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What's the value of this thing? Friend's dad "garage find"

Old Mar 13, 2024 | 04:01 PM
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Default What's the value of this thing? Friend's dad "garage find"

He daily beats this thing around Queens. 92 Cherokee Sport. Odometer broke "a long time ago," the amount of things that don't work outnumber the things that do work, as expected on a daily beater from '92 in NYC. It's not in great condition by any stretch but it's also completely unmolested. She runs strong, blows cold air through A/C even I believe. Thinking about buying it off him but want to offer a fair price. Enough people have stopped him on the street in recent years that he finally believes me it's not worthless, he thinks it's junkyard bound, what is fair?
























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Old Mar 14, 2024 | 06:59 AM
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$500
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Old Mar 14, 2024 | 10:37 AM
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$1000 max.

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Old Mar 14, 2024 | 10:58 AM
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Not looking too rusty, does run and drive as a DD currently? $1000 is where I'd like to be at. $500 tag reflects a literally beat up winter beater IMO.

That looks like with some maintenance and continued care you'd have yourself a decent classic to cruise around in
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Old Mar 14, 2024 | 02:19 PM
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It's clearly uncared for which doesn't, necessarily, mean it's been neglected but does rather suggest it.

On the other hand, for a '92 NY vehicle it's in remarkably sound condition.

I thought the days of sub-$1,000 running XJ's had long since past. Perhaps sanity has finally prevailed - whereas here they're edging ever closer to 10 times that
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Condition and Location Location Location.
Between Portland, OR and the Canadian border that's a 3,000-4,500 dollar Cherokee.
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Definitely a lot there to work with. It would be good to get a pic of the engine bay to see how "unmolested" it is.
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The real question here is what's up with the mallard mask lol
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Just ducking around is my guess.
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Originally Posted by cruiser54
Just ducking around is my guess.
Your pun is totally quack
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Default "bring a trailer" auction site average $14,000.

Originally Posted by ElectricBugaloo
He daily beats this thing around Queens. 92 Cherokee Sport. Odometer broke "a long time ago," the amount of things that don't work outnumber the things that do work, as expected on a daily beater from '92 in NYC. It's not in great condition by any stretch but it's also completely unmolested. She runs strong, blows cold air through A/C even I believe. Thinking about buying it off him but want to offer a fair price. Enough people have stopped him on the street in recent years that he finally believes me it's not worthless, he thinks it's junkyard bound, what is fair?























kbb in ala. $500. just traded 883 hd for 89 xj with 132xxx and spent $3k since. i'm happy. real happy. go to bring a trailer and look it up.
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