Got our 3rd Jeep, a second old XJ
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Re: Got our 3rd Jeep, a second old XJ
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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:A gent I helped out with his YJ a while back dropped by the other day
: asking if I wanted another XJ. It's a silver 87 4 door, 4.0, 5 speed
: with 385K Km on it. Some type of upscale package on it? Chrome grill,
: electric doors and window that actually seem to all work, standard seats
: at least. Nice wrap around buckets too. It has a full instrument
: cluster which is nice. No working FM on the stock Jeep stereo same as
: our existing one. LOL!
:
: No tires on it, but the body isn't too rotted out. No dents or dings.
: Glass is all good. It has all the floorboards still! Some bottom of
: the door and rocker panel rust because it has those stupid running
: boards on it. Exhaust isn't old. Got the oil in the air filter
: syndrome with only a totally blocked CCV line (I checked) as the cause
: usually.
:
: It seems to run well. I want to make one good XJ out of the two. I do
: have 3 engines now to play with and tons of new stuff on the 88. An
: extra 258 with what appears to be a recent rebuild and 135k original
: miles on it anyway, it just leaked like a sieve and a 4.0 with only 300K
: from the 88 that still runs sweet. Hmm... stroker, hmm......
:
: Price was right... A hundred bucks....
:
: Mike
: 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
: 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
: Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
: Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
: (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
That's pretty neat Mike, any idea which one(s) you will combine to make a
whole?
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Re: Got our 3rd Jeep, a second old XJ
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:443AED59.AD251F5F@sympatico.ca...
:A gent I helped out with his YJ a while back dropped by the other day
: asking if I wanted another XJ. It's a silver 87 4 door, 4.0, 5 speed
: with 385K Km on it. Some type of upscale package on it? Chrome grill,
: electric doors and window that actually seem to all work, standard seats
: at least. Nice wrap around buckets too. It has a full instrument
: cluster which is nice. No working FM on the stock Jeep stereo same as
: our existing one. LOL!
:
: No tires on it, but the body isn't too rotted out. No dents or dings.
: Glass is all good. It has all the floorboards still! Some bottom of
: the door and rocker panel rust because it has those stupid running
: boards on it. Exhaust isn't old. Got the oil in the air filter
: syndrome with only a totally blocked CCV line (I checked) as the cause
: usually.
:
: It seems to run well. I want to make one good XJ out of the two. I do
: have 3 engines now to play with and tons of new stuff on the 88. An
: extra 258 with what appears to be a recent rebuild and 135k original
: miles on it anyway, it just leaked like a sieve and a 4.0 with only 300K
: from the 88 that still runs sweet. Hmm... stroker, hmm......
:
: Price was right... A hundred bucks....
:
: Mike
: 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
: 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
: Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
: Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
: (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
That's pretty neat Mike, any idea which one(s) you will combine to make a
whole?
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Re: Got our 3rd Jeep, a second old XJ
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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:A gent I helped out with his YJ a while back dropped by the other day
: asking if I wanted another XJ. It's a silver 87 4 door, 4.0, 5 speed
: with 385K Km on it. Some type of upscale package on it? Chrome grill,
: electric doors and window that actually seem to all work, standard seats
: at least. Nice wrap around buckets too. It has a full instrument
: cluster which is nice. No working FM on the stock Jeep stereo same as
: our existing one. LOL!
:
: No tires on it, but the body isn't too rotted out. No dents or dings.
: Glass is all good. It has all the floorboards still! Some bottom of
: the door and rocker panel rust because it has those stupid running
: boards on it. Exhaust isn't old. Got the oil in the air filter
: syndrome with only a totally blocked CCV line (I checked) as the cause
: usually.
:
: It seems to run well. I want to make one good XJ out of the two. I do
: have 3 engines now to play with and tons of new stuff on the 88. An
: extra 258 with what appears to be a recent rebuild and 135k original
: miles on it anyway, it just leaked like a sieve and a 4.0 with only 300K
: from the 88 that still runs sweet. Hmm... stroker, hmm......
:
: Price was right... A hundred bucks....
:
: Mike
: 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
: 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
: Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
: Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
: (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
That's pretty neat Mike, any idea which one(s) you will combine to make a
whole?
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Re: Got our 3rd Jeep, a second old XJ
Kate wrote:
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:443AED59.AD251F5F@sympatico.ca...
