Wizard: "Who would ever even try to get this back on the road?!" ViceGripGarage, Dirt Every Day or Roadkill: "We'll have this running in a few days and road trip it 400 miles"
You're forgetting Junkyard Digs and Thunderhead289. In the time they've spent looking at it in disgust claiming it's _the_ worst thing ever, either of them would've started going to town getting that crap outta there and seeing if there's any life left in the engine. The abandoned F250 video from 2017 comes to mind...
If the Wizard is not willing to touch it, I REALLY would love to see some other TH-camr get this rig running or even driving again. This thing has written VGG all over it!
@@jooseppiluna5717 - Again, Junkyard Digs. Some of the vehicles they revive are only good for parts, but they verify that the engine and trans are functional. They revived an old Bronco, IIRC, that they spent hours cleaning the poop out of the engine bay before they could work on it.
Reminds of stories my grandpa used to tell me about his old grand wagoneer. Drove it until the body mounts rotted away and dropped onto the frame, said he could never get it stuck though, best off road truck he ever owned.
Take it to a field, put on a tyvek suit and respirator, open all the door, and use a leaf blower to empty it out. Then park it on an incline and power wash it out.
I purchased a WW2 1943 Ford M20 Armored Utility Car from behind a business 10 years ago. The engine compartment was almost identical in how much nesting material was under the hood. Took me hours to clear it out. Motor survived and is now running.
Nah. '78 was the first year for the square head light. The grills plastic an it's still available on the aftermarket. Can get a new one for less than a $100
Wizard I've always had the ability to look beyond externals and see potential in everything. This Grand Cherokee is filled with potential as long as the frame is not rusted. I love it.
@@CarlosGutierrez-qw6pr I suggest you go watch the Racoon Roll-Royce resto on Curiosity Incorporated YT channel. Because it started out as a similar junk, except less packed.
@@CarlosGutierrez-qw6pr If you watched the vid, it's not really the rust that worried the Wizard. It's ALL the crap the rats left. Also, yeah, the back side are rusted thru. That doesn't mean that the frame is. If the frame is good, someone could bring it back.
@@chassegallerie2910 now hold up, I thought we were doing a restoration like Curiosity Incorporated? He even stated that he was happy of the body and how rust free it was, and then he also stated he wouldnt do another more intense project, the Rolls Royce was primarily the interior damaged. This has every inch destroyed plus rust. and do you live where it rusts? I live in the Midwest and when it's rust completely through around the back, it's never just there, there is always more rust to deal with
I once had a 78 Cherokee Quadratrac, and that thing would go uphill on ice. It took me places I had no business being and brought me home. Fond memories! No hills in Kansas, so salvage what you can.
@@kz.irudimen I'd clean it for $300, it's not gonna be spotless or immaculate but it'd be free of rat poop. That doesn't include carpet cleaning or anything like that, just cleaned and wiped down.
Hey Wizard call Dennis Collins, he has Coffee Walk a TH-cam channel. He buys those old Jeep’s and parts them out if there not Rebuildable. Hell just the grill on that is worth $700 to $1000.00. 👍👍
I've seen worse, and currently drive something that used to be about as bad. Would love to see this thing shop-vacced and see if the engine turns over, but also I know this is not what the wizard does on his channel. Cool video.
A guy I knew back in the 90s had one he picked up for a grand. It wasn't mint but it was OK and he drove that thing everywhere (including offroad) and took good care of it. He loved that thing and it makes me wonder if he still has it. I haven't seen him in many years so I have no idea.
Shock value aside, to me this actually looks like a very nice DIY project. These are really simple vehicles to fix and all those rusted-out body parts are readily and cheaply available. If this car was available to me, and at the price that Crazy D paid for it, I wouldn't hesitate in buying it.
Agreed. Two or three days with a shovel, leaf blower and a pressure washer and it's worth at least double what you paid for it. I would deff wear a tyvek suit and respirator but it's not gonna kill you.
There isn't that much rust - replacing the flares takes care of a lot of it. . You basically need to do about 20 years of normal maintenance before it goes down the road. Replace brakes, tires, drop the fuel tank and lines. 90% of the work needed does not require a $100 an hour mechanic, just someone with a little basic automotive knowledge and a willingness to get their hands dirty. Once the packrat nests are cleaned out and some of the basic repairs done then you bring it in for the headgaskets (or do it your self) or what ever it was that caused the Jeep to be parked in the first place. I'd be all over the Jeep for $350. My neighbor had an old Dodge 2 ton grain truck that the pack rats filled the engine bay like that every year - every fall he scooped it out with his hands then a garden hose to get the rest of the flammable out of the engine bay. If the truck was lucky he'd change the oil but usually he just drove it. He only went to the garden hose after he caught it on fire a couple times.
"You couldn't even get it running for $2k." Derek would be driving it down the interstate within 48 hours. I've seen him dig cars out of the ground and drive them home.
You should Make it a mud/trail truck: GUT the interior, install a junkyard bucket driver seat, GUT the dash and wire up 12V to coil on a toggle switch and a push button for the starter, install a boat tank in back with an e-pump and put a cheap summit 4 barrel on the engine, buy a set of retread 33x12.50 super swampers for $600 or so, weld the spider gears in the rear end then remove and sell the nice grille, trim and badges and whatever interior parts can be cleaned up for say $350. Then you could have years of fun with a cool old truck you have less than $1,500 in.
My thoughts exactly. Until he opened thd hood I said pull the engine and axles and set the rest on fire. After I said only the axles and a few exterior bits are salvageable.
I would be curious to know your experience with dealing with farm equipment, and how right to repair would affect your business (dealing with John Deere's proprietary software not accepting new parts, etc.)
I dont think they deal with anything that new. In fact, older equipment like that (pre-computerised) is selling well just because of the right-to-repair hassles with the big equipment manufacturers.
