The addiction begins. Bought my second Jeep, a wrecked XJ.

[AileniJones]

My neighbor wrecked his recently-repainted, 2000 XJ with only 155kmi. Insurance totaled it, so they bought it back and sold it to me. I cut out all the damage, found a donor frame at the junkyard, straightened all the sheet metal, welded the new frame, and replaced all the damaged front end components. I’m only about $2,800 into this, so not terrible considering its mileage.

When I say, “the addiction begins,” I absolutely mean it. I was never a Jeep fan, but found something special in the Wayalife videos. Got my first Jeep December of 21 and fell head-first into Jeep culture. Joined a Jeep club and became club historian.

XJ and JK are done, next will be a ZJ, LJ, and YJ with an eventuality for JL and JT.

 

[DirtHeadDavis]

Nice! I'm considering adding an XJ to my fleet eventually.

 

[kevman65]

You do know the only cure is total bankruptcy, right?

 

[AileniJones]

You do know the only cure is total bankruptcy, right?

Sounds like I'm stuck with the addiction, then ;-)

 

[bobfriesenhahn]

If you start with junkers then maybe bankruptcy can be avoided.

Great work!

 

[AileniJones]

If you start with junkers then maybe bankruptcy can be avoided.

Great work!

I'm so disappointed, I found a "clean" 98 ZJ 5.2l with 150kmi at the local Copart auctions. It had 2 flat tires, and some front end damage, but the subframe looked perfectly straight. Interior clean, no rust, etc. But the auction ended within an hour when I found it, so I didn't put in a bid. But I could have gotten it for around $900 and rebuilt it from there.

It's not a bad path, considering everything's going to get hacked and modified anyway. Like a YJ with some rear-end damage, no problem, was going to stretch whatever one I get anyway.