Tell me about your first Jeep.

[TX MOAB]

1985 CJ7 Laredo back in 1990. Black and Silver. I sold my hockey card collection when i was just about to turn 16 and been hooked ever since.

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[Whaler27]

My first jeep was also my first new car. I bought it in August of 1977. It was a yellow 1977 CJ7 six-banger with a manual transmission, hard top, and back seat. My 2019 JLUR is my 8th CJ/Wrangler, but I’ve also owned aJeep pickup, a Wagoneer, a Compass, and several Cherokees and Grand Cherokees.

 

[RedBaron91]

My first Jeep was also my first car at 16. It was a 1997 TJ with 180,000 miles that was a bare bones as possible. The original owner still had the window sticker, and the only two options were a rear seat and power steering. It had the 4 cylinder with the 5 speed, a soft top, and half doors. I loved that thing during high school, and regret getting rid of it for a shitty sedan. It took over a decade but I'm so glad to be back in a Jeep!

 

[joe20224xe]

98 TJ in "chili pepper red" i believe. 4cyl auto with hard top. Towed it off someones front yard with a front head gasket! Spent the summer rebuilding the engine, transmission, and replacing everything else under the hood. Ended up cutting out parts of the frame and welding in new pieces. I miss it thats why i ordered a 22!

 

[TheDukeofLark]

Oh man. This is a feels post for sure. My first was a 1999 XJ that I loved. First time leaving the house by myself I had to change a flat in a friends driveway. When my dad was teaching me ice driving in it, he asked if I knew what to do in a slide, then ripped the e-brake going down a hill. I was 16 in that Jeep, it had 4wd, and I lived by a lake. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why I liked that thing.

The first Wrangler was a total pile: 94 YJ 2.5 auto. My brother lightly crashed it the night before my HS graduation...while I was on a date...then asked me to come get him. We pulled the fender with a come-along and a tree the next day, put a windshield in it, and it was good as new (to me. It was still a pile.)

From there it got better. Another YJ 2.5 but M/T this time, two grand cherokees (99 and 01?), another 99 XJ (but a stripper 2-door! I think it was a conservation vehicle.) Then the real fun began. 2000 TJ, 2006 TJ, 2004 TJR, 2008 JK, 2015 GC, 2013 JKU, and now the JLUR. Keep in mind, if you made it this far, all of these were sold, not wrecked.

Shit, I came home from the hospital in a cherokee. My mom has a new Rubi XR as we speak.

Jeeps are ok I guess.

 

[BLACKMOAB]

Mine was a 1950 Willys CJ3A bought in 1971 when I was 15 years old. My dad paid $600 for it and I paid him back over two years by mowing yards and doing odd jobs. It was a four cylinder, three speed manual and had a homemade steel top but no doors and no heater. It was pretty rough but everything worked except the vacuum powered windshield wipers.

 

[NMPirate]

My first Jeep…59 CJ5, Buick 340 V8, 4 speed main box, 2 speed transfer case, Warn OD (that’s 4 shift levers!). Custom steering and more…I still miss this one!

A co-worker once mentioned she had never ridden in a Jeep, so I took her trail riding in the San Bernardino Mountains…yup, still married to that girl all these years later…did update the Jeep, though!

I love the doors with the "window" all the way down. That's the same I had on my '65. A pain in the butt to keep clean but it was a great look.

 

[Beer]

1973 Jeepster Commando. That thing went thru a lot and never got stuck, deep sand at the beach or 2 feet of snow. Came from factory with a Buick v6, 400 turbo trans. Biggest issue was the floors rotting out. Had a lot of fun with it.

 

[desmo2]

I had been interested in Jeeps for quite a while, and a few of my friends had them when I was in the Navy. They were mostly YJ's.

After getting out of the Navy I got hired into my new career. At about the same time, Jeep released details of the new TJ. Jeep had fixed everything I didn't like about the YJ (square headlights, leaf spring rear suspension, windshield wipers always up on the windshield, really basic dash), and I knew I had to have one.

I special ordered my '97 at the end of '96. It took 6 months to come in. I loved that thing. I didn't do any significant off-roading...pretty tame stuff. We did go to Camp Jeep in Branson, MO in 2000. I kept it for 14 years. A couple of short years after trading it, I started craving another Wrangler.

 

[Whaler27]

I had been interested in Jeeps for quite a while, and a few of my friends had them when I was in the Navy. They were mostly YJ's.

After getting out of the Navy I got hired into my new career. At about the same time, Jeep released details of the new TJ. Jeep had fixed everything I didn't like about the YJ (square headlights, leaf spring rear suspension, windshield wipers always up on the windshield, really basic dash), and I knew I had to have one.

I special ordered my '97 at the end of '96. It took 6 months to come in. I loved that thing. I didn't do any significant off-roading...pretty tame stuff. We did go to Camp Jeep in Branson, MO in 2000. I kept it for 14 years. A couple of short years after trading it, I started craving another Wrangler.

I sold my 2006 TJ for parts to keep modifying the JL. It was one of the dumbest decisions I ever made, and that’s saying a lot. My wife, who loved the TJ, urged me not to sell it — and she reminds me of that on a regular basis. I’d buy it back in a blink.

 

[JKWMD]

I feel left out here; I'd tell everyone all about my first Jeep, but I don't have it yet, (in December order limbo); maybe someday I'll be able to share.

 

[jeproctor]

The 1951 M38 is not my Jeep, it belongs to uncle who has owned it for the past 50 years. I grew up driving and riding in this Jeep. First Photo was probably from around 1980 with my uncle and myself. Second Photo is the Jeep current day with my wife and son. My first Jeep was a 1981 CJ5 that I owned for about 10 years in the early 2000's. I sold this Jeep with the intention of picking up a used TJ that had air bags and shoulder restraints. It took me a little longer than expected to get that next Jeep but I just picked up a 2022 JLR a few weeks ago.

 

[zw470]

Nothin' crazy.

 

[Badfish]

88 YJ I kept in Puerto Rico for my offseason enjoyment. Eventually sold her a while ago. Now happy to be back in the club.

 

[JKWMD]

I would absolutely LOVE to tell you about my first Jeep, but I'm still waiting to get it

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