Edward Turner
TJ Enthusiast
Check out these guys:
https://www.fs1inc.com/jeep-ecu-ecm...MIjYn1iKqq4AIViYTICh2zVgs8EAAYASAAEgI8GPD_BwE
https://www.fs1inc.com/jeep-ecu-ecm...MIjYn1iKqq4AIViYTICh2zVgs8EAAYASAAEgI8GPD_BwE
Yeah but that implies the body style is 20 years old. The youngest TJ just turned 13. Price is usually driven by rarity."Cars 20 years and older typically fall into the classic class".
Those CJ3s are so cool lookingThis off Hagertys web site.. Nota TJ, but 55 years older...
Jeep CJ-3B
Average value is $9000 for a #3-condition car.
If it has a vertical seven-slat grille and says Jeep on the rear, chances are it’s collectible. Jeeps of nearly every vintage are doing well, and that includes the classic 1949–65 CJ-3. It’s not exactly a luxury automobile, having a lot more in common with its military brethren than it does with later models, but people keep wanting one, so values continue to rise. It may not be long before CJ-3s in general break out of the “under $10K” category; in fact, some early models already have.
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Hard to believe any TJ will be worth more than a CJ3 in 10 years.
Mine will be. It's both OEM. I think the jacked up modded ones will not qualify to be on a classic jeep category someday.This off Hagertys web site.. Nota TJ, but 55 years older...
Jeep CJ-3B
Average value is $9000 for a #3-condition car.
If it has a vertical seven-slat grille and says Jeep on the rear, chances are it’s collectible. Jeeps of nearly every vintage are doing well, and that includes the classic 1949–65 CJ-3. It’s not exactly a luxury automobile, having a lot more in common with its military brethren than it does with later models, but people keep wanting one, so values continue to rise. It may not be long before CJ-3s in general break out of the “under $10K” category; in fact, some early models already have.
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Hard to believe any TJ will be worth more than a CJ3 in 10 years.
True! I have kept all of my stock parts so I could revert it back if I ever wanted toI think a lot of folks see stock TJs and think "classic Jeep" already. Everytime I go somewhere in mine, I get people telling me about how they wish they'd have kept their old Jeep. I said from the day I got my LJ that I'm going to keep it basically stock. At least nothing that can't be easily reversed. Not many people want one that someone has already "built".
True! I have kept all of my stock parts so I could revert it back if I ever wanted to
Not being critical, just that for me, I doubt I'll ever sell mine. I wish I still had my '78 F250 CrewCab, my '52 M38, my '70 TA, my '69 Cortina, no more regrets, I want to be buried in my TJR. And I like it modified.I have kept all of my stock parts so I could revert it back if I ever wanted to
I want to be buried in my TJR. And I like it modified.
Well yeah, I'm gonna blame all those indiscretions on beer.When you meet the creator, you will explain why you alter his creation.
up there, TJR will be cleansed from its impurities you created against her will... and so, the creator wont let you in though.... purgatory is not fun, there are no TJs there.Well yeah, I'm gonna blame all those indiscretions on beer.
That’s because they all crawled there way out.up there, TJR will be cleansed from its impurities you created against her will... and so, the creator wont let you in though.... purgatory is not fun, there are no TJs there.
That's West Texas!I'm thinkin' hell sounds like more fun.
I’d bet there’s a large enough user base to drive an aftermarket option. Summit or Jegs will have a source developed by then.
I vote that you should get comment of the day!At 63 years old, I've always chuckled at the "It's 20+ years old, so it IS a classic!" statement. Really?! So you're saying that a Yugo is a "classic" then? I. Don't. THINK. So!
From where I sit, a true "classic vehicle" HAS to be not only X amount of years old, but it must also be "desirable" to a few more people than your Uncle Mert. You'd be pretty hard-pressed to find ONE person in 100 that would actually "desire" a Yugo at ANY price point, no?
But then I'm the same guy that doesn't get owning a "pet bird" either. My nephew, who my wife and I think a lot of, works for an oil company in South America. For X-Mas he sent us a live bird all the way from South America. He called us on 12/26 and asked us: "Did you get that bird I sent you?" "You bet!" I replied - "He was DELICIOUS!" "You don't mean you ATE that bird! Geez, that bird was worth a fortune - he spoke two languages!" "Well, I replied - he should have SAID something!"