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Never a bad day to pick up a 1969 J2000

mwqpd11

mwqpd11

Scrambler Junkie
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Coopersburg
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PA
I have owned a lot of Jeeps and have loved them all. I saw a cool old Jeep on ebay, that was only 35 miles away. I bid and won.

It was supposed to snow today, 1 to 3 inches. I hoped to leave and make it back before it started snowing. Did not make it. Had to tow in the snow, which is never fun.

1969 Jeep J2000 truck. Jeep was bought brand new by the Boyertown Museum. Story is it was kept inside it's whole life. I was used as a maintenance truck, so it did go out to plow and do other chores. Truck was repainted and is very solid. There is some rust at the back of the cab and a little on the rear corner of the bed. Floors and rockers are very good. Overall, very good for a 45 year old truck.

Factory Buick Dauntless 350 V8 with 91k on it. Surprised how much power it has. 3 speed manual trans. F/R dana 44's. Haven't check gears yet, but feels pretty low. Has a Galion twin cylinder dump bed. Has some cool Jeep seat belts. 7 foot Myers (old) power angle plow.

In the snow

Any real dark stuff is SLUSH not rust


 
I will probably drive it through the summer and then sell it





 
cool Jeep seat belts


oldschool plow controls and control for dump bed

Dauntless 350 runs great and idles perfect NO Power Steering for plowing!! that should be fun

 
Guess I can use the dump bed for firewood, mulch, and stone

bottom of bed and frame are great for the age



 
Way to go:thumbsup: Nice winning bid...

Of coarse, want to share with us what the winning bid was?
thanks,
z2w
 
I live 5 miles from work, so yes, I do see myself driving it to work on nice days. I would not subject it to the salty roads in PA.

Winning bid was $2700.00
 
The bad part is I did not have my camera with me and I have a cheap phone. The person I got the Jeep from had a warehouse with OVER 100 ANTIQUE vehicles in it!! The owner of the vehicles is a multi millionaire. I guarantee he has way over 1 million just in vehicles. They were pulling out a 1950's convertible corvette with a V8, getting it ready for ebay. I asked what the going rate was. He told me $75,000.00. The had another with a 6 cylinder. The owner is well into his 80s and is starting to sell off his vehicle.

I asked if there were any Jeeps. I was told yes. I asked if I could see any of them. He said no, they were across the parking lot on the second floor of another warehouse. He was not real talkative about them, but I was able to find out there was A SCRAMBLER, some newer Jeeps (no idea how new), and some old CJ 5's. He did say one of the CJ 5's had a PTO in the rear.

The person I was dealing with said he helped the collector get the cars running and was helping with selling them.

I told him I would be interested in any other Jeeps for sale and gave him my card. He told me he would tell the owner I was interested in any Jeeps.
 
Holy crap, that's spectacular. The dump bed is incredible, I've never seen a setup like that :eek: :huh: :bow:

Beyond cool :drool:
 
That's awesome. I was watching the auction and how cool to hear you got it. You have a late kaiser era jeep there before AMC bought them out. Those seatbelts are original. The whole truck is so cool. :bow:
 
Very nice find... you can tell it was used for work, but taken care of... a lot of all great original pieces on it and very nice shape for the age. I showed the wife and she actually said that was her favorite grille design... now I wonder if I can figure out a way to trick her into saying... "buy it when it comes up for sale next year!" ;)

Now... if I could only find a 4 door version of that for the kiddos!

cb
 
Very cool truck! I need one like that... Put me on the list for when you decide to sell. :bow:
 
A great find. Just a new electric hoist would set you back 2,000.
 
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