"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
05/11/2020 at 08:10 • Filed to: Jeep, Craigslist, Bantam
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"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
05/11/2020 at 08:10 • Filed to: Jeep, Craigslist, Bantam | 7
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Repost for the weekday crowd, but also for the Jeep historians out there: check out this CJ-5 that includes a Bantam WWII trailer!
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I have many work projects I could/should tackle today, but here I am, with you, sharing images of delightful Jeeps that I shan’t own. Happy Mother’s Day!
Let’s start with a Jeep I never thought I’d post about, but it’s a manual and it’s cheap cheap.
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I neglected to mention this in my last trip report, but I passed a very odd-looking lifted Jeep on a highway, and my brain and eyes were so bumfuzzled I couldn’t figure out what it was, but it might have been a lifted Compass.
Take that, 2020!
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If you need a palate cleanser after that, here’s a more traditionally awesome Jeep, and it’s only cheap by virtue of bidding not yet being completed.
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For those of you who haven’t lived and breathed my every Oppo post, I wrote a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Worth a gander, if only for the eye candy.
I’d consider bidding on this one but it’s already almost out of my price range. Money and I are not on speaking terms right now.
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Here’s a mis-identified, faux-militarized DJ, mainly interesting because, well, it’s a DJ, it’s apparently running, and it’s cheap !
I’ve seen several Jeeps from this car lot in the past, I need to drop by sometime.
While we’re talking (sorta) CJs, this one has me drooling pretty heavily. If it’s still for sale in a couple of weeks (it’s been online for at least a month now) I’m going to have to think about a road trip to check it out, despite my lack of finances for same.
I really would rather have a flatfender, but I love the color, and it should be a touch more reliable than a 70-year-old Jeep.
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Moving on to modern(ish) Wranglers, there are a few TJs of interest out there right now.
This Sahara is a great color, it’s a manual, it’s either a 4 liter or a 4 cylinder depending on which part of the ad you believe. One is great, the other...not so great. Regardless, its wiring harness has been rodent-ized, so it’s not for me. I have enough electrical problems on my LJ.
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This one is probably also green, although the photos make it hard to tell for certain, and the tan interior looks fantastic. 6 cylinder, manual, Sahara like the previous one.
And no squirrels in the engine bay, a $3500 upgrade.
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Yellow TJs will always catch my eye for obvious reasons, and this one has me intrigued.
6 cylinder, yellow, manual, yellow, low mileage, and did I mention yellow?
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(For anyone who has missed my incessant, repeated, perhaps obsessive posting of photos of my Jeep...it’s also yellow.)
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Wait, where did THAT come from?
https://southbend.craigslist.org/cto/d/north-liberty-2000-toyota-tacoma-sr5/7121621045.html
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I’ve been feeling the need for a Cherokee for a while; it’d be nice to have a backup 4wd Jeep since mine is in the shop a lot but I’d like to organize a group to go backroading regularly.
Also it’d be nice to have something with a roof for cool, wet days in the summer when my Jeep is naked and I don’t feel like bundling up.
This one is relatively cheap, in-state, and has crappy photos, a transfer case problem, and I have no idea what the interior looks like. I find it hard to get enthusiastic about a vehicle where the seller puts so little effort into sharing information...but it is a manual (allegedly).
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The real problem with most XJ Cherokees is they’re burdened with one-too-few pedals. Finding a 6 cylinder, manual, 4wd, clean XJ has been the theme of many a lamentation of mine on this site. Usually you can find 2 of those 4 attributes, but finding all 4 means paying several thousand dollars.
This one has 3 of the 4, but of course it’s an auto. I could probably live with that, but I don’t want to, whine whine moan.
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It also has the last facelift before Chrysler killed the XJ line entirely, which doesn’t enthuse me.
One last XJ, primarily because it’s green, and I do like green Jeeps.
I mean, just look at that green. Forest. Begging to be in the woods.
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I also keep my eyes open for an older Grand Cherokee with a good transfer case. This one is very cheap, from the sound of it probably just needs a new starter, but it’s 3-4 hours away. Were it within an hour I’d almost certainly go check it out for that price.
Besides being cheap, why this one in particular? Take a closer look at the shifter.
Ignoring the trash in the photo (seriously, people), this GC not only has 4-low, which I’d consider mandatory for any GC purchase, but it also offers full-time 4wd, which I’d really appreciate after a snowstorm as the snow and ice are melting and the road is a combination of slick and dry.
