What was your first Jeep?

[Winterhawk]

1984 CJ7. The one I never should have sold in 2008. Replaced with WJ (big mistake), now have 96 XJ which is better than WJ, but not as good as CJ. The best 4x4's I ever had were a 97 Discovery and 91 LR Defender 110. Disco was stolen and 110 totaled by school bus.

 

[shortbus4x4]

My first Jeep wasn't a Jeep, it was a Ford. 1943 Ford GPW with a hot 302, 4 speed with a Hurst shifter and a Lincoln locker. You could do donuts without touching the steering wheel until you either puked or drilled a hole to China.

 

[Rut Row]

My first was a '92 Xj. My current is a 2003 TJR. I got lucky and found one of the fairly rare Inca Gold models.

 

[86scotty]

I'm anxiously awaiting @BritKLR to dig something out of his garage that he bought 40 years ago and never sold. Lol, howboutcha Paul?

 

[Zeep]

I'm anxiously awaiting @BritKLR to dig something out of his garage that he bought 40 years ago and never sold. Lol, howboutcha Paul?

I got dib's on the plow pig!

 

[BritKLR]

I'm anxiously awaiting @BritKLR to dig something out of his garage that he bought 40 years ago and never sold. Lol, howboutcha Paul?

I love the love!

Sorry, the best I can do is share old pictures of my long gone 1987 Wrangler YJ that I bought new and used for lots of different things. I traded that in and started my Toyota Mini Truck era....Then just before retiring I got a clean 1995 YJ to play with and eventually sold it to focus on my FJ60........0h, but.....it's not a Jeep but, I still have my 1994 Suzuki Samurai that is our mountain run-about and RV toad (which I've only had for a short 20+ years....)

Cheers!

 

[sancap]

I took this picture around 1980 of my 1949 Willys CJ 3A. That was a cool jeep! My next "Jeep" was a 1974 Toyota Landcruiser.

 

[Mickey Bitsko]

Bought new in 1972

 

[deserteagle56]

I took this picture around 1980 of my 1949 Willys CJ 3A. That was a cool jeep! My next "Jeep" was a 1974 Toyota Landcruiser.

Neat!
My "second" Jeep was a 1948 CJ, maroon color with a ragtop. But I can't find any pics of it in my files. At 10 years old I used drive it, collecting kids all the way, to the nearest school bus stop. I'd park the Jeep and we'd all get on the bus and go to school, then after school drive the Jeep back home. But that was mid-50s so I could get away with that then.

 

[craig333]

No was with me. I still have my first Jeep. 1960 CJ5. https://craigruth.smugmug.com/Jeep/i-ggCXpFZ/A

 

[rnArmy]

Bought a running 46 CJ2A in 1989 and fixed it up (still have it). In 2008 bought a 98 TJ (2.5/5 speed) totally stock and built it for off roading and overlanding. Still have it. In 2023 ordered a new Willys JLU. Love my new Jeep.

 

[ThundahBeagle]

I love the love!

Sorry, the best I can do is share old pictures of my long gone 1987 Wrangler YJ that I bought new and used for lots of different things. I traded that in and started my Toyota Mini Truck era....Then just before retiring I got a clean 1995 YJ to play with and eventually sold it to focus on my FJ60........0h, but.....it's not a Jeep but, I still have my 1994 Suzuki Samurai that is our mountain run-about and RV toad (which I've only had for a short 20+ years....)

Cheers!
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For a while in the 1990's, the vehicle of choice for urban drive-by shooters. Small enough to fit through tighter spaces than the wide police cars of the day, i.e. better weaving through traffic and down smaller alley ways. Better than RWD on icy streets. And very inexpensive compared to a YJ

 

[BritKLR]

For a while in the 1990's, the vehicle of choice for urban drive-by shooters. Small enough to fit through tighter spaces than the wide police cars of the day, i.e. better weaving through traffic and down smaller alley ways. Better than RWD on icy streets. And very inexpensive compared to a YJ

So true!

Back in the late 80's and early 90's on every Saturday night there was a local skating rink that held a "ladies night" that became very popular with the local "OG's". They would show up early, cruise the parking lot, stay late and usually end the night with a fight, cutting or shots fired. We called it the "gun and knife" show. Samuaris on Daytons with massive sound systems were the ride of choice during the hot Kansas City summer nights.

My partner and I, in the famous "Blacked out, pursuit Jeep with helicopter back-up" (this is truly what they called it on the U/C wires) spent many Saturday nights impounding Samurais with hidden Crack Cocaine stash compartments that he found. At one time our impound lot looked like a Samurai Dealerships back lot. Amazing times.

 

[toddz69]

My first, and only, Jeep was a '51 CJ-3A that a friend and I bought from some folks here in Phoenix that probably needed some drug $$. I think we bought it in 1993 for about $800-$900. Got it running, did a little bit of work to it, and then it sat at our house in Tempe for awhile and then moved to my friend's Dad's backyard in Peoria. In about 2010, my friend Rick Pewe went on a trip with me and I asked if he wanted to buy it. He did and $500 later, it was his. He and David Freiburger came and lived at my friend's parents' house for about a week as they got it running and driving well enough to drive it back to CA for one of their legendary DED (Dirt Every Day) articles they used to do about once a year for Petersen's 4 Wheel and Off Road magazine. Rick still has the Jeep here in AZ and I'm glad it went to a good home.

Todd Z.

 

[ThundahBeagle]

So true!

Back in the late 80's and early 90's on every Saturday night there was a local skating rink that held a "ladies night" that became very popular with the local "OG's". They would show up early, cruise the parking lot, stay late and usually end the night with a fight, cutting or shots fired. We called it the "gun and knife" show. Samuaris on Daytons with massive sound systems were the ride of choice during the hot Kansas City summer nights.

My partner and I, in the famous "Blacked out, pursuit Jeep with helicopter back-up" (this is truly what they called it on the U/C wires) spent many Saturday nights impounding Samurais with hidden Crack Cocaine stash compartments that he found. At one time our impound lot looked like a Samurai Dealerships back lot. Amazing times.

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Ha ha! Deputy Gage in the computer "lab!"

Love "end of report."

I loved seeing the XJ as a police package. Seemed like a perfect vehicle for rural police work. Those were my favorite Jeep rims, too