Author Topic: 80 bald Eagle (Read 14072 times)

80baldeagle · « **on:** March 05, 2012, 10:32:27 AM »

Well igot my first eagle! Its a 80, 4 door sedan, very little rust except where the vianl top was, which is why its now the bald eagle hahaha it has a little rust in the roof but not to bad. 76k miles still has orginal paint on the motor! Inside is nice except its been sittin for about 6 years, but put gas in the carb (fuel pumps out) and it fires right up with no smoke! Bought it for 400 bucks! Ill get pictures as soon as possible! I wanna lift it, I think my dad said somethin bout 2 inches is okay, he read it on here I think. Its gunna be a daily driver/mud toy hehe

I'm excited!

Prafeston · « **Reply #1 on:** March 05, 2012, 10:37:31 AM »

Awesome! Let's see some pics!

80baldeagle · « **Reply #2 on:** March 05, 2012, 10:42:26 AM »

Well I don't know when ill be at a computer again cause I can't seem to upload pictures off my phone..unless I'm doin somethin wrong..?

80baldeagle · « **Reply #3 on:** March 05, 2012, 12:41:31 PM »

Oh yeah! I remeber somethin weird about the eagle! Okay I know its a eagle! But!! On the outside, there is only 2 eaglee badges, grill and trunk, one eagle head on passenger side, drivers is the amc logo, and the inside, the glove box door says concord??? And the door panals all have the little concold logo thing! What the heck?

Anyone elses like that??

Prafeston · « **Reply #4 on:** March 05, 2012, 01:08:49 PM »

Interesting...hope you didn't get dooped into purchasing a Concord with Eagle badges. I don't know much about the '80 miles and especially not the sedans. It's very likely some concord badging would be in some unnoticed places...but I wouldn't think you'd see Concord badging on the door panels...

El Matador · « **Reply #5 on:** March 05, 2012, 01:30:00 PM »

Sounds like your Eagle needed some interior parts replaced and the only available donor at the time was a Concord. The AMC logo on the driver side B pillar is from a Concord as well.

In addition to the grille and trunk, there should be an Eagle emblem on each front fender. In your case you probably just have holes where they used to be.

Prafeston · « **Reply #6 on:** March 05, 2012, 01:39:58 PM »

Quote from: El Matador on March 05, 2012, 01:30:00 PM

Sounds like your Eagle needed some interior parts replaced and the only available donor at the time was a Concord.

Good thinking! That thought hadn't occurred to me.

80baldeagle · « **Reply #7 on:** March 05, 2012, 04:04:21 PM »

Well there are not any badges on the fenders and the intiour looks like its been there forever, and even the pin stripingon the b pillares is dfifferent. One goes down farther for the smaller amc logo and the eagle head is bigger then the amc logo. It is a eagle, transfer case was a obvious sign lol

80baldeagle · « **Reply #8 on:** March 05, 2012, 04:26:14 PM »

80baldeagle · « **Reply #9 on:** March 05, 2012, 04:27:48 PM »

you can see the no emblem at all on the fenders, there just a couple pics of when we picked it up. ill be better ones tomorrow after mornin work.

El Matador · « **Reply #10 on:** March 05, 2012, 04:34:28 PM »

Assembly line errors aren't out of the question.

A guy I know had a '72 Matador sedan. There is supposed to be a "Matador" emblem on each C pillar. One side was correct, the other side had "SST".

I saw a story on another forum from a former employee at an AMC dealership. A customer took an Ambassador for a test drive and complained that it pulled hard to one side while braking. Back to the dealership, up on the lift, front wheels off... drum on one side, disc on the other.

Or maybe your car is a prototype.

80baldeagle · « **Reply #11 on:** March 05, 2012, 04:48:00 PM »

Well maybe mine is a odd one or one of the first ones made? Lol I was just thinkin they slapped it together with what they had and went from there lol amc was always..odd with there options lol my dads matadors are odd options hahaha matty 401 is my dad and I think you and him have talked before lol maybe mine was a mess up or a prototype lol or maybe it did need interior peices or something lol just makes it even more different!

80baldeagle · « **Reply #12 on:** March 05, 2012, 10:08:04 PM »

I'm gunna get better pictures tomorrow after work, and get them posted! Ill get a picture all the odds and ends on it too! Interior, motor ect! What else??

80baldeagle · « **Reply #13 on:** March 08, 2012, 08:02:23 PM »

The eagle lives!!!!! Got the fule pump on it! Needs some new rubber hose, and a good tune up but it runs really good for sittin for 6 years! Goes into gear, moves and brakes work! I can't wait to drive it!

Prafeston · « **Reply #14 on:** March 08, 2012, 09:34:00 PM »

Awesome!!

