!
Loving the Eagle content. I have an '80 coupe and it's great to see a UA-camr featuring them.
I can't believe it...lol. You guys have now done two out of three cars I owned when I was in high school.
First was the blue diesel Buick century, now the AMC (mine was kinda burnt orange with fake wood paneling down the sides).
Just keep 'em coming. See if you can lay your hands on a 2000 Chrysler Sebring drop top and the trifecta will be complete.
The Eagle wagon are amazing cars and I would love to own one hopefully one day. I really enjoyed the cameo by Mook in the Hello Fresh segment.
I always look forward to your videos keep up the great work
I had a 1981 AMC Concorde that I bought for like $500 bucks in 1988 back in NY... Wonder if it's still in the private Junk Yard where I left her in June 1989! I'll have to check on that when I go back in November! Love the AMC's!
I love how you guys find some obscure stuff.... at least in maine standards!
Had a 1985 AMC Eagle station wagon. Great little 4×4. Those six cylinder motors were good.
"Thankfully someone's already deleted all the emissions B.S. over here"-7 minutes later*- "This episode sponsored by Hello Fresh, the first carbon neutral food kit company..." 🤣🤣🤣 Awesome.
I've cleaned out a number of cars, and even after vacuuming and scrubbing, the smells can often remain. I've found that spraying down the interior of a stinky car with cleaning vinegar (like a gallon in a garden sprayer), letting it dry, then powdering the entire interior with baking soda, and finally vacuuming up the baking soda. This can often eliminate bad smells on the cheap.
I have a 1984 eagle wagon , parked it because of the blow by , I always thought it was the valve guides but everyone said it was rings but it never smoked out the tail pipe . But when it was running it got 28+ miles to the gallon even with the blow by and it was the best car on very bad roads I've ever drove . Do you know what jeep motor will fit in it ? Would love to get it going again ! Great video guys!
The 4.0-4.2 from just about any Jeep up until the last of the carbed ones. So about 87 -92 for the Wranglers?
Thanks Bart
My grandmother had one in the late70s/ early 80s, great car when it ran. Park City Ut had them for police cruisers. We loved bashing dirtbikes straight up the rockwashes and mine trails to get away from them, lol. But THEN they and Aspin got these things they called Cherrokes, for cold weather testing! We were about screwed! Lol
I could watch a whole series of Mook and Kevin cooking
A cousin of mine has one, still drives it to this day. 4x4 is still being used during winter time and everything. Another great video!
Love seeing your notifications, can't wait to see what you do with this one!
This one is angus's, he's going to use it as his winter vehicle since it's the only 4x4 he owns!
@@JunkyardDigs What happened to the red cherokee? Sold?
Those Eagles were bulletproof with the 258. Their demise was rust. Here in NJ, they ran but rusted away. Great video guys!👍👍👍
You and angus make this channel. Hopefully he’s full time from now on
maybe some day, we have some growing to do as a business first
That door matches the $50 car vs Off-Road Jeep Pack AMC Eagle. Definitely remember seeing these cars run up and down the street as a kid during the 80's. Always wanted one, glad to see some people are keeping them going.
My old and long gone family friend Carl Skeeby from Williamsport, PA drove ONLY these cars. Was a salesman and put half a million miles on many of these over the years or more miles. I met him in Ontario, Canada where he would come to fish for a week during the summer. Always driving an Eagle. He once decided he needed to relive his youth and bought a 2 door, 4x4 version as you mentioned. It was amazing in the mud, but horrible in the winter. So he sold it and went back to the wagon. Great cars.
Had a 1987... the last year made, back in high school. That thing was great. the 4.2L I6 was not powerful BUT it did the job and was simple to keep running. That was the car that started my love for tinkering with vehicles.
Wouldn't the steering well nut have worked on the puller?
nope, different thread size. that was our first idea
Gotta love the Eagle, nothing better in the snow! BUT, find some spares: headlight adjusters (probably every year or so), lube the hatch hinges! (They're made of pot metal, they WILL break) & the push button cable for the trans selector... I've got an 87 in the back yard(last year made) have had since '88, great mileage, comfortable ride... Thanks for the memories & chuckles!!
The AMC Concord was the RWD version of the Eagle. It was sold in all the same bodystyles. A friend of mine had a Concord in the early '90s and it was the most gutless thing I have ever seen...
Same, and same 😂
But to be fair to the Eagle/Concord, think about the performance capability of the other cars in the category and price range. Up into the mid 1980's and a little further, 115hp in a V6 family sedan was a reasonable expectation that was very widely accepted. The joys of the "Malaise Era". If you didn't drive cars from that time, you just don't know how good we have it today. Enjoy it while it lasts.
when i was young i was clocked doing 96 mph in a 55 mph zone in my eagle wagon and lost my licence for a month.☹
@@brandonzilka1274 the one my friend had was completely worn out though. His driveway was fairly steep and the car no longer had enough power to go up it and he had to park at the bottom and walk up. 😂
near Gaylord, MN - my parents had family all around there and an aunt/uncle in Gaylord. Mom was born down the road in Franklin. Familiar territory. And once again, that red '64 Ford pickup! Love that thing.
