Eating crow (nearly)

"Just Jeepin'" (macintux) 07/06/2019 at 16:22 • Filed to: Jeep, Truck, cj

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Yesterday I said something here that was proven correct, but was much closer to being wrong than I ever would have imagined.

I saw both a Comanche and a modern Gladiator on the road this morning. Neither are common, but all of the other Jeep trucks are so vanishingly rare that seeing another model today is effectively a lost cause.

As you may recall, I wrote the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (if I may be so bold as to assert that the only such series is in fact the most comprehensive). Setting aside South American models (Willys Rural, e.g.) I believe the only truck I haven’t seen in person is the CJ-10.

If you’ve never heard of it, you’re not alone. It’s very much unlike any of the other CJs. AMC was clearly rethinking the Jeep brand when they designed it; the front end looks rather like some unholy offspring of the soon-to-be-unveiled Cherokee (rectangular headlamps) and a melted CJ grille.

It is not pretty, except in a very utilitarian way. Very.

But today, as I continued my slow boat to China method of getting home via every detour that sparks my interest, I stumbled upon a unicorn. THE unicorn. Not only a CJ-10, but an attractive one.

Here’s a photo of a stock truck for comparison.

Here’s what I found today in front of a dealership, strategically placed to lure Jeep aficionados.

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , if you have 25 large you want to throw at perhaps the most unusual Jeep truck in the U.S.

But if you do, you have to let me borrow it sometime.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Just Jeepin' 07/06/2019 at 16:30

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oh jeez.... the original aint pretty

but that modified one........ thats probably one of the worst looking things ive ever seen (still better looking than a multipla)

anyhoo.. im not a jeep guy and thats just my oppinion maan

Svend > Just Jeepin' 07/06/2019 at 16:50

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I like the white utilitarian version, it looks sort like Santana is to Land Rover as this is to a normal Jeep.

The green and black thing is ruddy awful, kill it with fire, 'some hill-billy made this in their yards' awful. 

Just Jeepin' > Svend 07/06/2019 at 19:14

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So you haven’t ruled out buying it. 

Just Jeepin' > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 07/06/2019 at 19:14

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Harrumph 

Svend > Just Jeepin' 07/06/2019 at 19:28

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We have a saying here in the U.K., ‘I wouldn’t touch it with yours mate!’.

Censored > Just Jeepin' 07/06/2019 at 23:22

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Rockstars are the downfall of sooo many jeeps.