Bluebird flew the coupe.

[shanebo]

Almost a month ago I purchaced an 86 wagon for 100.00....actualy 97.00 if I recall correctly.  I finally had a little extra time today and made te 45 min. drive to Lake George to pick it up. Id bought it without actually seeing it. It does run...needs an alternator though. The guy quit driving it after both front and D/S rear door handles busted and made his 80 sedan his primary car. It is going to need a good cleaning out as its full of junk. Interior is pretty rough. Its a well traveled car i found maps lots of maps in the glove box from all over the country. Its even got a mid 70's "Radar Range" in the trunk. I found some old tools a couple of pocket knives and fishing stuff....Oh yeah and a half pack of NOW cigarettes...havent seen them since the late 80"s

Under side is 99.9% rust free but muddy and dusty. It has lived on dirt roads for the past 20 years since it moved from denver.


Flawless paint, no dents and good glass....ok I was kidding about the paint Were at over 9000 feet elevation up here and those UV rays are murder on a paint job!!  [http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc377/shanebo79/2448.jpg[/IMG]

[shanebo]

Supposedly that old microwave works great....the guy I got the car from just closed his tackle shop and his house is full to the ceiling with fishing goods....He wanted to keep the old Radar Range but had no room so he threw it in to further sweeten the pot......under a hunderd bucks for an 86 wagon and a like new retro microwave....Life is good

[JayRamb]

I'd keep those NOW Cigs from the 80's. That is a great 'show' piece...great name for the car too!

[Whuntmore]

Hey, great score there Shanebo.  Eggs to you!

[thereverendbill]

being born in the 80's I have never heard of or seen a pack of NOW cigarettes 

[shanebo]

Although a clean well kept interior would have been nice to have....Im kinda enjoying all these cool little goodies that were left in the car....the ironic thing is there was a roll of black trash bags left on passanger floor....Hope to have this car on the road in a few weeks and use it as a daily driver till project Ginger is complete....then it will get its turn for some TLC.

Heres an interesting tidbit on the car...the old guy I got it from purchaced it as a parts car about 12 years ago from his neighbor for 100.00. He said he could never bring himself to tear it apart cuz it ran so darn good. Hes been diving it up until rescently when all but one of the door handles broke....he now is redirecting his attention to his 80"sedan.

[maddog]

except for the paint that is a good looking eagle you got there shanebo.

[El Matador]

Since the dealer nameplate says "Jeep Eagle" I would assume this car was sold as a used unit there, sometime after the Chrysler takeover and formation of the Eagle division.

The hood has been replaced.  A 1986 should have the power bulge hood.

Helluva score for $97.00.  I spent more than that at the yard yesterday and only got a wheelbarrow full of parts.

[shanebo]

I was thinking that about the hood this morning too El Matador. The hood must have been replaced long ago though as its equally as cooked as the roof. Im not sure what way I want to go with this car. One part of me wants to repaint in stock colors and redo the carpet, seats, and headliner. The other part wants to paint it olive drab with flat black trim and a white star on the doors....maybe reupholstering the seats in greeen canvas or somthing.

By the way Emich was an AMC Jeep Renault dealership up until the buy out..then it becameEmich Jeep Eagle. So like you said it must have been sold there after 88. The guy I got it from said it was purchaced new in denver.

[philotomy]

nice find,those seats seem different almost like a spirit ,high back I like em.Love those factory rims too,I have none.

[shanebo]

Tomorrow when I get back from getting a part from Vangremlin Im gonna hook up the alternator and see what shees got!...Im keeping my fingers crossed shell fire right up. I can then change the fluids and run some diesel or Mavel through the oil for a few hours and then change oil again but with synthetic oil and good filter.

[IowaEagle]

Heck of a deal.  Yup, those seats are from a small bodied AMC 2 door car.

[shanebo]

Unfortunatly they are just the stock eagle seats..head rest fully extended....wearing a pretty ugly pair of seat covers. Didnt get the alternator in but car does start when a battery is hooked up...goes in gear....atleast I know it does that.

[shanebo]

Well, I spent all morning with an ohm meter trying to track down the cause of bluebirds starting issue. It apears there is power  in the hot wire that leads into the coil. This means either the coil is bad or possibly somthing in the distributor or ignition control module. There is no spark what so ever coming out of the distributor. I do have the coil, distributor, and icm out of Ginger (my 83) that I know is good. I really dont want to get myself in the habbit of robbing gingers parts for bluebird...Even though I will be putting new stuff in ginger I cant help but feel a bit guilty....After all Ginger is the project car..bluebird fits into more of the hopefully daily driver catagory.

[Whuntmore]

I went thru something similar.  Start with the coil first.