Hello, I am very new to this forum, just finished registering before making this. But let me get to the story. My grandfather had a beautiful 1987 Jeep cherokee chief 4 door. That was my favorite car. It was two-tone grey, black checkered interior, and just your average rust on the bottom sides. But 6 years ago the engine overheated and my grandfather sadly had to sell it to a scrap yard for 300 bucks, as we were short on money at that time. My grandfather is much older now, and still has to work and his new car gives him troubles he never had with that old chief. I'm sure that old chief is somewhere in a scrapyard being used for parts. And I want to find and restore it for him. So please help me look for it. If you've ever seen an old grey cherokee chief rusting out waiting for parts to be plucked, please message me. I even have the sales brochure and keys to it, and I would even sell my gaming consoles for it back. Thank you, and please keep an eye out for it. I have pictures if needed. God bless. Also edited this so I could give you the VIN: 1JCMR783XHT042733

 

Ask Gramps what yard he sold it to.

 

We're still trying to figure that out, he was pretty sure it was a buyer who just went and took it to a random salvage yard.

 

Chance are slim a yard still has it, being 6 years ago. Everywhere i go the older models are stripped clean and crushed in a matter of months. Check the yards to see if they have the VIN in their system. They should atleast be able to tell you if someone bought it, or its been crushed. I never dealt with this sort of thing, but if someone bought it, i wouldnt think a yard, or the DMV would give you that information as you are trying to find a vehicle that is no longer yours, and hasnt been for quite some time. Have you posted this on any other Jeep forum? That helps widen your search.

Good luck.