> :A gent I helped out with his YJ a while back dropped by the other day
> : asking if I wanted another XJ. It's a silver 87 4 door, 4.0, 5 speed
> : with 385K Km on it. Some type of upscale package on it? Chrome grill,
> : electric doors and window that actually seem to all work, standard seats
> : at least. Nice wrap around buckets too. It has a full instrument
> : cluster which is nice. No working FM on the stock Jeep stereo same as
> : our existing one. LOL!
> :
> : No tires on it, but the body isn't too rotted out. No dents or dings.
> : Glass is all good. It has all the floorboards still! Some bottom of
> : the door and rocker panel rust because it has those stupid running
> : boards on it. Exhaust isn't old. Got the oil in the air filter
> : syndrome with only a totally blocked CCV line (I checked) as the cause
> : usually.
> :
> : It seems to run well. I want to make one good XJ out of the two. I do
> : have 3 engines now to play with and tons of new stuff on the 88. An
> : extra 258 with what appears to be a recent rebuild and 135k original
> : miles on it anyway, it just leaked like a sieve and a 4.0 with only 300K
> : from the 88 that still runs sweet. Hmm... stroker, hmm......
> :
> : Price was right... A hundred bucks....
> :
> : Mike
> : 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> : 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> : Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> : Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> : (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> That's pretty neat Mike, any idea which one(s) you will combine to make a
> whole?
Our 88's body is pretty much done. No door bottoms and the skins are
holy, no rocker panels, no floorboards, no rear quarter panels, dead
rad, cracked windshield, etc... And when I say 'no' I mean air where
steel used to be....
The 87 is like our 88 was 5 years ago. Still recoverable fairly easily.
It will need emissions though. Our 88 has had it's last emissions
already.
Mike
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:443AED59.AD251F5F@sympatico.ca...
> :A gent I helped out with his YJ a while back dropped by the other day
> : asking if I wanted another XJ. It's a silver 87 4 door, 4.0, 5 speed
> : with 385K Km on it. Some type of upscale package on it? Chrome grill,
> : electric doors and window that actually seem to all work, standard seats
> : at least. Nice wrap around buckets too. It has a full instrument
> : cluster which is nice. No working FM on the stock Jeep stereo same as
> : our existing one. LOL!
> :
> : No tires on it, but the body isn't too rotted out. No dents or dings.
> : Glass is all good. It has all the floorboards still! Some bottom of
> : the door and rocker panel rust because it has those stupid running
> : boards on it. Exhaust isn't old. Got the oil in the air filter
> : syndrome with only a totally blocked CCV line (I checked) as the cause
> : usually.
> :
> : It seems to run well. I want to make one good XJ out of the two. I do
> : have 3 engines now to play with and tons of new stuff on the 88. An
> : extra 258 with what appears to be a recent rebuild and 135k original
> : miles on it anyway, it just leaked like a sieve and a 4.0 with only 300K
> : from the 88 that still runs sweet. Hmm... stroker, hmm......
> :
> : Price was right... A hundred bucks....
> :
> : Mike
> : 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> : 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> : Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> : Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> : (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> That's pretty neat Mike, any idea which one(s) you will combine to make a
> whole?
Our 88's body is pretty much done. No door bottoms and the skins are
holy, no rocker panels, no floorboards, no rear quarter panels, dead
rad, cracked windshield, etc... And when I say 'no' I mean air where
steel used to be....
The 87 is like our 88 was 5 years ago. Still recoverable fairly easily.
It will need emissions though. Our 88 has had it's last emissions
already.
Mike
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Re: Got our 3rd Jeep, a second old XJ
Kate wrote:
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:443AED59.AD251F5F@sympatico.ca...
> :A gent I helped out with his YJ a while back dropped by the other day
> : asking if I wanted another XJ. It's a silver 87 4 door, 4.0, 5 speed
> : with 385K Km on it. Some type of upscale package on it? Chrome grill,
> : electric doors and window that actually seem to all work, standard seats
> : at least. Nice wrap around buckets too. It has a full instrument
> : cluster which is nice. No working FM on the stock Jeep stereo same as
> : our existing one. LOL!
> :
> : No tires on it, but the body isn't too rotted out. No dents or dings.
> : Glass is all good. It has all the floorboards still! Some bottom of
> : the door and rocker panel rust because it has those stupid running
> : boards on it. Exhaust isn't old. Got the oil in the air filter
> : syndrome with only a totally blocked CCV line (I checked) as the cause
> : usually.
