I paid $2200 for a 1966 V-6 Jeep CJ-5. I worked for Summer after Summer and saved every scrap of Christmas and birthday money to buy that car. I have always been a saver and always will. The V-6 model was a Buick 155hp and it had quite some zip. I could lay down 6 ft of rubber in second gear.
In a way, my jeep was a sleeper. The only other Jeep type vehicle I lost to in a streetlight drag was a 289c.i. Ford Bronco. I had a lot of fun with that Jeep but it was a lemon. On a regular pull out from a stop sign, the transmission popped out of first and the chunks of gear floating in the trans chewed up the entire transmission. The V-6 was attached to the 4cyl transmission with a bell housing adapter. The V-6 was too much for the poor little trans. When reversing, you had to let out the clutch first, before you applied power or the entire powertrain would shake horribly. I can't count how many times I had to replace the motor and trans mounts. I swore I would never buy another Jeep, but I did and it was a horrible lemon too. Never again.