Went to my storage unit and saw this gem parked off to the side. These were a somewhat unsuccessful first attempt at a lightweight 4wd wagon. I remember seeing them around. They were first offered in 1979.
Genesis of the Tercel 4wd found!
- helipilot77
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Genesis of the Tercel 4wd found!
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Re: Genesis of the Tercel 4wd found!
Junk, junk, junk! These were still around when I started wrenching and I worked on quite a few. Only worked on one T4 ever back then. Fortunately, other than "wagon" and "4wd" they share nothing in common. In typical Jeep fashion they would rust out even with all the oil leaking everywhere. Look at the spots, was the car rolled back for the photo. haha
AMC stood for either Aint My Car or American Made Crap..
AMC stood for either Aint My Car or American Made Crap..
- helipilot77
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Re: Genesis of the Tercel 4wd found!
It actually had been parked there for some time. There may be a reason for it sitting in storage.
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Re: Genesis of the Tercel 4wd found!
In 1980-81 I drove a newer AMC Eagle for a few hundred miles, borrowed out of the company motor pool. I tried it out in some sand dunes near North Platte and got it stuck but dug it out myself. Another time I drove it across Nebraska when I-80 had bunches of snow, got over-confident and spun out driving too fast for the conditions, but no damage. It drove OK and was reasonably comfortable but I can't attest to long-term reliability. I liked the looks and the taller 4x4 stance but the fuel mileage was disappointing, only about 17mpg, which killed my possible interest in having one myself. As I recall it had a standard 258CID straight-six engine and auto trans. Haven't seen one on the road for a long time now.
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Re: Genesis of the Tercel 4wd found!
A closer look at your roof racks please. Did you make them yourself?
- helipilot77
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Re: Genesis of the Tercel 4wd found!
Yeah, I made it myself. I wasn't sure how it would turn out when it was just an idea in my head but I've gotten several compliments on it, and it has proven to be very useful. I'll try to dig up some photos of it for you. I had one on my build thread but haven't fully switched over to Imgur from photobucket. It uses some Yakima rack towers that came with the car.
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Re: Genesis of the Tercel 4wd found!
They look great! How are they attached to the towers?
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Re: Genesis of the Tercel 4wd found!
Cool, thanks for sharing.