> :
> : It seems to run well. I want to make one good XJ out of the two. I do
> : have 3 engines now to play with and tons of new stuff on the 88. An
> : extra 258 with what appears to be a recent rebuild and 135k original
> : miles on it anyway, it just leaked like a sieve and a 4.0 with only 300K
> : from the 88 that still runs sweet. Hmm... stroker, hmm......
> :
> : Price was right... A hundred bucks....
> :
> : Mike
> : 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> : 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> : Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> : Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> : (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> That's pretty neat Mike, any idea which one(s) you will combine to make a
> whole?
Our 88's body is pretty much done. No door bottoms and the skins are
holy, no rocker panels, no floorboards, no rear quarter panels, dead
rad, cracked windshield, etc... And when I say 'no' I mean air where
steel used to be....
The 87 is like our 88 was 5 years ago. Still recoverable fairly easily.
It will need emissions though. Our 88 has had it's last emissions
already.
Mike
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:443AED59.AD251F5F@sympatico.ca...
> :A gent I helped out with his YJ a while back dropped by the other day
> : asking if I wanted another XJ. It's a silver 87 4 door, 4.0, 5 speed
> : with 385K Km on it. Some type of upscale package on it? Chrome grill,
> : electric doors and window that actually seem to all work, standard seats
> : at least. Nice wrap around buckets too. It has a full instrument
> : cluster which is nice. No working FM on the stock Jeep stereo same as
> : our existing one. LOL!
> :
> : No tires on it, but the body isn't too rotted out. No dents or dings.
> : Glass is all good. It has all the floorboards still! Some bottom of
> : the door and rocker panel rust because it has those stupid running
> : boards on it. Exhaust isn't old. Got the oil in the air filter
> : syndrome with only a totally blocked CCV line (I checked) as the cause
> : usually.
> :
> : It seems to run well. I want to make one good XJ out of the two. I do
> : have 3 engines now to play with and tons of new stuff on the 88. An
> : extra 258 with what appears to be a recent rebuild and 135k original
> : miles on it anyway, it just leaked like a sieve and a 4.0 with only 300K
> : from the 88 that still runs sweet. Hmm... stroker, hmm......
> :
> : Price was right... A hundred bucks....
> :
> : Mike
> : 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> : 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> : Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> : Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> : (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> That's pretty neat Mike, any idea which one(s) you will combine to make a
> whole?
Our 88's body is pretty much done. No door bottoms and the skins are
holy, no rocker panels, no floorboards, no rear quarter panels, dead
rad, cracked windshield, etc... And when I say 'no' I mean air where
steel used to be....
The 87 is like our 88 was 5 years ago. Still recoverable fairly easily.
It will need emissions though. Our 88 has had it's last emissions
already.
Mike
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Re: Got our 3rd Jeep, a second old XJ
Kate wrote:
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:443AED59.AD251F5F@sympatico.ca...
> :A gent I helped out with his YJ a while back dropped by the other day
> : asking if I wanted another XJ. It's a silver 87 4 door, 4.0, 5 speed
> : with 385K Km on it. Some type of upscale package on it? Chrome grill,
> : electric doors and window that actually seem to all work, standard seats
> : at least. Nice wrap around buckets too. It has a full instrument
> : cluster which is nice. No working FM on the stock Jeep stereo same as
> : our existing one. LOL!
> :
> : No tires on it, but the body isn't too rotted out. No dents or dings.
> : Glass is all good. It has all the floorboards still! Some bottom of
> : the door and rocker panel rust because it has those stupid running
> : boards on it. Exhaust isn't old. Got the oil in the air filter
> : syndrome with only a totally blocked CCV line (I checked) as the cause
> : usually.
> :
> : It seems to run well. I want to make one good XJ out of the two. I do
> : have 3 engines now to play with and tons of new stuff on the 88. An
> : extra 258 with what appears to be a recent rebuild and 135k original
> : miles on it anyway, it just leaked like a sieve and a 4.0 with only 300K
> : from the 88 that still runs sweet. Hmm... stroker, hmm......
> :
> : Price was right... A hundred bucks....
> :
> : Mike
> : 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> : 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> : Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> : Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> : (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> That's pretty neat Mike, any idea which one(s) you will combine to make a
> whole?
