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Offline IowaEagle

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'81 - '86 VIN Decoder
« on: June 03, 2005, 02:38:11 PM »
Link to AMX Files.  May also be valid for '87 & '88.

http://www.amxfiles.com/resource/tech/vin3.html
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Re: '81 - '86 VIN Decoder
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2007, 12:16:46 PM »
sweet! Good info there
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Re: '81 - '86 VIN Decoder
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2007, 03:01:01 PM »
I will be putting the '87 and '88 decoders in the Eaglepedia since they are contained in the Information Supplements.
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Re: '81 - '86 VIN Decoder
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2008, 05:16:02 AM »
I think the link to the amxfiles is a bit dead now.
Thanks to the AMC VIN decoder, my Eagle is free of road tax (+25 years old) since Juli 1st.
It was first put on the road in 1987, and that was on the title.
So I proved that it was made between August 1982 and Juli 1983, and they accepted.
Made a letter for Debby Zaleska too and that was accepted as well.
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Re: '81 - '86 VIN Decoder
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2008, 08:18:55 AM »
I think the link to the amxfiles is a bit dead now.

May have found a nice replacement:
http://www.mitchellsupport.com/ondemand5/VIN/VIN.pdf
Pages G13-G16
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Re: '81 - '86 VIN Decoder
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2008, 08:36:38 AM »
Hmmm, that is too bad.  Guess we will have to link to our own AMC Eaglepedia.
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Not a Jeep.  Not a Car.  Its an AMC Eagle!

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1980 Concord DL;
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2008 Jeep Patriot Sport - Freedom Drive II

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Re: '81 - '86 VIN Decoder
« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2008, 06:02:37 PM »
Link to AMX Files.  May also be valid for '87 & '88.

http://www.amxfiles.com/resource/tech/vin3.html

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Re: '81 - '86 VIN Decoder
« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2008, 06:42:34 PM »
We have one in the Eaglepedia.  I decoded it for you in your other post.
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Not a Jeep.  Not a Car.  Its an AMC Eagle!

1982 Eagle SX/4 Sport;
1980 Concord DL;
1970 Ambassador 2 Dr HT, SST
2002 Hyundai Santa Fe;
2008 Jeep Patriot Sport - Freedom Drive II

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Re: '81 - '86 VIN Decoder
« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2010, 07:47:56 PM »
why does my 4 door wagon decode as a
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[38] Eagle MPV 2 door wagon


 ???

Then again, I've never seen a 2 door wagon.   :-\

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Re: '81 - '86 VIN Decoder
« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2010, 07:51:47 PM »
Error from the authors of the chart.    AMC had two door wagons, but not of the Eagle variety.
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Not a Jeep.  Not a Car.  Its an AMC Eagle!

1982 Eagle SX/4 Sport;
1980 Concord DL;
1970 Ambassador 2 Dr HT, SST
2002 Hyundai Santa Fe;
2008 Jeep Patriot Sport - Freedom Drive II

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Re: '81 - '86 VIN Decoder
« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2010, 10:41:29 AM »
I decoded my vin and it says that my car under transmisson/transfer case/transaxle is Auto/Full Time.  what does that mean?  its a 1987 Eagle.
1987 AMC Eagle Wagon (Sold June 2011) :(
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Re: '81 - '86 VIN Decoder
« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2010, 07:05:09 PM »
Automatic transmission with a transfer case that you can use on any road service in either mode.  All Eagles were so equipped.
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Not a Jeep.  Not a Car.  Its an AMC Eagle!

1982 Eagle SX/4 Sport;
1980 Concord DL;
1970 Ambassador 2 Dr HT, SST
2002 Hyundai Santa Fe;
2008 Jeep Patriot Sport - Freedom Drive II

 

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