I call'em Jeep EJ's

mick

My first staight axled EJ

My daily driver doing Moab's Dump Bump. Climbed it twice, 4 trys the first time, and 2 trys the second time. I don't think too many cars (or Jeeps for that matter) can say they conquered this obstacle with 26" tires.

Hells Revenge

After you get up Tip Over Challenge there's an optional wall. Took about 5 trys on this one.

Golden Crack (Tan EJ with 29" Swampers)

Tan EJ now

Let the Jeep purist hate mail begin.

jeepsr4ever

Hey good to see you on the forum. I actually took a snap of your EJ at EJS in Moab this spring

mick

Thanks for welcoming me to the site. The problem with the EJ's, is people either love'm or hate'em. And for the life of me I can't understand why they catch so much crap the Jeep crowd.

pyagid

welcome to bulltear. You dont see those vehicles around to often anymore. I could say i am one of the people that likes them. Rollen where are you, when are we going to get pictures of yours like this -Paul

Goose

Sweet.. I had one of the early ones with the 4 banger..great traction pathetic power..but a challange.. What part of wyoming?? I am based out of scottsbluff but run all over wyo, Colony , Lovell,..

mick

I live in Casper. If you make it out this way we have a fun ORV park here. The good thing about the 4-bangers is they are the Eagles to have 3.55:1 gears. All the other generally have the pathetic 2.73:1's....Yuck! Swap those axles under a 6cyl car and you've got something.

Goose

Dude I will be in Casper Monday morning, I have about 7,500 ' of 2 7/8" drill pipe on for intermountain.. (about 49000 lbs.) then I'm off to Lovell for a load going to Georgia, Alabama and points south.. Wave if you see a Green Peterbilt Flatbed says "Ameri-Co" on the door.. Or holler on the Radio (CB) I go by Goose there also..

mick

If I see ya I'll wave, although I'll probably have my hands deep into some sort of Caterpillar machine when you come rolling through.

Lifted79CJ7

Great looking rigs Mick! So what are the specs on those bad boys?

Blown7

This is mine I bought new in 1984 and the new Indy engine is going in next year. It has 144K miles and still runs well, but a BIG V-8 is in the cards (gonna have a blower stickin' thru the hood) For now it's just gathering dust in the garage, been there goin on 5 years now.

Jeff

Lifted79CJ7

:!: That's AWESOME!! Ha ha ha!!! I can't wait to see this project come together! MC - you really need to manufacture the V* swap plates for these kids!!

Trailbst

Hey, nice pics. I don't like or dislike the Eagles. Why do they catch so much crap, well, they are Eagles, not Jeeps, hence no designator. Sorry! It would be like giving a Chrysler or Renault a Jeep designator. Whether or not the parent company is the same, the builder is different. Cool rig though! Glad to see you are wheeling it. Erik

Blown7

Actually Lifted it takes alot of design for the swap, big time engine mount engineering because the front axle is bolted to the engine. Jeff

Lifted79CJ7

Yeah, someone on here (I thought it might have been you Jeff) had one already built for MC to borrow to take dimensions for remanufature.... I'm sure an easy SEARCH would come up with the thread. Was just rehashing an old idea! :-|

mick

Lifted79CJ7 wrote
Great looking rigs Mick! So what are the specs on those bad boys?

The big ones are running DANA HP44's in the front and Ford 9" in the rear with 4.10's, 34" Swamper LTB's, and Lock Right's. The t-cases are Grand Wagoneer NP229's.

The big tan one has a mono-link rear suspension with XJ coils front coils all the way around.

The black one which is my daily driver, has 26" BFG Long Trails, a NP229 t-case, and Lock Right's. I had to machine the locker and shafts in order to fit the 95+ DANA 35-c locker into a DANA 30 case. It's probably the only Eagle on the planet with a locker in the factory front diff.

I drove this car to Moab, 550 miles one way, ran level 4 trails (no bypasses), drove up Dump Bump twice, and drove it home.

The tan one, back when it had the 29" Swampers, ran all of the Poison Spider Mesa/Golden Spike/Gold Bar Rim trail.

mick

Trailbst wrote
Hey, nice pics.

I don't like or dislike the Eagles.

Why do they catch so much crap, well, they are Eagles, not Jeeps, hence no designator. Sorry!

It would be like giving a Chrysler or Renault a Jeep designator. Whether or not the parent company is the same, the builder is different.

Cool rig though! Glad to see you are wheeling it.

Erik

Glad you like the pics.

Here's my arguement

A 2wd Jeep has no right to even be called a Jeep, but they still call it a Jeep. Even though it's more of a Renault. The Eagle is more Jeep than any 2wd Jeep.

Trailbst

I'll argue that. Some 2-wheel drive Jeep still came with a Dana 44 and 3.73s. The Eagles didn't! Some came with Dana 70s. Some 2wd Jeeps are racing Baja, show me a pic of an Eagle doing that! Tell me of a 2wd Jeep that you know of that isn't worth of its name. My point was, they were made by Eagle, not Jeep, hence NO DESIGNATOR or Jeep name. Yes, they can be built and wheeled, but so can a lot of other vehicles, and they may wheel better than a Jeep, and might deserve the name also, but they are NOT Jeeps. I say take pride in having an Eagle that can do those trails. Not try and make it something that it is not. Uniqueness, now that is cool. There are a lot of us schmucks out here who have Jeeps, not a lot of people put as much time, effort, and love into a vehicle, as you obviously have. Erik

Trailbst

mick wrote
I had to machine the locker and shafts in order to fit the 95+ DANA 35-c locker into a DANA 30 case. It's probably the only Eagle on the planet with a locker in the factory front diff.

Did I miss something, or just not know enough about Eagles. Will a Dana 30 locker not fit in a Dana 30 case?

mick

I hope your taking this as lightly as I am. The DANA 30 in these cars uses c-clips to retain the axles in the housing. Nobody makes a DANA 30 locker with c-clip provisions. The 95+ DANA 35 locker fit in the carrier, and had the c-clip provisions. ------------------------ The Eagle was not made by Eagle, it was made by the same folks, who at the time built Jeep.....AMC. Jeep has never built Jeep, it has been shuffled from one manufacturer to another since the beginning of time. Jeep also used the DANA 25 which we all know is the benchmark of durability.

Trailbst

mick wrote
I hope your taking this as lightly as I am.

The DANA 30 in these cars uses c-clips to retain the axles in the housing. Nobody makes a DANA 30 locker with c-clip provisions. The 95+ DANA 35 locker fit in the carrier, and had the c-clip provisions.

The Eagle was not made by Eagle, it was made by the same folks, who at the time built Jeep.....AMC. Jeep has never built Jeep, it has been shuffled from one manufacturer to another since the beginning of time.

Jeep also used the DANA 25 which we all know is the benchmark of durability.

Well, Yes, Eagle was made by AMC, and is trademarked, just like Jeep. So we are back to parent company. Ford = Mozda, Jaguar, Lincoln, Mercury....... GM = Chevy, GMC, Buick, Cadillac.......

Who else made Jeep, how many can you name?

As for the Dana 25, did you know you could get it in a full-floating version? When did they stop using it? Was it only a front axle?

I mean if we are going to knock Jeep parts and their choices...according to you, the Eagle is a Jeep, and I would consider that a poor manufacturing choice. #-o :?

Yeah, I'm taking it lightly. I'm a Jeep freak by choice. I think you should embrace being an Eagle Freak.

Erik