Our 88's body is pretty much done. No door bottoms and the skins are
holy, no rocker panels, no floorboards, no rear quarter panels, dead
rad, cracked windshield, etc... And when I say 'no' I mean air where
steel used to be....
The 87 is like our 88 was 5 years ago. Still recoverable fairly easily.
It will need emissions though. Our 88 has had it's last emissions
already.
Mike
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:443AED59.AD251F5F@sympatico.ca...
> :A gent I helped out with his YJ a while back dropped by the other day
> : asking if I wanted another XJ. It's a silver 87 4 door, 4.0, 5 speed
> : with 385K Km on it. Some type of upscale package on it? Chrome grill,
> : electric doors and window that actually seem to all work, standard seats
> : at least. Nice wrap around buckets too. It has a full instrument
> : cluster which is nice. No working FM on the stock Jeep stereo same as
> : our existing one. LOL!
> :
> : No tires on it, but the body isn't too rotted out. No dents or dings.
> : Glass is all good. It has all the floorboards still! Some bottom of
> : the door and rocker panel rust because it has those stupid running
> : boards on it. Exhaust isn't old. Got the oil in the air filter
> : syndrome with only a totally blocked CCV line (I checked) as the cause
> : usually.
> :
> : It seems to run well. I want to make one good XJ out of the two. I do
> : have 3 engines now to play with and tons of new stuff on the 88. An
> : extra 258 with what appears to be a recent rebuild and 135k original
> : miles on it anyway, it just leaked like a sieve and a 4.0 with only 300K
> : from the 88 that still runs sweet. Hmm... stroker, hmm......
> :
> : Price was right... A hundred bucks....
> :
> : Mike
> : 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> : 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> : Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> : Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> : (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> That's pretty neat Mike, any idea which one(s) you will combine to make a
> whole?
Our 88's body is pretty much done. No door bottoms and the skins are
holy, no rocker panels, no floorboards, no rear quarter panels, dead
rad, cracked windshield, etc... And when I say 'no' I mean air where
steel used to be....
The 87 is like our 88 was 5 years ago. Still recoverable fairly easily.
It will need emissions though. Our 88 has had it's last emissions
already.
Mike
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Re: Got our 3rd Jeep, a second old XJ
Mike,
I sounds as if you need to take a road trip to the Southwest United States,
where intact vehicle bodies of all description are still to be found. A
hundred miles to the south of me, it hardly rains at all. Further south,
one finds vehicles, where the paint has all but been burned off by the UV,
but without a spot of rust.
Earle
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:443BAC72.35A5408B@sympatico.ca...
> Kate wrote:
> >
> > "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> > news:443AED59.AD251F5F@sympatico.ca...
> > :A gent I helped out with his YJ a while back dropped by the other day
> > : asking if I wanted another XJ. It's a silver 87 4 door, 4.0, 5 speed
> > : with 385K Km on it. Some type of upscale package on it? Chrome
grill,
> > : electric doors and window that actually seem to all work, standard
seats
> > : at least. Nice wrap around buckets too. It has a full instrument
> > : cluster which is nice. No working FM on the stock Jeep stereo same as
> > : our existing one. LOL!
> > :
> > : No tires on it, but the body isn't too rotted out. No dents or dings.
> > : Glass is all good. It has all the floorboards still! Some bottom of
> > : the door and rocker panel rust because it has those stupid running
> > : boards on it. Exhaust isn't old. Got the oil in the air filter
> > : syndrome with only a totally blocked CCV line (I checked) as the cause
> > : usually.
> > :
> > : It seems to run well. I want to make one good XJ out of the two. I do
> > : have 3 engines now to play with and tons of new stuff on the 88. An
> > : extra 258 with what appears to be a recent rebuild and 135k original
> > : miles on it anyway, it just leaked like a sieve and a 4.0 with only
300K
> > : from the 88 that still runs sweet. Hmm... stroker, hmm......
> > :
> > : Price was right... A hundred bucks....
> > :
> > : Mike
> > : 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > : 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > : Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > : Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> > : (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> >
> > That's pretty neat Mike, any idea which one(s) you will combine to make
a
> > whole?
>
> Our 88's body is pretty much done. No door bottoms and the skins are
> holy, no rocker panels, no floorboards, no rear quarter panels, dead
> rad, cracked windshield, etc... And when I say 'no' I mean air where
> steel used to be....
