How much money have you sank into your FSJ?

[salbt]

what ever happens, don't let my wife see this cause I'll be living in the truck if she does.

71 Glad Purchase Price: 1300
Hauling it home: 500
Suspension parts: 500
Stainless Exhaust system 550
Ceramic Headers 350
Rebuilt Carb took 3 tries 150
Body Work & Paint 1300 super deal, but he's not done yet
Rewiring Electrical System 300
New Brake Lines, Mastercylinder, brake parts 400
Seat, radio, 500
Misc parts 1000
I'm sure I'm missing about 1000 more

Have about another 1000 for Rhino Liner in bed and interior,
Window and door seals about another 200
And will probably spend another ton on an engine rebuild soon.

[Casey]

About $2500 in this one. Traded work and parts for the truck. Sold it for cash and a doubler for my Chief project.

HEI $120

H1s and tires $500.

4.10 DRW D60/D70 $900

high steer parts $250

shocks/springs/aal $450



I have that much in the axles/gears/lockers in my Chief. Still can't drive it.

[JeepMods]

Too much on what I want and Too little on what I need...

[joker7037]

$800 purchase price
$600 rebuild tranny
$100 alternator
$400 misc parts
$500 to my cousin because I have no clue what I am doing.
$2400 more than my wife knows about, but still less than I want to spend.
Dam priorities.

[tndonor]

Id hate to think..... Sold my J10 Cummins 4B rig

Now I have a M715. Its has a p-PumpedCummins 6B (1995) with twins. South bend 13 inch flywhell and 550 hp clutch. HP dana 60 rebulit with an OX locker 35 spline outers and driveflanges, 14b FF with detroit and discs. New NV4500. 203/205 doubler. Harness suspension seats, wiring harness, wipers, etc.

1967 M715 $2200
Cummins motor 1600
New NV4500 1500
Clutch 1100
clutch hydraulics 200
seats 500
tires 700
twin turbo setup 1900
DOM tubing 1000
dana 60,gears, OX, 35 outers, flanges 2300
14b discs and locker 800
doubler 1300
wiring harness 130
Heims 90
machine work/steel for motor mounts 300
turn signals 30
guages 400
top 345


Still have paint and body, wheels, driveshafts, new top, front bumper, winch, on board air. Not ready to order those until drivetrain is in and ready.

But it will be worth it

[EnigmaticEngineer]

I originally bought my 69 waggy for $700 and immediately put a waterpump, battery and new starter on it. Cost $100 to do that so...

$800 in the vehicle.

Bought another waggy (1977) for $100 with a 401/TH400/QuadraTrac.

I made over $1000 profit selling parts off of it, keeping the D44's.

So -$200 in the vehicle (or, I got the vehicle for free plus $200 cash)

Since then I've spent the $200 profit and another $400 in upgrades (mini spools, bearings, seals, ball joints, front lift springs from junkyard, high steer arms, 3/4 heims/bolts/spacers, a gallon of featherfill primer, two paint guns, and some other crap.) None of these parts have been installed yet, still finishing up things.

So, depending on how you look at it, I have somewhere between $400 and $600 in my 1969 waggy so far. It is currently running and driving with just shy of 50k miles and fully insured. (I look at it as I have $400 in it as the $200 profit was also free)

Nathan.

[TJDukit]

$200 initial investment (running, drivable and fairly solid truck)
$170 for new EZ-wiring harness
$115 for junk yard springs and u-bolts(pretty much brand new)
$160 for ballistic fab brackets for the spring under frame(not done yet)
$40 for two nice early Toyota mini truck seats(still need to be mounted)
$100 for junk yard dizzy with new Accel points eliminator(never even hooked up), 4bbl intake manifold and a holley carb.
$44 for Rhino grill, pie plates and headlight rings(junk yard)

That all adds up to $829 but I've gone through so many shop consumables and quite a few trips to autozone for random parts, and a few cheap trips to the junk yard so I'm over $1000.

not too bad considering what I have sitting behind me in my garage.

