How much money have you sank into your FSJ?

[PlumCrazy]

Don't tell the missus

$1700 purchase price
$200 new brake booster and MC
$400 new shocks
$200 misc parts to get electrical working and new lights
$450 rear axle repair (new bearings, seals, gears and brakes)
$2800 for new engine
$1200 labor and parts to install new engine
$400 new carb, 4bbl intake and new timing cover
$600 new tires

...for a grand total of "who cares, it's still only worth about a grand and I pulled a Freightliner"

Wayne S

[Tad]

I have a policy of not thinking about this too much.
I will say that the vast majority has been parts trades and swapping and stuff I built myself.
Besides the initial price (I traded some Q-trac's inside it for it's initial brake work back in '01) I'd say...
$1,500 cash
$200 in steel/AL
$700 in FedEx fee's
Not a lot really and it's worth slightly more than it was when it was the PushMobile.

[tardyboy]

This is scary territory I know my wife checks the kids computer activity but not sure about mine. Ok I'm taking a big chance
600.00 Cherokee
60.00 sheet metal
150.00 transmission rebuild kit
200.00 clutch
80.00 Bering support
70.00 tc rebuild
I'm going to rebuild the 360 budget 2500.00 I hope
1000.00 wheels & tires
300.00 exhaust I hope
10000.00 unknown problems
God I hope my wife doesn't see this!!!!

[J10_Jimbo]

this makes 27 years of these things, and I have spent way to much, but I voted the high number just thinking of the gas I've sunk into it the last year.

[YoungClayB]

this makes 27 years of these things, and I have spent way to much, but I voted the high number just thinking of the gas I've sunk into it the last year.

I should have clarified...gas and oil changes don't count

[misfittom138]

project lowbucks. I don't have much into it yet.

550 jeep with rear lockrite and new brakes
500 tranny parts
60 3inch body lift
120 tires and wheels
100 on board air
300 in emissions related suff, cat, air pump, hoses, clamps etc...
60-75 in rattlecan paint
35 CB and antennae
70 TFI upgrade parts

Not too bad yet. Wait until after SOA and my 36" Iroks go on, then truck avenger carb. Oh and steel for bumpers and exo cage!

[jeeping1974]

i know for a fact that i'm well over 10K. I can't even break it down cuz i have some much that i have bought over the last 5 years of owning the j10.

[Kali]

bought my 82 for 4650 and other than having the 727 rebuilt i havent needed to spend money on it. I have added HEI, a Mc2100, and a new exhaust as well as a number of small things. Im guessing Ive spent somewhere in the ~7000 range.

[Golddust]

Well, since I took delivery on Dec 22, 1976, at just under 30,000 miles, $4500 in gas at an average $1.50 per gallon.

Original price $8420

Ziebart $161.

New radiator, new fan clutch, several batteries, one set tires and rims($600) Paint etc. $1000

Insurance and plates $39000

$1700 per year, and going down each year because now it only costs about $500 per year.

Or a$1.76 per mile and going up because I drive it less than 50 miles per year now.

You had to ask didn't you.

[Dmntxn77]

I am currently close to $3K out of pocket. I figure thats pretty good considering how well I am currently equiped.

Of course, there is WAY more money in it than that. The rest came from selling parts (A LOT OF PARTS) and T-shirts ...

[moorehouse77]

I figure about $2800. It helps that my wifes boss gave it to me for free just to get it gone from her house. Pretty much everthing else has just been a couple bucks here and a couple bucks there accept for the part time conversion and t-case rebuild. No complaints at all, its been a blast to own and as I replace stuff there is less and less that is old and half broken so it gets cheaper every year.

[red mistress]

Oh my....

It's a frightening thought on any of the three RED Mistresses.

[AlsChopShop]

i'm afraid to add it up until i'm done, or i'll loose motivation to keep going.

i don't cound sold parts, unless they were directly involved with the purchase. for instance, i bough a suburban as my engine donor for $500, scrapped the body for $240 so i have a complete engine/wireing harness/ECM for $260.

i haven't dropped a lot of coin on it, but all those little things i'm sure add up. my best guess, $3k.

Al

[Gambler68]

I am currently close to $3K out of pocket. I figure thats pretty good considering how well I am currently equiped.

Of course, there is WAY more money in it than that. The rest came from selling parts (A LOT OF PARTS) and T-shirts ...

You need a bumper sticker that says
"FSJ Built with the shirt on YOUR back"

[Dmntxn77]

i don't cound sold parts, unless they were directly involved with the purchase. for instance, i bough a suburban as my engine donor for $500, scrapped the body for $240 so i have a complete engine/wireing harness/ECM for $260.

All the parts that I sale are directly related to my build. I ONLY get parts rigs to raise money for my Chief. If I didnt have a project, I WOULD NOT be parting out other rigs. Its way too much work and way to big of a PITA to do it otherwise...

You need a bumper sticker that says
"FSJ Built with the shirt on YOUR back"

Well, I could probably get a bumper sticker that says "This BUMPER was built with the shirt on your back"... Thats about all the profit that I have made so far. The rest of my profit is sitting in a box in my living room...