Rough Start: This 1983 Jeep Cherokee Won’t Make You Tough…But It’ll Help The Image Part Nicely!


Rough Start: This 1983 Jeep Cherokee Won’t Make You Tough…But It’ll Help The Image Part Nicely!

The link between the car you drive and the perception people have about the owner is always going to be there, regardless of how some touchy-feely types want to disprove it. If you roll up in a black Mercedes coupe that is polished up like a solo pianist’s weapon of choice for a performance, you must have a bank account that Scrooge McDuck goes swimming in on occasion. If you’re driving a Geo Metro, either you are too broke to own anything else or your picture is on the Urban Dictionary definition of “tightwad”. I’ve got great stories about working at Boeing, where even the interns make bank, while driving the SuperBeater Mirada all summer back in 2012. You want to see some sideways looks? Park a clapped-out Dodge that nobody remembers next to a brand-new Lexus and a pair of BMWs every day. 

So what would this 1983 Jeep Cherokee say? Automatically, most people picture the tough, rugged outdoors type, the one that works with their hands and maybe has horses on their property. Maybe that’s true. Or maybe a hipster kid wanted to just look the part while running errands. Or this belongs to a nice older couple that have kept it up all of these years. Do you really care about the image that an FSJ gives you? Don’t. Look at this Cherokee for what it is: the last of the basic SJ Cherokees, with the 360 that can be worked on with basic tools, that isn’t lifted to the sky or messed with to no return. And since it’s an Arizona truck, what’s the likelihood that any rust you find can be cleared up with just a wire brush and some chemical reverser? Very, very high.

$2,700. Don’t wait. Move.

Craigslist Link: 1983 Jeep Cherokee (SJ)


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