Original Status:
Paid $600 for a pile of Jeep:
Three flat tires.
Broken windshield.
Rusty Windshield frame.
Mostly seized wipers.
Trunk permanently locked.
Engine not running.
Steering sloppy!
New cooling system.
No seat belts.
No battery.
No dash or gauges.
No taillights.
No mirrors.
No top.
No doors.
No love- left for dead!
Current Status:
$550:
Hard lower doors
Soft upper doors
   $12 repair zipper
Five better wheels & tires
Soft top
-$78 scrap value old wheels
$10 to swap out tires
$10 Dashboard gauges
$30 Rear lights
$0 battery
$10 Front bumper
$10 front caster shims
$40 Windshield & frame
$30 chip repair/ fasten mirror
$4 steering knuckle
$28 full tune-up
$15 Fuel Pump
$200 used low mileage engine
This was a very solid body-- it's
only redeeming feature beside
being 4WD.  Learned the vacuum
lines were altered (and messed up)
allowing motor to run lean. Figured
they ran it dry w/a cooling system
problem. They replaced the cooling
system & found out damage was
internal-  Cylinder #5 does not
compress.  Crankcase pressure so
excessive as to blow PCV out like
champagne cork (cracked
rings).That's why it was
stripped&left for dead.  Repaired
vacuum, tuned up-- now runs
somewhat reliably, still waiting to
replace motor.  Various repairs
done for free with either just TLC or
hardware left over from a '96
Chrysler-- gotta love Torx...NOT!
An $850 Total investment into a $600 Jeep = $1450 Not-so Junky
Jeep...supposedly now worth about $2500.
Pics coming soon
1989 Jeep Wrangler