so today i picked up a running 1986 XJ laredo with the tow package...this means i have a D44 rear, tow hooks, all the factory skids that were available at the time, and tons of other goodies!! it has 220000 miles but runs! oh yeah i forgot to mention i got it for $400. and so begins my build!

 

and what craigslist are you looking at. Damn thats a deal. Sorry i missed it. Looking forward to seeing the build

 

nice

 

it wasn't on craigslist, i picked it up from a co-worker

 

those are the best deals

 

Are you sure it's a D44, they didn't come in the 86 model.

 

Yes you are right it is an 87, nice catch I musta pressed the wrong button when typing :\

 

My deal beats your deal.

I got my '87 w/all the goodies for $150 from a neighbor....It didnt run, but whatever... I stripped all the goodies, and put them underneath my '89, and brought the '87 to the salvage yard where I got $200 for it.

So in essence I was actually paid $50 to have it.

 

So if it's a Renix then that's the deal of a century, even if it's the 2.8 or 2.5 that's still a great deal. I can see me buying a 2.8 only under very specific circumstances like a good deal ya know

 

good deal.
a few years ago, i bought two 87 xj's for 300 bux, both with d44s. drove one home with the rebuilt engine and trailered the other behind my dakota.

then a couple years ago, i bought a 93 laredo with 150kms (80k miles) for 100 bux. bad nss.

 

did they ever put anything other than the 4.0 in an xj with the tow package? lol

 

In the 84-86 models with the 2.8, the tow package was not for the XJ to tow anything, it was so it could be towed when the crappy 2.8 broke down and left you stranded.

 

My best deal was a 93 ZJ with a bad t-case and broke front axle and a 91 XJ with a blown rear and was hit in the rear quarter, both for 400 bucks. Put the t-case and front axle out of the XJ in the ZJ as well as the front springs in the rear of the ZJ, had some leftover 4" springs in the garage to lift the front. Sold the then lifted ZJ on stock tires for 800, the motor and tranny from the 91 for 250 and scrapped the body for another 150. I think I came out ok.