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Carter Simcoe (Carter)
| | Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 02:07 pm: | 
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But weren't all the old postal Jeeps 2wd w/ the exception of the modified CJ-5s they used in Alaska???
I saw one today all done up w/ MTs, rear bumper w/ spare tire carrier, and a highlift and jerry cans straped to the outside. Looked interesting but I hope it was really something else underneath, though I could think of alot better looking bodies I could slap on a trail rig. Hopefully I will see it again somewhere and get the opportunity to ask the owner about it. |
Greg French (Gregfrench)
| | Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 02:16 pm: |
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I thought they were Willies. All 4wd.But I don't really know anything. Just a guess.
Maybe that was only in my small, snowy, northern town |
John Cinquegrana (Johnc)
| | Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 02:18 pm: |
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Carter, I had a CJ5 with 2WD, what do you know about them? I had it when I was a kid and didn't know much about them. Just curious. Thanks,
John |
Carter Simcoe (Carter)
| | Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 02:19 pm: |
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well I know for a fact that they were built special order for the USPS. Know I'm really interested, let me see what I can dig up..... |
Carter Simcoe (Carter)
| | Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 02:30 pm: |
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I don't know much about jeeps period, just read an article about postal jeeps once and that bit of info stuck in my head. And yeah it looks like they were 2wd except in Alaska -check out www.postaljeep.com
doesn't seem like you should be able to get a CJ5 w/ out 4wd though, I'll ask my jeeper friend who owns one. |
Will Bobbitt (Rkores)
| | Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 02:32 pm: |
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All the Postal Jeeps are DJ's (Delivery Jeep). And they are two wheel drive. They can be made 4 wheel drive if the drive train is replaced. This was done a few years ago in Four Wheeler Magazine. The postal "Jeeps" that we see today weren't really made by Jeep, they were made by AM General I think.
Will |
Carter Simcoe (Carter)
| | Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 02:41 pm: |
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Yeah, AM general does make those ugly bread box things they use now. Wonder if it shares parts w/ the H2??? 
According to my info though they did use 4wd in Alaska (on modified CJ8s not 5s though -my bad). Heres a pic of one, looks like they just made some changes to the sheet metal of the cargo area.
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Jason Bard (Jbard)
| | Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 02:43 pm: |
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All postal Jeeps were DJ models and were 2x4's. The exception, Alaskan's used CJ-8's (4x4)which is essentially a Jeep Scrambler pick-em-up with a panel body instead of a bed.
Postal Jeep year models and respective engines-(incomplete)
From www.postaljeep.com
DJ-3A (1955-64): Four cylinder L-head, three speed manual
DJ-5 (1965-67): Four cylinder L-head, three speed manual
DJ-5A (1968-70): Chevy four cylinder, Powerglide automatic
DJ-5B (1970-72): AMC 232 I-6, B-W T-35 three speed automatic
DJ-5C (1973-74): AMC 232 I-6, T-35 or M-11 automatic
DJ-5D (1975-76): AMC 232 I-6, 727 TorqueFlite automatic
DJ-5F (1977-78): AMC 232 I-6, or 258 I-6, TorqueFlite automatic
DJ-5G (1979): Audi 121 four cylinder, 904 TorqueFlite automatic
DJ-5L (1982): Chevy or Buick 151 four cylinder, Chrysler 904 transmission
CJ-8 (1984): Used in Alaska only 258 I-6, Chrysler 999 transmission |
Blake Luse (Muddyrover)
| | Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 07:27 pm: |
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i almost bought one for 500 bucks
running and everything
just to jump hills and stuff |
Carter Simcoe (Carter)
| | Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 07:48 pm: |
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I see a really clean one parked outside this little shop in BFE North Louisiana about everytime I make the drive between here and Baton Rouge. It has a tan paint job and they fitted some stock ALLOY wheels from something else on it. |
Carter Simcoe (Carter)
| | Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 07:50 pm: |
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Actually the name of the town is Traynslvania, it basically consists of a water tower with a bat painted on the side of it, Traynslvania Elementry School, a Texaco with a sign that says "come see the live bats", and whatever that little store right next to the Texaco is (the one w/ the jeep). Pretty sad. |
John Cinquegrana (Johnc)
| | Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 10:01 pm: |
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Thanks for the info. The Jeep I had had a 4cyl Hurricane engine (the heads were shaved and had an Isky cam). I think I was running 32 or 33s. It was a 3 speed. I could spin the tires in all thre gears. The front windshield would pop out (from the bottom) to allow air in. It had electric and manual windshield wipers on top of the windshield. I'll post a few pics tomorrow.
Thanks again. |
Leslie N. Bright (Leslie)
| | Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 10:07 pm: |
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Will,
Most people call the DJ a "Delivery Jeep", but it really stood for "Dispatch Jeep".
The CJ's real name is "CiviJeep"... but it didn't really take, and ended up being dropped...
I still want a nice VJ....
-L |
Leslie N. Bright (Leslie)
| | Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 10:16 pm: |
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Greg,
The first direct ancestor of the Jeep was designed by Bantam for the Army contract for gearing up for WWII. The Army took the designs, made some revisions, and had Ford and Willys-Overland to make them in bulk. After the war, Ford quit making them but Willys kept on, calling it the CJ-2. There were several revisions, CJ-3, CJ-3B... Then the new one for the military was made, the M38A1, which later became the CJ-5. Willys was bought out by Kaiser ~'53, just before the CJ-5 came out. AMC bought Jeep in ~'70, who was bought by Chrysler ~'87...
(I used to be a Jeep nut before converting to Land Rovers.....)
-L |
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