Right to repair has nothing to do with the business they're doing right now but going forward guaranteeing right to repair and ensuring by writ of law that people own the things they own would mean that the business they're doing now would still exist 30 to 60 years into the future. If write to repair isn't passed it'll mean that their business would cease to exist or maybe would still exist but they'd be dealing in hacked tractors that have had the warranties expire and have been sold and resold til someone says "yeah, I can jailbreak this".
2'Bot attacks in Replies,the pieces of shirt keep changing names There are no New pieces of Venison here.I wouldn't spend a cent on the new stuff which is blocked,like Tesla too,from home repairs.You Bought it,You can work on it.Period!
When I pulled my 1961 Austin Healey out of the barn which I had stored it for about 20+ years, it was very similar to that. Engine bay completely filled with animal nests as well as carcasses. In total after cleaning out the engine compartment by hand, there was an additional 9-10 shop vacs full of poop. In retrospect I wish I never had put it in the barn which I thought was “safe“. It’s been a slow process rebuilding everything including a frame swap with transferring the existing monocoque structure to the new frame. But it will be worth every penny when I’m finished.
My 93 Celica has sat for 6 years, and it's full of Hornets, Wasps, and Dirt Dobbers. Thank God the interior is in my garage from where I started rattlecan painting it
You are doing the work yourself, and I think a Healey might be worth the work. I suppose the lesson is, if you do have a car stored you hope to restore, muck it out occasionally!
My father-in-law passed away couple of years ago, he was in his mid to late 80s. He had 2 beautiful Cadillacs and a custom conversion van. He wouldn't restore them, wouldn't let someone restore them, wouldn't sell them. After he passed away the went to the junk yard. They sat on the farm for at least 20 years.
Interior (every single piece) should be totally trashed and replaced, but if the floor boards and frame rails aren’t rotted then there is a lot of potential there. A DIY guy would probably be willing to take a project like this on. It’s definitely not worth it to have a shop do a restoration.
a LOT of those older jeeps have a lot of aftermarket panel and trim replacements available. theyre one of the easiest brands to rebuild from a complete pile, right up there with a beetle. and "easy" means "i can find parts," not "it's easy to DO"
Judging from the exterior rust, I'd bet the floor boards are totally gone. I had the distinct displeasure of doing floorboard repair on a 76 Cherokee in 1982. The "design" on the floor was to put moisture trapping fiber over the metal and under a rubberized wall to wall floor mat. The PERFECT way to make something rust.
5-10k just to clean it?! Yeah, it's nasty, but hell... A power washer, & a shop-vac can work wonders! Also, the thought of one of those going for around 6-figures is prrrettty optimistic. Still, totally worth cleaning, cutting, & welding on!
Hell, as elementary school kids, we used to do all kinds of chores for a few bucks. If they had given us 5 guilders each (talking the netherlands in the late 80's, early 90's, pre €), me and me buddies would have cleaned that thing out, rigorously. Great way to spend an afternoon or a saturday. Of course, we would be wearing gloves. No masks though. Just open the doors and let it sit for half an hour, before you start cleaning.
For some reason the Car Wizard seems crazier than the Crazy D. In this video, however, he's probably the voice of reason as a shop-owner. However, a good powerwasher and some good spray-on cleaning agents can go a loooong way and in two hours all the rattiness would be gone. Greetings from Latvia and keep the crazyness going!
A buddy of mine would clean that thing out, he'd charge....a fair bit. But, first he would look at the frame and determine if the vehicle was worth salvaging. If the frame was solid, he'd probably buy it off of you and restore it himself as the price to restore it would be.....significant.
Was about to say. In the time they spent looking at it and saying it's the worst thing ever, either of them would've already started going to town on it getting that shit out and seeing if there's any life in the engine
I wish I could go back to the late 90's. So many cheap, cool cars and trucks that were so easy to keep running. I'm talking 3rd gen F body's, Fox body mustangs, GM's G bodies, Chevy Caprice's (cuz they were old people's retirement cars that had low mileage and sometimes garage kept). Chevy S10's, Ford Rangers, Jeep Cherokee's. No wonder they're so valuable anymore
Heck yea I'd clean that out, love the transformations I can do to old "junk" like this. I've done this to cars before. I'll make a couple videos of it for y'all too! Wear a mask and gloves, go to town, couple large yard bags, dig out what you can by hand, clean rest out with vacuum, then get the power washer out and really go to town. Then get your garden sprayer out full of BP Plaster.
Honestly I can't help but look at this thing and hear the wizard saying it's beyond help and just hear a little voice in the back of my mind going 'challenge accepted'
The grill isn't worth much, it's available aftermarket. But the fender flares are big money. They only came on the chiefs an the pickups. The axles are wide track Dana 44s from the pick-up, they could be good money too. Wonder what v-8 it has, if it's a 401 or a 390 might be a good core for a hot rodder.
That'd be almost kinda tempting to get it, as a DIY project. At least, to clean it out and see just how bad it is underneath. The engine and drivetrain may be worth saving. Maybe...
Should be a Chevy turbo 400 trans an a Dana 300 transfer case. The axles are money, they Dana 44 front an rear. Being a Chief there wide track off of the pick-ups. Sucks the fender flares are rotten, those are chief an pick-up only an I haven't found any repops.
I agree it is not worth paying a mechanic to fix this. As a diy clean and get running or sell for parts. It has value. Read up on Hanta virus and get PPE beforehand.
Obviously soft parts are done, but expect floor issues most likely & probably cowl as well seeing how stuffed it is. That said however I don't think it should be scrapped either. Once cleaned out, if truly unsaveable, then parted out.
“You can spend 5-10 grand even getting this thing ready to be worked on” yeah I’m sure. You just detoured this guy from fixing this nice old truck, wack👎
These started rusting out after the first winter here in Ohio , along with the j10 and j20 pickups . people used to joke that they were made from compressed rust .
