Just wanted to make a post to introduce myself and say hello, My name is Jeston, Sheldon from Blissfield MI (south of Detroit north of Toledo), 25years old and a Machinist by trade. I have always been a 4cyl Turbo guy having grown up in the Fast and Furious days. I have built up several Dodge neons over the years. A currently have a black coupe that I race in the Street FWD Class best of 10.2 car makes 650hp at 32lbs of boost.
So the eagle seem like a big departure for my norm however I have been interested in the SX4 ever since seeing them in my dads 4x4 magazines when I was a kid. They seen to be very scarce in this area. So when I seen one poped up on Craigs List in Detroit I had to have it. When I say Detroit I mean right down in the thick of it, 3 blocks off of 8 mile road to be exact.
The eagle sat under a carport next to a brick home owned by a very small old Gentleman. This guy was the coolest old man I have ever met in my life. He had worked Chrysler doing artwork for adds and manuals in the 70's and 80's and had bought the Eagle brand new in 1983 in Detroit. The car is in excellent shape for being in MI for the last almost 30 years. No rust to speak of and the paint even still shines, it had been very well taken care of to say the least. I stayed until dark talking Cars and History with the old man. He even invited me in his house to see the art work he had done. Truly Amazing stuff He had some paintings that he had done during the Detroit Riots that would blow you away. He teared up handing me the keys, he told me the car was his old friend and that I needed to take good car of it for him. I never in a million years would have thought I would find a Car or a Man like that in sure a rough place
I drove away with a new car, and a cool story to tell.
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Welcome to the nest! :blob1: That is one nice looking SX-4 you have there. Even has the rear end caps! All the info you could possibly want on the eagle is on this site. Has help me out plenty of time with my 86 Wagon Limited. I'd like to own an SX-4 someday myself.
I'd say you did very well! Good for you!
Wow, looks like you got yourself a great SX/4 man.
Great story and even better SX/4. Looks to be in very good condition. Welcome to the Nest and hope you enjoy it here.
are those the stock mirrors on my car?
Those are Cherokee rims.
Gorgeous Eagle and awesome story. When does it get a turbo? >:D
Quote from: sheldo13 on October 02, 2012, 03:43:26 PM
are those the stock mirrors on my car?
Can you post a close up shot of the mirrors?
Quote from: Prafeston on October 02, 2012, 04:14:03 PM
Those are Cherokee rims.
They look like aftermarket wheels. I don't recall any Cherokee having those exact wheels.
Great find and welcome to the Nest!
Holy crap! That car is gorgeous! How many miles does it have on it?
welcome dude and that is one sweet looking SX/4.
Quote from: eaglefreek on October 02, 2012, 04:20:00 PM
Quote from: Prafeston on October 02, 2012, 04:14:03 PM
Those are Cherokee rims.
They look like aftermarket wheels. I don't recall any Cherokee having those exact wheels.
Oh, at first look I thought they were the Cherokee Ecco wheels.
http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f15/all-jeep-factory-wheels-names-pictures-1151525/
Quote from: allknown on October 02, 2012, 10:09:36 PM
Holy crap! That car is gorgeous! How many miles does it have on it?
88000miles
The car does needs door hinge bushings drivers side, lift struts for the hatch and the front seats re covered. but that all seems fairly normal wear and tear
Every time someone on here posts up a great find like this I'm just sure it has to be the last one out there...and then another one shows up. I have to find me one of these.
Great find, congrats. Hope you enjoy it...but let me know if you decide to sell. ;D
Now that I got another look at this thing I saw it at the AMC Show up in MI a couple months ago. If I remember correctly the guy was asking 3500 and from far away it looked like a really nice car, but up close it did have quite a few things that needed attention. I hope you were able to talk him down a bit on his price. The low mileage is a plus.
I have this picture of the old man who I briefly talked to. He said he had the car since day one. His wife had bought it for him! :)
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By looking at the last picture posted it appears to me you bought a fine car.If it needs a little attention ok, thats half the fun of buying one of these. What fun is there in buying a car that needs nothing except to say hey look what I bought. Then you can say somebody else did all the work. What fun or sense of accomplishment is that. Just my two cents. Besides who cares what you paid for it! If your happy and the wife is not complaining then you did good and enjoy your purchase.
Quote from: eagleman on October 03, 2012, 12:04:50 PM
What fun is there in buying a car that needs nothing except to say hey look what I bought. Then you can say somebody else did all the work. What fun or sense of accomplishment is that. Just my two cents.
That's how I feel about my Corvette. Compared to owning the Eagle its kind of an empty experience because I bought it needing nothing. I feel so much more excited about and involved with the Eagle. I am very proud of my Eagle but I don't have any sense of pride in the Corvette.
I paid much less than $3500 for it. It's far from perfect but a very decent starting point I think. Im just going to do the little things it needs drive it and enjoy it.
Good to hear! I'm guessing he finally realized 3500 was a bit much for what he had. No it looked like a great starting point. Enjoy your ride!