>
> The 87 is like our 88 was 5 years ago. Still recoverable fairly easily.
>
> It will need emissions though. Our 88 has had it's last emissions
> already.
>
> Mike
I sounds as if you need to take a road trip to the Southwest United States,
where intact vehicle bodies of all description are still to be found. A
hundred miles to the south of me, it hardly rains at all. Further south,
one finds vehicles, where the paint has all but been burned off by the UV,
but without a spot of rust.
Earle
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:443BAC72.35A5408B@sympatico.ca...
> Kate wrote:
> >
> > "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> > news:443AED59.AD251F5F@sympatico.ca...
> > :A gent I helped out with his YJ a while back dropped by the other day
> > : asking if I wanted another XJ. It's a silver 87 4 door, 4.0, 5 speed
> > : with 385K Km on it. Some type of upscale package on it? Chrome
grill,
> > : electric doors and window that actually seem to all work, standard
seats
> > : at least. Nice wrap around buckets too. It has a full instrument
> > : cluster which is nice. No working FM on the stock Jeep stereo same as
> > : our existing one. LOL!
> > :
> > : No tires on it, but the body isn't too rotted out. No dents or dings.
> > : Glass is all good. It has all the floorboards still! Some bottom of
> > : the door and rocker panel rust because it has those stupid running
> > : boards on it. Exhaust isn't old. Got the oil in the air filter
> > : syndrome with only a totally blocked CCV line (I checked) as the cause
> > : usually.
> > :
> > : It seems to run well. I want to make one good XJ out of the two. I do
> > : have 3 engines now to play with and tons of new stuff on the 88. An
> > : extra 258 with what appears to be a recent rebuild and 135k original
> > : miles on it anyway, it just leaked like a sieve and a 4.0 with only
300K
> > : from the 88 that still runs sweet. Hmm... stroker, hmm......
> > :
> > : Price was right... A hundred bucks....
> > :
> > : Mike
> > : 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > : 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > : Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > : Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> > : (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> >
> > That's pretty neat Mike, any idea which one(s) you will combine to make
a
> > whole?
>
> Our 88's body is pretty much done. No door bottoms and the skins are
> holy, no rocker panels, no floorboards, no rear quarter panels, dead
> rad, cracked windshield, etc... And when I say 'no' I mean air where
> steel used to be....
>
> The 87 is like our 88 was 5 years ago. Still recoverable fairly easily.
>
> It will need emissions though. Our 88 has had it's last emissions
> already.
>
> Mike
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Re: Got our 3rd Jeep, a second old XJ
Mike,
I sounds as if you need to take a road trip to the Southwest United States,
where intact vehicle bodies of all description are still to be found. A
hundred miles to the south of me, it hardly rains at all. Further south,
one finds vehicles, where the paint has all but been burned off by the UV,
but without a spot of rust.
Earle
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:443BAC72.35A5408B@sympatico.ca...
> Kate wrote:
> >
> > "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> > news:443AED59.AD251F5F@sympatico.ca...
> > :A gent I helped out with his YJ a while back dropped by the other day
> > : asking if I wanted another XJ. It's a silver 87 4 door, 4.0, 5 speed
> > : with 385K Km on it. Some type of upscale package on it? Chrome
grill,
> > : electric doors and window that actually seem to all work, standard
seats
> > : at least. Nice wrap around buckets too. It has a full instrument
> > : cluster which is nice. No working FM on the stock Jeep stereo same as
> > : our existing one. LOL!
> > :
> > : No tires on it, but the body isn't too rotted out. No dents or dings.
> > : Glass is all good. It has all the floorboards still! Some bottom of
> > : the door and rocker panel rust because it has those stupid running
> > : boards on it. Exhaust isn't old. Got the oil in the air filter
> > : syndrome with only a totally blocked CCV line (I checked) as the cause
> > : usually.
> > :
> > : It seems to run well. I want to make one good XJ out of the two. I do
> > : have 3 engines now to play with and tons of new stuff on the 88. An
> > : extra 258 with what appears to be a recent rebuild and 135k original
> > : miles on it anyway, it just leaked like a sieve and a 4.0 with only
300K
> > : from the 88 that still runs sweet. Hmm... stroker, hmm......
> > :
> > : Price was right... A hundred bucks....
