Merry Christmas everyone.

Been wanting a wrangler for a long time until one night when I had my z71 out mudding with a buddy that had his Dodge Ram. He got stuck BAD, he called someone to come pull him out cause I couldnt get to him without getting stuck myself. Guy comes in the woods in a stock XJ with nothing but a set of worn out allterrain tires. Im thinking "aint no way in hell" ! Then I seen the XJ pull this huge 4 door 4wd big horn edition dodge ram out of this hole that had both the front and rear bumpers on the ground. After that night a few months ago I said "damn, I gotta get me a jeep cherokee". I gave up the wrangler idea and been looking for a XJ ever since.

This past friday my buddy (the ram owner, who has since bought himself a wrangler also) calls me and says "hey i found an XJ for $500" I said "where at Im on my way to look at it now." I get to the location and there it sets an 88 XJ Laredo. Story from owner is, its been setting for a few years on and off and not started in 2 years, has green muck and acorns all over it and 4 flat tires, smells like rat **** inside. So I tell the guy, "tell ya what Ill run get a hot battery if it turns over and isnt locked up Ill buy it." I get the hot battery on it and spray it with some starting fluid and it turns over but getting no fire. I told the dude Id give $350 he said $500 I said $450 he said OK! Air up the tires and pull it home with the z71. Get on cherokee forum do some searching and the next day I buy a crank sensor and put a tune up on it. Spray it with starting fluid again and she starts up after a few rotations of the crank!!!!!

$530 and I have a running XJ!!!!

DROVE her to the car wash got the green muck off her, pulled the seats and tore the carpet out! Just about ready to give her a shake down run.

 

 

 

welcome. im new myself.. what part of alabama are you from?

 

North Alabama Albertville, YOU?

 

im in NWFL i go over to dothan alot and hang out with my muscle car buddies for dyno nights. good times

 

new from Bama here also. Shelby co.

 

I spent a week up that way working from scottsboro down to guntersville and over to decatur .. beautiful area

 

Sweet! Nice to see some Bama folks right off the bat! Shelby CO is about 3 hours or so south of me. I got an uncle and aunt down there somewhere.

 

Guntersville is like 5 miles from me. Where you from?

 

I got a 70 GTO (you can see it in the XJ pics)

 

Hell of a find by the way

 

i saw that, good lookin goat.. im a ford guy myself. family goes way back with mustangs but I sold mine recently. I miss it everytime i see a silly ricer kid

 

Tell me about it! I had given up about 2 days before this one showed up. I had found 2 on craigslist for $800 each. The day I was about to drop the hammer and go get one of them, they were both gone and I had given up. I was on a $1000 budget. Its like it was meant to be !

 

I bleed ford blue! I have owned a bunch of fox bodies. Done about everything you can possibly do to one and said hell with it and got rid of my 88 coupe and 72 Grabber Maverick a few months back. Ive always dreamed of a 70 GTO orbit orange and I went to GA and bought a goat and brought it home and did a frame off resto on it. Shes almost done. Ive drove it a little bit but transmission lost 3rd so gotta rebuild that this spring and then get the the stripes put on her.