2020 Toyota 86???

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by humfrz

CONGRATULATIONS!

Thanks!

Originally Posted by humfrz

What is it?

It's a 1981 AMC Eagle SX/4. It's basically an AMC Spirit, only lifted 4" and 4WD. It's a Jeep sports car.

[86MLR]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

Thanks!



It's a 1981 AMC Eagle SX/4. It's basically an AMC Spirit, only lifted 4" and 4WD. It's a Jeep sports car.

Thanks for posting that, I've had a look on youtube and they seem to be able to handle themselves.

I had flash backs to when I had a Rambler Hornet, they delivered them to Australia new, only issue I had were the axles, maybe it was me doing skids with big rubber.

Stupid kid I was. Edit: still am

Enjoy your new toy

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

No more pics at the moment. I think I paid a fair price for a running, driving 37-year old vehicle. The most serious thing wrong with it is that the gas gauge doesn't work.

I also found a set of vintage louvers for it that hopefully went into a UPS truck today. They have me thinking how good louvers would look on my BRZ.

I will have to dig through the basement but I may (just may not do) have a service manual kicking around for it.

[Tokay444]

Originally Posted by alphasaur

injector seal tokay?

wut.

herro.

Shit! The jig is up!!

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

I will have to dig through the basement but I may (just may not do) have a service manual kicking around for it.

Thanks, but I have one. A 1981 service manual and the technical supplement for the transfer case came with the car. It's an original print but apparently has never been used. It's so clean and greasy-fingerprint-free it's almost a shame to use it.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

Thanks, but I have one. A 1981 service manual and the technical supplement for the transfer case came with the car. It's an original print but apparently has never been used. It's so clean and greasy-fingerprint-free it's almost a shame to use it.

LOL well mine would be the total opposite! It was well used.

[Hypnocracy]

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Hypnocracy

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by Hypnocracy

What, you have more to say about the turbocharged 300 HP 2020 86?

[WNDSRFR]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

No more pics at the moment. I think I paid a fair price for a running, driving 37-year old vehicle. The most serious thing wrong with it is that the gas gauge doesn't work.

I also found a set of vintage louvers for it that hopefully went into a UPS truck today. They have me thinking how good louvers would look on my BRZ.

You're kidding me. The doors still work on that thing? I had a Spirit back in the day and neither door would open. Had to climb in through the window. I had a POS Gremlin before that (paid $200 for it) and the doors didn't work on that either. And any time there was a gust of wind, the rear window would fall out and hang by a hinge. Good luck with a 37 year old AMC.

[Hypnocracy]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

What, you have more to say about the turbocharged 300 HP 2020 86?

Well...Lets just say AMC Eagle's have strayed a bit off the beaten path...

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by WNDSRFR

You're kidding me. The doors still work on that thing?

Yep. The story I was told is that it was originally purchased new 37 years ago by a NASA engineer who used it to commute from Orlando to the cape. It has some pretty good UV burn on the hood and roof from the Florida sun, but otherwise he maintained it well and kept it in mostly good working order until six months ago, when he traded to the guy I bought it from for some equipment. Owner #2 was going to fix it up but had too many other projects, so it basically sat until he sold it to me.

More pics below. Cosmetically it's rough, but it's mechanically sound and doesn't have any serious rust issues.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Hypnocracy

Well...Lets just say AMC Eagle's have strayed a bit off the beaten path...

Well to paraphase Helmuth van Moltke:

"No FT86 thread ever survives past the first five pages when contributed to by forum regulars"

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

but it's mechanically sound ...

A phrase I have never heard in a conversation about an AMC Eagle.