Any other day, any other vehicle, this would be the point where I would start complaining about a lack of interior or underhood pictures on a classified ad for a car or truck. Not that I’m a fan of Craigslist or FB Marketplace for buying and selling anyways, really, but c’mon…you took one Instagram-worthy shot, three passible photos, but skipped on the interior? I get not shooting underhood, but the interior?! My ass is going to sit in that seat, I’m going to live inside of there. I want to know if I’ll drive it away or if I’m going to bring a respirator and a pair of disposable coveralls to put on before I think about opening that door.
It’s safe to say that the risk of finding something rank and wrong within the confines of this 1982 Jeep Cherokee Chief are pretty damn slim. If there’s fresh paint and no visible rust, we’ll pretty much take it as-is. And yes, we did say 1982. The fun thing about FSJs is that the original Kaiser Jeep tooling for the headlight and grille is usually buried underneath whatever AMC/Chrysler grille is actually mounted, so a quick rhinoplasty isn’t a chore. What is there to know? The brown paint is fresh, there’s a 360ci V8 under hood (please be an AMC unit…) and you’re getting an automatic trans out of the deal. And if you want the iconic stripe kit, that’s going to be on you. From our perspective, we’d find some stock center caps for those wheels for the time being while preparing to lift this big wagon up a couple of inches…not tall, just a bit taller than it is now.
Yes I do prefer the older grille also.
Gotta agree, McT. 9K and you walk around it with yer phone. Feh!
What does the older grill look like? I did a search for the older grill and that’s the one that came up.
That is the older grille. 1982 would’ve been what’s referred to as the first “Muscle Grille”, which was full width at headlight level and had fat vertical bars and square headlights. If you’ve seen the movie “Twister” and the Honcho pickup truck in it…that grille.