Easing the pain...My new 30 year old SX4 Sport.

[vangremlin]

Hey Shane, I know there is a discussion going on in the "What did you to for your Eagle today?" thread about the T4, but I didn't want to hijack that thread too bad.  Anyway, there is a Jeep T5 for sale in Ft Collins for $150, its on the Denver C-List, just search AMC under auto parts.  Maybe you can tell your wife that's what you want for Christmas!

[priya]

I was pretty worried about bringing home the Sx4 but luckily it fell into the "cute" category so she gave it her blessing....Im not sure if I like the phrase cute to describe my car...bad  is more  what I had in mind

The SX/4 is cute!  After owning an Eagle wagon I was so pleased to find Eagle's also came as SX/4's.

[shanebo]

I wonder if that would be a a plug and play kind of thing or if would take some modification...I think tougeagle put one in his and if im not mistaken he had to do some stuff with the mount.....I may give him  a call and see what he would charge to  put it in for me....I was going to hire him to wire up my EFI but that projects a bust now. If anything I would like to have it on hand in case this one does break some day.

[shanebo]

Replaced Odie's headlight buckets with some good ones I found in a junk yard a while back...she was looking a little cross eyed. also resprayed the faded black headlight and hood trim, it didnt turn out all that great cuz its a little too cold for the paint to set good, but its better than it was and Its easy to redo...also installed that Spirit grill I had...I think it looks descent and it almost has to stay cuz the grill that was on there is busted clean in half 

[ammachine390]

I think tougeagle put one in his and if im not mistaken he had to do some stuff with the mount

I believe tougeagle's originally had a T5 that he swapped for a AX15.

[shanebo]

Your right on that ammachine he did swap the t5 for an ax15

[shanebo]

He did alot of fabrication to get it to fit in, I got the opportunity to see it just before he sold it.

[83Eagle!]

Glad the SX/4 fell into the "cute" category.  Even if I had an SX/4 I doubt my wife would ever refer to it as cute.  My wife has never liked any of the AMC products.

[shanebo]

I was pretty shocked myself. While she doesnt like it per say she thought it was cute, which was evidently good enough to keep her from blowing a fuse....I just found out that her brother had a hornet hatchback back in the early 80's and she had good memories of that car and this one kinda reminds her of it...Its a good thing he didnt have a ford back then or I would still be in deep  .

[83Eagle!]

That's funny.  My wife just isn't a fan of any old cars unless it has a rumble seat.  If I had more money and a bigger garage I'd love to find a project that fits that bill.  But something affordable around here that she would like would need more work than I can do.

[matt1971]

Hi. Matt here. I just moved to Kenosha WI. I was in a salvage yard here today and there were 3 Eagles there. A Kammback, a wagon, and a 2 door.
I just made the last payment today on a 79 AMC Pacer Limited Hatchback. 258 auto. It will be transported here to Kenosha next spring. 2012 is gonna be a fun year.
Excellent score on the SX/4 sport. Looks really nice. -Matt.

[shanebo]

I love Kenosha...you think for being the home of AMC you would see more around up there but I guess the WI. winters and road salt has claimed the lives of most of em.

[shanebo]

Took the old bird down to colorado springs to my buddy..about 30 miles one way. My buddy got the wild idea of going to a restaraunt up in denver...I was a little nervous but she handed the 220mile round trip pretty good....minus the vibration.

[maddog]

that vibration could be caused by a bad front half shaft.

[GRONK]

Shane, is this MY SX/4 you are referring to.