shift on the fly

[youngkyle]

I understand that the 82 (and 83) eagles don't have shift on the fly, but I was wondering, what's the deal-  my pops jeep has a 4x4 floor shifter, so he can change while moving, my moms blazer has an electronic button switch, and my brother has about the same thing.  The only car I can remember us having where you had to stop, was a 90 something ranger, with the wheel locks.  If you were to somehow steer with your knees, and use both hands to shift the 4x4, would the car break, or would it be fine?  I assume it would break, or there would be no reason other than pure idiocy to build it like that.  If anyone has been risky/dumb enough to test this, is it possible? I did just see a thread on converting ot to shift on the fly, but it's not that big of a deal to me.  Also, (never had a 4x4 car before    ) i assume ita possible to shift on the fly, if your not moving, but you're slipping?  you're probably a stupid question, but don't teachers say something like," there no stupid questions... Just stupid students!!" 

[IowaEagle]

The not shift on the fly Eagles had a front axle disconnect which maybe on a good day added 1 mpg.  When AMC no longer made any AMC designed to 2WD cars and had Renaults to increase the CAFE level, they then dropped the stop and shift, disconnect axle and went to shift on the fly.  A stop and shift Eagle can be converted by locking the front disconnect axle.  Jeeps were not considered in the CAFE figures as they were trucks.  Eagles were too, but for some reason for CAFE they were considered cars.

[carnuck]

It's an easy conversion