This 1969 Jeep Jeepster is for sale on Long Beach, California Craigs List. Although the photos are pretty small, it looks in pretty good shape. Known as the ugly big brother of the Jeep CJ-7, the Jeepster has a cult following throughout North America. (Although it is not as ugly as the Bullnose) The larget size offers more interior room, but the unique body style is often what draws fans to the Jeepster. For $3450, this Jeepster seems to be a good deal. What do you think? Are you a fan of the Jeep Jeepster or Commando?
What a great shop of a Jeepster rusting away..
Lately, we have featured some posts with lots of vintage off road desert race Jeep photos. There has been lots of discussion about Ray Russell in this article, this one and this article, along with some photos that Kevin Vaughan sent of the desert race Jeep CJ-5 that his uncle used to race in the 70’s. Ed Bray from Tacoma, Wa lvoed the vintage desert racing photos and sent us some photos of the Jeeps that he used to race. The Willys is at Riverside and the Mint 400 in 1978, which the CJ-7 was at the 1982 Baja 1000. We love the photos Ed! Do you have old off road racing photos that you would like contribute? Contact us!
Last Jauary, we posted some photos that Kevin Vaughan sent us of the 1972 Jeep CJ-5 that his uncle used to desert race in the 70’s. After seeing the interest and discussion that the Jeep off road racer Ray Russell photos and article created here and here, he decided to send me some of the photos of Ray that his uncle had in his photo album. Two of the photos are from the 1976 SNORE 250 while the other two are from the 1976 WRA 300. Note that the WRA 300 photos must be of Ray and his co-driver prerunning as they are not wearing helmets. Also note that these photos are from before Goodyear sponsored Ray Russell. He is running Cooper tires. Do you have any more photos of Ray Russell or off road desert racers from the 70’s?
A few months ago, we featured an article about the 1969 Kaiser Jeep XJ001 prototype. Today, we have this photo is a 1969 Kaiser Jeep factory shot of the XJ002 “Bolide” concept. The word Bolide means “a large meteor that explodes in the atmosphere,” which is maybe appropriate for a flashy concept car that was never produced. It”s also an unusual name for a Jeep, but this was an unusual Jeep. Its plastic roof had bulges for head clearance. Built on a Commando V6 chassis, the off-road sports car was shown at the 1970 NYC Auto Show, and reportedly the XJ002 still survives and is undergoing restoration
Imagine surfing through Craigslist and coming across a 1966 Jeep J3000 truck with an Alaskan camper. Of course, there is no photo. A quick phone call and the owner states that although it has 137,000 miles, it is pretty clean and in good shape overall. You know, the standard little old lady drove it only on Sundays story. So you decide to take a look and find a barn find Jeep truck and camper with only 13,500 miles! The seats, dash and pedals are all in great shape! F3X from Expedition Portal is one lucky SOB. This is exactly what happened to him. He has replaced the plug wires, battery and rebuilt the carb and plans to slowly fix the old girl up. Lets just say that I am very jelous of him!
Talk about a classic black and white commercial! This vintage tv commercial shows why the Kiaser Jeep FC Forward Control truck is the ultimate tow truck. Check out the uniform of the Jeep tow truck operator! NOTE: If you are reading this via email or Facebook, you may have to go to the Off Road [...]
We came across this 1966 Jeep CJ6 for sale in Austin, Texas on EWillys.com. It is hard to tell because of the small photos, but it looks to be in pretty good shape. I am kind of curious about the spring assisted seats, though.
Here we have another video that we found on the FC Connection website. This 1962 Jeep FC170 dump truck still does daily duty pulling down trees and hauliing the logs around. Ride along as the owner topples a tree and hauls the contents to another site. What an awesome truck!
Bill Sanders and Pete Springers from Four Wheeler magazine followed raced this Stroppe built Jeep CJ-7 in a number of desert races in the late 70’s. Their articles followed the buildup right through to the racing and repairs.