[suzq044]

Levi:
$600 -- Vehicle cost
$90 -- Various half-price days at the 'yards
$50 -- Replacing a few electrical pieces
$150 -- nice set of 5-spoke OEM wheels
$TBD -- Tires
$72/mo -- Storage fees (at a little over a year now)
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$1764 excluding the tires, and selling of unnecessary parts (seats mostly)

.. awaiting my steering column rebuild (top part) and registration/smog.
ALMOST there! (He runs, and drives.. no leaks.. yet)

Maximus:
$0 -- got him free -- thanks again!
$0 -- misc. chrome trim -- yay craigslist
$50 -- wheels and temporary tiny tires.
$30 -- truck bed toolbox (too wide, we're selling it)
$72/mo -- Storage fees (probably around 6mos?)
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$512 excluding new tires, and selling off parts we don't need.
.. he's procrastinating on the fuel pump (mech. or otherwise ). I haven't even heard it start up yet, but he has.

[SEdmonds]

We have $400.00 into the 72 Wagoneer...will put another $500 into it - tires, mostly, and a brake booster. The rationale was that our son needed/wanted his own vehicle to do daily drivng and some off roading. His grandad had the Wag, which hadn't run in 7 years but supposedly only needed a carb rebuild and a rear main seal, and it was free. It was the most economic solution - which is funny, as FSJ's are often so un-economic.

[conehead]

$3700 for j20, $1000 to get body dipped, $500 to rebuild front and rear axles, $1100 for springs, $300 for almost new condition tailgate, $1000 for new fenders and body panels, it was much rustier than I thought it was. $1300 for a dodge diesel donor truck. $2000 to get engine rebuilt. $1100 for tires and wheels. Probably another $1000 in misceleanous expences and I still need to find a transmission and transfer case. Now that I add it up I'm not so sure it was a good idea.

[okjeep]

Off to the body shop puts us over the $10k. Waiting on axle parts that will finish it out!

[Full Size 4WD]

Truck-Traded a tree for it.
Lift 500
Gas Tank & Carb 700
Seats 60
Misc "stuff" 500
Spare truck 800

Upcoming
More Lift 500
Tires/Rims 1000
Axle "stuff" 2500 (lockers, gears, etc)

My time is free right?????

[lost1]

Originally Posted by lost1

'83 waggy -360 bucks
spark plugs, wires, carb rebuild kit, fuel lines, brake lines, pads and shoes, engine and gear oil, tranny fluid, muffler etc...

just getting it back up to speed I've spent not quite 400 bucks.

So, roughly 760 dollars (which have already been spent in surplus on vehicle insurance, and again in fuel) to have a road-worthy rig that sat for soemthing like seven years.

I ahve to say, I'm not entirely looking forward to rebuilding the motor and making it more offroad-worthy. $$$$

Add to that roughly 2000 in parts, some labor at a shop, and some towing trips. Dead motor swapped out for one with 150k miles, transmisison rebuilt, rear axle serviced, muffler replaced, 2 carbs rebuilt...dangit I know I'm forgetting something.

About to drop about $500 into the front axle. I'm about 3200-3300 dollars into it now.

[Phillips889]

You think with all this money the aftermarket would catch on a little more. I could only find one place that has a bedside and thats bjsoffroad.

[710 Burner]

I know, right?

[toyjeep]

Originally Posted by toyjeep

1st Post:

77 Cherk w/o axles - $100.
'79 J-10 Axles & driveshafts - $300
Rebuild 360 - $1000
Full MSD Ignition - $600
Fancy K&N FIlter - $160
36" Irocs - $800
4 x wheels - $100
T-18 w/ Dana 20 - $300
Tilt steering Column - $50
New windshield (x2 - broke one trying to install) w/ rubber - $130
Disc brakes on D44 - $250
BJ's PreRunner Bumper - $395
MM 12000 lb winch - $400
4" Lift - $400
D60 Front & Rear w/ OX and Detroit locks and 35 spline upgrades - $2200
NP435 w/ NP205 - $400
Misc crap to make this all work - $500

2nd Post:
Sold D60 Rear with disk brakes and detroit - -$900
Sold D60 OX - -$600
D60 Detroit - $450
14 Bolt w/ 4.56 and detroit - $250
14b disk brakes - $250
H1's recentered w/ rock rings - $400
New brake plumbing - $250
NP 203 - $150
NWF doubler - $675
NWF Triple shifter $350
HAD Fancy Driveshafts - $1200
Pitbull Rockers x 5 - $1700
Sold 36" swampers - -$600
Sold D44's - -$200
Misc metal - $200
Seats - $400
Full PSC Hyrdo Asist - $1200

New total: $14060

And it looks like crap, but hopefully it will get me anywhere I have the balls to go.