You guys should contact WD detailing. I’m sure you’ve probably seen their channel on TH-cam but they bring back all sorts of barn finds like this one if anybody is willing to clean up this car at all they would definitely be the right people to contact! I can’t say for sure that they would absolutely do this but it’s worth a shot reaching out to them and asking about it!
Crossed Rifles what does a $1000 buy you? A cleaner interior, or a cleaner engine bay? That is literately full of rat shit . You would need to be properly suited up with respirator mask to even attempt to clean it it up. The only thing worthwhile is removing the front end for parts, and perhaps the doors & rear tailgate . 🐀
The Swedish air force use to have those, the J20 pickup or something similar and they somehow got the mad idea to convert them from diesel to gasoline (despite diesel being much more useful in the air force) and ended up with about 6 MPG with rather small fuel tanks and the trucks became a laughingstock among military vehicles.. And they just retired them, after 40 years of being useless!
Reminds me of a Perfectly fine Pontiac Ventura my uncle inherited. Ran and drove very well. No rust and all original. He parked it next to his barn. Kept saying “One of these days “ until a tree sprouted under it, grew between the engine and fire wall and literally ended up splitting almost exactly in half. I watched him drive and park it there in the late 80’s.
I'm sure Dennis Collins (Coffee Walk) would consider buying it for parts for more than you guys have into it. Wylie, Texas isn't too far from you guys. The (SJ) Cherokee Chief "Wagoneer" was close to the entry level Sport, but they are crazy popular up here in Wyoming in any condition -running or not! Thanks for sharing. It was a departure from your normal videos but very enjoyable. It was great to have Crazy D share with us his heart for saving the old girl. 👍
years ago we found a 1977 Lincoln in the same shape. it took 3 days to get it to start but the engine was still good and wasnt locked up. we spent what felt like an entire 8 hours with big gloves on pulling all that nest out from under the hood. we pulled a 77 marquis up next to it to use as a guide and just started running new wires.. the engine was strong but the transmission was stuck in reverse had to be replaced. its really fun to work on them in that shape.
I love those old Jeep Wagoneers/chiefs, but that is a "WOW" with how much rat waste is in there. Get a teenage boy to clean it out, help him restore it, he'll do it for cheap if he can own the car at the end of the work
For me, that would be a blessing to have one of those! The first truck my father had that I remember was one like this but it 79 and not a 78! It’s the truck that made me love trucks! Hope I can have one one day! This one seem restorable! I have seen way worst then this one!
That Jeep Cherokee Chief is awesome and can be restored in about a year of patient work. New wires and sheet metal repair to the body. When the quarters have rust on a sports car, the rust repair is even harder. The rat sticks and poop?? That would be fun to clean out!!😎🤓
Would love for a local detailer to get a shot at halfway cleaning it out. After that it would be good for parts or someone could gut it and make a cool offroad toy. A shop vac, mask and a few hours would get a bulk of the crap out
I used a walk behind blower (10hp) with a 6" 20ft hose connected, at the suction end I had it necked down to a shop vac hose. I obviously kept that outside, ran the hose in...it was the ultimate. I ran a carpet cleaning truck that had a 50hp vacuum also. That is a great idea btw, and I agree
You've gotta show this to Dennis Collins!! He's always saying, "we don't care how rough the car is, we'll take it." And they specialise in Jeep restoration...this one is rare too.
I knew this wouldn’t be something that Wizzard would be interested in tackling. I get it, not financially feasible for a shop to undertake. But I like how so many of us are thinking how others, like Dylan McCool, VGG, Hodgepodge Dodge, Not For Hire, Junkyard Digs/Mook and so many other share their adventures and bring these back to life. I would just about guarantee that Dennis Collins would have bought it right up and put it in his boneyard. Thanks for sharing this find with us. Peace
I absolutely love those old Jeep Cherokees. My dad had two of them when I was a kid and I need to buy one of them some day (shame the prices on nice ones are thru the roof).
The term *"barn find"* has seen its definition slip. It used to mean something that was in pretty good condition, perhaps suffering a particular mechanical malady that caused the owner to park it, but it was essentially out of the weather enough that the body was good and even the paint might come back a bit with a buffing. A friend of mine had bought off of a neighbor a '72 Dodge D200 camper-special, the owners had bought it new and within a few years had some kind of transmission problem that caused them to park it next to the house, with the cabover camper still on it. This camper protected the cab, doors, bed sides, and tailgate, for the better part of 30 years, leaving only the front clip to weather in the sun. It was more a 'barn find' than this SJ. I would like to see the term come back around to its roots, and not be used, in the parlance of Charlie from Sarah-N-tuned, as a bucket of rust and a VIN tag.
My car probably just got totalled in a hit and run so now I'm watching some videos to get my mind off it and I gotta say it helps a lot. Keep it up wizard! Can't believe I'm saying bye to my first car so soon
That was great. What sucks is what condition the panels and floor boards are in. Then you also have to worry about the engine and trans. As somebody stated below. The interior would need to be gutted. Probably be able to save the dash and some other items. But it would be a project of love. Once again providing Panels, floor boards, engine and trans condition. At lease good usable parts.
Omega auto clinic is becoming a restoration shop now! Soon you'll be doing frame off rebuilds, extensive bodywork, chasing down rare trim pieces, and fixing up hacked up backyard work from the 1980s!
We still have our 1977 Continental Town Car my dad had as first car. It’s still fun to drive. We got it fully restored in 2010 as it’s been sitting in garage from 1995-2010
Imagine how amazing it would have been to restore this vehicle - what a challenge! That would have made the ultimate TH-cam car restoration series, for sure. And please do not scrap it, sell it in parts instead. Cheers
I really don't see the problem in trying to restore this. Great for someone who is mechanically inclined and want a winter project. I always see the potention. I would take this on.
I had the same vehicle, same color combo, 360 AMC V8, TH400 trans. and QuadraTrac transfer case with low range locking center diff; my great uncle bought it new in ‘79 as a winter/hunting truck, I bought it from him in the early 90s. Great truck, horrendous fuel economy, mine got T-boned and totaled.
