saw this xj on craigslist, thought it was pretty cool looking, seemed like something fun to bash around in the dunes with. here is the text and picture from the add.

1996 jeep cherokee classic
No motor transmission or tcase
Title in hand
2wd
Lifted
***RIMS AND TIRES NOT INCLUDED****

BTW the price is 2100

 

so i went to check it out. ive never seen such a death trap. the welds are some of the worse ive seen. i was not able to get pix of everything because i was short on time. but wow, i cant imagine what would happen if this were to be taken on the freeway.

the idea of this was cool but done so poorly. it has axles from a k5

the owner told me all it needed was for all the welds to be grinded down and re welded and for a motor tranny and t case to be put in it. had all the motor mounts cut off because he was going to put a 350 in it.

just look at this lol, those LCAs are loose as can be, and are off of some car he found in the junk yard, hence their anti-beefiness lol.

those coil buckets need massive bracing too. im not sure about those upper control arms sticking out further than the lowers either. geometry was way weird.

all of this for beeautiful work 2k!! thats a steal! no tires or rims? even better!!

the interior was nice, so its got that going for it

 

pix dont do justice. half of the brackets were not welded at all. only what you could see from the outside angle

 

$500 maybe. They sawed the lower control arms off and it has 4" blocks.

 

last ones

 

Dude ought to be shot for selling such a deathtrap...poor XJ

 

Looks like he used two chevy 10 bolts which aint even worth swapping.The links are why under sized and everything he welded on will fail soon.But thats not the worse thing i have seen yet.Seen a few mini trucks they made their on step notches from scrap metal.Or the best one was a 70s impala donk they welded scrap metal on to a cast iron spindle as a ball joint lift.It's a sad world when i need a license to hunt or fish but any yahoo can try to be a welder and do jankey stuff like that and drive it on the road with the rest of us.

 

All that thing is worth is scrap price and then only if it had tires of some kind to get it onto a trailer to haul to the scrap yard.


I would have ashamed to put it up for sale........Hope some kid doesn't come along and buy that POS thinking its OK.

 

That drag link extension daugh. Would sell a lot better if he just cut everything off and sold the clean body.

 

he wants 2100 for something with no motor, tranny, or Tcase, on top of everything suspension wise has been completely cut apart and frankensteined and then welded crudely back into place? this guy is either an idiot or knows nothing about mechanics.

he needs to be put down old yeller style!

 

lol, i offered $500 to see what he would say, and it apparently was too low.
he said if he doesnt sell it, hes just gonna put an LS engine in it.

 

First off you offered too much...

Second, what does he think LS stands for?

Leaky and Slow?
HAHA

 

I wonder if we could talk him into doing a build thread on it? I'd love to watch this guy cobble together a V8 swap in this POS. Every day there'd be another "check out what I ****ed up today post" with photos. This could literally be months of entertainment.

 

haha no kidding. he seemed so offended with the offer. i really wonder why he thinks it is worth so much as it is

thatd be so great. he was all excited to tell me that it was a custom 4 link lift kit.
he tried putting a 350 with a 4 speed granny low, but the shifter did not clear the dash. He had the bottom of the dash all cut up where he tried to make it work but then gave up lol

 

I don't know what would give up first his jankey welds or those stock 10 bolts.Stuff like that is why i believe you should have to pass a welding test before you can own a welder.