Hello From Music City!
06-18-2012, 11:03 PM
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Hello From Music City!
This is my first post. This is my first Jeep. I have owned many different types of cars, and I am very familiar with modifying cars, ie... suspension, wheels, engine builds, turbos (read.. only cars = never trucks). I have only speculative ideas when it comes to lifting a vehicle and not lowering it.
I have found a bone stock, rust free, 95 XJ (country) that I have purchased sight unseen. Literally a barn find through a friend, from a little old lady that bought it new, and now has only 38,000 miles on it. (I just giggled a little typing that.) I am told she had to replace the battery every year to drive it through emissions inspection, but it has passed every year.
I don't want to mention the amount I paid... yet. I am hoping this community would be able to offer a little direction on whether to throw a lift kit and big tires on it, or keep it stock as more of an investment than a toy.
What would be a fair price for a 95 XJ Country w/ 38,000 miles, stock, clean interior w/ no rust?
If you are a careful reader you have already figured out what I would like
to do to this XJ, but I would appreciate (most)any insight offered.
I will post pics after next weekend when I pick it up.
I have found a bone stock, rust free, 95 XJ (country) that I have purchased sight unseen. Literally a barn find through a friend, from a little old lady that bought it new, and now has only 38,000 miles on it. (I just giggled a little typing that.) I am told she had to replace the battery every year to drive it through emissions inspection, but it has passed every year.
I don't want to mention the amount I paid... yet. I am hoping this community would be able to offer a little direction on whether to throw a lift kit and big tires on it, or keep it stock as more of an investment than a toy.
What would be a fair price for a 95 XJ Country w/ 38,000 miles, stock, clean interior w/ no rust?
If you are a careful reader you have already figured out what I would like
to do to this XJ, but I would appreciate (most)any insight offered.I will post pics after next weekend when I pick it up.
06-19-2012, 10:00 PM
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If it's as clean as the mileage would indicate, a fair guess is $6,000. If you had two serious people that wanted to bid against each other, who can say what it's worth? It's worth what someone wants to pay for it.
07-04-2012, 11:32 AM
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Well... here it is!
It is not quite what I was told but pretty darn close. It actually had 48K miles on it not 38K. Then I drove it home 11 hours and now has 49K miles on it. It does have little paint chip rust marks, but nothing I can't take care of. There are a couple drops of oil on the driveway this morning, maybe not a big deal. The tires are from 2001, but the wheels/tires/suspension are all going to be changed anyway. The interior is pretty clean, but was/is very dusty, due to sitting for few years. The coffee stain on the passenger seat should be an easy cleanup. I ended up paying only $2,000. I am pleased, and looking forward to the trails/camping/trips/not being at work.
First a shout out to the PO ! ! The lady in the blue is Ms. Charlotte, it was her Jeep, and her daughter Jane in the pink.
It is not quite what I was told but pretty darn close. It actually had 48K miles on it not 38K. Then I drove it home 11 hours and now has 49K miles on it. It does have little paint chip rust marks, but nothing I can't take care of. There are a couple drops of oil on the driveway this morning, maybe not a big deal. The tires are from 2001, but the wheels/tires/suspension are all going to be changed anyway. The interior is pretty clean, but was/is very dusty, due to sitting for few years. The coffee stain on the passenger seat should be an easy cleanup. I ended up paying only $2,000. I am pleased, and looking forward to the trails/camping/trips/not being at work.
First a shout out to the PO ! ! The lady in the blue is Ms. Charlotte, it was her Jeep, and her daughter Jane in the pink.
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07-04-2012, 12:24 PM
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The field behind Charlotte's house is now rented out to a local farmer. I am told her husband and son took care of it as a past time.
The garage down the street gave a quick look over, then I was on my way!
The interior is pretty clean too.
The garage down the street gave a quick look over, then I was on my way!
The interior is pretty clean too.
07-04-2012, 12:41 PM
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This is all the pics I will have for today... I still have to work even though it is the Fourth of July. I was able to get a hose on it and knock some of the dust off of it this morning.
I have never seen a running board like this before... "Auotbahn". It will be coming off as soon as I have time.
Let me know if you see anything from the pics that needs addressing. I think I am going to name it "Miles"... Since it made it home a few hundred miles to Nashville from northern PA without breaking down. The longest trip it has had previously was to Bob Evans or Walmart.
I have never seen a running board like this before... "Auotbahn". It will be coming off as soon as I have time.
Let me know if you see anything from the pics that needs addressing. I think I am going to name it "Miles"... Since it made it home a few hundred miles to Nashville from northern PA without breaking down. The longest trip it has had previously was to Bob Evans or Walmart.
You are extremely lucky. Wish i could find something like that. Welcome.