Can sell it to Hoovie for 2000 bucks as the cheapest Cherokee Chief in the US. Then he'll pay thousands to fix it up. Boom. Another yacht.
L.O.L.
Wizard is allergic to rust. He would not do it
Wizard does not do restorations at his shop
Yacht??? Hell, a ride on a Space X rocket 🚀 is more like it
Sounds like a plan 😜
There’s a Hoovie for every type of decrepit’bargain’! 🤣🤣🤣
Wizard: "Who would ever even try to get this back on the road?!"
ViceGripGarage, Dirt Every Day or Roadkill: "We'll have this running in a few days and road trip it 400 miles"
i was thinking the same thing. but knowing them it would be more like 800 miles lol
You're forgetting Junkyard Digs and Thunderhead289. In the time they've spent looking at it in disgust claiming it's _the_ worst thing ever, either of them would've started going to town getting that crap outta there and seeing if there's any life left in the engine. The abandoned F250 video from 2017 comes to mind...
Derek would have this thing on the road in a week
So true then supercharge it
Yup! Derek would get her running fast!
Vice Grip Garage: *Opens Hood* "... Factory..."
Vice Grip Garage: *Closes Hood* "I am going to do the right thing and pretend I didn't see that."
you ain't lyin
Nothing a little Berrymans and a Lone Wolf 9000 couldn't tackle.
*Dad Noises Intensify* "Well I'll be dipped"...
I was looking for the VGG comment. I knew there had to be one!
that's a goin to town rig all day
In Canada, that’s a restorer. You don’t find them here in that condition.
I find it funny how Wizard thinks this is absolutely gross, Vice Grip Garage would drive those 600 miles.
I was thinking the same lol VGG would take this on a family road trip
A feller would have this back on the road in an afternoon and a couple of cold snacks.
Probably not
That's a nice going to town rig!
Jessica could do the interior.
ZIP TIES N BIAS PLY be like.
"Fucckennn minnnt!!"
If the Wizard is not willing to touch it, I REALLY would love to see some other TH-camr get this rig running or even driving again. This thing has written VGG all over it!
Junkyard Digs.
Vice grip garage
No. Honestly, I think this is really just too far gone. The rats killed it
@@jooseppiluna5717 - Again, Junkyard Digs. Some of the vehicles they revive are only good for parts, but they verify that the engine and trans are functional. They revived an old Bronco, IIRC, that they spent hours cleaning the poop out of the engine bay before they could work on it.
This is something we'd expect from the Mexican Stig for a Cannonball run, purely for the WTF factor. Quick, call Doug Tabbott from SwitchCars
That doesn't look so bad. Every old Jeep looks like that here in Finland😁
Suomi mainittu
@@FirstOnRaceDayCapri2904
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@@johna.4334 "Finland mentioned." Finland in finnish is Suomi.
@@FirstOnRaceDayCapri2904 Torilla tavataan!
I would have at least shop-vacced it out after purchase, it makes Whizardes friend look lazy
That jeep would make a good project for Derek at "Vice Grip Garage". He'd have it running in a couple of days, and then drive it home.
I wouldn't be surprised if he did got it going in one sitting, granted he has the parts he needs.
I was thinking the same thing
Vice grip garage is a joke. I only needed to see 2 videos before I realized I dont need to see any more.
@@motorcitywestauto4674 he’s got some character. But seems to be a good mechanic getting old cars running.
Well. I'll. be dipped! I came to the comment section to say the same thing!
You should bring Crazy D more into your Videos, he is such a nice character
th-cam.com/users/CrazyDEquipment
He's got his own channel
Wizard has lost weight 😊
Reminds of stories my grandpa used to tell me about his old grand wagoneer. Drove it until the body mounts rotted away and dropped onto the frame, said he could never get it stuck though, best off road truck he ever owned.
Take it to a field, put on a tyvek suit and respirator, open all the door, and use a leaf blower to empty it out.
Then park it on an incline and power wash it out.
I purchased a WW2 1943 Ford M20 Armored Utility Car from behind a business 10 years ago. The engine compartment was almost identical in how much nesting material was under the hood. Took me hours to clear it out. Motor survived and is now running.
It's sad to see this awesome cheif go to waste 🗑
The front grill is worth what he paid for the whole truck
Nah. '78 was the first year for the square head light. The grills plastic an it's still available on the aftermarket. Can get a new one for less than a $100
@@eldonerc2524 Who would want aftermarket junk?
It is the least popular of all the FSJ grills. You might get a $50 for a great condition one.
@@donmartinfamilyStill worth it...The Grill Marker lights front fenders. There is still decent parts left on it.
eBay says that grill is around $100. Headlights around $25. There some good parts left on that truck.
Wizard: there’s no way this will ever run!
“Dereck from Vice Grip Garage has entered the chat”
He would have it running in no time.
@@uncleTedK 😂😂😂👏👏👏👍👍👍
Yeah he would! With a 2 gallon gas can zip tied to the drivers door mirror!!!
Getting running and getting it legally able to run are two different things
@@aborted4196 lol VGG can be straight sketch at times! 😂
David Tracy's spidey-sense just went off.
I knew someone would have beat me to it.
i would literally watch every second of every video of a restoration of this
Wizard I've always had the ability to look beyond externals and see potential
in everything. This Grand Cherokee is filled with potential as long as the frame is not rusted. I love it.
That this is complete junk, no one would restore that
@@CarlosGutierrez-qw6pr I suggest you go watch the Racoon Roll-Royce resto on Curiosity Incorporated YT channel. Because it started out as a similar junk, except less packed.
@@chassegallerie2910 how was the body and rust compared to this?
@@CarlosGutierrez-qw6pr If you watched the vid, it's not really the rust that worried the Wizard. It's ALL the crap the rats left. Also, yeah, the back side are rusted thru. That doesn't mean that the frame is. If the frame is good, someone could bring it back.
