$50 Car VS Off-Road Jeep Park - 24 Hour Build Challenge

[@SHOdown13]

THIS! MORE OF THIS! That was awesome. The peeled woodgrain made it look like a Utah High desert mural. Next on Junkyard Digs, dropping the oil pan to see what was actually knocking... and then putting the pan back on without actually fixing anything. The price of used AMC Eagles just increased from this one video.

[@forceraider451]

I thought it looked like a dessert mural too.

[@2strokepower803]

I thought it was rust first 😂😂

[@dinomagick]

I made a post about AMCs... Before any kids, my mom and dad had an AMC Rambler American, then, growing up, my family had a 1969 AMC Rambler Classic, and then we had a 70's (I believe a '74), AMC Ambassador Station Wagon. Tough cars up until a certain point where they were made cheaply. But.. yeah, I think Scott is right, The Eagle's stock just went up from watching this video on Junkyard Digs.

[@djcybercorgi]

I had a friend in school who had one of these and we beat the hell out of it for YEARS and it never died. Eventually someone crashed into it parked in front of his house and wrote it off. AMAZING CARS!

[@diy7594]

I got to mess with an eagle just like this in a strip job it did pretty well in 4wd on the hills unfortunately it did not like to fly like an eagle and the front tire ripped off on the landing 😅

[@nscantling]

We need to see a teardown of that engine to see what the knock is exactly.

[@randalltucker1900]

Yeah. Definitely a tear down. Want to see that knocking rod and what ever it was hitting.😁

[@rolandocurro8842]

It's probably a spunned connecting piston rod bearing. Judging from the type of noise. Someone absent minded person before either made a mistake changing the engine oil with the wrong filter. Leaking all the oil out. Or somehow blew out the oil filter gushing all the oil out. Causing zero lubrication. Causing the spun connecting rod bearing. The loud noise is due to the piston connecting rod bearing hitting the crankshaft journal when it's running. Course I am guessing with this AMC Eagle ?. 💪

[@ericd2791]

@@rolandocurro8842 or that engine is just tired. but that amc engine will forever, just keep oil in it. they was build to last that engine, just take care of it.

[@JamesHalfHorse]

I was about to say the same thing.

[@metalfoxssmallenginerepair3181]

Poor ole gal ain’t ready to die yet. What a loyal ole lady

[@echoi7119]

I have never seen a car constantly say "Kill me" and "F*ck you" at the same time.

[@DemeDemetre]

haha

[@micahfrye8885]

I have lol my 96 f150 had 2 holes in the block and became a 6 cylinder. Sommna bitch ran and somehow drove 80 miles back home with no oil and 2 rods just reaming those holes the whole time. I even hit 80 in it lol. It even burned off one of the back tires. That little 5.0 said fuck the world and fuck you

[@Rolandatw0w]

good one

[@Nexnactu]

Sounds like an AMC.

[@Eric_A...]

I used one to pull a Uhual once

[@kylemcgee769]

You guys should just have fun with that car and rig it up for a Gambler 500 event. Would fit in perfectly there.

[@HoffmansHoopties]

Gambler 50*

[@jedcarson3769]

I bought an eagle wagon in '94 or so when I was a teen working at Shell with 3 bays. My co-worker fixed some tranny leak several times and was just done with it. His dad wouldn't allow any leaking cars at home. So I jokingly said I'll give you $100. He said its yours. It was in great condition. I did the same thing taking it out beating the hell out it with friends. There was a really steep incline and my buddy said more speed you can make it! So I did and the front cv axle popped out just like on this one. I though it was broken though. So we left it and I picked up another from pick and pull. Came out a week later and it was all shot up and looked like it went through war. We fixed it and kept off roading several more times until the subframe just came off the body or something. It was dead. But the was the most fun I've ever had with any vehicle.

[@beesod6412]

That engine was knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door. This is so damn awesome. absolutely worth it!

[@TestECull]

It may be knockin' on the door but it sure as shit ain't ready to pass through. That fucker does NOT want to quit!

