Jeep CJ Series

After World War II,Willys Jeep CJ-3B produced for the first time in 1953
At the end of the war, Willys-Overland began to consider producing the Jeep for agricultural work. The result was the first Jeep Universal in 1945, giving way to what the company called agrijeep creating variants known by the acronym CJ Civilian Jeep. The first was the CJ jeep CJ-2A, the civilian version of the successful military Willys M38 model, modified with luxuries such as loading gate, wipers, external gas tank, rear hook to attach agricultural tools, an improved gearbox and other reforms. This included the famous Jeep's front grille openings 7 Jeep kept language of your brand, like its round headlights, guardafangos trapezoidal, and an outstanding performance in difficult terrain (the Willys MB of World War II had openings at 9 its front grille).

jeep CJ-2A models produced from 1945 to 1949, gave way to jeep CJ-3A, which used the same engine Go Devil of his predecessor (4 cylinders in line, 2195cc displacement, 60hp power, and 105 lb / ft of torque) so that both models are classified as "top down". The differences lie in aesthetic reforms, including a windshield without division and with one or two wipers at the bottom; were increased diameters axes for greater transmission capacity of force, as well as increased capacity for farm work and additional accessories this end, a version of tractor was offered to the public and the production of the model CJ-3A lasted until 1953 with the emergence of CJ-3B. As utilitarian versions were available between 1959 and 1964, as DJ-3A Surrey Gala (version tent holiday with the intention of being sold to rest sites and resorts), Hardtop (version booths counted traction with only two wheels and offered the gear lever next to the helm and a longer wheelbase) and Dispatcher (a shortened version of the Hardtop).

The jeep CJ-3B was the first model of "top high", since the lid of the engine suffered an amendment to accommodate the new engine Hurricane (4 cylinders in line, 2195cc displacement, 71hp power, and 114 pounds / foot of torque), which was essentially the same Go Devil but changed the distribution of L valves, for distribution in F, causing the valve to enter will be more outside the engine block, allowing it to be longer than the valve exhaust, which resulted in a greater supply of power in relation to the basic design of the engine using the same engine capacity and architecture. It also incorporated a cash transfer 4X4 much quieter. That is why the grid in front is much higher, and production continued until 1968. Jeep is the most numerous place in the world, as it has been reprinted several companies licensed yet to present.

In 1954 appears the Jeep CJ-5, a completely different version to CJ-3B, whose design was based on the M38A1 developed in 1952 for the Korean War. IncorporaciĆ³n guardafangos much larger front and surround, and the Jeep is produced for the longest time, arriving at 600,000 units worldwide in a continuous production of 30 years. In 1965 he took the first significant step by offering a V-6 engine, 155 hp (117kW) known as Dauntless, and in 1970 its first version appears Renegade, renewed in 1971 as Renegade II; other versions were Tuxedo Park, Camper, 462, Super Jeep and Golden Eagle. This Jeep is therefore one of the most popular all-terrain vehicles of the twentieth century. A version unpopular was the CJ-6, a CJ-5 with increased wheelbase which allowed greater interior space and that at some point also came to be offered under the name Toxedo Park.

Much has been speculated on the existence of a CJ-4, the model lost between the CJ-3B and the first models of CJ-5. It was an experimental vehicle and apparently the first to bear the Hurricane engine. His appearance is really between the CJ-3B with guardafangos straight and narrow, along with the rounded front that incorporated the CJ-5, so its design front is completely unique and different. Mechanically was very similar to the M38A1 and especially the CJ-3B, for a long time remained a mystery unsolved since no one could testify that this actually had existed "Jeep intermediate" and the only evidence of the time it showed two photographs as the vehicle Willys Experimental X-151. Finally in 1997 came to public light only the CJ-4 that currently exists. The experimental vehicle was acquired by the Chief Engineer of the Chase section of Willys, Miguel odor, to the mid-fifties. The used it on his farm for a long time and died in 1977 when the Jeep passed into the hands of John Milam who kept it for several years. Is currently in a detailed restoration by a collector Jeep.

After CJ-5, exited the last CJ who was the CJ-7 that appeared in 1976. Its extraordinary introduction to the market led the company AMC (then owner of Jeep) focus all their efforts in producing this vehicle and its version Pick-up Chase long, the CJ-8 Scrambler, so the CJ-5 began its path towards the withdrawal in 1982. Incorporates a completely new board for the first time and finished with plastic, taking steps toward more modern trends; other reforms included aesthetic angles more pronounced in its doors that curves used in the doors of the CJ-5, as well as a hardtop moulding factory, removable from the body, and steel doors. He was available with traction at all four wheels integral Quadra-Trac (optionally) that was not necessarily an option characterized by its strength, but was available cash transfer its traditional 4X4, and with different engines including a V8. The CJ-8 version was not available with Quadra-Trac and had the cash transfer with traditional manually operated hooks, and like the CJ-7, was available with two boxes of 4 or 5 mechanical gears, and an automatic optional 3-marches.

Aesthetically, the CJ-7 is the closest ancestor to Jeep Wrangler, first introduced in 1987 when AMC was acquired by Chrysler Corporation. This Jeep SUV was propelled by the legendary AMC Powertech I6 242, in line 6-cylinder with 190 hp and 220 lb / ft. torque, and incorporated features from the outset more radical than the CJ's models, to be offered with more luxurious interior and partly derived from its contemporary Cherokee XJ. But many faithful to the tradition of CJ's see rectangular headlamps of a small Wrangler loss of authenticity and classic, revisited in 1997 with the aesthetics of reform Wrangler and maintained today by the new 2007 Wrangler and the first version 4 doors this real Jeep, the Wrangler Unlimited 2007.