Fairmont

Discussion in 'General Station Wagon Discussions' started by tbirdsps, Feb 12, 2010.

  1. Eagle Freek

    Eagle Freek Well-Known Member

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    That one is an SX4. The guy with the lifted Eagle wagon also has a built SX4.

    Here's what it looked like before the transformation.
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    After
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    This is my buddy Paul's. It looks like he crashed into the ricer section of Autozone.

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    Sweet Videos those Eagles made a lot of bigger trucks look bad.
     
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    I like speed more than slow rock crawling, so this one is more my style
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    OH YEAH, thats what I'm into.....flat out rouph roads and GIVE ER SH**!!:taz:, none of this modern age NASCRAP run in a circle:thumbs2:

    James Garner of the TV show Rockford Files had alot to do with AMC Ramblers and the Mohavie (spelling??) desert racing. They had some real coolfor the day AMC's
     
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    Look likes they handle great.
     
  7. Eagle Freek

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    In 69 he was involved with a team that had 10 AMC Ramblers built for the Baja 500. I think a couple of them were even converted to 4x4. I believe 7 out of the 10 finished and many placed in the top 5 of their class.

    http://offroadaction.ca/amc-rambler-vs-baja
     
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    That one has an AMC 401 power plant and modified suspension.
     
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    Damn, the BAJA...geting old, that what I ment...good thing I have 2 seeing eye dogs but I can't find them:biglaugh:
     
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    Hey Eagle Freak......Do you ever go over to The Eagles Nest forum?
     
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    Yup, for about 4 years. Same username over there.
     
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    I thought your name looked familiar. Over there, I'm EaglesRCool. I haven't posted a whole lot there, especially lately, but I must say, that is another really good forum for Eagle owners and lovers alike. And as much as I love Fords, especially BIG Fords, I've always had a liking for Eagles..... Mostly because they dared to be different and I like that. (y) I would not mind owning one.
     
  13. Forrest Nearing

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    that's one of my old cars! :)

    and I did call it the "Fairmonster" :)

    it was a stretched early bronco chassis with a 351, C4/D20, D44, 9"

    I can't take credit for the original build, but I can take credit for the black steelies, 33" muds, and the sweet side-exit dual flowmaster setup :p
     
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    Hey cool, so where is the car now?
     
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    no idea, I sold it to a guy in Dallas (where I was at the time)

    who sold it to a guy in Waco... I would imagine it's still in TX, but I bought it from a guy in Missouri who had a jet turbine mud racer! LOL he trailered it down and sold it to me for $2500... this was ~6yrs ago or so. It needed a fair amount of work (mostly front end), but it was a really cool platform.

    it was a marriage of a salt-rotted fairmont and an early bronco with a salt rotted body... I'm a fairmont lover, a wagon lover, and (being white trash) a 4x4 car lover! I had to have it! LOL

    the first model car I ever built was a 69 camaro and there were a few different build options... factory style, drag racer, or 4x4... obviously I built it as a 4x4 :)
     

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