[@tims8589]

@@TestECull well said

[@KiwiStag74]

That was BRILLIANT!!! Just goes to prove that 1) an engine with a terminal knock is not a DEAD engine and 2) a day full of fun can still be had for 50 bucks (plus silly things like entry fees and fluids and such). Terrific video, man! Maximum kudos to everyone who made it possible.

[@MaximRecoil]

"a day full of fun can still be had for 50 bucks (plus silly things like entry fees and fluids and such)." Those 215/75R15 General Grabber tires are about $150 each ($600 total).

[@itsparker369]

That Eagle was knocking on heaven’s door.

[@underworld7148]

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[@DudeMcGuybro]

Headed to Hotel California lol.

[@hunterbear2421]

and no one answered

[@mrtom2854]

More like smashing it with a battering ram

[@SummerRoseRacing]

I truly admire how much fighting spirit that car has! Even though the odds are heavily stacked against the possibility, I really do hope that AMC Eagle gets a second chance some way, some how!

[@Rick_Sanchez_C137_]

I want to see them drive it into Mexico, fill the gas tank, and trade it for a bottle of tequila….. it’s running, lots of people there would appreciate that….

[@beauxr.benoit1374]

The engine is a six. My Dad has always told me it that is the easiest engine to rebuild and maintain.

[@christopherhylton8462]

I worked on some of these back in the late 80's-early 90's. Yes, they were a hodgepodge of whatever a dying car company could outsource, fairly reliable actually, but the one thing that stuck out to me was the driver's seat was super comfy to drive in and the A/C (if equipped) would run you out. Yep, they were not the best car of the era, but it was an AMC so that was OK.

[@LORDOFDISCOCHICKENS]

that 286 ( i think it was) was a solid motor lots of torque if not hp but it ran till it just flew apart

[@VigilanceTech]

@@LORDOFDISCOCHICKENS 258

[@trythinking6676]

Owned a 76 Hornet at one point. 4.2l 6. Thing would not stop running.

[@mpetersen6]

@@trythinking6676 Even after you shut it off? 😝 Actually the only major systems in the car not built by AMC were the tranny (Chrysler), Transfer Case (New Process Gear), Front Axle assembly (Dana) and brakes. Other wise the body, engine and rear end were all built in house in the same facility. The brakes used their own drums and discs. The master cylinders and wheel cylinders and drums. Those they bought.

[@forceraider451]

The whole time watching this I had a strong desire to try and bend back out the front of the roof with a jack and some two by fours. Kinda want to see this specific car again. Kevin I know you can do something even cooler with it cuz that's what you do man.

[@bevyofbabes]

Not likely, they absolutely fix nothing!

[@danielnowicki917]

Haha I would have jacked up the roof myself that was driving me nuts !

[@johnsnow1355]

Turbo it!!!

[@KameraShy]

That's what I was thinking. The dent doesn't look so bad that it wouldn't respond to some persuasion.

[@manisandjr8435]

I thought putting a brick on the gas pedal and betting how long it would last would be funny, rebuilding it just to rebuild it and have something ridiculous to do ridiculous things would be pretty cool as well, maybe they could blow a rod out the side of the block and then rebuild it? Lol

[@brassman5]

A friend of mine had one of these when we were in high school. We called it "the tank" and we went on many adventures. I still want one.

[@TestECull]

33:33 That Eagle proved how fucking indstructible old iron truly is. That engine earned a full overhaul IMO. Clattering that bad still shrugged off an entire DAY of abuse on the trail. Frankly that whole car earned a restoration. It does not want to die. It proved it is not ready to die.

[@JunkyardDigs]

I have plans! Not a restoration, and you'll see why when the other eagle hits youtube, but plans!

[@jeffmayo6002]

That engine will run until you try to fix it. Then it will never start again.

[@TestECull]

@@JunkyardDigs Sweeeeeeet.

[@johnsnow1355]

@@JunkyardDigs throw in a oversized bearing and turbo it!!!