> > :
> > : Mike
> > : 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > : 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > : Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > : Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> > : (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> >
> > That's pretty neat Mike, any idea which one(s) you will combine to make
a
> > whole?
>
> Our 88's body is pretty much done. No door bottoms and the skins are
> holy, no rocker panels, no floorboards, no rear quarter panels, dead
> rad, cracked windshield, etc... And when I say 'no' I mean air where
> steel used to be....
>
> The 87 is like our 88 was 5 years ago. Still recoverable fairly easily.
>
> It will need emissions though. Our 88 has had it's last emissions
> already.
>
> Mike
I sounds as if you need to take a road trip to the Southwest United States,
where intact vehicle bodies of all description are still to be found. A
hundred miles to the south of me, it hardly rains at all. Further south,
one finds vehicles, where the paint has all but been burned off by the UV,
but without a spot of rust.
Earle
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:443BAC72.35A5408B@sympatico.ca...
> Kate wrote:
> >
> > "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> > news:443AED59.AD251F5F@sympatico.ca...
> > :A gent I helped out with his YJ a while back dropped by the other day
> > : asking if I wanted another XJ. It's a silver 87 4 door, 4.0, 5 speed
> > : with 385K Km on it. Some type of upscale package on it? Chrome
grill,
> > : electric doors and window that actually seem to all work, standard
seats
> > : at least. Nice wrap around buckets too. It has a full instrument
> > : cluster which is nice. No working FM on the stock Jeep stereo same as
> > : our existing one. LOL!
> > :
> > : No tires on it, but the body isn't too rotted out. No dents or dings.
> > : Glass is all good. It has all the floorboards still! Some bottom of
> > : the door and rocker panel rust because it has those stupid running
> > : boards on it. Exhaust isn't old. Got the oil in the air filter
> > : syndrome with only a totally blocked CCV line (I checked) as the cause
> > : usually.
> > :
> > : It seems to run well. I want to make one good XJ out of the two. I do
> > : have 3 engines now to play with and tons of new stuff on the 88. An
> > : extra 258 with what appears to be a recent rebuild and 135k original
> > : miles on it anyway, it just leaked like a sieve and a 4.0 with only
300K
> > : from the 88 that still runs sweet. Hmm... stroker, hmm......
> > :
> > : Price was right... A hundred bucks....
> > :
> > : Mike
> > : 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > : 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > : Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > : Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> > : (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> >
> > That's pretty neat Mike, any idea which one(s) you will combine to make
a
> > whole?
>
> Our 88's body is pretty much done. No door bottoms and the skins are
> holy, no rocker panels, no floorboards, no rear quarter panels, dead
> rad, cracked windshield, etc... And when I say 'no' I mean air where
> steel used to be....
>
> The 87 is like our 88 was 5 years ago. Still recoverable fairly easily.
>
> It will need emissions though. Our 88 has had it's last emissions
> already.
>
> Mike
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Got our 3rd Jeep, a second old XJ
Mike,
I sounds as if you need to take a road trip to the Southwest United States,
where intact vehicle bodies of all description are still to be found. A
hundred miles to the south of me, it hardly rains at all. Further south,
one finds vehicles, where the paint has all but been burned off by the UV,
but without a spot of rust.
Earle
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:443BAC72.35A5408B@sympatico.ca...
> Kate wrote:
> >
> > "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> > news:443AED59.AD251F5F@sympatico.ca...
> > :A gent I helped out with his YJ a while back dropped by the other day
> > : asking if I wanted another XJ. It's a silver 87 4 door, 4.0, 5 speed
> > : with 385K Km on it. Some type of upscale package on it? Chrome
grill,
> > : electric doors and window that actually seem to all work, standard
seats
> > : at least. Nice wrap around buckets too. It has a full instrument
> > : cluster which is nice. No working FM on the stock Jeep stereo same as
> > : our existing one. LOL!
> > :
> > : No tires on it, but the body isn't too rotted out. No dents or dings.
> > : Glass is all good. It has all the floorboards still! Some bottom of
> > : the door and rocker panel rust because it has those stupid running
> > : boards on it. Exhaust isn't old. Got the oil in the air filter
> > : syndrome with only a totally blocked CCV line (I checked) as the cause
> > : usually.
