89 Wrangler - Should I or Shouldn't I?
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Re: 89 Wrangler - Should I or Shouldn't I?
Brother ! There you are!
I feel your pain, indeed.
Still laughing, I am glad I am not the only one.
"Cherokee-LTD" <spammenot@home.com> wrote in message
news:cgZ%b.35268$ah.11120@twister01.bloor.is.net.c able.rogers.com...
| "Fennidh" <bdl300wmag.@hotmail.com> wrote in message
| news:h3Y%b.3206$506.2944@fed1read05...
| : If that 700$ is accurate in your post, I'd almost eat a
Tums
| : and buy it on spec. You can make that back parting it
out,
| : if you have the space, and a wee bit of time.
| :
| : If you see it, you should know at an instant whether it
is
| : worth such a small asking price.
| :
| :
|
| $700 is correct.. Canadian funds I might add. Without even
looking at it I
| know I could profit by parting it out but I know myself
too well... I'll buy
| it on spec, get it home, see some potential, throw
thousands into it and be
| in the dilemma I'm in now. When I bought my XJ, I just
wanted a daily driver
| / trail rig to beat on... now it has a new engine, new
body/paint and I'm
| having second thoughts on lifting it... I may just sell it
for top dollar.
|
| Maybe it's just me... I'm apprehensive to build my XJ for
the trail because
| of all the time and effort involved making it look new
again (better than
| new IMO... crappy factory Jeep paint LOL) but I wouldn't
hesitate to drop
| $10K on a used TJ and beat on it! I almost pulled the
trigger on a deal for
| a 99 TJ for $10K until I found out the insurance cost...
$1600/yr and I have
| no claims or tickets.
|
| My biggest fear is buying this thing and shelling out
large for a 4.0 FI,
| AX15, 23 spline 231 tcase and a D44. I highly suspect this
$700 deal with be
| accompanied with the worst possible draivetrain of all
time.. a dead 4.2,
| dead carb, a near dead Peugeot tranny, 21 spline 231 tcase
(useless for the
| AX15 swap) and D35 with 3.07 gears.
|
| Having said that, I could sell the hard top if it's in
good condition and
| flog a lot of small parts on eBay and live up to my
neighbourhood reputation
| as "that friggin' redneck".
|
| -Brian
|
|
I feel your pain, indeed.
Still laughing, I am glad I am not the only one.
"Cherokee-LTD" <spammenot@home.com> wrote in message
news:cgZ%b.35268$ah.11120@twister01.bloor.is.net.c able.rogers.com...
| "Fennidh" <bdl300wmag.@hotmail.com> wrote in message
| news:h3Y%b.3206$506.2944@fed1read05...
| : If that 700$ is accurate in your post, I'd almost eat a
Tums
| : and buy it on spec. You can make that back parting it
out,
| : if you have the space, and a wee bit of time.
| :
| : If you see it, you should know at an instant whether it
is
| : worth such a small asking price.
| :
| :
|
| $700 is correct.. Canadian funds I might add. Without even
looking at it I
| know I could profit by parting it out but I know myself
too well... I'll buy
| it on spec, get it home, see some potential, throw
thousands into it and be
| in the dilemma I'm in now. When I bought my XJ, I just
wanted a daily driver
| / trail rig to beat on... now it has a new engine, new
body/paint and I'm
| having second thoughts on lifting it... I may just sell it
for top dollar.
|
| Maybe it's just me... I'm apprehensive to build my XJ for
the trail because
| of all the time and effort involved making it look new
again (better than
| new IMO... crappy factory Jeep paint LOL) but I wouldn't
hesitate to drop
| $10K on a used TJ and beat on it! I almost pulled the
trigger on a deal for
| a 99 TJ for $10K until I found out the insurance cost...
$1600/yr and I have
| no claims or tickets.
|
| My biggest fear is buying this thing and shelling out
large for a 4.0 FI,
| AX15, 23 spline 231 tcase and a D44. I highly suspect this
$700 deal with be
| accompanied with the worst possible draivetrain of all
time.. a dead 4.2,
| dead carb, a near dead Peugeot tranny, 21 spline 231 tcase
(useless for the
| AX15 swap) and D35 with 3.07 gears.
|
| Having said that, I could sell the hard top if it's in
good condition and
| flog a lot of small parts on eBay and live up to my
neighbourhood reputation
| as "that friggin' redneck".
|
| -Brian
|
|
#32
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Re: 89 Wrangler - Should I or Shouldn't I?
: Absolutely do not buy this!!! But you need to tell me where it is so that
I
: can make sure no one else buys it either! ;-)
:
: Chris
:
:
It's in London Ontario... I've talked myself out of it. I'm going to finish
my XJ before I jump into another money pit. If you want contact info I can
give it to you.
-Brian
I
: can make sure no one else buys it either! ;-)
:
: Chris
:
:
It's in London Ontario... I've talked myself out of it. I'm going to finish
my XJ before I jump into another money pit. If you want contact info I can
give it to you.
-Brian
#33
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Re: 89 Wrangler - Should I or Shouldn't I?
: Absolutely do not buy this!!! But you need to tell me where it is so that
I
: can make sure no one else buys it either! ;-)
:
: Chris
:
:
It's in London Ontario... I've talked myself out of it. I'm going to finish
my XJ before I jump into another money pit. If you want contact info I can
give it to you.
-Brian
I
: can make sure no one else buys it either! ;-)
:
: Chris
:
:
It's in London Ontario... I've talked myself out of it. I'm going to finish
my XJ before I jump into another money pit. If you want contact info I can
give it to you.
-Brian
#34
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Posts: n/a
Re: 89 Wrangler - Should I or Shouldn't I?
: Absolutely do not buy this!!! But you need to tell me where it is so that
I
: can make sure no one else buys it either! ;-)
:
: Chris
:
:
It's in London Ontario... I've talked myself out of it. I'm going to finish
my XJ before I jump into another money pit. If you want contact info I can
give it to you.
-Brian
I
: can make sure no one else buys it either! ;-)
:
: Chris
:
:
It's in London Ontario... I've talked myself out of it. I'm going to finish
my XJ before I jump into another money pit. If you want contact info I can
give it to you.
-Brian
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