Junkyard Find: 1979 AMC Eagle

by Murilee Martin

Published: July 13th, 2011

Since I’ve only been wandering about in Denver junkyards for a year, I have no way of telling whether the current glut of junked AMC Eagles I’m encountering (e.g., this ’84, this ’84, and this ’82, plus a few more that I haven’t photographed yet) is a recent development or a trend that’s been going on for many years. Eagles are still plentiful in Denver, but a cheap used Subaru becomes more attractive once the youngest possible Eagle has turned 24 years old.

This one is much more 70s-looking than the others I’ve seen; note the disco-friendly two-tone brown paint job and tape stripes.

The interior is pretty nice for a 32-year-old car. Oh, well. Next stop: The Crusher.

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Murilee Martin

Murilee Martin is the pen name of Phil Greden, a writer who has lived in Minnesota, California, Georgia and (now) Colorado. He has toiled at copywriting, technical writing, junkmail writing, fiction writing and now automotive writing. He has owned many terrible vehicles and some good ones. He spends a great deal of time in self-service junkyards. These days, he writes for publications including Autoweek, Autoblog, Hagerty, The Truth About Cars and Capital One.

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MRF 95 T-Bird on Jul 14, 2011

Those door handles were always ahead of their time. I think they debuted in the 67 Ambassador and Rebel. I know on your previous Junkyard Finds someone got them, probably an AMC fan or a rodder.

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Guillermo123 on Jun 06, 2014

I'm looking for this car-parts like the backlights, forelights and any more things... Could you give me any information? Regrets

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