Hi there. I don't own an Eagle or even know much of anything about cars, so I figure that means I'm just a groupie. My folks bought a white Eagle wagon back in '86 because my mom didn't want to slide to her death on our snowy Pennsylvania mountains. I was still in elementary school then. I logged many fine hours as a passenger in that car. While I was in college my mom had to head out to Missouri for her job and she took the Eagle with her. I remember going out to visit her and to start the car she had to pop the hood and shove a stick into the carburetor. That was inconvenient, so by the time I came back for another visit my grandpa had modified it so that there was a cord she could pull out from the dashboard instead. I guess the car ran okay otherwise because they eventually sold it to somebody in the Sedalia area who had owned an Eagle in the past and wanted another one. I used to figure that car only lasted another year or two tops, but after stumbling across this site I can't help wondering if it's still on the road. I hope it is. :hello2:
Welcome to the Den and your first Thumbs Up. Once you have had an Eagle in your family you will want one again. I am guessing your grandpa installed a hand choke to the carb. That was an effective way to reduce flooding a cold engine. My Ambassador has one when the 4 bbl carb was added. Kind of a theft deterrent for those who don't know how to work a hand choke.
Are you still in Missouri?
Hope you can have an Eagle again some day!
Quote from: IowaEagle on December 13, 2013, 09:14:09 PM
Kind of a theft deterrent for those who don't know how to work a hand choke.
LOL at theft deterrent. I hadn't thought of that before. Now I almost want one in my car. ;) ...and there's no way your average car thief has even the first clue what a hand choke is. I've just learned what it is here myself.
Quote from: Prafeston on December 14, 2013, 12:54:46 AM
Are you still in Missouri?
I am in Pennsylvania. I have a lot of family in Missouri, though. I love it out there.
Quote from: Prafeston on December 14, 2013, 12:54:46 AM
Hope you can have an Eagle again some day!
That would be cool. My retirement dream involves moving to Missouri and living in the countryside. I'm lacking in a long list of self-sufficiency skills, though, automobile maintenance among them. I guess that's why it's just a dream.
Anyway, a big thumbs up to everybody who knows how to keep these classics going. Perhaps I'll spot one on the road around here now that I know to be on the lookout.
The learning never stops around here.