Still needs a cage and decent shocks.

5 PVC inserts for H1's - $150
Rear suspension seat - $400
PS Pump relocation - $100
Traded MM 12000 winch for broke down Warn 8274 - $600 to fix w/ synthetic line
Sold prerunner bumper - -$300
Bendtech Pro - $400
Tube for cage & bumper - $700
Welding/shop supplies - $200
Shorty headers - $225
Piaa lights - $250
Rear bob - lots of time

$16,785

Future incudes new exhaust fromthe headers back, new rear shocks, fiberglass for floor rebuild....I am glad my better half does not read these forums

[El_Diablo]

Originally Posted by El_Diablo

tfi upgrade with plugs and wires- $80ish
edelbrock intake valley pan, vacuum lines and all- $270 or so?
oil cooler- $40
2/3 inch (leveled the rear) lift- $60
brand new 32 inch mud tires, purchase, mount and balance- $290
floor pans- $11
sheet metal- $7
battery hold down- $7
cargo mat- $3
thermostat- $12
paint- $30
rear locker- $150 IIRC

grand total so far is only $960 and its pretty capable, next up is a little more body work (rockers) and one the rust is mostly taken care of i'll be doing some body protection an SOA lift and some bigger tires

22k mile motor- $150
cam- $110
heads rebuilt- $232
gasket kit $70
motor and trans mounts- $46
window tracks- $8
hood cable- $4
power window switch $5
SOA and shackle flip- $110
off road bumper (cliffhanger style)- $150
headers- $80
drop pitman- $45
millerluck 1/8" rocker panels- $80
a/c bracket- $15
brand new york compressor- $FREE!!


$2065 plus $1500 for the jeep... not a bad deal for $3565, bit more to go.......

[xsonmyeyes]

Lessee:
2500- for the jeep
150-used transfer case
1000-HEI, carb, manifold,timing gears
350-tires
100 -body lift
200-trying to fix cam/lifter problem
2500-giving in and buying a new engine
300 misc parts..alternator, sedning unit, ect..ect...ect
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about $7100....

but considering this is my DD and have had it for about 7 years and the fact that it is THE COOLEST truck around...not too shabby!

[SpectreZ91]

I should have never stumbled upon this thread.. I don't even have a FSJ yet and now I'm already scared.

I have a 76 J10 lined up to get.. $500. Been sitting for 3+ years and was told it has a bad trans So that will be the start of it..

Now I'm going to do a break down of what I have in my bronco and see where that comes from

$1300 to purchase (the first time)
$300 new radius arm
$1600 in new 40" boggers
$1000 351 Mass air motor
$1600 C6 transmission
$1000 (rough guess on random parts I've replaced throughout the years)
$500 That I can remember paying to get it "smogged" over the years
$2000 to purchase it (bought from the ex wife after our divorce)

That's up to $9300 as we speak now.. Right now it's in the middle of a body swap and doesn't even run right now.. *sigh*

[Mavawreck]

The first time:
1989 Wagoneer - 3400 purchase price
Edel intake and carb - 300
Stereo - 470
Paint - 1400
Tires - 300
HEI - 150
Radiator and Waterpump - 300
$6500
(I didn't include items such as the 4 ignition modules I went through before switching to HEI or rebuilding the original carb or things like that)

Sold for $6400

Second time:
1988 Wagoneer - traded a boat for it which I had a lot of money in
Napa order (tie rod ends, fuel pump, plugs, air filter, etc) - 230
BJs order (fan shroud and thermostat) - 140
CRT order (HEI and wires) - 170

$540 and I still need a new muffler, new springs and shocks, new motor mounts, new carpet, to get the drivers seat recovered, headliner material, gears, rebuild the heads, and to get the top half repainted.