Jeeps are Fun. Interesting advertisement.

[Black Pearl]

Not since the old VW beetle ads back in 50's and 60's have I seen such a literate car advertisement. Not that I particulary agree with anything they say in the ad (Chrysler couldn't give me truck load of their vehicles right now). The ad does imply that the Jeep was invented in Toledo, Ohio. We have a Pennsylvania State Historical Marker that claims that the jeep (not capitalized, & no R in the circle) was invented in Butler Pennsylvania.

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM8NM

Text From The Historical Marker

"In September 1940 a team headed by Karl Probst delivered to the U.S. Army a prototype for the World War II jeep. This small, four-wheel drive vehicle was produced by the American Bantam Car Co., located one block east. Here, Bantam manufactured 2,675 jeeps. Although larger companies ultimately received the chief wartime orders, it was Bantam--in cooperation with the Army--that originally created the jeep."

[irwinje]

I've been noticing more and more of them on TV as well. They're not selling features or capability. They're sticking to longevity and fun. All the fun things people have done over the years in jeeps. Until the Wrangler Unlimited I never would have even considered a jeep. And since the Unlimited gets crappy gas mileage (like the rest of jeep's line-up) I didn't buy that either.

Side note: I used to have a friend that owned a jeep and he always said he wanted to get a sticker that read.
It is a jeep thing. I do understand...For Sale

[Carvingbarn]

Back in 71 I had a CJ-5 with a 401 V8 that had come out of a Wagoner and 411‘s front and rear. I did some off road racing with it. It would go just about any were you had the nerve to take it. I think I had more fun in that vehicle than any I ever had. I would love to do it again. (The next time I am in my twenties.)

[Black Pearl]

Back in 71 I had a CJ-5 with a 401 V8 that had come out of a Wagoner and 411‘s front and rear. I did some off road racing with it. It would go just about any were you had the nerve to take it. I think I had more fun in that vehicle than any I ever had. I would love to do it again. (The next time I am in my twenties.)

Was that 401 a Buick or an AMC? GM either sold engines or tooling for engines to Jeep back in the 60's. I remember Buick V-6 in Jeeps but I wonder if they sold some Buick 401s as well. The Buick engines were easy to identify because the valve covers sat vertically (cover gasket parallel to the ground) and right up against the intake manifold. Buicks had odd heads the valve stem ran directly vertical rather than the same plane as the pistons. The AMC engines had valve covers canted at the usual angle for a V8. A Buick 401 was a pretty powerful engine, not in the class of a Chevy 427, but still very torquey. I don't know anything about the AMC 401.

[Carvingbarn]

Was that 401 a Buick or an AMC? GM either sold engines or tooling for engines to Jeep back in the 60's. I remember Buick V-6 in Jeeps but I wonder if they sold some Buick 401s as well. The Buick engines were easy to identify because the valve covers sat vertically (cover gasket parallel to the ground) and right up against the intake manifold. Buicks had odd heads the valve stem ran directly vertical rather than the same plane as the pistons. The AMC engines had valve covers canted at the usual angle for a V8. A Buick 401 was a pretty powerful engine, not in the class of a Chevy 427, but still very torquey. I don't know anything about the AMC 401.


It was an AMC engine. It came out of a Wagoner that had rolled. A friend own a Jeep store in Mesa Arizona and had built the CJ-5 for him self. He had it for about 6months. He let me think I talked him in to selling it to me. It was fire engine red with chromed cage roll bar, bumpers and wheels. It had a Warren winch, big tires and custom seats. An off road dream machine.

[2RedV's]

AMC all the way! They made some very well engineered engines. No, Ford didn't make their engine blocks.... AMC produced their own although they did occasionally use misc. parts from other manufacturers.

Back in the late 70's, a friend had one of those 401 Jeeps. Very fast and would pull the front wheels off the ground with a hard launch.

I currently have an old Javelin in the fleet and am looking for a 70 AMX to go with it.