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Eagle and J4000 Sighting - Aurora CO
« on: April 24, 2011, 02:13:11 PM »
I pulled into the Lowe's in Aurora and parked a few spots down from a nice looking Jeep J4000 pickup - I didn't know the numbers went that high!  I could tell the driver was talking to someone in the car next to it.  As I walked past the truck on my way into the store, I was pleasantly surprised to see a 4 door Eagle sedan.  I told the woman getting into the Eagle "Nice Eagle" and she said thanks.  I told her that I had an Eagle at home, but it was obvious she didn't have time to chat.  Great to see another Eagle in the neighborhood!
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Re: Eagle and J4000 Sighting - Aurora CO
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2011, 09:48:01 PM »
The J4000 trucks were the older pickups. IIRC they were in the Early 70's and went up to J4800. Good to see those on the road, too!
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Re: Eagle and J4000 Sighting - Aurora CO
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2011, 09:57:33 PM »
I did not know the J trucks went up that high.  Sounds like a good AMC sighting to me.
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Re: Eagle and J4000 Sighting - Aurora CO
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2011, 11:11:52 PM »
They were previously badged as a Jeep Gladiator. The "gladiator" name was dropped in 1971 I believe. They were re-badged as j2000, j4000 ect through 1973. 1974 through 1988 they were badged simply as j10 and j20....the military versions were  referred to as the m715 and m725. ;)
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Re: Eagle and J4000 Sighting - Aurora CO
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2011, 01:43:28 AM »
Thers not whole lot of those around anymore
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Re: Eagle and J4000 Sighting - Aurora CO
« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2011, 07:52:22 AM »
There is one in a neighboring town that I see regularly.  It is dark green and looks to be in great shape.  I am not sure which model it is.  I tried to snap a picture of it the other day, but the cell phone camera sucks.  I can't find the charger cable  for the good camera.
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Re: Eagle and J4000 Sighting - Aurora CO
« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2011, 03:10:54 AM »
They were re-badged as j2000, j4000 ect through 1973.

Slightly off topic, but does anyone remember the Pontiac J2000 from the early '80s?  Or better yet, seen one on the road lately?  ;D
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Re: Eagle and J4000 Sighting - Aurora CO
« Reply #7 on: May 01, 2011, 03:20:25 AM »
i remember them. they later got rebadged as sunbirds when pontiac got rid of the rear wheel drive sunbird. and as for seeing any on the the road these days there is one or two here in pueblo CO that are still running around.
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Re: Eagle and J4000 Sighting - Aurora CO
« Reply #8 on: May 01, 2011, 02:09:15 PM »
AMC retired the Gladiator name either late in the 1970 model year (AMC bought Jeep in February) or in the 1971 model year, my catalog is fuzzy on that.  The J 2500 - 4800 designations lasted through 1973 when AMC changed, in 1974, for good to J10 and J20.  As with other AMC products the model selections were narrowed down to just a few -- though at the end, AMC's non pickup model lines were fairly extensive.
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Re: Eagle and J4000 Sighting - Aurora CO
« Reply #9 on: May 01, 2011, 10:54:10 PM »
That was one of those x-body cars right...It looked just like the chevy citation if i remember but had a split grill and the big j2000 logo on the door.
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Re: Eagle and J4000 Sighting - Aurora CO
« Reply #10 on: May 02, 2011, 03:26:14 AM »
kind of except they were front wheel drive. here is a pic of one.
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Re: Eagle and J4000 Sighting - Aurora CO
« Reply #11 on: May 02, 2011, 10:02:36 PM »
The Pontiac version of the Citation was the Pontiac Phoenix.  The J2000 was the Pontiac version of the Chevy Cavalier (according to WikiPedia)

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Re: Eagle and J4000 Sighting - Aurora CO
« Reply #12 on: May 02, 2011, 10:19:12 PM »
Ah yes...thats right....I havent seen one of those in years either.
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Re: Eagle and J4000 Sighting - Aurora CO
« Reply #13 on: May 07, 2011, 03:18:10 PM »
I see one of the Pontiac Pheonix cars nearly daily.  It belongs to a friend of mine's kid.  They bought for pennies from a family friend who found it in a barn on their property.  After a fuid flush, tires and fresh gas she has been driving it for the last 3 years or so.
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Re: Eagle and J4000 Sighting - Aurora CO
« Reply #14 on: May 07, 2011, 09:18:50 PM »
Slightly off topic, but does anyone remember the Pontiac J2000 from the early '80s?  Or better yet, seen one on the road lately?  ;D

I remember the Pontiac 2000, but I didn't know they were called a 'J2000'.   

A buddy used to have one (no idea what year), with a 2.8 V6, and he'd drive the living heck outta it.

 

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