This morning @sa1126 posted a find: a $4200 LJ with a bad transmission.
https://wranglertjforum.com/threads/4200-lj-needs-transmission.28800/
You guys talk up the Southern Jeep. Well... "only" 198k miles in the San Antonio area. So I reached out to the seller. Frame looks amazing. Sounds like the engine and everything else is fine. Seems like a solid individual, too.
Long story short, he's hanging onto it until I can fly down there to check it out this weekend. $331 round-trip. Shipping quotes look like they'd be slightly under $1000. New transmission I'm guesstimating will be less than $1500. We'll see what else needs replacing.
But I might be getting a Southern LJ with a nice frame and new transmission for $7000!
@AndyG will you be disappointed if I lose the Alfred E. Neuman privilege?
Anyone want to take bets on how long I can bear the TJ life?
https://wranglertjforum.com/threads/4200-lj-needs-transmission.28800/
You guys talk up the Southern Jeep. Well... "only" 198k miles in the San Antonio area. So I reached out to the seller. Frame looks amazing. Sounds like the engine and everything else is fine. Seems like a solid individual, too.
Long story short, he's hanging onto it until I can fly down there to check it out this weekend. $331 round-trip. Shipping quotes look like they'd be slightly under $1000. New transmission I'm guesstimating will be less than $1500. We'll see what else needs replacing.
But I might be getting a Southern LJ with a nice frame and new transmission for $7000!
@AndyG will you be disappointed if I lose the Alfred E. Neuman privilege?
Anyone want to take bets on how long I can bear the TJ life?
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