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People email me with Jeeps like that all the time.

"Jeep is in perfect shape, only needs a new engine, want $3500 for it"

"Was running great until my son rolled it 12 times into a tar pit. $4k."

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oh just one teeny tiny issue, the old motor thingy under the hood. But the security gate bolted to the front bumper sure does sparkle.
 
I drove 5 hours one way to see a diesel OBS F350 last year for a good price. Talked to the guy over the phone, asked lots of questions about the condition and the reliability. He seemed like a very honest person. I got there and the truck was not in the type of condition he said or even the pictures showed. He had taken pics to make it look twice as good as it was. I started it up and while looking it over noticed something leaking pretty fast around the bellhousing. It was fuel.

I asked him what was going on. He said it had been doing that for a few months but he didn't think it was a real problem and hadn't mentioned it!

My nephew who had went with me later told me that he was afraid to speak for a while after we left. He said he had never seen me so angry and it had scared him a little, he was 24 at the time LOL. I literally was a shaking, fuming, stuttering mess for those first few minutes.

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When I used to ride motorcycles a bunch my old BMW airheads were always dirty but functioned like a swiss watch. I'd joke with buddies and all their blingy overpriced chrome doodads. I'd always tell em chrome won't get you home, but you'll look good pushing. The Craigslist ad made me think of that. Its amazing the value people place on scrap metal junk.
 
1-tonmudder said:
Do a CL search for International Scout,Jeep or Rat rod.
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Rat rod used to mean something cool. Now it's just a term for a rusted out POS you have sitting in your backyard that you threw a Mexican blanket over the front seats. Any time I hear the term now, I cringe.
 
drkelly said:
He will be lucky to get half his asking price.
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Yeah those things are everywhere for sale w the same problem.
Macdaddy4738 said:
Rat rod used to mean something cool. Now it's just a term for a rusted out POS you have sitting in your backyard that you threw a Mexican blanket over the front seats. Any time I hear the term now, I cringe.
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The whole thing behind the rat rod was building something on the cheap and takin it out on cruise nights or to car shows and havin a good time w it, a workin mans hot rod.When u see em for sale for 20K or more that goes against the whole reason people started building em to start with.
 
I don't understand the mentality of some of the people that sell on craigslist. If a vehicle has a major mechanical failure such as a blown motor or a screwed up transmission, its only worth its scrap value. You cannot value it based on the sum of what its parts would bring or what it would bring fixed because both of those scenarios involve labor and parts. If they actually took the time to part it out by spending their own labor on it, then they could get more, but all of them are too sorry to do so or lack the ability to do it. Its just laughable to surf the listings sometimes and see the crazy.
 
What gets me is when you make them a offer and they say "I'll crush it first" and the reality is you've offered more than the crusher is payin to begin with.People who dont keep up w metal prices still think they are bringin $12-$13 per 100 when cars here are down to $5.25/100.
 
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