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Old Apr 18, 2013 | 09:49 PM
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batman- if you want, you could PM me the vin. I could at least tell you the most recent history. if its in another state. Mileage, etc.
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Old Apr 18, 2013 | 09:50 PM
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sorry, i just like hunting down vehicles too, especially in this case. Its pretty fun. I once got very close to finding one of the original smokey and the bandit trucks. hit a random dead end at one point.
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Old Apr 18, 2013 | 10:07 PM
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Good luck with your quest! Waiting to hear what you find.
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Old Apr 18, 2013 | 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by BatmanXJ
But there is a small chance that an old man had it on a farm and died in 2007. The ole lady still lives there and lets me have it haha. I guy can dream right lol.
Ok so now I'm actually a lot more hopeful. I received the names of the last registered owners. It is a 62 years old couple. I then found their address and phone number. I will call tomorrow. I did do a google satilite of the address and the farm part is looking possible.

Here is a picture of the possible location of the jeep somewhere.lol
The Search and Recovery of First Jeep!!-old-jeep-location.jpg
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Old Apr 19, 2013 | 12:06 AM
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creepy lol
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Old Apr 19, 2013 | 12:08 AM
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Hopefully they got it. its hard to tell from the pic if theres a jeep down there.
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Old Apr 19, 2013 | 07:15 AM
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Hopefully they got it. its hard to tell from the pic if theres a jeep down there.
I agree. I'm sure that was an extreme measure to look for it. No stone un turned. Worst case they should be able to tell me who or where they sold it.
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Old Apr 19, 2013 | 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by BatmanXJ

I agree. I'm sure that was an extreme measure to look for it. No stone un turned. Worst case they should be able to tell me who or where they sold it.
Try looking in bing maps (seriously) the birds eye is pretty great, and can give multiple angles
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Old Apr 19, 2013 | 08:48 AM
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I called the number, and no answer. I left a message maybe they will call me back.
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Old Apr 19, 2013 | 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by BatmanXJ
I called the number, and no answer. I left a message maybe they will call me back.
"Yeah, hi. I'm looking at an ariel shot of your property trying to find my old Jeep... Never mind how I got your number... Or your address... Call me back, k?"

just messing with ya
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Old Apr 19, 2013 | 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by emptypockets
"Yeah, hi. I'm looking at an ariel shot of your property trying to find my old Jeep... Never mind how I got your number... Or your address... Call me back, k?"

just messing with ya
Haha. That would really be funny.

I do wonder how long I should give them to call me back. I may try again after 5:00 then wait a week and try again. If that fails I will mail them a letter or something.

Could mail them a picture of their property and tell them give me my Jeep back lolz.
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Old Apr 19, 2013 | 02:50 PM
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No happy ending here. Atleast I do have and ending

Search is over. The man gave it away last year to a guy. He said he knew that guy scraped it at a metal yard. lol

He told me it had about 340k miles whem he quit driving it. It had tranny issues. Im guessing it did not have the AX15. Apperently the engine was still orginal. The person he got it from fixed it cheap. Im happy that I don't have to wonder about it anymore I guess.
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Old Apr 19, 2013 | 03:33 PM
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That sucks, but at least you know what happened to it.
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Old Apr 19, 2013 | 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by BatmanXJ
Not sure what the beginning of yours meant. Hey I don't mind if if I find it almost stripped at least It would be a successful search.
long day at work when i posted that i mean that it is too old age wise to quailify for the cash for clunker program.
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Old Apr 19, 2013 | 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by emptypockets
Not true, dealerships were still taking them.
i know for a fact that they are too old, my dealer wouldnt touch them we did a 98 zj tho
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