My jeep buying experience

[Duhwhat]

I think you are puttin the mule in front of the cart!Need to get it running and driving good first then worry about the body and cosmetics.
Good luck

I understand, but I am committed to the whole chalupa. If I take the body off and get it to my relative that does body work, MAYBE he will have it ready by the time I drop a new long block in. I can finish up after I get the tub in place.

Here are some examples of his work that he does out of an enclosed pole barn.

Needless to say, I am optimistic.

 

[Old Dog]

It looks like he likes mopar muscle cars. :drool:

 

[Cheepjeep85]

he should be able to handle the cj tub for sure

 

[Duhwhat]

It looks like he likes mopar muscle cars. :drool:

Mopars are his specialty. Most talented guy I have ever known. Restoring cars is just a hobby.

 

[ftwflh]

I am just a little bit different.I can care less what my Jeep looks like(would hate to run a nice paint job through a briar patch or the woods) rather have it run good.But my Jeep is just a play toy

 

[Duhwhat]

I am just a little bit different.I can care less what my Jeep looks like(would hate to run a nice paint job through a briar patch or the woods) rather have it run good.But my Jeep is just a play toy

I want it some where between Earle Scheib and what he is capable of. I don't want to ride around in anything with rust through and rust bubbles. He could fix that and I would be fine with it.

Hopefully it will run good too.

Cheers

 

[CJ007]

The guy is a dbag- Profile-"Too much to type, I have sooooo many Jeeps and I'm sooooo awesome." LOL

Anyway, I'm a little late to the game, but an interesting read. Welcome!

We've all been burned one time or another. Either just plain tricked, out of ignorance/rushing, and sometimes both.

It will all work out though. It seems like alot and maybe you overpaid a bit for a 4 banger, but these are relatively simple vehicles and you can get parts cheap and easy if you do it yourself. Part of the experience is learning, doing and making it you own. You probably will find you wanted a different engine or had to rebuild anyway.

 

[Duhwhat]

The guy is a dbag- Profile-"Too much to type, I have sooooo many Jeeps and I'm sooooo awesome." LOL

Anyway, I'm a little late to the game, but an interesting read. Welcome!

We've all been burned one time or another. Either just plain tricked, out of ignorance/rushing, and sometimes both.

It will all work out though. It seems like alot and maybe you overpaid a bit for a 4 banger, but these are relatively simple vehicles and you can get parts cheap and easy if you do it yourself. Part of the experience is learning, doing and making it you own. You probably will find you wanted a different engine or had to rebuild anyway.

Thanks for the positive thoughts.

At first I was really disappointed when I realized my mistake about the engine size, then I realized that it fits my M.O. to a tee of the old geezer in the old jeep puttering around. I am not in it for rock climbing or even mud slinging. I just want a classic vehicle from my youth and the jeep was my true love. I am now really happy I got the 4.

What I paid for it really has no bearing on my feelings about the deal. I thought that was a fair price for what I thought I was getting. When I look back at the pictures on eBay I can see how he was shooting at different angles to give an impression of a very nice old jeep, but it is only about 70% of the impression I had. Had I been given the truth about the faults, I wouldn't have paid the amount I did.

I just don't lie to people for profit. I remember asking him about windshield rust at the fold and he called to say it was a pain, but he checked it and there was no rust. This was a lie because I am tearing it down and the windshield hinges are frozen.

He says he had it tuned up and in the same breath tells me it is smoking because it has a bad PCV valve... Hello! Tune up.. bad PCV valve?

It was running so bad when I got it because all the old smog stuff was rotten. How would you possibly know it had a bad PCV valve? And I'll tell you, it did improve the smoking issue when I replaced it. I'll give him credit for that tip.. Still, there was so much more that he either flat out lied about or just didn't mention that a refund of some monies was in order.

Thankfully I paid for with fun money, so it's just ones and zeroes. No sweat off my kahuna's. He is the one that lost the most.. Self respect is expensive.

Enough about this. Upward and onward. My goal is to be finished with most of it by the end of the summer. At 60 you can't wait years to get'r done.