The Good, The Bad, and the Rusty - Special Going Away Edition 11/27

[Goose_XJ88]

Yes, thank you for your hard work and dedication to making these posts.

 

Can you share your searching techniques with us so we can continue searching for trucks or parts in our local areas?

[Bonkers]

5 hours ago, Goose_XJ88 said:

Yes, thank you for your hard work and dedication to making these posts.

 

Can you share your searching techniques with us so we can continue searching for trucks or parts in our local areas?

 

Thats the problem unfortunately, there is no longer any

"technique" to it. When i first started i used a friends

BetaSearch program (think SearchTempest) to data-mine

the entirety of CL and then drag-drop the links into a Word

program. From there it was a cut-paste job to CC. Took 

about 2hrs total.

 

Then i added the pics which added another 2hrs to the task.

 

Then CL began throttling multiple-site search results which

not only killed sites like SearchTempest, but made my program

utterly useless. From there i had to visit all 417 sites one-by-one.

This brought the system up to 7-8 hours.

 

Now CL is throttling multi-site searches again, and the CC update

requires seperately adding each offsite link. Which I'm sure works

fine with windows 11 and/or IE10+ but i cannot upgrade my home

computer so I'm stuck running CompIE7 to add multiple links 

through cut/paste. 

 

And since i run two additional searches for myself and a friend,

this weeks push through CL took almost eighteen total hours -

which is alot for a guy working a 70hr shift.

 

There are some things I'm going to try beginning next week, but unless

I can shave off 4-5 hours from the new setup, its unlikely the GBR list

will return. I just don't want folks to be expecting one any time soon.

[Bill]

Thank you for all the times you posted these lists and all the work that must have been, they've sure been fun to browse through !

[PCO6]

It's fascinating to see the prices of MJ's in a wide range of conditions.   It's hard to compare but I'm going to say that MJ's in Canada seem to go for less money.   I'm sure there aren't as nearly as many here but with a much smaller population the demand is no doubt less too.   It probably balances out.   My guess is that more of yours are in better condition (less rust) but still there are some good ones here.   I don't mind saying that I paid $4,000 CDN in August 2017 for a very good, rust free complete original '88 MJ Eliminator in perfect running condition (2WD though).    That would be about $3,000 US and, based on the above ads I wouldn't have got anything close to that in the US.  I get daily Kijiji updates on Comanches (and other Jeeps).   Some are priced way too high but the ones that are reasonable for what's being offered go quickly.   Anyway, thanks for posting this Bonkers ... fascinating stuff!   

 

[Automan2164]

Thank you for all the times you've done these posts. I've looked into and bought a few things, including a factory brush guard from PA to IL... And then found one for 1/4 of the price, 1000 feet away from my work, in better shape... Lol.

 

I'm going to miss the posts, but there is a limit to the time you can spend doing something like this. I'm sure I'm not the only one whom you've helped along the way.

 

Rob