Kaiser

[Dick]

How many of you knew the first Jeep pickup was called a Gladiator? I just found out this morning,

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[Kevin_D]

That's why the current model is the Gladiator.
The original from the '60's was based on the full-sized Jeep platform, instead of the CJ platform.
I have one: it's a '71. In '72 AMC dropped the Gladiator moniker and they were J-series trucks.

Kevin


Damn, that really sounds like an old man, doesn't it?

 

[Koolcarguy]

That's why the current model is the Gladiator.
The original from the '60's was based on the full-sized Jeep platform, instead of the CJ platform.
I have one: it's a '71. In '72 AMC dropped the Gladiator moniker and they were J-series trucks.

Kevin


Damn, that really sounds like an old man, doesn't it?

Wow that does sound like an old man???? is gere where I say we still have I belive a 68 at our family ranch in the mountains? I hauled alot of furewood as a kid with that old Jeep now it will sit there for months at a time and 8 or 10 pumps on the gas pedal a turn of the key and she fires off everytime

 

[kevman65]

Yup, but I'm an old fart too. No, it's not mine.

 

[Dartboy]

I knew about the J10 Gladiator, my Granda had one. What really surprised me was that they were still making them until 1988, I thought they stopped in the late 70s

 

[kevman65]

I knew about the J10 Gladiator, my Granda had one. What really surprised me was that they were still making them until 1988, I thought they stopped in the late 70s

Naaaa, the CJ 8 (Scrambler) wasn't a Gladiator. In '79 or '80 when Renault bought into AMC everything changed.

 

[Lost1wing]

One project hauling another project

 

[Old Young Man]

Don’t forget the M-715, military version. Replaced the Dodge M37. 1965

 

[Dust]

Ahhhh the M715…….. Baaaddddd Asssssss?!

 

[wolfdog]

Don't forget the best size of all, short bed or long bed the Cherokee based Comanche!

Had two, loved em both, new Gladiator, not sure yet!! LOL

Go Jeep!!!

 

[Artsifrtsi]

 

[Biff Happy]

How many of you knew the first Jeep pickup was called a Gladiator? I just found out this morning,

The first Jeep truck was aptly called “Jeep Truck”:

the second truck was the fc150 and fc170:

So the third Jeep truck was called a ”gladiator” (“the beautiful brute”) then nomenclature was changed to the J-truck series.

 

[JoeJeep74]

The first Jeep truck was aptly called “Jeep Truck”:

the second truck was the fc150 and fc170:

So the third Jeep truck was called a ”gladiator” (“the beautiful brute”) then nomenclature was changed to the J-truck series.

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The first Jeep truck was aptly called “Jeep Truck”:

the second truck was the fc150 and fc170:

So the third Jeep truck was called a ”gladiator” (“the beautiful brute”) then nomenclature was changed to the J-truck series.

Unfortunately I don’t have a picture but at the age of 12 learned to drive a manual transmission, manual steering and brakes mid 50’s Jeep Gladiator pickup with a nonfunctional wrecker boom on the back. It had holes in the floor boards and the exhaust leaked big time under the cab. But, grandfather updated the snow plow by installing a hydraulic lift cylinder, replacing the manual crank you operated through the open driver’s window. Still had to jump out, pull a pin and change plow angle though. To this day I plow snow with the window open to let the exhaust out. Good times!

 

[Alan SOBX]

The first Jeep truck was aptly called “Jeep Truck”:

the second truck was the fc150 and fc170:

So the third Jeep truck was called a ”gladiator” (“the beautiful brute”) then nomenclature was changed to the J-truck series.

Why is Jeep in quotation marks? “Jeep".

 

[Artsifrtsi]

Why is Jeep in quotation marks? “Jeep".

Because the brand Jeep really wasn't a brand yet... just a nickname.... like "pick-up truck". GI's were still calling it a "jeep" slang for GP (general purpose) from the MB lineup they had in the war. The brand back then was actually Kaiser/Willis, then AMC bought the "Jeep" brand, and actually branded it that.

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