@@chassegallerie2910 now hold up, I thought we were doing a restoration like Curiosity Incorporated? He even stated that he was happy of the body and how rust free it was, and then he also stated he wouldnt do another more intense project, the Rolls Royce was primarily the interior damaged. This has every inch destroyed plus rust. and do you live where it rusts? I live in the Midwest and when it's rust completely through around the back, it's never just there, there is always more rust to deal with
I once had a 78 Cherokee Quadratrac, and that thing would go uphill on ice. It took me places I had no business being and brought me home. Fond memories! No hills in Kansas, so salvage what you can.
"Maybe you guys can fix it up for $300...."
Now I know why he's called Crazy D lol
😂
@@kz.irudimen I'd clean it for $300, it's not gonna be spotless or immaculate but it'd be free of rat poop. That doesn't include carpet cleaning or anything like that, just cleaned and wiped down.
@@kz.irudimen I'd be wearing one of those quarantine hazard suits lol
OMG, that man is a liability for your company
"CrazyD: Do they even make Goodyear Wranglers tires anymore?
Me:...................wut.
This definitely looks like a perfect project for Derek from Vice Grip Garage.
You should definitely get in contact with him.
Hey Wizard call Dennis Collins, he has Coffee Walk a TH-cam channel. He buys those old Jeep’s and parts them out if there not Rebuildable. Hell just the grill on that is worth $700 to $1000.00. 👍👍
And it takes a lot before Dennis will part a vehicle out.
Good idea. He would buy this
Exactly what I was thinking. They even both appeared in episode 1 of Season 4 of Car Trek. th-cam.com/video/NmwIdGUb3qY/w-d-xo.html
Wizard knows Dennis he's been to Dennis's shop.
SierraSltGmc cool, I didn’t know that
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I've seen worse, and currently drive something that used to be about as bad. Would love to see this thing shop-vacced and see if the engine turns over, but also I know this is not what the wizard does on his channel. Cool video.
Even a trusty Shop Vac would be out of its depth with this mess.
Sell it to Junkyard digs, that thing seems like his type of deal.
Or Junkyard Mook.
@@2004RADMAN Vice Grip Garage would come, clean out the engine bay, and drive it home.
@@thatguyontheright1 this
@@thatguyontheright1 ikr, vice grips garage is built different. When they said it couldn't be saved I thought of him lol.
Junk it!
This brings the definition of a "rat rod" to another level.
Hilarious 😀
I remember in the early 90’s you couldn’t give those away. $2000 would have bought one that was mint. Recently I saw one selling for almost $30K.
A guy I knew back in the 90s had one he picked up for a grand. It wasn't mint but it was OK and he drove that thing everywhere (including offroad) and took good care of it. He loved that thing and it makes me wonder if he still has it. I haven't seen him in many years so I have no idea.
I thought you died man! What happened to you?
Welcome back man! Got any cheap flights these days or is it too soon to ask?
By $30k you mean $80k... Prices on these have gone full ludicrous.
Nostalgia is a helluva drug.
Shock value aside, to me this actually looks like a very nice DIY project. These are really simple vehicles to fix and all those rusted-out body parts are readily and cheaply available. If this car was available to me, and at the price that Crazy D paid for it, I wouldn't hesitate in buying it.
Agreed. Two or three days with a shovel, leaf blower and a pressure washer and it's worth at least double what you paid for it.
I would deff wear a tyvek suit and respirator but it's not gonna kill you.
Vacuum and psi washer. Gut interior and go for it
There isn't that much rust - replacing the flares takes care of a lot of it. . You basically need to do about 20 years of normal maintenance before it goes down the road. Replace brakes, tires, drop the fuel tank and lines. 90% of the work needed does not require a $100 an hour mechanic, just someone with a little basic automotive knowledge and a willingness to get their hands dirty. Once the packrat nests are cleaned out and some of the basic repairs done then you bring it in for the headgaskets (or do it your self) or what ever it was that caused the Jeep to be parked in the first place. I'd be all over the Jeep for $350.
My neighbor had an old Dodge 2 ton grain truck that the pack rats filled the engine bay like that every year - every fall he scooped it out with his hands then a garden hose to get the rest of the flammable out of the engine bay. If the truck was lucky he'd change the oil but usually he just drove it. He only went to the garden hose after he caught it on fire a couple times.
I'm calling out Derek from Vice Grip Garage...
"That's Waaay Too Much... Perfect." But the rest of the rig is just "Factory."
i was thinkin Puddin's Fab Shop on this one.
He got his Caprice running in similar shape lol...
"You couldn't even get it running for $2k." Derek would be driving it down the interstate within 48 hours. I've seen him dig cars out of the ground and drive them home.
That's not rust. It's "weight reduction ".
Factree
You should Make it a mud/trail truck: GUT the interior, install a junkyard bucket driver seat, GUT the dash and wire up 12V to coil on a toggle switch and a push button for the starter, install a boat tank in back with an e-pump and put a cheap summit 4 barrel on the engine, buy a set of retread 33x12.50 super swampers for $600 or so, weld the spider gears in the rear end then remove and sell the nice grille, trim and badges and whatever interior parts can be cleaned up for say $350. Then you could have years of fun with a cool old truck you have less than $1,500 in.
Me: "Oh Car Wizard, the vehicle is not THAT bad..."
Shows interior
Me: "...BURN IT!!!"
Facts bro this things shit 💯 😯😱👁👀👍
My thoughts exactly. Until he opened thd hood I said pull the engine and axles and set the rest on fire. After I said only the axles and a few exterior bits are salvageable.
Lmao, yeah the interiors aids, under the hood/exterior, just wear a hazmat suit and a leaf blower & power washer will do the trick LOL
@@niagra898 agreed bro way too gone 👁👀👁😯😱
we call this in Ohio, Ohio clean lol
The dust coming off of that thing while it was being towed must have been epic!
