Used cars that last forever
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From: Vancouver, WA via Chehalis, WA
Year: 1992
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L HO L6
I may have been lucky, but I had really good luck with the '73-'79 Ford F-series; Probably because they could be kept together with bailing twine and duct tape, and serviced with a screwdriver and an adjustable wrench!
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From: South Dakota
Year: 1992
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
X2 on that...my old 75 starts up faster then my cherokee.lol Still has a ton of power and very little problems for being over 30 years old...only downfall is she's a little cold blooded.lol
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From: UTAH
Year: 1991 RIP Flo
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 pending 4bt swap or chevy 350
My 73 Blazer looks like it's been in a war zone for the last 12 years! I still love it though. Still fires right up after two pumps on the accelerator. I have taken it all over hell and back and no matter what it just keeps on going. A little electrical tape here, some zip ties there, you don't even need the key to start it anymore.. Only the fuel gauge and oil pressure gauges work, no stereo, 1 ton axles locked up. It's big, it's black, and I call it Oprah.
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Joined: Feb 2011
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From: South Dakota
Year: 1992
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
My 73 Blazer looks like it's been in a war zone for the last 12 years! I still love it though. Still fires right up after two pumps on the accelerator. I have taken it all over hell and back and no matter what it just keeps on going. A little electrical tape here, some zip ties there, you don't even need the key to start it anymore.. Only the fuel gauge and oil pressure gauges work, no stereo, 1 ton axles locked up. It's big, it's black, and I call it Oprah.
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Posts: 166
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From: Philadelphia
Year: 97
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Didnt see the list but my slant six Valiant could defenitly take a beating..had 243,000 when i gave it to myfather in law..looked like crap but took me everywhere and back..still can hear the starter bendix spinning after she fired....lol.....One thing that Camary tuned in on was the slant on that four cylinder........copy cats....
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From: fredericksburg virginia
Year: 94
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 5.2
the slant six would outlast the car that it was in . as popular as the toyota trucks were you dont see them around but you still see lots of cherokees.
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From: Oroville, CA
Year: 1995
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 with all of the noise and clatter
You still see a lot of old Toyota trucks outside of the rust belt. They're usually driven into the ground, but still running with a for sale sign in the window asking way too much. The old solid front axle Toyota trucks go for more money than the IFS trucks around my area. The Toyota dealer had a very clean 85 Toyota 4x4 with only 40k miles on it just last year, it sold for $8,000!
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Joined: May 2011
Posts: 358
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From: idaho falls, idaho
Year: 97
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
We have tons of the old yotas here theirs one in literally brand new condition right down the road from me too
You may go fast, but I don't get stuck
You may go fast, but I don't get stuck
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Posts: 497
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From: Santa Clarita,CA
Year: 2000 Sport
Model: Cherokee
Engine: I6 4.0
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