[@woolbus4319]

@@jeffmayo6002 exactly

[@fredpinczuk7352]

A good friend jumped one of these. Like "Dukes of Hazards" style jump, 20+ feet in distance and roughly 3 feet in height. Landed with amazing graze, even knowing the driver had forgotten to buckle his seat belt, so he was glued to the ceiling for about a second or two. Only damage was that he had pulled the shock rods out of the pistons assembly, all 4 corners. $120 in repairs or so.

[@trueword247]

I remember being about 15 years old and seeing these for sale for about $10,000. It seemed like an approachable price to my young mind, given that my Dad drove a luxury car. Then my Dad's friend commented how expensive that was and the Eagle was forever off my bucket list. I'm about to buy a $10K motorcycle tomorrow and it's basically a toy. How time changes things!

[@jasonclark2056]

My mom had one of these wagons when I was 18. I drove that through one of the worst blizzards to ever hit our area with no problems. It got stolen once and found abandoned about a month later at a diner in a no-stoplight town 30 minutes away.

[@stk0308]

My parents bought a 4 door sedan version of this car back in the late 80's. Tough little car. As I recall, the vacuum system to get it to go into 4x4 was a little sketch, even then. We found it locked in best by stopping, switching over, then reversing for a few yards. Good to go after that. Looking forward to seeing what comes next for your pair of Eagles.

[@stepheneades5467]

This video made my heart full! More jeep/amc content would be appreciated. As much shade that gets thrown at the community. Jeepers are a truly special group of people

[@tims8589]

As a person who owns a jeep, id like to thank you.

[@thatranger92]

Yes they are very special 😂

[@robertpilla9407]

@@tims8589 I have an 07 Commander as my daily…4th AMC/Jeep I have owned since the 80s

[@garyjohnson1525]

I literally busted out laughing when you said that engine knocks more than a Jehovah's Witness!!!!!!

[@whydoikeepgettincut]

🤣🤣🤣 I been saying that about my 86 astro for the past month

[@trojan6530]

Same here..., started laughing so hard i Choked up my Drink!! 🤣🤣 😆👍

[@whydoikeepgettincut]

@@trojan6530 my knock is every bit as much a clatter as it is knock so I'm not sure it's my engine I think its my torque converter going out

[@jamesthev5607]

Old saying

[@idkbacon]

I've heard that saying a few times before, said it myself even... bit I wasn't expecting him to write "Do you have a moment to talk about our Lord and Savior" on the valve cover🤣

[@21nugg3t3]

I'm a Submariner in the US Navy, and this is the perfect way I wanna spend my time when I finally get out, Can't wait for more videos!

[@shaunmattern5533]

My older brother had one of these and rolled it and it still ran and drove but was practically crushed. I loved that car. He was ok also just some glass in his arm from crawling out. He isn't with us anymore but he would have loved to see this. Rest in peace Kenneth Jr.

[@fanatic26]

Making these memories is what its really all about. Some of my best memories are doing dumb car shit with my brother growing up. Cheers to your brother friend.

[@phorkit5717]

Just goes to show you, even an injured engine can still turn the wheels in many cases. Had an old CJ7 with a 304 in it that had 7 pistons. We drove it 20 miles home amazingly. Great vid man, love this kind of stuff right here!

[@enolastraight577]

Mix-n-match parts between the AMC 4.2 and the more modern Jeep 4.0 and end up with a 4.5 high output motor..also upgrade from the 3 sp auto to the jeep 4 sp auto with lock-up torque converter.

[@a_funyun]

When you went over the first obstacle on the green course and you can see your body just ragdolling in the car, I almost died laughing.

[@sonorangaming449]

Better outro would have been this, *Pulls up in car, gets out, slaps roof* "Currently up for sale is an AMC Eagle. This puppy has survived a jeep course while taking 3rd place, a tree, and a few special kind of idiots. Transmission slips to prevent you from speeding, small knock from the engine bay caused by some rowdy freedom eagles. No windshield so you can enjoy the breeze. Limited edition 3wd version. Brand new tires. $100, no low ballers, I know what I got.

