![]() 07/06/2019 at 16:22 • Filed to: Jeep, Truck, cj | ![]() | ![]() |
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.
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But if you do, you have to let me borrow it sometime.
![]() 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
![]() 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.
![]() 07/06/2019 at 19:14 |
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So you haven’t ruled out buying it.
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Harrumph
![]() 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!’.
![]() 07/06/2019 at 23:22 |
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Rockstars are the downfall of sooo many jeeps.