Kevin Sperle

Enjoy, but don't count on 59,000 original miles unless you know ALL the
owners personally.

59,000 miles works out to 2107 miles per year since it was new. If that was
the case your body should still be pretty much flawless.

I see Jeeps all the time listed as "Original Miles" and I just chuckle half
the time after seeing the condition they are in. Personally I would add at
least a 2 in front of the 59,000

Enjoy it, there's a lot of great info on the web and good people to answer
questions in here. Also you might check out offroad.com's small wheel base
board and cjoffroad.com, those are two of my favorites.

"Jay Stuler" <usenetjunk2004@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Well boys and girls I have joined the numbers that can claim to be Jeep
> owners!
>
> I just picked up a '76 CJ7 with a 304 and 59000 original miles!
> Wahoo!
> The body is far from flawless (I could always diamond plate it like
> everybody else), but the frame and engine are superb.
> I just replaced the mirrors which were missing - I'm sure that's the first
> in a long line of fix-ups!
>
> And the best part, I can now put this in my sig! :
>
> --
> '76 CJ7 304
>
>

Jay Stuler

"Kevin Sperle" <ksperle@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Enjoy, but don't count on 59,000 original miles unless you know ALL the
> owners personally.
>
> 59,000 miles works out to 2107 miles per year since it was new. If that
was
> the case your body should still be pretty much flawless.
>
> I see Jeeps all the time listed as "Original Miles" and I just chuckle
half
> the time after seeing the condition they are in. Personally I would add
at
> least a 2 in front of the 59,000

Yeah I should mention that I take the "original miles" with a grain of salt.
Which is probably what ate through the body. It supposedly "sat in a barn"
for 10+ years. So it could rot just sitting there if it wasn't taken care
of. Everything except for the body LOOKS like it would at 59,000. The
engine is clean and runs like a champ, and everything else is free of rust.
If it had a ton of miles I would have expected the frame and other parts to
be in much worse condition. So I'm happy, even if it isn't really 59,000
original.

Jay Stuler

"Kevin Sperle" <ksperle@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Enjoy, but don't count on 59,000 original miles unless you know ALL the
> owners personally.
>
> 59,000 miles works out to 2107 miles per year since it was new. If that
was
> the case your body should still be pretty much flawless.
>
> I see Jeeps all the time listed as "Original Miles" and I just chuckle
half
> the time after seeing the condition they are in. Personally I would add
at
> least a 2 in front of the 59,000

Yeah I should mention that I take the "original miles" with a grain of salt.
Which is probably what ate through the body. It supposedly "sat in a barn"
for 10+ years. So it could rot just sitting there if it wasn't taken care
of. Everything except for the body LOOKS like it would at 59,000. The
engine is clean and runs like a champ, and everything else is free of rust.
If it had a ton of miles I would have expected the frame and other parts to
be in much worse condition. So I'm happy, even if it isn't really 59,000
original.

Jay Stuler

"Kevin Sperle" <ksperle@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:0vPjc.11$FZ3.5779@news.uswest.net...
> Enjoy, but don't count on 59,000 original miles unless you know ALL the
> owners personally.
>
> 59,000 miles works out to 2107 miles per year since it was new. If that
was
> the case your body should still be pretty much flawless.
>
> I see Jeeps all the time listed as "Original Miles" and I just chuckle
half
> the time after seeing the condition they are in. Personally I would add
at
> least a 2 in front of the 59,000

Yeah I should mention that I take the "original miles" with a grain of salt.
Which is probably what ate through the body. It supposedly "sat in a barn"
for 10+ years. So it could rot just sitting there if it wasn't taken care
of. Everything except for the body LOOKS like it would at 59,000. The
engine is clean and runs like a champ, and everything else is free of rust.
If it had a ton of miles I would have expected the frame and other parts to
be in much worse condition. So I'm happy, even if it isn't really 59,000
original.

Jay Stuler

"Kevin Sperle" <ksperle@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:0vPjc.11$FZ3.5779@news.uswest.net...
> Enjoy, but don't count on 59,000 original miles unless you know ALL the
> owners personally.
>
> 59,000 miles works out to 2107 miles per year since it was new. If that
was
> the case your body should still be pretty much flawless.
>
> I see Jeeps all the time listed as "Original Miles" and I just chuckle
half
> the time after seeing the condition they are in. Personally I would add
at
> least a 2 in front of the 59,000

Yeah I should mention that I take the "original miles" with a grain of salt.
Which is probably what ate through the body. It supposedly "sat in a barn"
for 10+ years. So it could rot just sitting there if it wasn't taken care
of. Everything except for the body LOOKS like it would at 59,000. The
engine is clean and runs like a champ, and everything else is free of rust.
If it had a ton of miles I would have expected the frame and other parts to
be in much worse condition. So I'm happy, even if it isn't really 59,000
original.

Jay Stuler

"Jo" <jo_ratner@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> cool! Pics??

OK maybe I'll start a project page - as soon as I start messing around with
it I'll put up some pics :)

Jay Stuler

"Jo" <jo_ratner@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> cool! Pics??

OK maybe I'll start a project page - as soon as I start messing around with
it I'll put up some pics :)

Jay Stuler

"Jo" <jo_ratner@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> cool! Pics??

OK maybe I'll start a project page - as soon as I start messing around with
it I'll put up some pics :)

Jay Stuler

"Jo" <jo_ratner@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> cool! Pics??

OK maybe I'll start a project page - as soon as I start messing around with
it I'll put up some pics :)

Del Rawlins

In <0vPjc.11$FZ3.5779@news.uswest.net> Kevin Sperle wrote:
> Enjoy, but don't count on 59,000 original miles unless you know ALL
> the owners personally.
>
> 59,000 miles works out to 2107 miles per year since it was new. If
> that was the case your body should still be pretty much flawless.

Not really, it would depend a lot on the climate, maintenance, and
whether it was garaged or not. In the town where I grew up it is not
uncommon to find low mileage vehicles with totally rotted bodies. In
fact, I used one of those rigs as a donor for the drivetrain of a truck
I used to own. 8^)

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