Brought some good memories of when I had one that looked just like yours and was the same color!
glad we could bring back some memories!
I was impressed with how quickly you got it to start and run with virtually no work the first time you started it. Also that aftermarket Pioneer radio looks like the same one I had in one of my cars at one point.
i love these 4wd eagles man, so cool. a v8 swap while retaining 4wd would be such a sick car
Agreed, unfortunately it is very difficult since the front differential support bolts to the side of the block
@@JunkyardDigs yea i figured it there would be some ridiculous thing stopping it or there would be a ton of swaps
If you change the engine cross member you can fit a amc 401 v8 right in it will perfectly
@@jarretbrooks8156 oh that'd be sick. is it an actual AMC motor? or based on a pontiac or something?
@@ipoopmuffins no not pontiac the 401 was 390 that was bord out to a 401
After I got out of the NAVY in early 1991, I worked for a CHRYSLER JEEP EAGLE dealership here in Flagstaff. These were fun to drive to Sedona on the switchbacks but, when put to the 4X4 test in soft red sand on the Navajo Reservation, they often got stuck due to inappropriate tire selections. We had one customer that had knobby tires and he rarely got stuck in sand. These had the Chrysler auto trans with an electric lock-up torque converter that often went out. Most of the early carb models had that lousy Lean-Burn carburetor which needed the jets drilled out. But really, if you got one running they were fun to drive. I can only imagine what the interior looks like now. Good luck and I hope you got the manual trans... Non ABS brakes and fuel injection. Clean out that gas tank, flush the lines and service that auto trans.
Friday Junkyard Digs? Fantastic. Super excited about another lightning round video(s).
Owned 3 of the Eagles back in the day. great vehicles. Worked on them at the dealership back in1980 .
What a great eagle for 1300 bucks wow started right up and drove no issues @Junkyard Digs
Loved the Hello Fresh ad you two did. I always do when juat watching how you two are together.
Reminds me and my wife of how we are.
Also. Prosthetic Leg Beige had me cracking up. My Mercury Zephyr has the same color interior. And yes.
It matches the socket on my prosthetic almost perfectly.
Yes, these were pretty bulletproof considering the era they came out.
An EAGLE was the driver's ed car at my high school in '85. Not enough power to get into trouble.....and 4WD for our Wisconsin winters.
Ah, c'mon Kevin...Mom and gentleman? I watch all your stuff and love it (especially with Angus and Luke)...I'm a 66 years old, retired engineer and motorhead since I was 5! As Travis Tritt sang...girls like fast cars too!!!!!!
I like the AMC content… they’re such a weird almost niche car brand. 🇺🇸 🦅
A vid with Angus is always a fantastic day . He creases me up 🤣
You guys are hilarious thank you for bringing back shade tree mechanics I love you guys that's why I got a group called broke bastard racing cuz we do shade tree mechanics and I thank you both and Luke for being innovators and shade tree mechanic restoration thank you
That's going to be an excellent winter car for a MN guy. Speaking as a MN dude myself. Especially since I hear that thus winter is supposed to be tough. Great buy Angus!
Well I’ve watched this channel for a while now and the videos keep getting better and better I love getting old cars running but too broke to fix what’s broke 😂 love your vids man 🤟🏻
Nice find! My dad once had a 1980 Eagle wagon. I always thought they were neat cars and they did pretty well in the snow.
YES! It will run and drive!
NOOO DONT SPOIL ITTTTTTTTTT
That reminds me of one day when I was at work I saw the exact same eagle in amazing condition. I work at the lowes in Owasso Oklahoma and it was parked in the pro parking area
Yeah manual swap and huge lift kit would be kinda cool to see then take it off roading
AMC Eagle was and IS a great vehicle...my dad had one....Dad was a master mechanic in the Air Force...way back when,,,before he started a family...if I could only remember 1/2 of what he taught me me I would be a MUCH bttr mechanic than I am now. RIP Dad.... Dad needed to replace the head gasket on the Eagle he/we had...he left me holding up the the head while he went for coffee...saying..."Dont let it down yet"...mind u I was like 12 at the time...straight 6 iron head...what felt like 10 minutes later he returned and we finished.....hell of a car...go ANY WHERE...
Hey now, this girl is a gear head, a mechanic and I am an avid watcher of the channel
I remember around when I got my license, there was a local shop who restored some of these, and they had two eagles for sale parked out front. One was a brown woodie, one was blue. Both 4x4, both 5 speed, both had been swapped with 350 sbcs. Each ready for the road, and each had a $5k price tag. I wish I had bought one, but instead I bought a 92 Honda Accord with 350k kms for $700. It is what it is.