> > :
> > : It seems to run well. I want to make one good XJ out of the two. I do
> > : have 3 engines now to play with and tons of new stuff on the 88. An
> > : extra 258 with what appears to be a recent rebuild and 135k original
> > : miles on it anyway, it just leaked like a sieve and a 4.0 with only
300K
> > : from the 88 that still runs sweet. Hmm... stroker, hmm......
> > :
> > : Price was right... A hundred bucks....
> > :
> > : Mike
> > : 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > : 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > : Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > : Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> > : (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> >
> > That's pretty neat Mike, any idea which one(s) you will combine to make
a
> > whole?
>
> Our 88's body is pretty much done. No door bottoms and the skins are
> holy, no rocker panels, no floorboards, no rear quarter panels, dead
> rad, cracked windshield, etc... And when I say 'no' I mean air where
> steel used to be....
>
> The 87 is like our 88 was 5 years ago. Still recoverable fairly easily.
>
> It will need emissions though. Our 88 has had it's last emissions
> already.
>
> Mike
I sounds as if you need to take a road trip to the Southwest United States,
where intact vehicle bodies of all description are still to be found. A
hundred miles to the south of me, it hardly rains at all. Further south,
one finds vehicles, where the paint has all but been burned off by the UV,
but without a spot of rust.
Earle
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:443BAC72.35A5408B@sympatico.ca...
> Kate wrote:
> >
> > "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> > news:443AED59.AD251F5F@sympatico.ca...
> > :A gent I helped out with his YJ a while back dropped by the other day
> > : asking if I wanted another XJ. It's a silver 87 4 door, 4.0, 5 speed
> > : with 385K Km on it. Some type of upscale package on it? Chrome
grill,
> > : electric doors and window that actually seem to all work, standard
seats
> > : at least. Nice wrap around buckets too. It has a full instrument
> > : cluster which is nice. No working FM on the stock Jeep stereo same as
> > : our existing one. LOL!
> > :
> > : No tires on it, but the body isn't too rotted out. No dents or dings.
> > : Glass is all good. It has all the floorboards still! Some bottom of
> > : the door and rocker panel rust because it has those stupid running
> > : boards on it. Exhaust isn't old. Got the oil in the air filter
> > : syndrome with only a totally blocked CCV line (I checked) as the cause
> > : usually.
> > :
> > : It seems to run well. I want to make one good XJ out of the two. I do
> > : have 3 engines now to play with and tons of new stuff on the 88. An
> > : extra 258 with what appears to be a recent rebuild and 135k original
> > : miles on it anyway, it just leaked like a sieve and a 4.0 with only
300K
> > : from the 88 that still runs sweet. Hmm... stroker, hmm......
> > :
> > : Price was right... A hundred bucks....
> > :
> > : Mike
> > : 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > : 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > : Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > : Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> > : (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> >
> > That's pretty neat Mike, any idea which one(s) you will combine to make
a
> > whole?
>
> Our 88's body is pretty much done. No door bottoms and the skins are
> holy, no rocker panels, no floorboards, no rear quarter panels, dead
> rad, cracked windshield, etc... And when I say 'no' I mean air where
> steel used to be....
>
> The 87 is like our 88 was 5 years ago. Still recoverable fairly easily.
>
> It will need emissions though. Our 88 has had it's last emissions
> already.
>
> Mike
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Got our 3rd Jeep, a second old XJ
We have it pretty bad up here... My 258's oil pan actually rusted out
and I had to replace it! Not the first oil pan I have had rot out
either...
I can keep a drivetrain going for a long time, but the cops frown on
'Flinstone style' floors and fenders flapping in the wind....
Mike
Earle Horton wrote:
>
> Mike,
>
> I sounds as if you need to take a road trip to the Southwest United States,
> where intact vehicle bodies of all description are still to be found. A
> hundred miles to the south of me, it hardly rains at all. Further south,
> one finds vehicles, where the paint has all but been burned off by the UV,
> but without a spot of rust.
>
> Earle
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:443BAC72.35A5408B@sympatico.ca...
> > Kate wrote:
> > >
> > > "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> > > news:443AED59.AD251F5F@sympatico.ca...
> > > :A gent I helped out with his YJ a while back dropped by the other day
> > > : asking if I wanted another XJ. It's a silver 87 4 door, 4.0, 5 speed
> > > : with 385K Km on it. Some type of upscale package on it? Chrome
> grill,
> > > : electric doors and window that actually seem to all work, standard
> seats
> > > : at least. Nice wrap around buckets too. It has a full instrument
> > > : cluster which is nice. No working FM on the stock Jeep stereo same as
> > > : our existing one. LOL!
