Scambler questions

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 02:55:14 -0500, Simon Juncal shared the following:

-- Travis

Simon,

CJ8s are VERY collectable, but not unobtainable. One with 17k miles just went for $18k on EBAY recently, but it was a real gem. Charles Kuralt's CJ8 sold for mid Twenty-Something this year, but it was a loaded black CJ8 with under 10k miles. Beeeeauuutiful! A friend of mine bought a running '82 with some inconsequential, light surface rust for $1k. How's THAT for a definitive answer??

Take your time look> I'm thinking about getting either a scrambler or an older CJ for my next

2) More than comparable CJ5s and CJ7s for sure. There's always the chance that you could find an exceptional deal, but for a Scrambler in good condition with no rust you won't spend less than $6,000, probably much more. I saw one in mint condition with less than 4,000 miles go for $25,000. We paid $15k for ours which is in perfect shape but had some replaced parts and was not truly mint.

Don't forget the CJ-6.

thank you Jim......mines a 1975

I have seen figures saying that there were over 50,000 CJ6's produced, while the CJ8 number is closer to 27,000. It seems to me this would make the CJ8s more of a rarity (although they were produced more recently so perhaps more of them are still around.)

A neighbor has just glommed onto a very, very clean rust-free '84 Scrambler in the original paint with the original full soft top. (I'm dying of envy.) He paid .... get this ....$5,500 from it's original owner down in Albuquerque. He refuses to sell.

I was happy with mine, I found it "local" for 4200 in decent shape w/ 3 tops 2 sets of doors, Tuffy console ect.

When was the last time you saw a CJ6 on the road? I see CJ8s occasionally. I have never seen a CJ6 on the road or trail.