I also have a friend who's mom has his father's old orange Javelin sitting in a barn behind their house. He wanted it but mom wanted it gone. It's still there just sitting, hopefully not rotting away.
Now now, the wife enjoys watching you guys.
well heck!
Excellent video Junkyard Digs Kevin :) , Angus :) yes those AMC cars wild for 2 or 4 doors plus Wagon even 4×4 types I know guy has 1980 AMC Concorde in 2 door very low mileage bought recently for $1.000 all need fuel tank plus Send Unit also tires to and in 2 tone brown and beige interior in nice shape! Angus did excellent job find this one too and hope has lots good luck too! Looking forward more videos too on it too! Also Yes Kevin :) I report to You Tube videos company and ignore them on Scams one also get lots lately! No going get me down from watch your excellent videos too!
Many car companies have purchased parts and systems from each other. In that case, you could say that about any automaker on the planet. That's too broad of a statement to make . AMC purchased fuel and ignition systems from Ford, steering columns, power steering pumps, and some brake components from GM, Transmissions from GM, Borg Warner, and Chrysler. AMC did not make those components. Rolls Royce purchased Transmissions from GM also. That doesn't mean they used "left over " parts. What was AMC supposed to do !?
I love how they just pile everything on the seat with the poop.
When it snows this winter, make a video of him driving around with the 4x4. That would be cool.
this is my favorite channel to watch when im doing absolutely anything, all day anytime.
I drove an AMC Sportabout wagon (2WD Hornet wagon) for several years when I was young --- It had both snow tires and air shocks on the back so it was ready to go in any situation ----- A reliable, lovable POS
the best kind!
I got an 84' Eagle wagon with those Monroe air shocks in the back, man does it ever bounce if you hit a drop in the road at high speed! It's hilarious
1st job after getting out of Marines. Mockingbird AMC in Dallas. The multi manufacture parts car company. Chrysler Ford and Chevrolet extra parts went in these cars. Fun job.
This is one of the cars on my "To get" list.
I had a friend in high school with one that was in damn near perfect condition. His parents must have purchased it from an elderly couple or something. And this was in the late 90's so I imagine they basically stole it compared to todays pricing. Of course, being a teenage boys first car, it suffered greatly at his hands. And though I am not sure where it ended up, I cant imagine it was a happy ending.
My first car fell victim to the ravages of time. It was a Subaru. One day 4 years after I got it and fixed it up ( was using it for a backup car both me and my dad) the rear crossmember literally fell apart. The rear tire was sticking out and I looked underneath. It was half rotted away and was pulling apart. On the way home the rear end collapsed. Sold it for scrap a year later
I have known a few people who swore by their AMC Eagles. That is after they sorted out all the vacuum leaks. I understand that absolutely everything is vacuum operated. Even the door locks. I guess that they are pretty good on snow and dirt though.
My SX/4 worked really well in snow and reasonable mud.
The weak spot was the clutch cylinder. The bore was very rough and it chewed up the piston on a regular basis.
@@mikespangler98 Well that would really suck. I am not that familiar with the Eagle myself, other than what a few other owners have told me. Is the clutch cylinder replaceable, or did AMC do something really stupid, like incorporating it into the transmission housing? I wonder if that was a common problem, or just bad luck?
@@scotty2307 I don't actually remember. I remember how much it sucked to replace the piston outside at zero F during the winter in north Idaho. If it had been easily removable I'm sure I would have removed it to work indoors. The "reservoir" was a piece of clear half inch plastic tubing because hydraulic clutches never leak. 🤯
I'd like to see updates on this car as the repairs are done
AMC's were certainly franken-cars with the parts bin equipment. But generally all the stuff that was in them worked. The biggest problem was rust. My parent's had a '73 gremlin that I swear started rusting on the showroom floor.
AMC might’ve made everything themselves but, they knew what they were doing.
Love the interior dash 2 ton colors from the blue dash and the green Ac Vents looks very nice @Junkyard Digs
Love your videos!
thank you!
@@JunkyardDigs I have watched all of your videos. In the future once I have money I’ll start making revivals of my own!
I've never ridden in, owned, or worked on one, but I've long wanted an AMC Eagle! Love the look.
Love the videos keep it up
I have always liked the AMC six cylinder engines, this one in particular. The ones I have driven are torquey and fun to drive. They also have a great track record for reliability. This one seems to run really well. Very nice!
hey! shout out for the AMC content! come by my place for parts! I just revived a 1967 ambassador that hasn't ran since 76!
I came here for the Eagle content, it’s a dirty secret dream car, but, I’m floored by the Hello Fresh content. This is the absolute best ad for them I’ve ever seen. The constant mailers are annoying, but this makes me wanna resubscribe