I would be curious to know your experience with dealing with farm equipment, and how right to repair would affect your business (dealing with John Deere's proprietary software not accepting new parts, etc.)
I dont think they deal with anything that new. In fact, older equipment like that (pre-computerised) is selling well just because of the right-to-repair hassles with the big equipment manufacturers.
Right to repair has nothing to do with the business they're doing right now but going forward guaranteeing right to repair and ensuring by writ of law that people own the things they own would mean that the business they're doing now would still exist 30 to 60 years into the future. If write to repair isn't passed it'll mean that their business would cease to exist or maybe would still exist but they'd be dealing in hacked tractors that have had the warranties expire and have been sold and resold til someone says "yeah, I can jailbreak this".
2'Bot attacks in Replies,the pieces of shirt keep changing names
There are no New pieces of Venison here.I wouldn't spend a cent on the new stuff which is blocked,like Tesla too,from home repairs.You Bought it,You can work on it.Period!
awesome. love tyler. thanks for intro to car wizard, and now crazy D. LOVE YOU ALL. great stuff man. peace from Loveland, Colorado
We need one of these car detail TH-cam channels to take this thing on 🤣
I've worked on a lot worst, it can be saved. It's not a rust bucket for starters.......
When I pulled my 1961 Austin Healey out of the barn which I had stored it for about 20+ years, it was very similar to that. Engine bay completely filled with animal nests as well as carcasses. In total after cleaning out the engine compartment by hand, there was an additional 9-10 shop vacs full of poop. In retrospect I wish I never had put it in the barn which I thought was “safe“. It’s been a slow process rebuilding everything including a frame swap with transferring the existing monocoque structure to the new frame. But it will be worth every penny when I’m finished.
My 93 Celica has sat for 6 years, and it's full of Hornets, Wasps, and Dirt Dobbers. Thank God the interior is in my garage from where I started rattlecan painting it
You are doing the work yourself, and I think a Healey might be worth the work.
I suppose the lesson is, if you do have a car stored you hope to restore, muck it out occasionally!
It's just breezy in Kansas compared to Juneau, Alaska....
I can almost imagine David Tracy of Jalopnik jumping on a plane and buying that for parts for his other Cherokee Chief!
My father-in-law passed away couple of years ago, he was in his mid to late 80s. He had 2 beautiful Cadillacs and a custom conversion van. He wouldn't restore them, wouldn't let someone restore them, wouldn't sell them. After he passed away the went to the junk yard. They sat on the farm for at least 20 years.
Interior (every single piece) should be totally trashed and replaced, but if the floor boards and frame rails aren’t rotted then there is a lot of potential there. A DIY guy would probably be willing to take a project like this on. It’s definitely not worth it to have a shop do a restoration.
a LOT of those older jeeps have a lot of aftermarket panel and trim replacements available. theyre one of the easiest brands to rebuild from a complete pile, right up there with a beetle. and "easy" means "i can find parts," not "it's easy to DO"
Judging from the exterior rust, I'd bet the floor boards are totally gone. I had the distinct displeasure of doing floorboard repair on a 76 Cherokee in 1982. The "design" on the floor was to put moisture trapping fiber over the metal and under a rubberized wall to wall floor mat. The PERFECT way to make something rust.
5-10k just to clean it?! Yeah, it's nasty, but hell... A power washer, & a shop-vac can work wonders!
Also, the thought of one of those going for around 6-figures is prrrettty optimistic.
Still, totally worth cleaning, cutting, & welding on!
I totally agree they don’t wanna save it I will I’ll clean it and all the work right in my driveway idc
Hell, as elementary school kids, we used to do all kinds of chores for a few bucks.
If they had given us 5 guilders each (talking the netherlands in the late 80's, early 90's, pre €), me and me buddies would have cleaned that thing out, rigorously. Great way to spend an afternoon or a saturday.
Of course, we would be wearing gloves. No masks though. Just open the doors and let it sit for half an hour, before you start cleaning.
For some reason the Car Wizard seems crazier than the Crazy D. In this video, however, he's probably the voice of reason as a shop-owner. However, a good powerwasher and some good spray-on cleaning agents can go a loooong way and in two hours all the rattiness would be gone. Greetings from Latvia and keep the crazyness going!
I would be worried about bringing rats with it and having them get into the other equipment/buildings there.
Yes, that needs to be taken down the middle of an empty field with 5 gallons of gas and shot at with incendiary ammo
@@guganotubo
That front grille is mint. Sure that they can make a profit selling parts if people need them.
A buddy of mine would clean that thing out, he'd charge....a fair bit. But, first he would look at the frame and determine if the vehicle was worth salvaging. If the frame was solid, he'd probably buy it off of you and restore it himself as the price to restore it would be.....significant.
The frame is the wild card. Body panels are easy to get, if the frame is junk then it probably is just scrap.
VGG, Junkyard Digs, or Thunderhead289 could have this thing rolling in no time!
Was about to say. In the time they spent looking at it and saying it's the worst thing ever, either of them would've already started going to town on it getting that shit out and seeing if there's any life in the engine
That thing being possibly worth100k restored, is proof that people want out of this technological dystopia we live in…
Anyone with a half of brain wants out of this
@@JedemPoKucama Agreed!
I wish I could go back to the late 90's. So many cheap, cool cars and trucks that were so easy to keep running. I'm talking 3rd gen F body's, Fox body mustangs, GM's G bodies, Chevy Caprice's (cuz they were old people's retirement cars that had low mileage and sometimes garage kept). Chevy S10's, Ford Rangers, Jeep Cherokee's. No wonder they're so valuable anymore
I really want to see at least all that stuff cleaned up, I have the biggest urge of jumping through the screen and cleaning that thing up
$20k to clean out a Jeep!?!
Guess The Wizard has never been broke cuz you can get a hazmat suit and throwaway shop vac for a couple hundred
Considering how the prices for old trucks are skyrocketing it would still be profitable.
