AMC Eagle ABANDONED for Years! Will it RUN & DRIVE!? 

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For anyone looking to pick one up, it doesn't matter how good the body is or how well it runs - the first thing you check, is the point where the frame-stubs meet the body, at the firewall. A LOT of the Eagles that are still flying have homemade square-tube subframe connectors tying everything together. They really rust out at that point.

When my daughter was born , I drove a Chevy Monza Spyder... Small car with a small block V8. It ran great ! Driving over the appalacian mountains on our way to see fam for xmas , I was caught in a blizzard.. Stuck near the top of a mountain , I could go no further . Luckily , a snow plow saw us in time before hitting us . He was shocked to see us there... He said , I'll hook onto you & pull you to the top . When starting down the other side, he stopped , we unhooked . He said stay in my plowed lane & you should be ok... Made it to my folks house & enjoyed xmas. The nxt day I went to the AMC Jeep dealer & bought an 84 Eagle 4x4. I stored my Spyder in my folks barn where it sat for 10 yrs . My dad would start it occasionally & drive it on occasion to keep things lubricated.. Back to the Eagle... On our way home we had to cross the mountain again . I decided to take a different pass that was an emergency snow root... As luck would have it , a damn blizzard came outta nowhere..(mountain weather is unpredictable) I had that Eagle in 4x4 nearly at the base of the mtn since 8 inches had alrdy fallen. We crossed the pass pushing snow with the bumper . White knuckles all the way. As we started dwn the other side , a lone mom & pops gas station/ grocery store was open to my surprise. . I pulled in & filled up as my wife & baby went inside.. As I walked in , a grandma aged lady scolded me but good for crossing the mtn with wife/baby . She calmed & softened as my daughter , 1 y/o started cooing. She insisted we stay overnight & My Nerves didnt argue. At daylight nxt morn , a snowplow driver stopped in for coffee . I asked, can we follow you down.. He said , Ive never had to pull one of those outta the snow . (Meaning my brand new Eagle) . But he said fall in behind, you'll be ok.. I drove that Eagle until it had over 100k on it. I crossed those mountains many times in ice storm & snow storms and it never failed to get us thru.. So, maybe not the best car of the day , but it was a beast in bad weather.. P.S. My nxt new vehicle was a 95 4X4 Chevy Tahoe , 2 door . Two vehicle I would love to have back. 3 , including the Spyder.

The 258 in my old '78 CJ5 had more power than I ever needed. I could literally put it in granny gear with the front bumper up against a tree trunk, step out of the vehicle and watch it dig itself into the ground at idle. Now, being geared that way top speed in it was only about 65 mph but trust me, you didn't really want to go any faster than that, especially with a big set of tires on it. I eventually changed those out to regular small truck radials and the handling on the road increased dramatically and it got rid of that ever-present humhumhummmm noise of those big tires and I didn't notice it being any less capable in the woods and creeks and hills on the back of our farm. I always carried a log chain around with me and if I saw someone stuck in a ditch or just off the road, I'd pull them out just to save them from having to pay a tow truck to come get them back on the road.

There are 6 different eagles. Wagon, Sedan, Coupe (notchback), SX/4 (Hatchback), Kammback/Slantback and Targa (rare AF)

Best car content on RU-vid hands down

I've owned my 84 Eagle wagon for 26 years now. It's completely Stock with all of the original emissions eqpt on it. I don't drive it every day but when i do a day never passes without getting a compliment or 3, and it has 206k on the clock. Always garaged, Shiny OE copper tone paint and everything including the oe R12 A/C still works killer! When i lived in Colorado where the car was from, I'd driven it through snow to the tops of the front fenders! It is not a serous off road 4X4 but a very capably All wheel drive grocery getter that will get you where you need to go & I've always liked the looks of it. Glad to see you guy's keeping this one alive................T

Welcome to the AMC Team Angus! Will it run!? WILL IT RUN!? It's an AMC of COURSE it'll run! 😉 And if it doesn't... you can literally rebuild almost the whole car in a parts store parking lot!

When you think the day can´t get any better, the Junkyard family strikes again! Great work guys!

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Eagle makes a return. Man wish I had one of these wagons I'd drive it until the the engine falls out lol. Great content, always makes a day a little better when you got another adventure for us!

