Thanks guys. Ok here's the story. (there has to be a story for everything) I've been watching this jeep sit down the street for a couple years now. Occasionally it would move across the street to make the association people happy. Then it just sat for about a year. The HOA tagged it to be towed unless it was put in the drive way or just disappeared. I happened to be driving by when all this was going on, and over heard that the owner, an 18 year old kid who lives with his parents, say that he had lost the key so how was he suppose to move the jeep. That's where I stepped in explaining how to put the transfer case in neutral, spin the back around with a floor jack and push it up the driveway. They looked at me like I was totally nuts.
Well, while we / I were doing this, I start asking about the jeep. The kid bought it 2 years ago for $1400 bucks from a guy who moved here from GA. (He paid $5,500 from a used lot in Atlanta in '05, and it was a boarder patrol jeep I learned later.) The kid never filed any paperwork with the CA DMV, and then lost the title. The last time this jeep was on the grid was back in '07 registered in GA. Then the key got broken in half while he was in Baltimore and he threw it away. (kids these days). They were up a creek and didn't know what to do. Especially about the title. So I asked if they wanted to sell it. "umm ok." I told them to get a lock smith out and have a key made, then after I drive it around the block I'll let you know.
The jeep ran great. All the fluids were a quart low, but other then that started right up and purred like a kitten. So I bought it. Did a Lien Sale on it and as of yesterday it's mine.
oh yeah... I paid 500 bucks for it. :clap:
