Hi All,
My wife and I are ready to buy our first Jeep. It's been a long time in the making. We have been test driving a wide array of Wranglers from 1987 to 1998s. We wanted to stay away from the Carbuerated models but my wife's father wants to sell us his mint 1989 Wrangler 6cyl manual. Everything is stock with no mods.
The only problem is we have no idea what it's worth. He paid $3000 5 years ago when the Jeep only had 40,000 original miles. It now has about 50,000 miles and is in very good condition all around. It runs good and has no known rust, damage, or problems. It comes with soft and hard tops.
He has replaced the clutch and bought new soft top, but thats about it for money into it. And sorry I do not have any photos. It was always kept in garage and has such low milage because it was towed behind an rv and not much driving.
What should we offer him? I haven't the slightest clue what its worth. I know Blue Book only gies to 1991 or so, and these things seem to vary quite a bit in price depending on region and time of year.
Any suggestions or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Even a ballpark number would be great, since I have nothing to base it on right now. If the price is right I think this woould be a great first Jeep for us, but if he decides he wants over 4,500$ I think we might try to look at newer fuel injected models. We just wanted to have a number we could offer him up front.
Thanks All. We are stoked to buy our first Jeep
Aaron
My wife and I are ready to buy our first Jeep. It's been a long time in the making. We have been test driving a wide array of Wranglers from 1987 to 1998s. We wanted to stay away from the Carbuerated models but my wife's father wants to sell us his mint 1989 Wrangler 6cyl manual. Everything is stock with no mods.
The only problem is we have no idea what it's worth. He paid $3000 5 years ago when the Jeep only had 40,000 original miles. It now has about 50,000 miles and is in very good condition all around. It runs good and has no known rust, damage, or problems. It comes with soft and hard tops.
He has replaced the clutch and bought new soft top, but thats about it for money into it. And sorry I do not have any photos. It was always kept in garage and has such low milage because it was towed behind an rv and not much driving.
What should we offer him? I haven't the slightest clue what its worth. I know Blue Book only gies to 1991 or so, and these things seem to vary quite a bit in price depending on region and time of year.
Any suggestions or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Even a ballpark number would be great, since I have nothing to base it on right now. If the price is right I think this woould be a great first Jeep for us, but if he decides he wants over 4,500$ I think we might try to look at newer fuel injected models. We just wanted to have a number we could offer him up front.
Thanks All. We are stoked to buy our first Jeep
Aaron