1980 was the first year of Eagle production. I know this as my father was patiently waiting for our local AMC dealer to get the first Eagle in. She was a beaut... Silver over maroon Coupe with factory sunroof. This was mom's anniversary present and we ended up with an '81 wagon and two SX/4, both with manuals.

Congrats to Angus! I've been hunting for an Eagle and it's tough to find one that's not rusted out or over budget.

I have a very nice condition headlight bezel in my junk and I just realized that it goes to this make, model, and year car! I thought that it went to an AMC of some sort because the style and lines reek of their designs. Note: "AMC" also stands for "All Makes Combined".

I'm so ready for this, love these vids guys. Angus, Mook, Kevin... all top notch people in my book.

Is this the official AMC channel now. Love it.

Back when I was the head of the R&D Dept. at Clifford Research I made a tri-y header for this same make /model of car. It was the only thing that I could make work. There was no room to run anything else. Clifford was one of the better jobs I've had there were some good people that worked there. 6=8.

We had an eagle back in the '80s 258 6 cylinder automatic four wheel drive was a great little car

Kevin you probably don’t need a puller. I’ve taken off dozens of steering wheels and not once used a puller. I usually just get pissed off because it won’t budge and I start aggressively yanking on it and it comes right off. Works every time 😂

I was having such a crappy day, I got home and there it is a new video. Now my day doesn’t seem so bad

I was at a truck pull last night so I didn't see this notification until I got home. Glad to see another AMC Eagle on the channel. My grandpa has a wagon AMC Eagle rotting in his field and has the 2 door hatchback one in amazing shape.

You can tell its bad inside when Angus needs to use pliers to touch things inside the car.

I'm a simple man, I see a new JYD, and with Angus, I instantly hit like, and another AMC? Even more awesome!!

Can't wait till Angus gets to see the corn growing. Love you guys, Angus is always fun to see on the channel.

Love these eagle revivals. My parents had two when I was growing up, a blue on blue 83 and a manual black and tan 84. I inherited the black one and drove it all through high school. Loved that car, in 4wd it was almost unstoppable and got surprisingly good fuel mileage. I carried around extra starter solenoids cuz it went through them like cheap toilet paper.

Another fantastic adventure, thanks guys. You should make a T-Shirt with a slogan, "Junkyard Digs, If they catch us, they'll ANGUS !"

At this point Kevin, when I see a revival video, before pressing play, I hit that like button. ADORE watching everything you guys do and have seen all ur vids 10 times over 🤣

Angus is hilarious, I love him. Seeing him so often on the channel is awesome, he really deserves it

I was very slow to recognize just what a cool car these eagles were. I was not into 4x4 anything when these were new and thought they looked dorky all lifted up high on there suspension and with the fender flare extensions to plug the gaps in the wheel wells. Now my attitude towards this car has changed. Confirming my current old guy status vs young 20 something outlook on life.

People sometimes say that AMC has a lot of left over parts. Another, more complimentary, way to say it would be that AMC, when they outsourced, used the best parts. Saginaw Steering, Motorcraft carb, Duraspark ignition, Dana Axle. Chrysler and GM automatic transmissions. In fact, the second rate parts tend to be the AMC specific parts. AMC 20 is a good axle, though.

On a road trip and this is the perfect video!

Keep the AMC content coming. I can't get enough

almost forgot to say how i love that series of videos (really all videos on this and Mook's channel) where you, Angus and your brother went to that property to try to revive as many vehicles as possible ... always wonder (in terms of the cars and trucks that were still there and "are they ever going back to get more of that stuff running and sold?") what happened to that property

Oh god another eagle, haven’t even watched the vid and I’m already hoping it doesn’t knock like a diesel. But hope you guys had fun with this thing, you have resparked my interest in older vehicles and trying to find an old project I can revive

Y'all was having fun and i'm here for it!

"Thankfully someone's already deleted all the emissions B.S. over here"-7 minutes later*- "This episode sponsored by Hello Fresh, the first carbon neutral food kit company..." 🤣🤣🤣 Awesome.

Loving the Eagle content. I have an '80 coupe and it's great to see a RU-vidr featuring them.