[@seanconley3785]

PL lolol pp000pp lol 0p00pp0p lol pppp poo pp

[@keithcerce8445]

'i know what I got' 🤣🤣🤣

[@mardrumming1362]

I know what you got... A PIECE OF SH*T lol

[@soundsofnature7015]

I would venture to say its a one wheel drive and the wheel that drives us the one with the least traction lol

[@sonorangaming449]

@@mardrumming1362 but it's his POS

[@joecooper1703]

This may be the coolest car you've had on. I feel like it's earned more attention.

[@shabadoo24]

Maybe an Eagle build, Jeep Cherokee style running gear.. The 258 is a tough six..

[@davidgrubb9476]

Like the ad says: "Takes a licking and keeps on ticking". Great to see you guys and Steve doing something together. Tx for the video

[@byrane759]

I had one of these beauties. The interior and exterior were perfect, but it would barely go up a small hill. So I decided to go for the gold. Me and a friend set out on a 300 mile journey from home to the blue ridge parkway and back. There were times I thought we were going to have to get out and push. This vehicle sits high. Ran over a dead deer at 55mph with no problem. Lots of fur underneath, but no damage. Built like a tank, but the motor is a no go. It was a neat fun vehicle while it lasted, which was not long. lol

[@wschell4023]

The AMC six was actually a pretty good performer so I’m thinking you had a dud. My 1980 Eagle was great, nothing wrong with the six, but since I like the sound and power of a V8 I swapped in a 304 AMC which is probably something the factory should have done. What a nice upgrade. The 304 was bolt in to the automatic, as long as you used the 304 flexplate. Fit like a glove cuz the V8 came out of an AMC Spirit which has the same body as an Eagle.

[@icelandic1717]

I love the absolute insanity of this build, would be a fun rally car project =D

[@wertbe1718]

Call it "the trail tapper" lol

[@2004litch]

Sttt

[@bobtucker8875]

Can't believe that thing kept running. Thanks for sharing.

[@that_sicksix1719]

This car really needs a fresh motor and trans (on a budget of course ) a welded diff in the rear the correct cv axle up front a few cheap odds and ends to make it a good beater trail rig

[@JunkyardDigs]

I like where your heads at!

[@rawr51919]

Might be able to repair the one that's there tbh

[@that_sicksix1719]

@@rawr51919 yeah maybe but as long as it was fun with that knock it would need a fresh crank and rods and at that point it's just easier to pop a junk yard fresh motor in it and keep beating on it and maybe fix that one for a spare but better off just throwing it awat

[@slimjim119]

Port and polish the head for a few more pony's

[@dougjones9698]

Fix the bottom end, and slap on a junkyard turbo from something totally unrelated. That's turning the crazy up to 11.

[@goldenrustorbust]

Can't wait to watch this I saw that machine on market place glad you got her

[@sccarguy8242]

This is why I subscribe to this channel…. Absolutely awesome episode!!! Well done and thank you !!!

[@Closet_Jedi]

Ahh, the AMC Eagle, a crossover before crossovers were cool.

[@saygoodbyetoprivacy]

and still cooler than any of them.

[@codyowens7412]

And first awd in the u.s.

[@jborcz1014]

Those tires are actually really good on ice. The lugs are altar flexi and the compound remains pliable in the cold. That said, the plug super quick in the mud, and wonder all over in the summer. Won’t feel it as much in an older unit, but they turn a newer unit into a waterbed on wheels around corners. Decent tire if you need lots of lug, and winter traction with decent hydroplane , and abrasion resistance

[@Pedroisanickname]

There's a Jeep mail delivery like the one Luke has near me. It has a wicked rod knock and it just keeps showing up day, after day, after day! Steve is one hell of a wheelman!

[@soldierski1669]

Should have welded the rear diff. Fantastic, wanna see more of this.

[@josephdougherty2399]

Also ...watching your brother grow up on the show ....it's comforting to see he is starting a Kevin beard .. get him a blade razor to get that fuzz coming in

[@garageofscrap]

Time for another manscaped video

[@dnlmachine4287]

That was awesome. The vehicle community and spirit with another win. Your friends and you will remember this day forever, and it was cheap, fun, and another car for us to enjoy on youtube. Stay gold.

