This 1983 AMC Eagle is a wonderfully clean and tidy vehicle with a mere 75,000 miles showing on the odometer. It is nicely equipped and appears to be a car that is ready to be driven and enjoyed. It is another great offering from AMC, a company that seemed to be able to achieve some impressive cars on minuscule development budgets. I really have to thank Barn Finder Pat L for referring this great 1980s classic to us. Located in New Baltimore, Michigan, you will find the Eagle listed for sale here on Craigslist. The owner is asking $5,700 for this clean classic.

You really can’t help but have a certain level of admiration for AMC. Their development budgets were always pretty low, but their ability to turn out some really interesting and innovative vehicles was second to none. The Eagle is a great example of this, and this particular car is in extremely nice condition. The Olympic White and Dark Brown paint appear to be well preserved, and there are no signs of any rust issues. The trim, chrome, and glass, all look to be in top-notch order, and it’s pretty hard to find much to be critical of when you look the car over. The owner states that the underside of the Eagle is just as clean and solid as the exterior is.

The interior presentation of the Eagle is nearly as good as that of the exterior, with only some wear on the driver’s seat and fading on the carpet giving any real indication of the vehicle’s age. The rest of the trim and plastic is in very nice condition, and there is little that would need to be addressed inside the car. It has also been quite nicely equipped, with features such as power windows, power locks, a power trunk release, air conditioning, remote mirrors, and an AM/FM stereo radio all part of the package.

When you start thinking about the mechanical side of the Eagle, it doesn’t sound like the next owner is going to be faced with too many problems or worries. The 258ci six-cylinder engine is in good condition, as is the 3-speed “Torque Command” transmission. The AMC recently received new tires and brake pads, along with new plugs and plug wires, and the original plastic valve cover was replaced with an aluminum one. The owner has undertaken a few longer trips in the car in recent times, and not only hasn’t it missed a beat, but it has returned 24mpg. He claims that every mechanical aspect of the Eagle, including the four-wheel-drive system, works exactly as it should.

If you look at the Eagle today, you can start to appreciate just how innovative AMC was when they produced that model. It was essentially America’s first true “crossover” vehicle and was decades ahead of its time. Today it still stacks-up as a pretty good package, and I can think of plenty of worse cars that you could choose to park in your driveway. This one really is a tempting and practical classic that could easily be used as a daily driver, or in its current condition, would start plenty of conversations at the next Cars & Coffee.