I could watch a whole series of Mook and Kevin cooking

I love the fact that these videos are so entertaining. Angus looks like he has upgraded his garage. Did it come with a house? I also like the fact that I can’t smell all those interiors. 🤢

I can't believe you found another one. These are the coolest cars ever. Once you drive one, you fall in love with them forever. There aren't many left though. Thanks for saving another one. I used to know a guy that was obsessed with them. He found one in a junkyard by accident. He had never heard of them before, but thought it was cool. He bought it and got it running again. Within a year, he owned three of them. He lifted one of them and put big ass tires and a winch on it. That car was awesome. He let me drive it once, and I fell in love with them. They are just cool and unique cars.

Good to watch you guys do so fun wrenching with cold snacks. Always cool seeing Luke.

Friday Junkyard Digs? Fantastic. Super excited about another lightning round video(s).

I love how you guys find some obscure stuff.... at least in maine standards!

im so glad that Angus is still driving the 1964 ford f100! thats awesome! I honestly think its my favorite truck they have worked on this channel for some reason!

I can't believe it...lol. You guys have now done two out of three cars I owned when I was in high school. First was the blue diesel Buick century, now the AMC (mine was kinda burnt orange with fake wood paneling down the sides). Just keep 'em coming. See if you can lay your hands on a 2000 Chrysler Sebring drop top and the trifecta will be complete.

You and angus make this channel. Hopefully he’s full time from now on

The Eagle wagon are amazing cars and I would love to own one hopefully one day. I really enjoyed the cameo by Mook in the Hello Fresh segment. I always look forward to your videos keep up the great work

Another quality upload sir! Love seeing you and Angus working together! I especially enjoyed the Farming equipment episodes!

Nice find! My dad once had a 1980 Eagle wagon. I always thought they were neat cars and they did pretty well in the snow.

What a great eagle for 1300 bucks wow started right up and drove no issues @Junkyard Digs

Love seeing your notifications, can't wait to see what you do with this one!

Congratulations Kevin. And Angus has a good builder on that AMC Eagle. Thank you for sharing

Had a 1985 AMC Eagle station wagon. Great little 4×4. Those six cylinder motors were good.

Turn that fuel filter so the return line is at the 12:00 position, or you might starve the carb a bit. It's just an open hole in the filter that allows extra pressure to bypass the needle and seat and return to the tank. With as rusty as the lines were, you might want to make sure it's not draining on the ground...that's the same setup as Jeep CJs of the same year. On a side note, I hate seeing guys tear out the charcoal canister. This does absolutely nothing to improve the performance and since its primary purpose is to vent the pressure out of the fuel tank without blowing raw gas fumes into the air/engine bay where the end of the vent line is located, removing it does nothing but make the car smell like gas and vent raw fuel fumes into the atmosphere. The only vacuum line on it connects to the PCV, and it doesn't draw much. It's best to leave it.

Brought some good memories of when I had one that looked just like yours and was the same color!

Great show! Love seeing these old cars saved.

A vid with Angus is always a fantastic day . He creases me up 🤣

Well I’ve watched this channel for a while now and the videos keep getting better and better I love getting old cars running but too broke to fix what’s broke 😂 love your vids man 🤟🏻

Yes, these were pretty bulletproof considering the era they came out.

As always, great guys, great video. Well done dudes!

Great score Angus ! Nice video. Thanks for sharing.

I like the AMC content… they’re such a weird almost niche car brand. 🇺🇸 🦅

YES! It will run and drive!

A cousin of mine has one, still drives it to this day. 4x4 is still being used during winter time and everything. Another great video!

Thanks Kevin for sharing and have a great weekend 👋

Kevin! I just wanted to let you know I haven’t made any progress on my 1964 Corvair with a tree in the front bumper.

The AMC Concord was the RWD version of the Eagle. It was sold in all the same bodystyles. A friend of mine had a Concord in the early '90s and it was the most gutless thing I have ever seen...

Love watching you get something different in every video

Love the interior dash 2 ton colors from the blue dash and the green Ac Vents looks very nice @Junkyard Digs

Wouldn't the steering well nut have worked on the puller?

You guys are such an inspiration to me

Great content as always! Sitting on the back porch of a cabin in NC attending the Chinook reunion and watching a video made by a chinook vet.

Gotta love the Eagle, nothing better in the snow! BUT, find some spares: headlight adjusters (probably every year or so), lube the hatch hinges! (They're made of pot metal, they WILL break) & the push button cable for the trans selector... I've got an 87 in the back yard(last year made) have had since '88, great mileage, comfortable ride... Thanks for the memories & chuckles!!