[@mwolfe83]

I’m glad they let you do the events. That’s just good fun and you know all the folks there loved the crazy you brought to the event.

[@stumpjumpper88]

Kevin this was absolute gold! Jack the roof up and put glass back in it.

[@pollardracing3680]

I'm actually working on my first car right now, its a 83 AMC Spirit GT, and its really fun to mess around with!

[@InternetDude]

Nice! I’m resting an 86 Eagle wagon like this one, see my channel

[@lee4hmz]

I remember wanting one of these when I was little...it was like my parents' 1972 Hornet, but with 4WD! And yeah, I've always had a soft spot for the AMC I-6, since it was technically the first car motor I ever worked on (the Ford 302 was number two). I still have a 2000 WJ with the 4.0 (a hand-me-down from my brother) in the driveway that I need to finish fixing up.

[@theTank77]

an 85 AMC Eagle wagon is one of those cars that I've always wanted. My old neighbor used to have one lifted on 35s. He planned on putting a 383 stroker in it but then he smashed a deer going about 50 and totaled the car. I want to get one and ls swap it.

[@kenleppek]

I remember when you could actually see one of these on the road every other day or so

[@MPGamingCentral]

seems to me this would be a great candidate to just replace the bearing (or whatever may be wrong in the engine) and send the hell out of it. If it could survive a day with that bad of a knock, and that thick of oil, I think it could survive a whole lot more on a bandaid fix

[@Avetho]

A piston rod, but yeah this thing is a real trooper and its one reason the Eagle is probably my favorite car of all time and any sketches of cars that my brain dreams up tend to be car-like but 4wd and lifted XD

[@alan6832]

@@Avetho The 4.2 does have a good reputation and if he can get the pan off, he can replace bearings without even removing the engine.

[@johnsnow1355]

Yeah shine up the crank in the car without pulling the motor throw in a over sized bearing and I bet it will run for years

[@Avetho]

@@alan6832 He's gotta pull the engine, or at least take the head off with the oil pan to remove one of the pistons, he said in the Premiere Chat at some point that its definitely a bent conrod (said something like "wait for it, bent rod, you'll see" or something, though that wasn't verbatim since it is the next morning now), so the entire time he drove it the engine was running a cylinder down at least. Truly that only makes it more impressive :P

[@alan6832]

@@Avetho He probably can't get the pan off anyway, since it's usually too close to the cross-member; but if he can, he can see if a rod is bent or not, I don't know what would make him so sure, but if so then it's so.

[@workingguy-OU812]

Great episode. Seems like you gotta save that one as your "challenged" off-road vehicle.

[@donnabrown9476]

I never know what my kids are going to do next! Looks like you two had a lot of fun! Mom

[@GeorgiaRidgerunner]

Raising those those two must have been one wild ride

[@donnabrown9476]

@@GeorgiaRidgerunner never a dull moment!

[@kurtblackwell6214]

The old AMC straight 6s.... They ALWAYS run. Doesn't matter if they have lifter tapping (that's factory!) or rods knocking, or a valve or two missing they ALWAYS run. Never strong, maybe not well, but they will always run! Almost every kid in my high-school back in the day had something with an AMC 6 in it. I went to school in Kenosha so...

[@ronbridges678]

I lived in Wyoming and when all my friends bought 4X4 trucks I bought an AMC Eagle. I loved that car/truck. I would love to find a decent one I would buy it in a second!!! With the rust on it you can tell it's a Northern car!!! I freaking love the competition part. The Eagle lived through an extremely rough time!!! It looked like y'all had a blast and isn't that what it is all about!!?

[@latrace1986]

Man, this was such an exciting video. I can't imagine how stressful it's got to be to go get that vehicle, not hear back from the other guy with the engine, and then more or less just have to wing it and hope it works out. Seriously impressive stuff, guys.

