Cost of FSJ's these days!

[rockcandy]

First off, Long time no see! Second, I have been looking around at FSJ's lately and what the heck??!! I know I've been away for a while, but prices have gone way up! At least here in Oklahoma. I don't get it. I've been looking around on craigslist and stuff and everyone just seems to want a lot. However, the classifieds here seem to be the same. That works

I would love to find another 2 door Cherokee but don't want to pay an arm and a leg for a pile of junk. I won't cut this one up


How's the old timers doing in here? Any cool projects I should check out?

[Mike D]

yea ... prices are all over the place ....

66Stepside posted a pair over in montanna of two for 600$ ... one had a 401 that ran ... if had had not spen my 1K on the 72 iv got now i would of went on retrived that pair -- used a boat gass tank in the passengers seat and used hte drivable one to pull the second !!!!

My Wag that i just bought was a bit over priced -- but in the range that i had to spend. It runs, drives but needs work every where ....

[QBALL]

Just bought mine in SE PA , 1979 wagoneer , 360 , std w/d44's fr/rr ,aluminum rims ,32's , with xtra steel wheels/tires for $1500.00 .

[Chumley360]

The price late model Grand Wags have gone stupid around here. There's been a "restored" one on craigslist for a long while at around $10k. I feel like sending him an e-mail letting him know that the red side marker lenses go on the rear.

[Dens71TA]

I'd say they are still relatively cheap. It seems like all the FSJs on Craigslist priced over $2500 are continuously for sale for months, some even years at a time.

I bought my '86 J10 with 63K original miles and a Meyer plow for $1,000. I've probably put a few grand into it and in the end, its still a $1,000 truck if I decided to sell it.

[brielly]

Cherokees are still pretty cheap but mid to late 80's and up Grand waggys are pretty pricey in the Northeast. You can get them cheaper but you'll have lots of rust to take care of.

[Mikel]

Clean GWs are becoming luxury vehicles again.

[cma]

yess, thats true

Clean GWs are becoming luxury vehicles again.

[twisted frame]

Hey rockcandy,

I don't think we ever corresponded via PM and I know I probably didn't have much to add to some of your threads from way back but I do remember your back-halved, originally beige 2 door. That was what I'd call one of the early radical rigs on here.

I have some funny memory of a thread someone started called "rockcandy has a fan club" which featured a t-shirt with "rockcandy" on it...being worn by a woman...I'll leave it at that!

Off the top of my head, these build threads are some of my current faves:

66Stepside's panel: http://www.ifsja.org/forums/vb/showt...135927&page=12

Resbum's 70 Gladiator with 6bt: http://www.fsjnetwork.com/forum/view...hp?f=36&t=1651

rileydcasey's trail J truck: http://www.ifsja.org/forums/vb/showt...=108520&page=4

[rockcandy]

fan club???!!!! Where is this you speak of?

Now days I'm into going fast, but I would love to have one of these things for a family camping/tow rig. I still have a soft spot for them. I am in the middle of building someone's jeep though. It's fun to go back to my roots!

[twisted frame]

fan club???!!!! Where is this you speak of?

I found the thread!:

http://www.ifsja.org/forums/vb/showthread.php?t=47807

The link to the shirt is dead but you get the idea from the string of posts. blt2krl...there's an old name - his rig gave pignoses a good name!

[rockcandy]

Well, I'm picking up an 83 wt Cherokee. Looks to be in decent shape from the pics. It's a couple hours from my house so we will see next weekend. I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaack!

[sportsidedan]

It's the beauty of these cars. They don't have an exact value and a thing of beauty will always remain at top prices.