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I don't know if it's just me or if any of you have had trouble, but lately I can't find buyers for parts or whole Jeeps. What's the deal? Has facebook saturated the market? I can't give away my rust free 86!
My trouble is getting motivated to sell. It takes effort. I got all wound up to ship a brush guard last month. Krista and I put two hours into getting it all wrapped up but the Mancos to Tampa cost broke the deal. Did sell a 401 last month though.
86 falls in "the bad years". All the people who want a GW for the looks want an 88-91. I personally think Jeep got it perfect from 79-82. The older 60's and 70's are always hard to sell even though I just bought a 76 with a 401 (still not sure why). rstep is right though, it comes in waves. Just make sure you're not asking too much.
1982 Wagoneer Limited 5.3L Vortec 4L60E swap - finished/restored - sold - bought back - sold again
1979 Wagoneer 360 TH400 1339 QT - built into perfect daily driver - sold
1981 J10 Sportside Honcho - finished/restored - sold
1979 Cherokee Golden Eagle - 5.3L Vortec 6L80E swap - finished/restored - sold
1967 Super Wagoneer - sold, too much work
1978 J10 Golden Eagle - finished/restored - sold
1962 Rambler Classic Cross Country Wagon - current project, wife's daily driver - she'll never let me sell it
Oh and I sold a 82 Limited Wagoneer and a 78 J10 Golden Eagle just a few months ago and didn't have a hard time finding buyers. Put up a link here of your 86.
1982 Wagoneer Limited 5.3L Vortec 4L60E swap - finished/restored - sold - bought back - sold again
1979 Wagoneer 360 TH400 1339 QT - built into perfect daily driver - sold
1981 J10 Sportside Honcho - finished/restored - sold
1979 Cherokee Golden Eagle - 5.3L Vortec 6L80E swap - finished/restored - sold
1967 Super Wagoneer - sold, too much work
1978 J10 Golden Eagle - finished/restored - sold
1962 Rambler Classic Cross Country Wagon - current project, wife's daily driver - she'll never let me sell it
Try selling it to pay rent.
When you don't want to sell there are always people nagging to sell. When you NEED to sell, everyone disappears. I feel your pain.
So I don’t want to sell Gertrude (90GW) but she needs a new home. We saved her from being scrapped but at over 200k she gets 20 MOQ. 4 wheel works, A/C did til the belts gave out. What to do?
For me, it comes down to condition and pictures. Buyers may be like me. (I know that I'm a bit of an oddity on the forum) I was happy to pay $6750 for my '89 because it was complete and daily driveable. At the time, most Grand Wagoneers were selling for closer to the $3000 mark. I jumped on my rig because the body was clean, the wood was intact (I told you I'm an oddity on the forum!) and the engine had been rebuilt. It seems like the market for projects has less buyers and those buyers aren't willing to spend much to take on a project. (because they are smart and know that the project will always be more expensive than they plan)
That's just my impression.
1989 Grand Wagoneer - Rebuilt 360, 2" Alcans, 10" travel Gabriel Guadian shocks.
1996 Land Cruiser - 1HD-T Diesel, Gturbo (23psi), Wholesale Automatics 442f, F/R ARBs, 35" Duratracs, ARB Rear Bumper, OME 2" lift, home built sliders and aluminum belly skid
2000 Honda Civic - Integra GSR engine, transmission, shift linkage and axles, 200hp, 33 combined mpg
2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 9 - 437hp/447ft-lb
Yes, that coming frm the guy who bitches more than about else about wanting to sell his hoopty.
Well it ain't just the smoke and the traffic jam that makes me the bitter fool I am But this four-wheel buggy is A-dollaring me to death.
For gas and oils and fluids and grease, And wires and tires and anti freeze....And them accessories, Well honey, that's something else.
You've got to be willing to sit on it. I haven't been able to trend the sales over the last 8 years but will say that Christmas/Tax season and when Gov checks arrive is the most consistent times for selling. It also dries up when the kids get out of school on summer break.
It goes back and forth. I looked for a long time before getting my 72 Wag, but when I bought Susan in 2013 I had my choice of several FSJs even locally. It also depends on the price point. Not many people who can afford to spend 20K on a restored vehicle, lots of people who can afford to spend 1500, but there might not be anyone around looking to get rid of a rig for that price.
"Wait, what's on fire!?" KJ7TCT
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1976 Cherokee w/t 'Susan' 401/TH400/QT(PT)
FiTech Go EFI, Edelbrock Performer intake
3" Rough Country Springs, HEI Dizzy
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2018 Cherokee Trailhawk V6 'Sedna'
Bought my 90 2 years ago for 4500$ and it had rust on it.. All which i fixed though. Sadly the paint job is now getting foggy which means the clear coat is going bad I put like 4-5k $ into repairs and its my daily driver now
Even if i wanted to sell it i doubt ill get the 8k$ i wanted.
It might have something to do with the years like someone mentioned.. To me 86 87 88 look the same as my 90 lol the 89 90-91s just have quite a few improvements on em.
Its kinda like ZJ grand cherokees 98s are the best years. But i dunno if this has any bearing on why you cant sell yours.. I doubt it tbh
1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.9L Limited 219k
1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0 I6 laredo 430k
1990 Jeep Grand Wagoneer 155k
1976 Jeep J10.. 85k(repaired)
It finally sold! Used the money to then buy a Toyota that was for sale too cheap. Now that's back up for sale after a few fixes with lots of interested buyers. The J10 fund is slowly growing!