[@johnhardin7955]

Loved the Jeep thing jokes, also super proud that eagle held on for the whole video

[@billbong156]

Great show guys, definitely the best use of 50$ I have saw on here! Keep the great content coming. We appreciate it!

[@fanatic26]

This is for sure one of the channels best episodes. For the money how do you go have more fun than this? There wasnt much mention of it but the Jeep heritage is strong with AMC, being an owner of the brand an all. To me, that 4WD AMC fit right in as it is basically a cousin to those Jeeps

[@antharro]

This episode had me grinning all the way through. Love that you guys get to have fun like this with your cars, and kudos to the Jeep folks for letting you play in their sandpit!

[@akinoffury2332]

I can't wait to see the revival on that other Eagle! I am a massive AMC fanatic, these cars are my bread and butter, especially the wagons

[@kevincrisantemi1891]

Cant wait to watch! I love AMCs my mom had a 78 AMC concord when I was a kid...when she got rid of it , it became a demolition derby car 😁😁

[@josephblackwood4001]

Noooooooooo... my 1st car I bought. A 1984 Mercury Grand Marquis Coupe(2door) needed some rear differential gear oil. The 1st guy I brought it 2 said it needed whole new rear end. I knew that wasn't the truth even tho I'm not mechanic & only 22. He than tired to say you should sell it to me and I'll fix it up to run in my demo derby. I told him he was crazy and found another guy I knew of with a shop and knowledge and he fixed her for me for 190bucks! Thank God for the other guy Michael!

[@kevincrisantemi1891]

@@josephblackwood4001 Grand Marquis! Those were nice cars!!! My dad had a 77 Granada with a similar body style but the grand marquis were nicer and had more luxury features.

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

The humor and analogies were just Genius and Hilarious in this episode 🤣 nice Kevin @Junkyard Digs

[@knighttuttruptuttrup8518]

Yes, definitely like to see a teardown of that motor, we could bet on it being a rod knock, spun bearing, or ????

[@MDBenson]

You absolutely have to drop the sump off that engine sometime xD

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

That's one heck of a oil concoction lol every vehicle fluid you can think of 🤣🤣💯 hilarious Kevin @Junkyard Digs

[@darthcuny]

I love the" we're either going to throw a rod or figure out what's wrong"

[@charedgold720]

Definitely need to see more of this car would be awesome to see something with a better motor and trans awesome video man

[@beardotapeshoes27]

14:29 the trick is to take the legs completely out of the equation by lifting with your back in a jerky twisty motion.

[@brycepunk1]

I always loved the feature of the AMC's that you could just take the key out while the car was running. Fun video! Thank you!

[@johnsnow1355]

I would love to see u do a quick bearing replacement to make the knock better and then throw a turbo on it!!!! Weld up the rear diff and fix the front axles and it will be a fun beater!!

[@sureshkumarc.k6534]

Unfortunately,it threw a rod

[@MrSzero13]

I LOVE THESE AMC CARS. my second car was a 1995 Eagle Talon and i swear IT WAS THE BEST on and off road LOL i mean it was after there AMC lineup but still i actually have an old 72 AMC matador sitting behind the grandparent house wanting to soon do something with it ...love the content CHEERS FROM FLINT MI ~!!

[@MrHotrodharry]

Eagle Talon is NOT an AMC

[@tannermcguire7713]

That car was made by Chrysler an Mitsubishi here in US

[@tannermcguire7713]

Its a DSM

[@MrSzero13]

@@MrHotrodharry actually...it is AMC sold to eagle then sold to Chrysler

[@MrHotrodharry]

AMC sold to Chrysler and didn't make it past 1988 a couple years before the talon ever existed. AMC was solely bought just for the Jeep line. So your Wrong DSM is Mopars Import side Not a Dam thing to do with AMC.

[@aricp9173]

I know I'm going to watch this any time I'm having a bad day because "a special kind of stupid" and this AMC Eagle have had me laughing from start to finish. I want to thank you guys for the fun your provided me on a day when I really needed it.

