In case it gets deleted by the craigslist nazis.
Regretfully having to part with the BEST JEEP ON EARTH
1972 registered cj5.
Manfully powered by a honking great 350v8 lump. 3 speed manual (learn to use a clutch!) No power steering (grow arms like Popeye!) Non servo-brakes (learn to push really freaking hard with your leg!)
No power windows. Actually, no windows. Well, there's a windshield, but that's it. No central locking, because you guessed it.... NO DOORS!
Sits on a 2" lift. A proper lift as well, not a "can't steer for ****, harsh ride, kill the suspension" shackle reversal. Frame (as best as I can see) is perfect. No rust, no filler, no dead deer. Awesome. The body is propotionately made of steel, tin, rust, bondo, string, hope & cobwebs.
Bikini top that keeps the rain off, so long as you're not moving. If you're moving, you're gonna get wet. Do you care? HELL NO! This is a Jeep for people that go outside. People that hunt, fish, hike, drive, smoke pipes, drink beer & punch bears. This keep has PROPER 4-wheel drive. Non of yer namby-pamby, push button nonsense. You have to move a lever. In fact you have to heave like hell on a lever. Mind you when you do, large, really heavy lumps of precision cut steel slick into place. I bet they were made by an old guy who knew how to read a micrometer & smoked a pipe. Once in, you could tow a 2 story house. Up a 3 story house.
The tires are pretty well new, black & round. The rear diff just got rebuilt with all shiny-new bits (I have no idea what the hell goes on inside one of them things. I bet it's awesome though) because all the old rusty bits went BANGBANGBANGBANGBANG one day & I deducted that something might be wrong.
All the wiring & electrical magic stuff has been redone & it all works but it looks like ****. The paint is mostly on the outside & is mostly white, moss & leaves. The seats are...umm.... in the right place, is about the best thing I can say about them.
It has it's faults.
It has it's quirks.
It will make you giggle like a 6 year old that just got told about ****s.
It had good air conditioning (when it's cold outside) & heat (in summer)
It's basically a V8 tent. You're not driving, you're camping. Really fast.
It had no problems that aren't cosmetic & if you're into cosmetics, my wife will sell you some Avon. The transfer case makes a bit of a noise, but it's 43 years old & all the expensive, hand cut bits inside still work. Just keep the string tied to the lever (you'll see.....) & it's not annoying.
I have a rear seat for it, but I took it out because I don't want to take my friends anywhere & my days of 'backseat with a girly' tomfoolery are well past. However, if you put it back in, the Jeep is so awesome, you'll probably be getting laid in (on?) it regularly.
This is a Jeep for people who can change their own oil & fix things that break without calling triple A. It's a manly man's manly jeep. It has a bullet hole in it (no ****, I ain't kidding!)
It's loud, fast, a little scary, no-frills, utilitarian, you're-gonna-get-wet/sunburned-but-laid, windblown, bear punching fun.
It's 4 grand too. Not 1000 + a piece of crap, mid '80s sedan. Not "I'll trade you my truck". Not "give me a grand & that & I'll trade you for my pontoon".
4 grand. In money. Cash. 4 grand.
I'm not saying I won't entertain offers, but I will warn you that I don't find lowball, ********, "please take pity on me" offers that entertaining.
I'm not going to deliver it. If you can't come get it, you don't deserve it. This is a Jeep for folks who have their **** together. **** messy? You'll either crash it & die or blow it up. And die.
**** wired right? You will LOVE this cj.
So go on. Buy yourelf a growlin', snarlin', lifted, V8, under-braked, slightly scruffy but totally AWESOME Jeep.
Then get laid.