People with lots of money don't need to shovel rat crap out of a car, as profitable as it may be...
Heck yea I'd clean that out, love the transformations I can do to old "junk" like this. I've done this to cars before. I'll make a couple videos of it for y'all too! Wear a mask and gloves, go to town, couple large yard bags, dig out what you can by hand, clean rest out with vacuum, then get the power washer out and really go to town. Then get your garden sprayer out full of BP Plaster.
The Wizard needs a Lamborghini tractor as a sort of mascot for the farm equipment side of the business…
Honestly I can't help but look at this thing and hear the wizard saying it's beyond help and just hear a little voice in the back of my mind going 'challenge accepted'
Over $10K or more in parts - grill, bumpers, glass, hood, doors and other hardware.
That grille alone is probably worth what he paid or more!
The grill isn't worth much, it's available aftermarket. But the fender flares are big money. They only came on the chiefs an the pickups. The axles are wide track Dana 44s from the pick-up, they could be good money too. Wonder what v-8 it has, if it's a 401 or a 390 might be a good core for a hot rodder.
Its windy in Kansas because Oklahoma sucks.
That'd be almost kinda tempting to get it, as a DIY project. At least, to clean it out and see just how bad it is underneath. The engine and drivetrain may be worth saving. Maybe...
Should be a Chevy turbo 400 trans an a Dana 300 transfer case. The axles are money, they Dana 44 front an rear. Being a Chief there wide track off of the pick-ups. Sucks the fender flares are rotten, those are chief an pick-up only an I haven't found any repops.
I agree it is not worth paying a mechanic to fix this. As a diy clean and get running or sell for parts. It has value. Read up on Hanta virus and get PPE beforehand.
how cool is Crazy D,my ol boss had one here in Australia and it had a different badge ,Fargo
"Who would clean this thing out...?"
I'd do it. So would many other AMC nuts.
Hope it goes to a Jeep restorer for parts at least & not the smelters.
This is thankfully not top gear, they don't destroy cars to be edgy
Are two door Jeep Cherokees worth anything can should it be restored
I would like to see how bad that really is once it's been cleaned out.
Obviously soft parts are done, but expect floor issues most likely & probably cowl as well seeing how stuffed it is. That said however I don't think it should be scrapped either. Once cleaned out, if truly unsaveable, then parted out.
A whole ecosystem collapsed when this thing got bought.
The government should pay you to keep it.
“You can spend 5-10 grand even getting this thing ready to be worked on” yeah I’m sure. You just detoured this guy from fixing this nice old truck, wack👎
These started rusting out after the first winter here in Ohio , along with the j10 and j20 pickups . people used to joke that they were made from compressed rust .
You've motivated me to go clean out my closets, garage, etc. etc etc. So that I don't turn into that ninety year old guy with a house full of crap!
Call vice grip garage he will have it running in a day 😂
Even Dereck has his limits. I doubt he would chose this one.🤷🏻♂️
@@spooderdoggy It's damn good content to film though, and that's half the battle won for TH-camrs.
I'm not sure he gets along with those jeeps, he's a chevy Buick feller
Hmmm... This might be a two day... maybe three... I don't know!
“Don’t touch it mrs wizard.” “I wasn’t planning to”. Lol.
Seriously though you need to reach out to Derick of Vice Grip Garage this would be an epic video, good promo for both channels.
Haha, everyone thinks alike - all the "Derek from Vice Grip garage" comments. I was thinking about him when watching this, too.....
You guys should contact WD detailing. I’m sure you’ve probably seen their channel on TH-cam but they bring back all sorts of barn finds like this one if anybody is willing to clean up this car at all they would definitely be the right people to contact! I can’t say for sure that they would absolutely do this but it’s worth a shot reaching out to them and asking about it!
Nah, AMMO
@@claytonbyrd6134 even better!
$1,000 to clean it.
Crossed Rifles what does a $1000 buy you? A cleaner interior, or a cleaner engine bay? That is literately full of rat shit . You would need to be properly suited up with respirator mask to even attempt to clean it it up. The only thing worthwhile is removing the front end for parts, and perhaps the doors & rear tailgate . 🐀
@@Ornelas11B id have to get a hazmat suit if i cleaned it.
That's absolutely wild. I've never seen anything like that in my life, and I've seen all sorts of junk/abandoned cars.
Crazy D watches Edd China Garage Diaries and thought "Land Rover won't even make the MOT. Hmmm. Hold my beer!"
Blow this one up too
😂🤣Thanks for the laughs gents. When you opened the hood😂😂
The Swedish air force use to have those, the J20 pickup or something similar and they somehow got the mad idea to convert them from diesel to gasoline (despite diesel being much more useful in the air force) and ended up with about 6 MPG with rather small fuel tanks and the trucks became a laughingstock among military vehicles.. And they just retired them, after 40 years of being useless!
probably a M175
Wayne Carini, has become a millionaire restoring barn finds. You gotta love um'
Sell it to someone for what you have into it as a parts jeep. Glass and trim alone is worth that.
Get 350 for the grill .
At least make a video vacuuming up all of that crap
@@Karmy. oh, I think that might require shoveling.
@@danielulz1640 still it would be really satisfying to watch
@@Karmy. I agree.
Reminds me of a Perfectly fine Pontiac Ventura my uncle inherited. Ran and drove very well. No rust and all original. He parked it next to his barn. Kept saying “One of these days “ until a tree sprouted under it, grew between the engine and fire wall and literally ended up splitting almost exactly in half. I watched him drive and park it there in the late 80’s.
I'm sure Dennis Collins (Coffee Walk) would consider buying it for parts for more than you guys have into it. Wylie, Texas isn't too far from you guys.
The (SJ) Cherokee Chief "Wagoneer" was close to the entry level Sport, but they are crazy popular up here in Wyoming in any condition -running or not!