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Finally, we’ll close this one out with a kindred spirit to the Grand Cherokee, a Jeep wagon that’s galactically-far out of my price range. But it’s yellow and beautiful.
Oppo group buy, anyone?
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ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
> Just Jeepin'
05/10/2020 at 14:22 |
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Does your Jeep have a I6 or a 4 cyl?
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Just Jeepin'
> ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
05/10/2020 at 14:24 |
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It’s the straight 6. They didn’t make LJs with the 4 cylinder engine.
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ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
> Just Jeepin'
05/10/2020 at 14:27 |
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Did not know that...
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Just Jeepin'
> ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
05/10/2020 at 14:28 |
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I will say, I’m only 99% confident in that. Pretty sure, though.
I was actually surprised to discover they used the 4 cylinder engine at all late in the TJ series. The only ones I ever notice for sale are 2002 and earlier.
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> Just Jeepin'
05/10/2020 at 14:42 |
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https://nwga.craigslist.org/cto/d/taylorsville-01-jeep-wrangler-landrunner/7120925647.html
What, no Landrunners? I am outraged!
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Just Jeepin'
> Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
05/10/2020 at 14:45 |
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I’ve seen a couple of those a round. Hideous.
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> Just Jeepin'
05/10/2020 at 14:47 |
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No modern pickup truck looks as handsome as a J10.
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Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
> Just Jeepin'
05/10/2020 at 14:48 |
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I think you mean tasteful, well proportioned, and beautiful, no wait. . . that's the Willys Wagon.
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> Just Jeepin'
05/10/2020 at 14:56 |
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That red J10: ditch the Dukes of Hazzard rims and the chrome cattle guard and install some civil tires on something factory and you’d have a fine thing.
So reserve not met at $2,550... How much can that truck really be worth, $5-6k? Are they all unicorns and worth irrational numbers?
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Just Jeepin'
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
05/10/2020 at 15:11 |
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I don’t generally track prices closely, but any clean, classic pickup these days seems to go for silly numbers. I’d assume that’ll be 5 digits by the time bidding is done.
ranwhenparked
> Just Jeepin'
05/10/2020 at 16:06 |
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I like DJ5s, but I would be way too embarrassed to drive around in one with faux poser USMC markings, particularly as I live in a town with a large military population. The color works though, olive drab i s one those colors that looks good with everything.
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> Just Jeepin'
05/10/2020 at 17:47 |
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I can see $5-6k. North of that would be silly.
Wacko
> Just Jeepin'
05/11/2020 at 09:28 |
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No such thing as a cheap Jeep, you either pay upfront or per usage. All depends on the age of it.
And patriot and compass don’t count as jeeps for me
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Just Jeepin'
> Wacko
05/11/2020 at 09:41 |
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Joke’s on me: I paid up front and per usage.
Gone
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
05/11/2020 at 10:26 |
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Wheels are OEM. Agree that the b
ull bar needs to be recycled. On
BaT,
J10s have gone for
$15k+ (small sample size). S
igh. :(
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> Gone
05/11/2020 at 10:51 |
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Maybe some Wagoneer rims, then. Those are ugly and too fat for my taste.
WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI
> Just Jeepin'
05/11/2020 at 11:30 |
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Fuck me have XJ prices gone insane. I bout my 150k mile 2001 for $1200 bucks and it was in better shape than the 2001 posted. I know it was 6 years ago, but damn.
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Just Jeepin'
> WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI
05/11/2020 at 11:37 |
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Between Cash for Clunkers and the fact that they’re now old enough to be “classics”, yeah.
AdverseMartyr
> Just Jeepin'
05/12/2020 at 07:17 |
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You’re missing one of these:
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Just Jeepin'
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
05/12/2020 at 21:52 |
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It hadn’t even gotten out of reserve when it was at $5200. Check out the final price.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1978-Jeep-J10-4x4-/164192310245
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> Just Jeepin'
05/12/2020 at 23:03 |
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It’s more than I would pay, but I wouldn’t call that a Crack Price. If I had that much money to spend on a car, I’d buy a car for half that amount and save the remainder.
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Just Jeepin'
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
05/13/2020 at 09:30 |
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Suddenly it’s back on eBay, listed for $21k, same seller.
Weird.