ANT85MAR · « **Reply #15 on:** March 08, 2012, 10:51:04 PM »

Congrads, 1980 was a very fine & good year for the Concord on steriods (aka Eagle). This coming from someone with the 2 door.
On another thread I know there was a discussion about the 2 door being a sedan or coupe. What was the outcome of it? 2 door sedan or 2 door coupe lol.

Prafeston · « **Reply #16 on:** March 09, 2012, 01:55:56 AM »

I believe the outcome was that there is a 2 door sedan and a 4 door sedan. Something about the interior space requirements of a coupe.

80baldeagle · « **Reply #17 on:** March 12, 2012, 04:14:21 PM »

i need one of these!

Thats a 4.0 on the ground for my Hornet wagon

passenger side

passenger side

drivers side

drivers side

the only rust on the car

this emblem is on both sides

IowaEagle · « **Reply #18 on:** March 12, 2012, 04:22:15 PM »

AMC called them sedans.

Prafeston · « **Reply #19 on:** March 12, 2012, 05:02:46 PM »

My '80 Wagon is missing that same plastic piece that fills the gap between the bumper and the car.

ANT85MAR · « **Reply #20 on:** March 12, 2012, 10:18:34 PM »

Thats an easy fix. You should be able to find them in the junkyards. It's been a while since I changed mine but you will need to take the bumper, tail lights & license plate holder off and if I remember correctly you will have to drill out the rivets that holds that piece to the body.

ANT85MAR · « **Reply #21 on:** March 12, 2012, 10:22:51 PM »

Can you tell if the holes were the Eagle name should be were filled in on the drivers fender. If so maybe you can pop the filler out & put a name plate on

80baldeagle · « **Reply #22 on:** March 12, 2012, 10:50:13 PM »

I don't understand what your tryin to say iowa eagle? I know its a sedan lol and ant85mar, I've been searchin our local junkyards and not one eagle what so ever...and as for the filler were the eagle emblem should be, there is no filler, its all metal.

captspillane · « **Reply #23 on:** March 13, 2012, 05:14:28 AM »

Quote from: ANT85MAR on March 08, 2012, 10:51:04 PM

On another thread I know there was a discussion about the 2 door being a sedan or coupe. What was the outcome of it? 2 door sedan or 2 door coupe lol.

Iowaeagle was answering this question. The factory called them both sedans. The usual definition of "coupe" is two door sedan, so we know what you mean when you say "Eagle coupe."

Some people define coupe to specifically not include hatchbacks. The SX4 and certainly the Kammback don't count even if they have just two doors. The exception is when someone says "fastback coupe" which can kinda mean a two door with sloped rear hatch like the SX4.

None of the four door sedans should be called a coupe. The word coupe mostly means it has two doors only.

captspillane · « **Reply #24 on:** March 13, 2012, 03:37:25 PM »

This reminds me alot of the definition of "ship" versus "boat." Many people aboard U.S. Navy ships have gotten in trouble if they disrespect the vessel by calling it a boat. Even in the Navy few people actually care and the few people that do are often mocked. The majority of people define boat as "thing that floats." In the end language is defined by the consensus of the people who use it. I work and live on a ship. I refer to it as "the boat" to my coworkers and family. I also happen to have a Naval Architecture degree and know all sorts of places to go for a different definition of boat using all sorts of numbers and units, net versus gross versus deadweight tonnage you name it. In the end those numbers have no bearing on the definition of a word, just on legal contracts, schematics, and other bureaucratic nonsense. It’s still just a big chunk of steel that floats.

Its an interesting article but there is still no such thing as a four door coupe and no one actually cares about interior volume. The most basic definition for everyone to agree on is that a coupe is a two door car. There is a valid argument there for the SX4 because many people relate its shape to that of various sport cars like the Mustang. Indeed I would use the word coupe if I looked at an Eagle for the first time and saw "SX4" on the side because I would think it was a trim package like "DL." The Kammback is harder to sell because it’s body style is more like a Jeep Cherokee. You don't see anyone calling a two door Cherokee a coupe.

captspillane · « **Reply #25 on:** March 13, 2012, 04:53:18 PM »

haha I bet you're one of those freaks who use the word "pop" to mean "soda" too. That's a felony where I come from. Tis all good, different strokes for different folks.

As for the definition of sedan, even Mercedes can't convince me otherwise. I'm just as stubborn about calling a 1980 AMC Eagle an "all wheel drive" car even if AMC called it "four wheel drive" back then. I wonder if that Mercedes has more than 33 cubic feet internal volume? If it did I doubt the marketing department at Mercedes would care.

captspillane · « **Reply #26 on:** March 13, 2012, 05:25:44 PM »

I know right, this is why I should rule the world. Just for fun I looked up what wikipedia has to say about "station wagons."

