The odometer on at present’s Good Value or No Cube Wagoneer reads 56,000, however the vendor warns that it might have rolled over, in order that quantity would possibly provide a false sense of safety. Let’s have a look at how safe we really feel about this traditional 4X4’s asking worth.
They are saying {that a} good pal is somebody who will bail you out of jail, whereas an important pal is somebody who cannot accomplish that as a result of they’re sitting there in jail with you, exclaiming, “That was nice!”
Lee Iacocca and Carroll Shelby had been nice buddies for years, and that friendship resulted in a bunch of arguably nice vehicles and vans born out of their shared love of going quick and searching cool.
The 1986 Dodge Omni GLH-T (Goes Like Hell-Turbo) we checked out yesterday is a type of vehicles, constructed at a time when each Iacocca and Shelby had been working for/with Chrysler. Whereas not as traditional as Shelby’s iconic Cobra or the GT350 Mustang he and Iacocca got here up with whereas the latter was at Ford, it nonetheless warrants a web page or two within the historical past books. At $8,500, too few of you discovered our candidate to be of historic worth, sending it packing in an 85% No Cube loss. Hopefully, it left on pleasant phrases.
4 by fours
As we’re all little question conscious, the marketplace for traditional four-by-fours has been fairly scorching the previous decade or so and at present exhibits no signal of letting up any time quickly. It actually feels just like the mantra of much less being extra is in impact as fundamental rides akin to previous Ford Broncos, Worldwide Scouts, and Toyota J40 Land Cruisers are demanding bonkers bucks. Upscale editions just like the Vary Rover, Jeep Grand Wagoneer, and Land Cruiser J80s are at present virtually as wanted, commanding equally excessive costs.
This 1977 Jeep Wagoneer falls someplace in the midst of these extremes, and in Mama Bear style, it is not as fundamental as an previous CJ or Bronco. Neither is it as fancy-pants as its Grand Wagoneer brother or an upscale J80 Land Cruiser. Pretty parsimonious in type, it has the products the place it counts. These embody a 360 Cubic-Inch Displacement AMC V8, a three-speed TH400 computerized transmission, and Jeep’s full-time 4-wheel drive. Along with all that, this one additionally has a couple of tips up its sleeve and an odometer which will or will not be telling the reality.
Quadra-Trac
That 4WD system is Jeep’s Quadra-Trac, which relies on a Borg Warner 1339 switch case with two speeds and a limited-slip torque-vectoring differential between entrance and rear axles. That is switched between 2WD and 4WD by a change that Jeep unusually squirreled away within the glove field. Per the advert, that change shares house with a contemporary 12-volt relay field for powering fashionable units on the go and the management module for the Holly Sniper EFI that feeds the 360 V8.
Different mods embody a winch (with artificial rope!) mounted on an aftermarket entrance bumper and “curb lights” on every nook. It additionally has new tires on good-looking white-painted and chrome-capped steelies and each a brand new radiator and a heater core. Every little thing is claimed to work with a couple of exceptions. It additionally appears very tidy with respectable brightwork, these cool wheels, and arrest-me crimson paint. The inside seems to have had its upholstery redone sooner or later and comes throughout as clear and no-nonsense within the advert’s footage. Add-ons in right here embody an old-school AM/FM/cassette radio and an armrest/cup holder combo on the entrance bench.
Good and Unhealthy
That is loads of good things happening with this Jeep. However it’s not all rainbows and rubicons, although. The vendor notes the Jeep’s robust factors—that paint, the stable switch case, and the brand new bits—but in addition calls out some issues. These embody an engine that burns oil, which they move off as one thing they might have heard all AMC V8s do. The vendor says it may additionally profit from new ball joints and tie rod finally ends up entrance, though that does not appear to be a urgent concern. Different issues embody non-working temp and gasoline gauges, though one other gauge has bypassed the latter.
Aesthetic points appear to be far fewer, with the principle one being that there are a variety of dents on the roof, which the vendor attributes to hail harm from when the Jeep was in Colorado. To not be a complete downer, we should always notice that the title is clear, and the Jeep seems to be carrying present tags. Meaning there should not be any shenanigans on the DMV when the time involves switch that title.
Basic money
The asking worth for that switch is $15,000. That is low for a traditional 4X4, however maybe is excessive for the issues this previous Jeep manifests. We’ll simply must see what we take into consideration whether or not its execs outweigh its cons and add as much as that asking. We additionally want to contemplate that that is the extra hair-shirted fundamental version of Jeep’s long-running SJ platform and never the extra upscale nation membership Grand Wagoneer of the late Nineteen Eighties.
What do you say, then? Is $15,000 a good worth for this Wagoneer because it’s introduced in its advert? Or is that an excessive amount of for even this traditional?
You determine!
Good Value or No Cube:
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