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Offline Sybolt

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Nice to meet you from the Netherlands!
« on: October 22, 2024, 10:46:51 AM »
Good afternoon!

My name is Sybolt Wiersma. Yesterday I bought my first US car, an 1982 AMC Eagle Wagon!  :eaglebig:

I always loved the Eagle, especially the Wagon, but as I live in the Netherlands, you don't see them very often. Probably a big understatement as I believe there's around 10 on the road here. A while ago one came along which was reasonably priced and yesterday I shook hands with the seller.

I'm really looking forward to picking the car up in the near future and start preparing it for it's approval tp get Dutch plates, and I am hoping to ask you all for help every once in a while during this process. A big thanks in advance!

I already know the car needs new sway bar/control bar bushings which I found at prothanesuspensionparts.com, but I'm also looking for ball joint boots in the right size. Do you happen to know if universal boots can be used?

Thanks again, and have a nice day!
To give you an idea, I've attached a picture of the car.

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Re: Nice to meet you from the Netherlands!
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2024, 12:46:11 PM »
Welcome! I’m not sure if you can use universal boots or not. Sounds like it doesn’t need a whole lot to be ready for the road though.
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Re: Nice to meet you from the Netherlands!
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2024, 05:46:32 PM »
Hello Sybolt. Congratulations on your new car.

Ball joint boots will vary depending on what brand of ball joint is installed. Some are easy to replace, some are integrated. You may want to go with a universal polyurethane one. Is the upper or lower that needs the boot?

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Re: Nice to meet you from the Netherlands!
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2024, 08:34:25 AM »
Thank you 89MJ and Ludworks!

As far as I can see the car is in quite a good condition, but it lived in sunny Texas for most of it's life. So very little rust, but very dry seals and rubbers  :)
I'm not sure whether the upper or lower boots are bad, but as I'm hoping to order all the suspension rubbers at once, I intend to replace them both as well.

Attaching the photo didn't seem to work, can anyone help me with that? Or do I need to wait for a certain period to be allowed posting photos?

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Re: Nice to meet you from the Netherlands!
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2024, 11:19:05 AM »
Welcome to the Den and congratulations on your new to you Eagle!

We had another member from the Netherlands, Jurjen, although he hasn't been active for awhile.  Here is a link to his information, which includes an email address.  You may be able to have an Eagle meet up with him!

https://forums.amceaglesden.com/index.php?action=profile;u=483
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Re: Nice to meet you from the Netherlands!
« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2024, 05:42:49 AM »
[...] We had another member from the Netherlands, Jurjen, although he hasn't been active for awhile.  Here is a link to his information, which includes an email address.  You may be able to have an Eagle meet up with him!

Thank you! I saw that there also was another Dutch member added recently:
https://forums.amceaglesden.com/index.php?topic=47662.0

Seems like we already have almost half the Dutch Eagle "population" present here on this forum  8)

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Re: Nice to meet you from the Netherlands!
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2024, 07:57:57 AM »
Wondering if this works to share a first photo of the car!


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Re: Nice to meet you from the Netherlands!
« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2024, 11:12:20 AM »
Photo came through, looks like a great Eagle!  Congratulations

Hope you are able to connect with the other Dutch Eagle owners!
1981 Kammback 258 - "Pepe"
1980 Coupe 258 - "Ginger
1972 Gremlin X 304
1978 Gremlin 4 cyl 121 - sold
1964 TBird 390 - sold

 

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