> > > :
> > > : No tires on it, but the body isn't too rotted out. No dents or dings.
> > > : Glass is all good. It has all the floorboards still! Some bottom of
> > > : the door and rocker panel rust because it has those stupid running
> > > : boards on it. Exhaust isn't old. Got the oil in the air filter
> > > : syndrome with only a totally blocked CCV line (I checked) as the cause
> > > : usually.
> > > :
> > > : It seems to run well. I want to make one good XJ out of the two. I do
> > > : have 3 engines now to play with and tons of new stuff on the 88. An
> > > : extra 258 with what appears to be a recent rebuild and 135k original
> > > : miles on it anyway, it just leaked like a sieve and a 4.0 with only
> 300K
> > > : from the 88 that still runs sweet. Hmm... stroker, hmm......
> > > :
> > > : Price was right... A hundred bucks....
> > > :
> > > : Mike
> > > : 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > > : 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > > : Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > > : Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> > > : (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> > >
> > > That's pretty neat Mike, any idea which one(s) you will combine to make
> a
> > > whole?
> >
> > Our 88's body is pretty much done. No door bottoms and the skins are
> > holy, no rocker panels, no floorboards, no rear quarter panels, dead
> > rad, cracked windshield, etc... And when I say 'no' I mean air where
> > steel used to be....
> >
> > The 87 is like our 88 was 5 years ago. Still recoverable fairly easily.
> >
> > It will need emissions though. Our 88 has had it's last emissions
> > already.
> >
> > Mike
and I had to replace it! Not the first oil pan I have had rot out
either...
I can keep a drivetrain going for a long time, but the cops frown on
'Flinstone style' floors and fenders flapping in the wind....
Mike
Earle Horton wrote:
>
> Mike,
>
> I sounds as if you need to take a road trip to the Southwest United States,
> where intact vehicle bodies of all description are still to be found. A
> hundred miles to the south of me, it hardly rains at all. Further south,
> one finds vehicles, where the paint has all but been burned off by the UV,
> but without a spot of rust.
>
> Earle
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:443BAC72.35A5408B@sympatico.ca...
> > Kate wrote:
> > >
> > > "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> > > news:443AED59.AD251F5F@sympatico.ca...
> > > :A gent I helped out with his YJ a while back dropped by the other day
> > > : asking if I wanted another XJ. It's a silver 87 4 door, 4.0, 5 speed
> > > : with 385K Km on it. Some type of upscale package on it? Chrome
> grill,
> > > : electric doors and window that actually seem to all work, standard
> seats
> > > : at least. Nice wrap around buckets too. It has a full instrument
> > > : cluster which is nice. No working FM on the stock Jeep stereo same as
> > > : our existing one. LOL!
> > > :
> > > : No tires on it, but the body isn't too rotted out. No dents or dings.
> > > : Glass is all good. It has all the floorboards still! Some bottom of
> > > : the door and rocker panel rust because it has those stupid running
> > > : boards on it. Exhaust isn't old. Got the oil in the air filter
> > > : syndrome with only a totally blocked CCV line (I checked) as the cause
> > > : usually.
> > > :
> > > : It seems to run well. I want to make one good XJ out of the two. I do
> > > : have 3 engines now to play with and tons of new stuff on the 88. An
> > > : extra 258 with what appears to be a recent rebuild and 135k original
> > > : miles on it anyway, it just leaked like a sieve and a 4.0 with only
> 300K
> > > : from the 88 that still runs sweet. Hmm... stroker, hmm......
> > > :
> > > : Price was right... A hundred bucks....
> > > :
> > > : Mike
> > > : 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > > : 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > > : Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > > : Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> > > : (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> > >
> > > That's pretty neat Mike, any idea which one(s) you will combine to make
> a
> > > whole?
> >
> > Our 88's body is pretty much done. No door bottoms and the skins are
> > holy, no rocker panels, no floorboards, no rear quarter panels, dead
> > rad, cracked windshield, etc... And when I say 'no' I mean air where
> > steel used to be....
> >
> > The 87 is like our 88 was 5 years ago. Still recoverable fairly easily.
> >
> > It will need emissions though. Our 88 has had it's last emissions
> > already.
> >
> > Mike