[@sabbath7081]

It's just goes to show how tough these old things were The thing is that death's door and you can still beat it through the woods with wrong parts and a crankcase full of goo

[@anthonybanks2979]

This video has been coming up on my feed for 2 weeks now ! I'm glad i watched it , you folks are mighty entertaining !

[@Mustangguy9702]

This was AWESOME. Reminded me of roadkill in away. I can't wait to see if you try to build it into an actual off roader

[@philbudne2095]

OMG! Laughing so hard every time I heard that engine rev, I had tears streaming down my face! I'd buy a T-shirt with a picture of the Eagle, "A special kind of stupid" and "the best $50 I ever spent" on it! Thanks for some grade A entertainment!!!

[@berndm9743]

Are you going to open up the bottom of the engine to see what that knock was? I'm very curious. Amazing it held together during your off road games.

[@joshonthetube]

Roll a new bearing in (just the one), cut/weld lengthen that cv shaft , dump in some transmission additives, and do it again ;)

[@TestECull]

That's because it was built right, not like modern engines that explode before they even think about knocking that loudly. This is what a skookum engine looks and sounds like; absolute fucking hell and still shrugging off a day's worth of trail beating. This engine shows why I refuse to accept as fact anyone who tells me modern engines are built better. They just simply aren't. They won't tolerate this kind of shenanigans.

[@auteurfiddler8706]

@@joshonthetubeI'd like to see that, too. If it works I'll try it on my rod knock engine. Mine starts smoking after running about 3 minutes so it is probably too far gone for just a bearing now, however.

[@garageofscrap]

We now have proof that procrastination works. He just waited a month or so and the engine opened itself up and showed him the rod

[@Natures_Intentions]

That was really fun to watch. $50 very well spent. Awesome content.

[@Matrxmonky]

My dad had 2 of those Eagles. Drove them to death all over the Great Northwest. DAMN good cars. I'd've refurbed the whole thing.

[@bobmybob9493]

That would be something they could do a restoration project on

[@garageofscrap]

This is like an ultra low budget 4x4 version of Smokey. It’s awesome

[@oliverthecool8329]

I absolutely love the budget builds like these! Keep doing those they are very entertaining

[@GOOSEYBRUCEY]

Thank you for the content! I strive to do the same thing with my son hopefully once he gets older.

[@superdave1978]

Ok Kevin I've got a challenge for you. Find a junkyard with some old iron and cars stacked on top of each other, Pick a stack and out of that stack of cars you have to get the bottom one running and driving.

[@LVPHD1]

Dude, your narration is so cool and funny. Love it. Pure entertainment.

[@charlierosenbusch3007]

Them old amc straight 6 where unstoppable. I drove one for about a whole year with only three quarts of oil. Lol it would not die.

[@rawr51919]

This damn thing took a conrod knock and still kept on trucking, that goes to show they don't make em like they used to anymore, if this was anything modern RIP engine

[@pglick123]

Please take the pan off of that engine. I want to see what comes out 🤣

[@insubordinateandchurlish]

30:01 "who is this mf'er" At least one Jeep person was not amused! Hilarious video

[@davidtimmermann7226]

Had an '84, great car, heat in the summer and air in the winter. The 4 wheel never worked quit right. The valve cover always leaked, designed with only two hold down bolts. But a heavy beast, great for pulling trailers as the weight distribution over the wheels made it very stable.

[@nebraskaninja1984]

Hey neighbor. Over here in Nebraska. I've jumped a few of those old eagles off corn terraces. Crazy fun little rigs. Not always easy to find. Keep rocking 👍💪

[@lavapix]

If cars could be happy this one would have been ecstatic to get out of that guy's yard and back driving again. I once drove my 79 Mustang 302 back from CA to PA with the rod knocking like that up until I was only 80 miles from home. Then it seized. Just turned the stereo up loud along the way and added oil at every gas stop. The engine had 270k miles on it. I'll never forget the mechanic at the service station we coasted into. He was screaming, YOU BLEW YOUR MOTOR!! I'm like yeah that ship sailed over 3k miles ago. It was so loud people driving by me would honk their horns and motion to my hood :-) I was also blowing oil all over the side of my car.

