AMC Eagle Update: The Cone of Shame, Part Deux

"AncientOfDays" (ancientofdays) 04/10/2014 at 12:18 • Filed to: 1985 AMC Eagle

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I took the Eagle in to get an emissions re-test today. Using half the old gas and filling up with new gas right before the test seems to have done the trick, because it passed!! Carbon monoxide was almost nil, and hydrocarbons were down more than 1000 parts per million from last time. So you know what that means- it's no longer an orphaned out-of-stater with expired tags and a pitiful 30-day permit.

And checkout the watermark on the title. Arizona knows what's up.

Not only got the title, but also the plate... so it's officially a real car now.

And there was much rejoicing.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > AncientOfDays 04/10/2014 at 12:21

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AWESOME

Congrats man, glad you didn't have to replace much else on it to get it passed!

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > AncientOfDays 04/10/2014 at 12:22

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I like how it isn't an AMC its an American Motors Corporation!

Awesome car!

AncientOfDays > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 04/10/2014 at 12:23

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Thanks! And yeah, I dodged a bullet on that one.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > AncientOfDays 04/10/2014 at 12:23

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You lucky B.

I want one of those. Though, I'd have to get the entire car coated in Rhino-liner or something because the salt around here (Ohio) would eat that in one winter.

Agrajag > AncientOfDays 04/10/2014 at 12:24

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I'm assuming this is unique to AMC Eagle titles.

AncientOfDays > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 04/10/2014 at 12:25

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Yep, there's lots of exposed metal on the underside. Lucky for me this thing has lived in the west for probably its whole life, so... not a lot of salt exposure.

With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username > AncientOfDays 04/10/2014 at 12:25

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Congrats! I'll keep my eyes open for you.

AncientOfDays > Agrajag 04/10/2014 at 12:26

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Heh... it's more like the state is saying, "even if your car's title isn't for an Eagle, it should be."

Bad Idea Hat > AncientOfDays 04/10/2014 at 12:27

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So wait, Arizona allows you to make the repairs needed to get the car up to spec yourself? From what I remember, Ohio required that you had to take it to an Ohio certified mechanic to get the work done.

If my memory is correct, then fuck my state even more.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Agrajag 04/10/2014 at 12:28

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If it isn't, I don't want to hear otherwise.

AncientOfDays > Bad Idea Hat 04/10/2014 at 12:30

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Yeah, on the back of the "you failed emissions" paper there's a place to put the cost of the repair, what it consisted of, and whether you did it yourself or had a shop do it. Even though it sometimes goes badly, Arizona has a libertarian streak a mile wide. This is one of the times when it goes well.

472CID > AncientOfDays 04/10/2014 at 12:33

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That color, wow.

Doug DeMuro > AncientOfDays 04/10/2014 at 13:30

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Cool! Just something about driving a car with a real, solid plate that makes it that much more enjoyable. I'm sure i missed previous updates, but do you have any more photos of it?

AncientOfDays > Doug DeMuro 04/10/2014 at 13:37

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Yeah, there's photos scattered all through the previous updates, but this one has more than most, although they're from before I started working on it:

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/amc-eagle-phot…

You can see all the updates here: http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/tag/1985-amc-e… . In case you want to go even unnecessarily further back, I started writing about it at http://85eagleproject.blogspot.com , before I got on Oppo.

Mattbob > AncientOfDays 04/10/2014 at 14:51

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This is the most american/awesome title in existence.

Mattbob > Bad Idea Hat 04/10/2014 at 14:52

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sounds like communism.

Bad Idea Hat > Mattbob 04/10/2014 at 16:03

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No, it's just the same plain old cronyism that seems to pervade state politics. It's not what you know, or who you know, but who you've paid.