Now now, the wife enjoys watching you guys.

Yeah manual swap and huge lift kit would be kinda cool to see then take it off roading

You got it started so soon. Very satisfying to see how well it ran when the fuel was connected directly to the carburetor.

Almost every day I'm looking forward to these vids. Favorite youtuber EVER

You guys are hilarious thank you for bringing back shade tree mechanics I love you guys that's why I got a group called broke bastard racing cuz we do shade tree mechanics and I thank you both and Luke for being innovators and shade tree mechanic restoration thank you

I love ur vids keeping me happy

Congrats on finding a very good Eagle! Usually when finding one of these there to rough to even restore but you found a good one! Very good Vehicle in its day with a very good 4WD.

Absolutely love Junkyard Digs....mostly for the AMC Eagle content.

Hey now, this girl is a gear head, a mechanic and I am an avid watcher of the channel

i love these 4wd eagles man, so cool. a v8 swap while retaining 4wd would be such a sick car

Loved the Hello Fresh ad you two did. I always do when juat watching how you two are together. Reminds me and my wife of how we are. Also. Prosthetic Leg Beige had me cracking up. My Mercury Zephyr has the same color interior. And yes. It matches the socket on my prosthetic almost perfectly.

this is my favorite channel to watch when im doing absolutely anything, all day anytime.

I have a 1984 eagle wagon , parked it because of the blow by , I always thought it was the valve guides but everyone said it was rings but it never smoked out the tail pipe . But when it was running it got 28+ miles to the gallon even with the blow by and it was the best car on very bad roads I've ever drove . Do you know what jeep motor will fit in it ? Would love to get it going again ! Great video guys!

Love the videos keep it up

Great video as always! Also time for a fun fact! On U-Haul auto trailers like the one in today's video, you can actually fold down the left trailer fender to make it easier to get out of the car you're loading if it sits lower to the ground. The more you know.

Great video glad you posted keep them coming thanks

My old and long gone family friend Carl Skeeby from Williamsport, PA drove ONLY these cars. Was a salesman and put half a million miles on many of these over the years or more miles. I met him in Ontario, Canada where he would come to fish for a week during the summer. Always driving an Eagle. He once decided he needed to relive his youth and bought a 2 door, 4x4 version as you mentioned. It was amazing in the mud, but horrible in the winter. So he sold it and went back to the wagon. Great cars.

When it snows this winter, make a video of him driving around with the 4x4. That would be cool.

Those Eagles were bulletproof with the 258. Their demise was rust. Here in NJ, they ran but rusted away. Great video guys!👍👍👍

I remember seeing a lot of these. Been forever. Nice video as always, enjoyed watching it.

I'd like to see updates on this car as the repairs are done

There is one of these in my hometown here in GA. It has been sitting since was high school in the early 90s. Same spot a tan old mechanic shop. I have thought about approaching him about it but I’m a little scared. The place is kind of……..scary as hell

After I got out of the NAVY in early 1991, I worked for a CHRYSLER JEEP EAGLE dealership here in Flagstaff. These were fun to drive to Sedona on the switchbacks but, when put to the 4X4 test in soft red sand on the Navajo Reservation, they often got stuck due to inappropriate tire selections. We had one customer that had knobby tires and he rarely got stuck in sand. These had the Chrysler auto trans with an electric lock-up torque converter that often went out. Most of the early carb models had that lousy Lean-Burn carburetor which needed the jets drilled out. But really, if you got one running they were fun to drive. I can only imagine what the interior looks like now. Good luck and I hope you got the manual trans... Non ABS brakes and fuel injection. Clean out that gas tank, flush the lines and service that auto trans.

My grandmother had one in the late70s/ early 80s, great car when it ran. Park City Ut had them for police cruisers. We loved bashing dirtbikes straight up the rockwashes and mine trails to get away from them, lol. But THEN they and Aspin got these things they called Cherrokes, for cold weather testing! We were about screwed! Lol

AMC might’ve made everything themselves but, they knew what they were doing.

Ah, the AMC Eagle. The 80's answer to the Subaru Outback.

Thanks for learning me about the steering shaft snap ring tool. I used to reinstall it with a deep socket and a hammer

I have always liked the AMC six cylinder engines, this one in particular. The ones I have driven are torquey and fun to drive. They also have a great track record for reliability. This one seems to run really well. Very nice!