Thanks for sharing. It was a departure from your normal videos but very enjoyable. It was great to have Crazy D share with us his heart for saving the old girl. 👍
years ago we found a 1977 Lincoln in the same shape. it took 3 days to get it to start but the engine was still good and wasnt locked up. we spent what felt like an entire 8 hours with big gloves on pulling all that nest out from under the hood. we pulled a 77 marquis up next to it to use as a guide and just started running new wires.. the engine was strong but the transmission was stuck in reverse had to be replaced. its really fun to work on them in that shape.
This would be perfect for a Vice Grip Garage, David Tracy from Jalopnik and Car Wizard collaboration
“Nothing a little simple green can’t take care of...” -Elliott 🤣
I love those old Jeep Wagoneers/chiefs, but that is a "WOW" with how much rat waste is in there. Get a teenage boy to clean it out, help him restore it, he'll do it for cheap if he can own the car at the end of the work
For me, that would be a blessing to have one of those! The first truck my father had that I remember was one like this but it 79 and not a 78! It’s the truck that made me love trucks! Hope I can have one one day! This one seem restorable! I have seen way worst then this one!
I love seeing non road salt states mechanics talk about rust. Being from Northern Ohio I just laugh, you guys have no idea at all.
This is what 10 year old cars look like where I'm from.
I am from north east Ohio, and this thing probably would sell for two grand as a “very little rust” truck if it were cleaned out, and power washed.
That Jeep Cherokee Chief is awesome and can be restored in about a year of patient work. New wires and sheet metal repair to the body. When the quarters have rust on a sports car, the rust repair is even harder. The rat sticks and poop?? That would be fun to clean out!!😎🤓
Would love for a local detailer to get a shot at halfway cleaning it out. After that it would be good for parts or someone could gut it and make a cool offroad toy. A shop vac, mask and a few hours would get a bulk of the crap out
I used a walk behind blower (10hp) with a 6" 20ft hose connected, at the suction end I had it necked down to a shop vac hose. I obviously kept that outside, ran the hose in...it was the ultimate. I ran a carpet cleaning truck that had a 50hp vacuum also.
That is a great idea btw, and I agree
You've gotta show this to Dennis Collins!! He's always saying, "we don't care how rough the car is, we'll take it." And they specialise in Jeep restoration...this one is rare too.
Crazy D paid $350 for the mouse Taj Mahal! VGG would have some great adjectives for this I’m certain.
I knew this wouldn’t be something that Wizzard would be interested in tackling. I get it, not financially feasible for a shop to undertake. But I like how so many of us are thinking how others, like Dylan McCool, VGG, Hodgepodge Dodge, Not For Hire, Junkyard Digs/Mook and so many other share their adventures and bring these back to life. I would just about guarantee that Dennis Collins would have bought it right up and put it in his boneyard. Thanks for sharing this find with us. Peace
I absolutely love those old Jeep Cherokees. My dad had two of them when I was a kid and I need to buy one of them some day (shame the prices on nice ones are thru the roof).
I’m in the same boat. My dad had one when I was a kid. I need to buy one too. The ones I can afford are too far gone :(
Air filters had the outer expanded metal to prevent rat chew through and it worked. Modern filters don’t have that protection
The term *"barn find"* has seen its definition slip. It used to mean something that was in pretty good condition, perhaps suffering a particular mechanical malady that caused the owner to park it, but it was essentially out of the weather enough that the body was good and even the paint might come back a bit with a buffing.
A friend of mine had bought off of a neighbor a '72 Dodge D200 camper-special, the owners had bought it new and within a few years had some kind of transmission problem that caused them to park it next to the house, with the cabover camper still on it. This camper protected the cab, doors, bed sides, and tailgate, for the better part of 30 years, leaving only the front clip to weather in the sun. It was more a 'barn find' than this SJ.
I would like to see the term come back around to its roots, and not be used, in the parlance of Charlie from Sarah-N-tuned, as a bucket of rust and a VIN tag.
Yes, this isn't a "barn find". This is a "pasture find".
My car probably just got totalled in a hit and run so now I'm watching some videos to get my mind off it and I gotta say it helps a lot. Keep it up wizard! Can't believe I'm saying bye to my first car so soon
That rat poop is truly something incredible
That was great. What sucks is what condition the panels and floor boards are in. Then you also have to worry about the engine and trans. As somebody stated below. The interior would need to be gutted. Probably be able to save the dash and some other items. But it would be a project of love. Once again providing Panels, floor boards, engine and trans condition. At lease good usable parts.
That is just sad. Imagine how nice it was when new.
Not very...
Wizard, I have $400, a truck, and a trailer. When can I come get it?
Omega auto clinic is becoming a restoration shop now! Soon you'll be doing frame off rebuilds, extensive bodywork, chasing down rare trim pieces, and fixing up hacked up backyard work from the 1980s!
Except, all those pet restoration projects get dropped within a month. Just collect dust. And never finished.
We still have our 1977 Continental Town Car my dad had as first car. It’s still fun to drive. We got it fully restored in 2010 as it’s been sitting in garage from 1995-2010
Imagine how amazing it would have been to restore this vehicle - what a challenge! That would have made the ultimate TH-cam car restoration series, for sure.
And please do not scrap it, sell it in parts instead.
Cheers
I really don't see the problem in trying to restore this. Great for someone who is mechanically inclined and want a winter project. I always see the potention. I would take this on.
Boy those pack rats not only hang out in a pack, they also pack it in crazy tight. Holy Moly! hahaha That's one for the books. Thanks for posting
I emptied out hoarder homes, that had hoarded vehicles sometimes...for 15 years. I've seen this and other crazy stuff a few thousand times.
My uncle had one, learned how to drive in it . Great memories
I had the same vehicle, same color combo, 360 AMC V8, TH400 trans. and QuadraTrac transfer case with low range locking center diff; my great uncle bought it new in ‘79 as a winter/hunting truck, I bought it from him in the early 90s. Great truck, horrendous fuel economy, mine got T-boned and totaled.