[/quote] The American Heritage Dictionary defines a station wagon as "an automobile with one or more rows of folding or removable seats behind the driver and no luggage compartment but an area behind the seats into which suitcases, parcels, etc., can be loaded through a tailgate." [/quote]

That means that the Eagle Station Wagon isn't really a station wagon! It doesn't have a tailgate. Unless the rear hatch is actually a tailgate too, in which case my SX4 and Kammback are station wagons too. They have tiny internal volume. They must be "coupe station wagons" it seems.

Prafeston · « **Reply #27 on:** March 13, 2012, 05:34:43 PM »

My old Mazdaspeed 3 - Hatchback

My AMC Eagle - Station Wagon?

Besides the height. There isn't much difference.

Prafeston · « **Reply #28 on:** March 13, 2012, 05:42:11 PM »

P.S. I think we totally hijacked this thread!!

Whoops!

80baldeagle · « **Reply #29 on:** March 13, 2012, 05:47:50 PM »

I was actually just gunna say somethin bout that lol I was thinkin this was about my eagle??? Hahahahahahahaa oh well =P

So the orginal owners manual was in the car so I seen what trim package it had by lookin at the vin. The title says its a DL but yet no DL badges are on it, and I did check the title to the vin and its the right car so I think either mine was wrecked at some point or its just a factory goof up.

Prafeston · « **Reply #30 on:** March 13, 2012, 06:03:15 PM »

Besides the Limited models I don't think there was any extra badges for other models/trim packages...I could be wrong though.

80baldeagle · « **Reply #31 on:** March 13, 2012, 06:10:38 PM »

All the concords we had had DL badges under the emblem, I know that's a concord but I would think that it would be the same for the eagle, I may be wrong though.

Prafeston · « **Reply #32 on:** March 13, 2012, 06:36:04 PM »

Come to think of it I don't remember reading anything about a DL model. Besides base/limited/sport, I don't think there were any other models. Though I did read on the Wiki something about both the Base and Limited models were based off the Concord DL/Limited.

"The Eagle came base and upscale Limited trims, both of which carried the same features as the Concord DL and Limited, respectively. A sports package was available only on the 2-door and wagon models featuring in addition to "Sport" emblems"

So it could just be a factory mix up.

ANT85MAR · « **Reply #33 on:** March 13, 2012, 07:28:34 PM »

Mine is aslo a DL model according to the VIN with no badging for it. The trim level, group or model as AMC called it was based on the 6th digit of the vin number which should be a 5 (D/L) but this was only for the 1980 model. I had thought the D/L model was based on the type of interior material used which I have the velour in my car but I see in your pictures you have both cloth & vinyl so my theory went out the door

Pat · « **Reply #34 on:** March 13, 2012, 07:37:01 PM »

Quote from: captspillane on March 13, 2012, 04:53:18 PM

haha I bet you're one of those freaks who use the word "pop" to mean "soda" too. That's a felony where I come from. Tis all good, different strokes for different folks.

As for the definition of sedan, even Mercedes can't convince me otherwise. I'm just as stubborn about calling a 1980 AMC Eagle an "all wheel drive" car even if AMC called it "four wheel drive" back then. I wonder if that Mercedes has more than 33 cubic feet internal volume? If it did I doubt the marketing department at Mercedes would care.

Off track for just a minute, back in Misery where I lived, some people actually called it sodY (rhyme with Cody). Never knew how they got that "E" sound on the end when it has an "A" on it. Up here, they call it pop.Thank you for your time. We now return you to your regularly scheduled posts. Sorry about that, just had to comment on that.

ANT85MAR · « **Reply #35 on:** March 13, 2012, 07:38:03 PM »

I just read the article which was very interesting. I wonder how many Eagles are still left after a total production of nearly 197,500 (1980-1988) 32 years later?

eagleman · « **Reply #36 on:** March 13, 2012, 09:08:59 PM »

I know where there's two!

Prafeston · « **Reply #37 on:** March 13, 2012, 09:11:27 PM »

Quote from: eagleman on March 13, 2012, 09:08:59 PM

I know where there's two!

Make that 4

doc65 · « **Reply #38 on:** March 13, 2012, 09:47:30 PM »

make that 6

80baldeagle · « **Reply #39 on:** March 15, 2012, 03:59:53 PM »

I know where there is 5, there here in cb, well that's including mine lol but I'm. Thinkin bout puttin a full axle in the front, what axle should I get for it?

80baldeagle · « **Reply #40 on:** March 16, 2012, 10:48:08 PM »

I drove it a little today!!! Ran pretty good, I. Need to go threw the vaccume lines on it still but other then that was great! Well...the stoppin part wasn't the best hahahaha

80baldeagle · « **Reply #41 on:** March 18, 2012, 02:15:08 PM »

Alright I'm thinkin bout puttin different wheels on it but! I'm not sure what looks good and I don't know what will work, I'm also thinkin bout pullin the flairs off of it, can anyone give me an idea of what would work and what it would look like with the flairs off?

