News: Putting FUN and FRIENDLINESS, FIRST into owning and learning about AMC small bodied cars, primarily Eagles, Spirits and Concords as well as vehicles built in AMC's Mexican subsidiary, VAM.

The AMC Eaglepedia can now be accessed using the buttons found below  This is a comprehensive ever growing archive of information, tips, diagrams, manuals, etc. for the AMC Eagle and other small bodied AMC cars. 

Also a button is now available for our Face Book Group page.


Welcome to the AMC Eagles Nest.  A new site under "old" management -- so welcome to your new home for everything related to AMC Eagles, Spirits and Concords along with opportunities to interact with other AMC'ers.  This site will soon be evolving to look different than it has and we will be incorporating new features we hope you will find useful, entertaining and expand your AMC horizons.

You can now promote your topics at your favorite social media site by clicking on the appropriate icon (top upper right of the page) while viewing the topic you wish to promote.


  • November 24, 2024, 05:27:10 PM

Login with username, password and session length

Author Topic: subframe connectors / rock rails  (Read 10622 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline wagonmaster

  • Eagle DL
  • ***
  • Posts: 185
  • Thumbs Up 7
subframe connectors / rock rails
« on: October 17, 2011, 11:38:32 AM »
i know i mentioned this months ago but i finally got around to posting pics.  hopefully im doing this right.<a href="http://s1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff512/wagonmaster2/?action=view&amp;current=0217111722b.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff512/wagonmaster2/0217111722b.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket">[/url]

<a href="http://s1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff512/wagonmaster2/?action=view&amp;current=0217111722a.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff512/wagonmaster2/0217111722a.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket">[/url]

more to come

Offline wagonmaster

  • Eagle DL
  • ***
  • Posts: 185
  • Thumbs Up 7
Re: subframe connectors / rock rails
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2011, 11:43:29 AM »
still working on it. photobucket is having problems. just to clarify which link should i use?



« Last Edit: October 17, 2011, 11:47:51 AM by wagonmaster »

Offline wagonmaster

  • Eagle DL
  • ***
  • Posts: 185
  • Thumbs Up 7
Re: subframe connectors / rock rails
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2011, 11:50:01 AM »





Offline wagonmaster

  • Eagle DL
  • ***
  • Posts: 185
  • Thumbs Up 7
Re: subframe connectors / rock rails
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2011, 11:55:25 AM »




i have some with them mounted to my eagle. ill get them up soon. hopefully you can see in the pics that these function as both sub frame connectors and rock rails. they bolt in and only require one hole to be drilled on each side. they bolt in to two locations on the rear sub frame, two places on the front sub frame and to the transmission cross member. they were fabbed by a local 4x4 shop. he said if there was enough interest, he would be interested in making more. they could be just sub frame connectors if preferred. they are made from 1.5" dom tubing.
« Last Edit: October 17, 2011, 11:57:11 AM by wagonmaster »

Offline carnuck

  • Having a 727 means never re-doing the trans again
  • AMC Eagles Den Addicted
  • ********
  • Posts: 3451
  • Thumbs Up 89
  • Near Seattle
    • Virtual Jeep
AMC/Jeep gauges are for amusement only. Any correlation between them and reality is purely coincidental!

Offline eaglefreek

  • Moderators
  • AMC Eagles Den Addicted
  • *****
  • Posts: 4011
  • Thumbs Up 209
Re: subframe connectors / rock rails
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2011, 09:36:41 PM »
I would also like to see a pic of them mounted and an approximate price.
1986 AMC Eagle Wagon 4.2L/4.0L head, AW4,NP242, Chrysler 8.25" rear.
1981 AMC Eagle Wagon As Seen On TV  Lost In Transmission


 

"I know he'd be a poorer man, if he never saw an eagle fly,
Rocky mountain high"  John Denver
Click for Fayetteville,TN Forecast" border="0" height="100" width="150

Offline wagonmaster

  • Eagle DL
  • ***
  • Posts: 185
  • Thumbs Up 7
Re: subframe connectors / rock rails
« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2011, 09:41:03 PM »
i will post on that asap.

rohnk

  • Guest
Re: subframe connectors / rock rails
« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2011, 09:54:20 PM »
X2 on the price and pics installed.

