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Offline 85AmCfreak

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K-5 Eagle (Lots of pictures)
« on: June 02, 2011, 07:42:29 PM »
1988 k5 blazer frame and a 1981 amc eagle wagon 4 door on top you do the math. LOL

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Re: K-5 Eagle (Lots of pictures)
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2011, 11:19:26 PM »
Now thats what I call and extreme mod!!....Very cool dude!
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Re: K-5 Eagle (Lots of pictures)
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2011, 03:51:47 PM »
Thanks alot its taken some time but we are getting it done, one step at a time. I originally just wanted to mod the original 258 (maybe a stroker 4.0  >:D) but unfortunately there was no saving this eagle it had some bad cancer but Someone made a suggestion to find a frame to strengthen her up so thats what we did.....I'm sort of glad, I sort of saved it from the crusher
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Re: K-5 Eagle (Lots of pictures)
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2011, 05:34:39 PM »
I LIKE IT!!!! maybe I can round up a rotten blazer myself and save the 4 door sedan that is comming from iron horse.
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Re: K-5 Eagle (Lots of pictures)
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2011, 06:59:03 PM »
I am sure there is someone on here that has a better frame fit than the blazer frame. I have to be honest its not a direct bolt on LOL We are going to have to repin the leaf springs and slide the rear axle back about 2-3 inches also with that extend the drive shaft but all in due time.
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Re: K-5 Eagle (Lots of pictures)
« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2011, 12:32:33 AM »
I wonder is an SX/4 would work better on a K-5 frame
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Re: K-5 Eagle (Lots of pictures)
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2011, 07:57:28 PM »
If I am not mistaken I remember reading that a jeep Jk frame is like a direct fit for an Sx-4 almost perfect match
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Re: K-5 Eagle (Lots of pictures)
« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2011, 11:38:12 PM »
Thats a great way to save an Eagle whose structural integrity has been ravaged by rust....Plus its like saving 2 cars at once!!...Il bet one of the very early broncos would make be a possible donor candidate for this conversion too.
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Re: K-5 Eagle (Lots of pictures)
« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2011, 01:35:32 AM »
Well you wouldn't destroy a brand new jeep, ya get one thats been damaged. Car fire would probably be the best donor.
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Re: K-5 Eagle (Lots of pictures)
« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2011, 01:53:30 AM »
Very cool! Looks like you guys had a lot of fun in the process!

A very interesting way to save a car from the crusher...lol
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Re: K-5 Eagle (Lots of pictures)
« Reply #10 on: June 27, 2011, 02:03:44 PM »
personally id rather destroy a jeep in favor of a cool eagle. i like jeeps but given the option and if i had the cash i would certainly tear down a brand new jeep to put an eagle wagon on it.
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Re: K-5 Eagle (Lots of pictures)
« Reply #11 on: June 27, 2011, 04:56:02 PM »
Quote from: Regalwizard on June 25, 2011, 12:15:27 AM


Much as I love my Eagle, there's no way in heck I'd be ripping apart a Jeep worth $20,000-30,000 just to save a car that's worth $5,000-10,000 (tops), less once it's been customized like that.

Agreed two hundred percent.

Why wreck something functional and worth more, to make something worth a lot less, with more work.
I'd rather just keep the JK.

It's like the guy around here [I told you about] who wrecked the 'Cuda convertible to put it on a 4x4 frame. *facepalm*.
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Re: K-5 Eagle (Lots of pictures)
« Reply #12 on: June 27, 2011, 11:12:03 PM »
Now you just need to put some bigger tires on it and go drive over smaller cars.
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Re: K-5 Eagle (Lots of pictures)
« Reply #13 on: June 28, 2011, 10:48:16 PM »
I agree 100% about not wrecking an Eagle, but I think it was said somewhere that the Eagle was beyond saving.
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Re: K-5 Eagle (Lots of pictures)
« Reply #14 on: June 29, 2011, 12:43:23 AM »
Ive often fatasized about dropping an eagle body on top of a late model Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 chasis/drive train.
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