Re: Automobiles you don't see everyday...

roddie Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:50 am

@WingingIt74 wrote:
@roddie wrote:The 1st "stock" wheeled Eagle in the vid is pretty darn impressive!!!. I never knew that they climbed "that" well...
It wasn't stock, Eagles didn't have low range. They had a vacuum actuated transfer case from 2wd to 4wd. I was planning on restoring/moding mine but didn't have the time or money when the engine blew. On top of that, parts then were getting extremely hard to find... ~10 years ago.

I can relate to that Travis! I checked out a 1989 Jeep Wrangler down the street from me... at a "yard sale" last weekend. Another guy with a newer Wrangler had stopped to look too. This one had a 360 cu. in. V8/auto. transfer-case conversion from a Cherokee, done right; with all the needed frame supports. He's asking $3000.00

WingingIt74 Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:54 am

I'm still a Jeep nut :)This is my 4th if you include the Eagle.

My youngest son climbing it to my 2001 Wrangler TJ
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What I've done to it so far...
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150632028075947.377157.588815946&type=1&l=db5bd21701

roddie Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:58 am

@WingingIt74 wrote:Last one I promise

1970 AMC AMX/3

WOW!!! That's a beautiful little car!!! AMC had a good product... sad ending. Remember the "Scrambler"?

WingingIt74 Tue Oct 01, 2013 11:02 am

Yep and 1974 was the last year for the AMC Javelin AMX

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roddie Tue Oct 01, 2013 11:03 am

@WingingIt74 wrote:I'm still a Jeep nut :)This is my 4th if you include the Eagle.

My youngest son climbing it to my 2001 Wrangler TJ

What I've done to it so far...
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150632028075947.377157.588815946&type=1&l=db5bd21701

Nice "lift" Travis!!! Wow... you've done a LOT of work!!! I sent a FB friend request!

WingingIt74 Tue Oct 01, 2013 11:06 am

I figured it was you with the CL planes Smile

Here is my TJ's maiden offroad adventure.

roddie Tue Oct 01, 2013 11:19 am

@WingingIt74 wrote:Here is my TJ's maiden offroad adventure.

Yes, you had posted that vid a few weeks ago... I thought it was very cool! It's been 10 years since I've been off-roading. I have a 2005 Chevy Trailblazer (5 passenger), but I wouldn't even think of taking it where a "CJ/Wrangler" would go... plus it's stock height and has running boards.

OVERLORD Tue Oct 01, 2013 1:32 pm

Me sitting on the bonnet of a 1935 Lagonda M45 Le Mans team car replica some years ago:

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The best post-war car I've ever driven: a 1953 Talbot Lago T26 Grand Sport with the Talbot Lago 6 cyl grand prix engine and the Wilson pre selector gearbox:

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Lieven

WingingIt74 Tue Oct 01, 2013 1:40 pm

@OVERLORD wrote:Me sitting on the bonnet of a 1935 Lagonda M45 Le Mans team car replica some years ago:

Lieven

We are going to start calling you Wild Bill lol!

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Mark Boesen Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:35 pm

The little two door hatchback was called a S/X4, I sold AMC cars briefly when i first got out of the Navy.

Cool photo of AMX/3 never seen that before.

I gotta say of all the pony cars the early AMX was one of the best looking, close second to '65-'69 fastback 'stangs.

1941...a film CLASSIC!!!!

Mark Boesen Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:55 pm

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Admin, check out that antenna KSTP, KOMA & WLS...clear as a bell in evenings from western Nebraska, c. 1974!

This was my second car, could easily bury the speedo with room to spare, with 394 V-8 and bald, rotted snow tires!

**Admin** Tue Oct 01, 2013 11:39 pm

@Mark Boesen wrote:

Admin, check out that antenna KSTP, KOMA & WLS...clear as a bell in evenings from western Nebraska, c. 1974!

This was my second car, could easily bury the speedo with room to spare, with 394 V-8 and bald, rotted snow tires!

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March 1974
(Radio aircheck, music cut out)

OVERLORD Wed Oct 02, 2013 5:57 am

Hi Travis, here's another one, Lagonda LG45 tourer with folded down windscreen

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Lieven

WingingIt74 Wed Oct 02, 2013 7:54 am

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New concept: Mighty FC Jeep
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roddie Wed Oct 02, 2013 8:59 am

This has always been one of my favorites...

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WingingIt74 Wed Oct 02, 2013 9:09 am

1958 Brütsch Mopetta
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Powered by (2) Cox .049 product engines lol!

SuperDave Wed Oct 02, 2013 9:25 am

Imagine driving that on the road with an 18-wheeler Kennworth semi!

SuperDave

**Cribbs74** Wed Oct 02, 2013 9:33 am

22mph top speed. The hat and pipe were standard accessories.

**RknRusty** Wed Oct 02, 2013 10:14 am

@roddie wrote:This has always been one of my favorites...

Is that a Pantera? I can't see if it has a puddle of oil under it. lol!

EDIT: Oh sorry, I can read the sign if I squint. A GT-40.

WingingIt74 Wed Oct 02, 2013 10:14 am

@Cribbs74 wrote:22mph top speed. The hat and pipe were standard accessories.

Standard accessories? I thought they were standard safety features Smile

navion34 Wed Oct 02, 2013 12:00 pm

The last model from BMW,

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WingingIt74 Wed Oct 02, 2013 12:55 pm

OVERLORD Wed Oct 02, 2013 1:36 pm

@roddie wrote:This has always been one of my favorites...

Magazine "L'automobile" April 1966 :trials at Le MANS. Ford would win the 24h race on 19 June 1966.

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Look at the rocker cover with the Offenhauser style crankcase breather

Lieven

roddie Wed Oct 02, 2013 8:34 pm

@WingingIt74 wrote:1958 Brütsch Mopetta

Powered by (2) Cox .049 product engines

Cool history on the Brutsch Co. Less than 90 cars were built... yet 11 different models produced... most using "Fichtel & Sachs" engines... but the 1958 4-wheel/4 speed V2-N had a "Fiat 500" (479cc) engine with a top speed of 84 mph!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%BCtsch

roddie Wed Oct 02, 2013 8:50 pm

@OVERLORD wrote:
@roddie wrote:This has always been one of my favorites...

Magazine "L'automobile" April 1966 :trials at Le MANS. Ford would win the 24h race on 19 June 1966.

Look at the rocker cover with the Offenhauser style crankcase breather

Lieven

427 cubes of American muscle... baby!!!

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