Used Car of the Day: 1989 Jeep YJ Laredo

by Tim Healey

Published: March 25th, 2024

Today we bring you a lifted 1989 Jeep YJ Laredo.

Our seller says that the body and frame are in good shape, though the body was patched for rust some time back.

The transmission is a five-speed manual and the engine has gotten modifications such as an Edelbrock carburetor, header, MSD ignition, and more. There's Posi lock and 4.10 gearing for the four-wheel drive system.

The rear brakes have been converted to discs and the tires are 33-inch mud/all-terrain.

This Jeep has a snorkel and hard top.

If you're into this sort of off-road rig, the ask for this Michigan-based Jeep is $4,250.

Click here to check it out.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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MaintenanceCosts on Mar 25, 2024

I, indeed, "do'nt" understand.

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- ToolGuy on Mar 25, 2024
  
  extra points for attention to detail -- well done! 🙂
  
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RobbyG on Mar 25, 2024

This thing looks like a deathtrap.

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- Dukeisduke on Mar 26, 2024
  
  It's got leaf springs, like God and American Bantam intended, so no "death wobble" like the coil sprung Wranglers.
  
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