This is what survival looks like in four-wheel form. A 277,225-mile XJ Cherokee headed to auction in Oklahoma City represents the kind of truck that actually earned its reputation through genuine use, not marketing. XJs became the template for affordable 4×4 capability, and clean, high-mileage examples are finally getting recognized as the utilitarian design classics they always were.

Scout territory prices have gotten silly, but this neglected 1200C represents the other side of the International market—the working truck that nobody's fighting over yet. Solid 4×4 bones, original chassis, the kind of project that won't demand a second mortgage before you turn a wrench. Needs everything, obviously, but at this price you're not inheriting someone else's financing mistakes.