[@RC-fu6hg]

I was waiting for it to throw the rod through the block. Wow did that immortality surprise me.

[@That_AMC_Guy]

Funny thing is.... even when AMC's do have a rod let go, it almost never ventilates the block. Might go out through the pan, though. AMC blocks are heavy duty nickle-iron. When my machinist did my 401 a few years ago, I commented on using a diamond bit when he bored it out as an AMC block will eat steel bits. He didn't believe me. He phoned me mad as hell one day when he was boring out the block and he claimed it was taking a one and one half bits to bore a single cylinder. I asked if he was using diamond bits, to which he replied "no". He then switched to a diamond-tip bit and it took only two bits to to re-bore the whole block. AMC stuff was tough as nails. They were always 4th place in a three-place race. They had a thing or two to prove. Let's also not forget that even after Chrysler acquired AMC, Chrysler promptly discontinued their Slant 6 and produced the AMC six all the way 'til 2008. Not only that, but Chrysler took AMC's V8-head technology and applied it to their LA-based V8s and that's where we get the lovely "Magnum" engines of the 90's and early 2000's.

[@kenleppek]

I'm impressed. I thought that thing was gonna spill it's guts 50 feet onto the trail. Congrats, I guess, on the third place win.

[@backcountryoverland103]

Despite the rod knock and miss matched 1/2 shaft up front...... Awesome to see just what bouncing, bumping, bottoming, flexing it could take and not break.....completely. They are tough hybrids. If AMC had only put in better gears & a two-speed T-case, they would have really had something. Despite that, there are some of us out here making those mods. Trying to make the Eagle what it should have been (sans the solid front axel swap crowd). I've done some cool stuff to mine and it's pretty cool in my book. Chrysler 8.25 rear, with a lock-rite locker better gear ratio, 1.5 inch of lift, 235 AT's, and the cherry: model 229 t-case (low range) from a Grand Wagoneer. Now it's what it should have been and very trail worthy ! Black Bear & Imogene in Colorado and Hells Revenge and Fins & Things in Moab (as highlight trails its done). But this was good to see ! THANKS !

[@rootsoftheland9040]

These AMC vids makes me wanna get one!

[@crazyryan2689]

The Eagle is my favorite AMC!!! I would love to have one! But not yours, Kevin.

[@gammauno]

“I woke up today and chose stupid.” mmm yes that’s me

[@Avetho]

That is at least 120% _Mood_ and it is my mood.

[@macf4426]

That AMC may sound like a pneumatic hammer falling down an elevator shaft, levels of power so low that it wouldn't be able to pull a priest off a choir-boy, and have 'Clark Griswold' grade bodywork, but... Damn it looked like a lot of fun! I hope we get to see this Eagle again in the future, and hopefully on a track that has, um {clears throat} less safety regulations.

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

Same engine that was in the Jeep for decades

[@jacobbenton1147]

The amc eagle is like my favorite car ever even as a Subaru guy. Those cars are the reason the wrx exists! Super awesome video.

[@thomasmeade4490]

Id love to see this make a come back as a junkyard build like drive in a junkyard build it better and drive out straight to the trail

[@MikeStavola]

I want that Eagle, so badly.

[@derpydog1008]

are you sure you want THAT Eagle?

[@MikeStavola]

@@derpydog1008 I want any eagle. It's in better shape than my XJ.

[@MikeStavola]

Oh, and to clarify, I have an engine that would work in it, and I can straighten out the roof.

[@matthewgriffith7527]

This car now definitely deserves to live! Engine swap it.

[@RandomDude989]

"Why is it so short?" Thats what she said last night........

[@TheGhjgjgjgjgjg]

"I'm a grower not a shower, I swear!"

[@johnnyscott9263]

I am a JEEP guy who thoroughly enjoyed watching this video. Thanx for the time not wasted :)

[@pwulm5285]

I had an AMC Eagle. Mine was full time 4wd. That car was a freaking blast to own. I really enjoyed it.