In 1988 The American Jeepster club (AJC) was formed to help Jeepster owners “network”, and find and sell parts. The club has over 800 Jeepster owners from all over the USA who own 1966 to 1973 model Jeepsters, Jeepster Commandos and Commandos. The AJC has regional chapters, which give members more involvement in contacting others, planning trail rides, rallies, show ‘N shines, swap meets, barbeques, and more. Membership is FREE at this time, so come on in and get acquainted with other members.

The Hurst Jeepster (modeled above by Linda Vaughn) was a joint project between Hurst Performance Products’ George Hurst and the Jeep engineers. This project actually began while Jeep was owned by Kaiser Industries, but the model didn’t appear on the showroom floor until after Jeep had been purchased by American Motors Corp. Originally Jeep planned to produce 500 of these special editions (300 automatics and 200 stick shifts), but in the end it is believed that only around 100 were ever driven off of the assembly line making it a very special vehicle. The reasoning behind the lower production total was likely because AMC had plans to redesign the Commando model for the following production year.

What was so special about the Hurst Jeepster? You will have to go over to the site at www.hurstjeepster.com and find out!