80baldeagle · « **Reply #42 on:** March 18, 2012, 05:46:42 PM »

I think that looks pretty freakin good!! I think my flairs are coming off!

shaggimo · « **Reply #43 on:** March 19, 2012, 04:42:31 PM »

Cherokee wheels are a common swap, many styles to choose from. I put the dark gray 5 spokes on the sx/4, looks ok.

80baldeagle · « **Reply #44 on:** March 19, 2012, 07:53:48 PM »

I was thinkin the wagon style wheels, or some other ones but im not sure what they are called lol

Prafeston · « **Reply #45 on:** March 19, 2012, 08:59:12 PM »

I made this thread awhile back. It's got a lot of different Jeep Wheels photoshopped on my car.

http://forums.amceaglenest.com/index.php?topic=37511.0

Also here is a thread from the Cherokee forum with all the wheel designs throughout the years.

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f15/all-jeep-factory-wheels-names-pictures-1151525/

80baldeagle · « **Reply #46 on:** March 19, 2012, 11:32:34 PM »

I was thinkin either like the factory eagle wagon wheels like the third pic, or the jeep version, whichever I got my hands on first, and for some reason my phone won't load cherokee forum lol

Prafeston · « **Reply #47 on:** March 20, 2012, 12:26:21 AM »

The third pic in my wheel option thread aren't factory Eagle wheels. They are older cherokee wheels I believe.

80baldeagle · « **Reply #48 on:** March 20, 2012, 05:49:01 AM »

Ohh I was thinkin that the eagles had a factory wheel like that, but anyways that's what im thinkin for wheels.

80baldeagle · « **Reply #49 on:** March 23, 2012, 04:15:45 AM »

Well its almost back on the road!! All I need is 2 more tires for the front and figure out why it doesn't want to stop. Its got a real spongey pedel, should I bleed them or?

Oh I pulled the flairs off to! I like the way it looks just needs bigger tires! And a lil trim job on the front fenders. There is hardly any rust in the rockers, just a lil on the driver side right at the front, and on the passenger side about half of the door length where its startin, so to to bad! And I was able to leave the chrome on it, but haven't decided if I like it with or without chrome.

thereverendbill · « **Reply #50 on:** March 23, 2012, 09:32:04 AM »

as far as wheels go you have a few choices .... cherokee wheels are a direct fit, ford wheels will fit as well but you may have to open up the hub opening (I had to with the ranger wheels I use as "movers" for my wagon and now for my kammback), I have heard and i think i saw a few pictures of mercedes benz wheels swapping over to an eagle, and of course AMC 5 lug wheels fits nicely. a 14 inch rim will fit the car for sure cause I run a set of American racing wheels on my wagon

80baldeagle · « **Reply #51 on:** March 23, 2012, 08:49:52 PM »

Has anyone ever ran aluminum slots on a eagle? I have a full set not sure of the back spacing tho.

ANT85MAR · « **Reply #52 on:** March 24, 2012, 06:52:38 PM »

Hey 80 Bald Eagle

Just an FYI, if you are still looking for the filler panel between the license plate & bumper there is one on evilbay with a little over 3 days to go starting at $35

80baldeagle · « **Reply #53 on:** March 24, 2012, 09:20:02 PM »

Sweer! Thanks man!!!

80baldeagle · « **Reply #54 on:** April 06, 2012, 11:39:35 PM »

Well my dad gave me a 304 for my hornet and I was gunna use the 4.0 I got for the eagle. BUT I want to eventually build a turbo 4.6 stroker for the hornet so my cousin says, why not put the 304 in the eagle and build the 4.0 for the hornet and get it ready to get turbod. Sooooo my question is, how much work will need to be done to put the 304 in the eagle?!?

shaggimo · « **Reply #55 on:** April 09, 2012, 08:54:38 AM »

Contact hypereagle, he sells the mounts to do it right. Fab work is required, not just a bolt in swap, from what I hear.

80baldeagle · « **Reply #56 on:** April 09, 2012, 03:19:48 PM »

Alright thanks man!!

80baldeagle · « **Reply #57 on:** April 24, 2012, 10:12:44 PM »

Bad news guys...I need ta sell the car..I'm broke and its the only thing I got that can go..the hornet won't leave and its down for the count at the moment..runnin really hot =/ and the eagle doesn't have brakes yet..and that leaves with me the crown vic the only thing that's still mobile(fingers crossed) so if anyone is interested please let me know..just shoot me an off...id like to get 800 out of it..its what I got in it after picking it up, buying and the parts I have put into it..please save her from the scrap yard...

Well didn't want to make a new post...but she's sold....oh well ill find another someday!

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