$50,000+ Jeep Cherokee FSJ's Get Yours Now!

[tardis454]

My friend sent me an article from Bloomberg talking about how FSJ Cherokees are experiencing a market boom.
I immediately called bullshit on this one. Don't get me wrong I like FSJ's but $50,000+ is just ri-god-damn-diculous!

This one supposedly sold for $79,000... Either the buyers are stupid idiots, or someone's creating an artificial market.

http://wagonmaster.com/inventory/?all-vehicles=new-arrival-91-final-edition-jeep-grand-wagoneer-4x4-1768

Here are links to the Bloomberg article and the FSJ resellers..

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-26/why-now-s-the-time-to-buy-a-1984-1991-jeep-grand-wagoneer

Both of these shops are asking tons of money for FSJ's!!!

http://wagonmasters.com/inventory/

http://wagoneerworld.com/

[Deaf Bob]

Not bullshit... Saw a white one like the black one, was drooling for it, talking my wife into it, she goes around to the passenger side and eyes wide, told me "Lets go, you can't afford it" I didn't believe her, went around and looked, almost passed out.. It was nice, very nice, red carpet was cherry, seats perfect, small dent on one fender $45,000.... 6-8 years ago... (CRANK WINDOWS! cant figure how to get there)
I wanted it cuz the cack window was crank not electric..as were the doors..
So? The black one is "cheap"
Wish I "stocked up" on these! Just think what an under 10,000 mile one will bring!

[Barry Donovan]

there were some nice ones. I only remember the crude crankcase vapor smelling versions after teens got their hands on them after the rich people gave up repairing.

hanging out with other bricks of offroad like an old fullsize blazer (which did better) or the IH scout (which did better)..

also in that article it is comparing the wagoneer sales price increase to the recent "vintage truck market skyrocketing"

a 1953 GMC solid bumper on my 1996 GMC is priceless.. reviving a jeep sold as luxury yet gave hemorrhoids is not floating for me.

floating. they sure were heavy at 8-10mpg.

A revived version will be a fake heavy and advanced obd2..that will be the appeal.

the last of these was painfully sad..they were just starting to go fantastic. My grandma had one of the last amc concords.. (a long time jeep lover and buyer of new ones) the one and only TRAR for elderly people.

Very sad times, when that stuff ended. I hope to see a wagoneer woody.

as for comparing it to vintage trucks? don't bother. They will own any market forever.

[Loren]

I'm rich...

[Dan Barlow]

With that 60s grilled Cherokee . you my friend are rich . maybe not in money but some cool metal.

[silver_bullet]

I'm rich...

I really dig that collection... all of ours in this area evaporated into rust...

[SuperBuickGuy]

when I lived in Reno (early 90s), those Jeeps were $300 for decent, running-driving units. I don't remember what was the new-hot-thing (probably Range Rovers), but the market for those things was non-existent. Which is understandable as they were poor-handling, pig heavy, slugs of a vehicle with poor build quality.

[Loren]

You're looking at $800 worth of FSJs there. Not in the pic is a '69, $100 to bring home. Part of the fun is dirt-cheap buy-in and compatibility with a lot of dirt-cheap Chevy parts. There is a rust problem, sometimes in odd places.

The two white ones, all I was looking for was a clutch pedal for a '78 I was building and, well, you know...they sorta followed me home. Both are 2wd, were owned by an old machinist who lost his mind or something and a disposal business was clearing his place out. The '63 Willys-tagged J10's last reg sticker is 1974, the propane-powered '64 Kaiser Wagoneer (with a pretty-weird IFS setup) was last driven in the nineties but would probably still start.

The green one (63 Willys, 4wd) was owned by a guy in town in his nineties, I got it from a third party who'd taken it in trade along with other cars incl. a '30 Ford he was really after...supposedly a lot of good stories came with the Wagoneer as he'd had it since near-new but when I tried contact him I just got an angry (paranoid) wife. Too bad 'cause I was really interested.

Also in the collection once had been the aforementioned '78 and a '68 M-715 which must have had some weird bad Karma attached to it, story for another time. There's one I "missed"...a '65 Panel w/ a factory-optional winch and the rear side-opening "barn" doors, oh I wanted that thing bad but it was "real" money and I couldn't swing it at the time.

How they drive, I wouldn't know...I have actually driven none of these! I guess they're like Matchbox cars for me...something to look at, push around for now. That will change. I'm sure in stock condition they handle similar to (meaning, as badly as) contemporary trucks. The build quality is comparable to, say, Toyota Jeep copies I've seen in pictures at-least. (Back atcha, SBG...) A fifty-year-old car that's been mildly off-roaded but has not a single crack, bad fit or loose bolt says something, as well as how the model served it's particular market for 30 years.

Newer ones were something of a status-symbol in L.A. when we lived there (left in '91)...people loved them but they were known to have dumb nagging issues like power-window motors going out. Considering the narrow-track, leaf springs all-around and having almost nothing for sway bars, I doubt handling was much better than the sixties.

Here's a pic of the '69, which has looked like this for years while time goes by. 350/SM465/205, 8-lug Dana 44 & GM 14-bolt, some military parts. The grille guard actually belongs to somebody else, I just had it to make a copy. The fenders are painted black in the area where they are to be cut out. If I ever finish it, it will probably get the body taken off (I finally have a lift) and have a few suspension things revised.

[BangShift McT]

The prices are certainly going up. We've honestly looked at a four-door SJ for a family vehicle, but around BS Mid-West they are either rusting or are being offered up at $25,000+. I'd be looking in Colorado, Wyoming, southern Idaho for a decently priced one.

[SuperBuickGuy]

You're looking at $
The green one (63 Willys, 4wd) was owned by a guy in town in his nineties, I got it from a third party who'd taken it in trade along with other cars incl. a '30 Ford he was really after...supposedly a lot of good stories came with the Wagoneer as he'd had it since near-new but when I tried contact him I just got an angry (paranoid) wife. Too bad 'cause I was really interested.

Also in the collection once had been the aforementioned '78 and a '68 M-715 which must have had some weird bad Karma attached to it, story for another time. There's one I "missed"...a '65 Panel w/ a factory-optional winch and the rear side-opening "barn" doors, oh I wanted that thing bad but it was "real" money and I couldn't swing it at the time.

How they drive, I wouldn't know...I have actually driven none of these! I guess they're like Matchbox cars for me...something to look at, push around for now. That will change. I'm sure in stock condition they handle similar to (meaning, as badly as) contemporary trucks. ....

It makes me chuckle to hear the stories because I wonder what the disposal guys and gals will say about us when we are no longer around to push them around

It makes me laugh, even a bit more, to hear you've never driven them...

[Loren]

Any I don't get finished, ever, (a precursor to the driving part) will be getting a forklift ride to their next world I'm sure.

[antmnte]

I really like these Jeeps my uncle had a 79 Cherokee cheif from brand new,it was so cool had a big escort radar detector on the dash and a c.b. radio. It was silver with black stripes and always mint. Got stolen in the late 80s up in Canada and never found.

[Blazerteam]

I really like these Jeeps my uncle had a 79 Cherokee cheif from brand new,it was so cool had a big escort radar detector on the dash and a c.b. radio. It was silver with black stripes and always mint. Got stolen in the late 80s up in Canada and never found.

That reminds me...A gas station here in town,had a 76 silver Cherokee Chief 2 door,and its still around here..has been under restoration the last 10 years or so.