EE- Jeep History Part 1

When I think of a vehicle that can go anywhere, a vehicle that has its own class. One that just screams fun, I think of the Jeep. The Jeep is one of those vehicles that you can modify to your liking. You can do small things to it like taking the top and doors off. You can do major modifications to it like a lift kit, bigger tires and you can even add a small 4bt engine, a four cylinder diesel engine produced by Cummins, to it and turn it into an awesome swamp buggy. It originated from the World War 2 military vehicle the “Willy’s Jeep”. The modern era Jeep is the Jeep Wrangler. The predecessor to the Wrangler is the CJ or “Civilian Jeep”. These were produced from 1944 to 1986. There were thirteen different types of CJ’s. Up until the CJ 5, 1944-1954, the Jeeps had a 4 cylinder engine and a 3 speed manual transmission. When the CJ 5 came out, it had the option of 3 4 cylinder engines, 3 6 cylinder engines, and a v8 engine option. It also had the choice of a 3 speed or a 4 speed manual transmission. When the CJ 7 came out in 1976, one of the 6 cylinder engines was dropped from the lineup. A new transmission option was added. This was a three speed. In 1981 the CJ 8 was out on the market. It was known as the Jeep “Scrambler”. It had a pickup truck styled body. The CJ 10 came out it in 1981 also. It only had the choice of a 4 cylinder engine or 2 6 cylinder engines. It only had two transmission options: a 3 speed automatic or a 4 speed manual. The CJ 10 like the CJ 8 had a pickup truck styled body. The CJ’s are the classic Jeeps that many people want to collect.