The original Sahara

[Notorious]

My TJ Sahara has the best factory seats that I’ve had in a vehicle. Given the tipsy ride of the TJ, the seats are very supportive and comfortable. If you have some free time, find one for sale and take your buttocks there.

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[aldo98229]

Chrysler made the most comfortable seats for years. The seats in my 1987 Dodge Omni were amazing; so were those in my Chrysler 300 SRT and Dodge Challenger SRT.

 

[Hound Dog]

The original Sahara was way before the YJ. Anyone remember the TV series Rat Patrol?

 

[VNT]

the most famous Jeep, yes Rat Patrol was great. "In Color" too LOL

 

[jawsATL]

Young ones may not know where the Wrangler Sahara comes from.

Browsing through Instagram it reminded me how Sahara got started as the “dressy” trim level on the original Wrangler, the YJ...back in the 1980s.

The original Sahara consisted of a dress-up package available in limited colors with a unique interior, camel top, painted fenders and special fender stickers. There was a particularly striking color combination that added a unique camel-and-green interior.

Over the years, Sahara has remained the “classier” Wrangler. In 2003, Jeep added the Rubicon as the top trail version with a rear locker, and making the hood decal a characteristic of that model ever since.

The fender stickers and painted fender flares have remained a trademark of Saharas ever since.

Here is some Wrangler porn.

Enjoy!

When I was growing up, the Sahara was all the rage. I remember as a teenager that the Sahara was the pinnacle and if you had one, it symbolized that you made it. (Crazy and stupid thoughts from a teenager). Ironically, went I went on my Jeep hunt earlier this year (for the 2nd time) I was able to buy a Sahara, albeit a different version of the ones above that were iconic.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[Para-Jeep]

When i got my YJ i thought of the Sahara as the Barbie Dream Safari Jeep. But as i got older i grew to appreciate it more. They were also selling the Rio Grande edition at the time.

mine was a ‘94 SE. loved that Jeep.
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I loved the look of the Sahara, but back in the day I went for the 1995 Rio Grande. Not many where on the road. This Jeep went from bone stock to fully built and became the best Jeep I ever had.

 

[Heimkehr]

Chrysler made the most comfortable seats for years.

The seats in my 1987 Dodge Omni were amazing; so were those in my Chrysler 300 SRT and Dodge Challenger SRT.

Agreed. My driving lessons were in a 1985 Dodge Charger, and to this day I remember the comfort of those cloth buckets. My 1995 YJ had 1 pc. vinyl bucket seats, and they too were fairly comfortable.

The only thing that's come close to those two examples were the cloth buckets in a loaner 2014 Nissan Altima (base trim). I couldn't believe how comfortable they were.

Enough time has elapsed between my three JL test drives and now that I don't remember my opinion of the cloth seats. I hope I like them.

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