For $500, You Could Buy This Hole Jeep

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

y'all stay away. I call dibs - already left the seller a voice mail!

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2000 CLK 430: first modern Benz - sold.
2001 CLK 55: OMG the torque!!! - sold
1972 280SE 4.5: Baby Gustav
1991 300TE 4Matic: Gretel the Snow Bunny - sold
1978 300SD: Katz the Free Man - given away
1980 Redhead: Darling Wife

that jalopnik article is silly. If the auger actually can work, and you have property, that thing is certainly worth 500 bucks.

All that steel would probably bring almost that in scrap alone. Sometimes the snarkyness of the jalopnik writers can get annoying.

Anyone who's every looked for purpose built stuff like that know they can command a surprising price. Bet you the auger blades alone on the front of the jeep would be 500 to 1000 bucks

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Agreed. Whomever is selling it is either devoid of ambition/imagination or just plain fed up looking at it.

If the equipment could be transplanted onto another chassis it must be worth way more than $500 to someone who could use it.

I get way more of a headache from the commenters on Jalopnik than the writers. Some of the chattering masses would have us believe they're slumming when they're forced to take the Cayman to the country club 'cause it's raining....

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

That is one cool sumb1tch. Hope it ends up with ramonajim

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That'll get put to use if I can get my hands on it (no response to the voice mail yet!). We've got two acres that need fencing.

Assuming the jeep is running (yeah, BIG assumption) and the mechanical bits working, that thing is worth several times the asking price. Heck, even if the jeep is nothing more than a tool holder, it's worth more than the asking price.

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1961 220b: first project car - sold.
2000 CLK 430: first modern Benz - sold.
2001 CLK 55: OMG the torque!!! - sold
1972 280SE 4.5: Baby Gustav
1991 300TE 4Matic: Gretel the Snow Bunny - sold
1978 300SD: Katz the Free Man - given away
1980 Redhead: Darling Wife

I gotta admit, I'm in love!

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'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Aww, gee Swamp, that's very sweet. But I'm already taken.

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1961 220b: first project car - sold.
2000 CLK 430: first modern Benz - sold.
2001 CLK 55: OMG the torque!!! - sold
1972 280SE 4.5: Baby Gustav
1991 300TE 4Matic: Gretel the Snow Bunny - sold
1978 300SD: Katz the Free Man - given away
1980 Redhead: Darling Wife

No. Not you, Jim.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Well, fine, be that way




Seller has taken a deposit (not from me, danggit). Buyer is supposed to come back for it this weekend.... if that falls through, I'm getting called back.

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1961 220b: first project car - sold.
2000 CLK 430: first modern Benz - sold.
2001 CLK 55: OMG the torque!!! - sold
1972 280SE 4.5: Baby Gustav
1991 300TE 4Matic: Gretel the Snow Bunny - sold
1978 300SD: Katz the Free Man - given away
1980 Redhead: Darling Wife

Well, at least not that way. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

For your sake, I hope the deal falls through.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Good luck Jim! It'd be interesting to own a NPOCP car for sure....

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- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Those are cool. I once watched a guy digging holes with on at a job site at one of our schools. It looked a bit more substantial than this one with a drivers seat that could be turned around thru 180 to run the equipment on the back. The guy said there was a company that specializes in that sort of conversion. He sure seemed able to dig a bunch of large holes in a hurry.

- Peter.

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2000 GMC Sonoma
1981 240D 4spd stick. 347000 miles. Deceased Feb 14 2021
2002 Kia Rio. Worst crap on four wheels
1981 240D 4spd stick. 389000 miles.
1984 123 200
1979 116 280S
1972 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
1971 108 280S

i picked up a really cool post hole digger from my local junkyard for $10.it is somewhat like a gas powered ice auger,but has a ford starter motor on it with a gear reduction and it just hooks up to a 12 volt battery.for digging hole around the yard i just whip the john deere lawn mower close and i'm set.