I’m not trying to pose. It was not refined but you knew at the end of the day it would take all you threw at it and would happily take you back home. My uncle had the model.I am restoring a 1968 j 2000 gladiator with the 327.I do need a good white steering wheel and also the right mirrors. The 230 cubic inch long-stroke “Tornado” six only lasted for the first two years; it was problematic, and was shipped off to IKA, Kaiser’s Argentinean ops, where it found a new home Which makes the fact that this Gladiator is powered by the venerable 250 hp AMC 327 V8 (no relation to the Chevy 327) doubly ironic. It had the 6-cylinder Tornado engine. Men who smoked. a 120" and a 126" wheelbase and most models were available in Thriftside Should probably get a more bland daily driver. All of the models are what we would consider a fullsize pickup today. I have one in my vintage diecast collection.And in a reverse-CC effect, I saw an early ’80s Grand Wagoneer after work today. 327 engine with 250HP? They are oversized and mug tough trains or tractor-trailer big rigs, but inside they are as rough as Martha Steward’s feather pillows. Since then I have went through the fuel and brake systems, put tires on it, cured the miss-fire by adding some ring-seal, and done other various things to it. Cost about as much, too. Just enjoy “in my humble opinion” the best, most reliable truck ever made. When Kaiser punted on the new V8, it reappeared at AMC along with its chief designer. I wish I still had it. Kaiser spent an inordinate amount of money on the OHC six; and within a year saw it was futile. These engines are known for their toughness and excellent power output. Reluctantly sold it 5 years ago because the offer was one I couldn’t refuse. These current crop of trucks are just overpriced luxury cars with a high stance and a bed. I tried a moderate load of sand in it one time. My mom told me she could hear him driving to the hospital in it and was embarrassed to be driven home in it since it was so loud and stunk like exhaust fumes. For the 2020 Gladiator model based on the But it was never as popular as the wagon, especially when the Grand Wagoneer version went all upscale with fake wood and leather, and found a new lease on life.The graphic-splashed Honcho enjoyed some sunshine during the 4×4 wave of the mid-late seventies and into the early eighties, but was soon eclipsed by more modern and comfortable offerings from the Big Three. Matchbox offered a miniature diecast version of this truck – right down to this truck’s color – in the 1960s.I’m confused, I always thought the 327 was a Chevrolet design that they licensed to AMC. Front axle is a dana 30 with 4.09 gears. From 1963 until 1964 a 3 digit number was used to identify wheelbase virtually no plastics, lots of stout metal. Basic no frills white knob interior. This 1967 Jeep Gladiator J2000 is currently up for grabs on eBay and the seller claims it's one of the cleanest original Gladiators still around. And then came the Turbo-Hydra-Matic days. This was as burly and tough as it got back then, except maybe for a tall-boy International 4×4. No matter, I am quite sure I would not have made the “truck of the future” connection – quite good.It was also the truck of the future in that it was a little smaller than the big boys from the other makers. I owned a ’63 with the Tornado 230. Loved my last off the line rhino grill 1970 J-3000 BW 4 speed and Dauntless/Buick 350. It was out in the field at planting time and told him what harm could I do out there? They are like tall BMW’s nowadays, with giant grilles to look manly. The Jeep Gladiator full-size pickup truck managed to stay in production for 26 years with very few mechanical and styling changes.Many of you fine readers are too young to remember the time when Jeep actually built a pickup truck. Great design on paper, but in my experience, the engine was a lemon. It’s just too bad they weren’t protected better from rust – for the last few years you could watch the road going by below your feet but it still did everything he needed. It was one of my go-to outside toys for years.My Tonka jeep was white, we of course had to modify it put huge tires all the way around it, I think originally it was made as a tow truckI’ve always loved those trucks! The truck of the future – still.Wow that is very well preserved doesn’t look like it has worked a day of it’s life. It leaks from every crevice, with various howls and whines coming from every gearbox, but it still gets the job done. Even the tough Gladiator sat pretty low to the ground compared to today’s blue-collar chariots. Join our 250,000 users facebook community. He’s been driving a Ram 2500 since 1997 and it’s been okay but I’m never going to forget that Jeep.Our farm truck was a yellow ’68, lasted until around ’86-87, and yes, by that time I remember watching the road through the holes in the floorboard too!Was also the first road vehicle I convinced my dad to let me drive at around 10 (had been running the tractor with a bush-hog for a year or so at that point).

Remembering my dad and the smell of his pipe as he had me sit in his lap and steer his GMC, remembering my son as he sat in my lap learning to drive my pickup. Potter was an engineer hired by Kaiser-Frazer, to design a V8; and was dismissed when Kaiser’s fortunes were changing and the decision was made to exit the passenger-car market.He was hired by newly-created American Motors – and had “their” “new” V8, which the 327 was based on, ready in record time. I tell my son to celebrate his masculinity with as much pride as his sisters celebrate their femininity. Front axles were closed knuckle Dana 44 until the J-xx. I rode in it once, and it seemed much cruder than other pickups of the era. I was but a wee sprog during the Gladiator’s heyday, so I had to make do with the Matchbox version, one of my favorites.The Wrangler-based update certainly looks the part; wish they’d just make the thing already, Flareside box with the side-mounted spare, please.The military version is a beast. 2nd owner for 14 years. This Gladiator has an automatic, and I was somewhat surprised to see in the 1965 brochure that it’s a THM (400). 1983 saw the new full-time four-wheel drive system, Selec-Trac, replace Quadra-Trac. After which it was sold to a farmer in the 80’s. If it had the Buick V8 in front of the TH400 I might even consider owning one of these.Men drove these. exception of the J-100 panel delivery truck. Maybe. I sold a new model super cab but that was nothing compared to the loss old my cherished CJ8 which I will buy back if I ever find it. The General.Kaiser switched to Buick V8s in 1968; this after first engineering the Buick V6 into the CJ platforms; and then buying the whole line.

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