Are the ones pictured for a wagon or SX/4?

Offline wagonmaster

  • Eagle DL
  • ***
  • Posts: 185
  • Thumbs Up 7
Re: subframe connectors / rock rails
« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2011, 11:56:27 AM »
they are for a wagon. if i had an sx4 to work on, making some for it should be no problem. these may fit a four door sedan. someone who knows more will have to chime in on that.

rohnk

  • Guest
Re: subframe connectors / rock rails
« Reply #9 on: October 20, 2011, 11:58:36 AM »
I can try to help out by taking measurements for you if you want. You'll just have to give me a reference to measure from A to B.

Really would like to see how far these stick out when installed.

Offline wagonmaster

  • Eagle DL
  • ***
  • Posts: 185
  • Thumbs Up 7
Re: subframe connectors / rock rails
« Reply #10 on: November 22, 2011, 09:18:10 PM »
ok guys sorry for the delay, im dealing with alot right now. ive uploaded pics of the installed subframe connectors/ rock rails.








Offline WoodenBirdOfPrey

  • Eagle Sport
  • ****
  • Posts: 320
  • Thumbs Up 15
Re: subframe connectors / rock rails
« Reply #11 on: November 22, 2011, 09:24:59 PM »
Wow I love those!  They look great and very well made.  I would definitely be interested in getting a set of them depending on the price.
87 Eagle Woody Wagon "Virginia" 4.2 Auto 174k

Offline wagonmaster

  • Eagle DL
  • ***
  • Posts: 185
  • Thumbs Up 7
Re: subframe connectors / rock rails
« Reply #12 on: November 22, 2011, 09:33:45 PM »
i think shipping would be the rub on these. the guy who fabbed these is pretty reasonable on his prices. he would be using the originals ( on my eagle) to build a jig. so i would like to get a few definites before i turn my car back over to him. ill put a call into him on the price. i had so much work done at the same time i can't remember what i paid  ;D his business usually slows down in the winter anyway, so this would be the perfect time to try and set this up. 

Offline WoodenBirdOfPrey

  • Eagle Sport
  • ****
  • Posts: 320
  • Thumbs Up 15
Re: subframe connectors / rock rails
« Reply #13 on: November 22, 2011, 09:41:10 PM »
Yeah, shipping will probably be a killer.  Where are you and this builder located?
87 Eagle Woody Wagon "Virginia" 4.2 Auto 174k

Offline eaglefreek

  • Moderators
  • AMC Eagles Den Addicted
  • *****
  • Posts: 4011
  • Thumbs Up 209
Re: subframe connectors / rock rails
« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2011, 03:31:31 AM »
They look spectacular!




o ya, and how bout a few pics front and rear of how they are mounted?? (suprised nobody asked about that yet) are they welded on, or brackets to bolt them on? a channel welded to the subframes would probably be the strongest. do we get the underside pics soon??  :occasion14:

  hopefully you can see in the pics that these function as both sub frame connectors and rock rails. they bolt in and only require one hole to be drilled on each side. they bolt in to two locations on the rear sub frame, two places on the front sub frame and to the transmission cross member.
1986 AMC Eagle Wagon 4.2L/4.0L head, AW4,NP242, Chrysler 8.25" rear.
1981 AMC Eagle Wagon As Seen On TV  Lost In Transmission


 

"I know he'd be a poorer man, if he never saw an eagle fly,
Rocky mountain high"  John Denver
Click for Fayetteville,TN Forecast" border="0" height="100" width="150

 

SMF spam blocked by CleanTalk