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Offline vangremlin

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Re: Sedan chop?
« Reply #30 on: February 17, 2012, 08:46:14 PM »
Quote from: Regalwizard on February 17, 2012, 08:11:10 PM
I wouldn't quite say that - it inspires one in what NOT to do! :P

Yea maybe I should have posted that picture in the Don't Do this category
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Re: Sedan chop?
« Reply #31 on: February 17, 2012, 10:27:46 PM »
Yea i think that would have been a better place for it. haha
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Re: Sedan chop?
« Reply #32 on: February 18, 2012, 10:32:01 AM »
 :rotfl: haha Thats what it looks like every time my carpeniter buddy picks up a werch!
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Re: Sedan chop?
« Reply #33 on: February 18, 2012, 06:01:26 PM »
then you should hide all his tools from him
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Re: Sedan chop?
« Reply #34 on: February 19, 2012, 10:34:59 AM »
hide them i took them! last time i went to help him was to put a stereo in his s-10 and insted of a mounting kit he had a table saw set up and was making one out of wood. What a nut! so I've been thinking Gronk said that the cars he did were never quite right. I'm guessing here but, i would say if you did a full frame like other members on here you would minimize any flexing problems. I hope you do this it will be awsome!
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Re: Sedan chop?
« Reply #35 on: February 24, 2012, 08:01:00 PM »
Personal opinion:
First, it belongs to you and I support your right to do as you please with it.
However, given the rarity of 2 door and 4 door sedans, and the fact that all Eagles are becoming more scarce all the time, I cringe when I see one being drastically modified except to save it from the crusher.
You apparently have the skills to pull this off.  All too often those without the skills begin a project and end up destroying another Eagle.
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Re: Sedan chop?
« Reply #36 on: February 25, 2012, 12:52:06 AM »
Well don't cringe just yet Jim. I wont be chopping up the eagle anytime soon now. I recently just had a whole lot of things that demanded being repaired. First I lost rear brakes due too rusty lines. Then had a cv snap on me and then the neutral safety switch went out on me. Before getting a chance to fix any of those the sedans head gasket started to leak. So I figured instead of just doing the head gasket job I would do 4.0 HO head swap while I was in there. Yesterday I picked up a head, valve cover, headers etc off of a 98 Grand Cherokee. Also grabbed some brand new plug wires off of it. Oh and I paid a total of ten dollars for all this from the local u-pick. The guy who owns it has always given me awesome prices. Right now the head is sitting up in the garage and has some jb weld curing in the water jackets.
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Re: Sedan chop?
« Reply #37 on: February 25, 2012, 01:24:33 PM »
Quote from: JayNaga on February 11, 2012, 03:39:47 PM
Did a couple more drawings




It looks like a Subaru Brat!!!!!!!Cool!!
I had thought of doing a canvas top for my wagon, but where I live it rains about 300 days a year.
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Re: Sedan chop?
« Reply #38 on: February 25, 2012, 05:41:49 PM »
I may cringe when the time comes, but I still support your right to do with it as you please.  Good luck with all those plans.
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I'm right 98% of the time, and I don't care about the other 3%.
"The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people;
that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed."
--Thomas Jefferson to John Cartwright, 1824. ME 16:45
What part of "shall not be infringed" do they not understand?
08 Impala
01 Yukon 4X4
(There's more to life than fuel mileage)
83 Eagle wagon; shared responsibility as daily driver
88 Eagle white woody wagon; shared responsibility as daily driver
86 wagon parts car
Click for Little Rock, AR Forecast" border="0" height="100" width="150
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