This is the finest looking Jeep I've ever seen. It belongs to Forum member Number9 who hasn't logged on since 2020 :(
New Jeep
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Killer Bee
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my neighbor's 56 willys truck
Not a jeep, but I just picked up this little gem.
'92 Mitsubishi Pajero. JDM import with a 2.5 intercooled turbo diesel. Right hand drive, and only 57k miles! Manual 5 speed.
That is cool! I’m a Jeep guy, but at one point I had a first gen Montero. It was one of my all time favorites. It had a John Baker suspension, 31” BFG’s, and it drove great. I’ve been looking at Monteros and Pajeros just for fun lately. Looks like you scored a great one!
Only pic I have of my old one…
I really like the black wheels looks great
I like it! It’s looks as good or better than most of the CJ-2As I was looking at 40 years ago.
FWIW, I had a 1983 CJ-7. It was probably a Cadillac compared to your CJ-2A, much like today’s Jeeps are Cadillacs compared to mine.
FWIW, I had a 1983 CJ-7. It was probably a Cadillac compared to your CJ-2A, much like today’s Jeeps are Cadillacs compared to mine.
What this reminded me of. I was born in 1945 and lived on a farm in southeast Iowa on gravel roads of course. We received rural mail service and the roads were very hard on the vehicle used to make delivery. You would know your mail carrier quite well. My Dad would tell me that the mail carrier bought a Jeep because he thought it would be great for gravel, muddy roads. Dad said that mail carrier didn't own it very long, it apparently didn't pan out exactly like he thought it would. All of this occurred before I could remember so I'm guessing that the Jeep that he talked about would be about the same generation as the one you bought. It's actually really something that being that old it's still on the road!
Cool ride!! I like those wheels! I've owned at least one for the last 25 years. I still have my original, '84 with the 2.6 and a 5 speed. It's waiting on an engine rebuild in my barn. Then I have my dog hauler, an '89 Raider, with the 3.0 V6 and and automatic. So rusted in the frame, that I only fuel it with jerry cans and drive it on the property. Mitsubishi quit importing the SWB Monteros in '89, and they are the only ones imported that use a coil spring rear end. If the Raider was a leaf springer, it would have been done long ago. The frame would have broken in two between the spring mounts! Here's a picture of the Raider, taken last week. Both ride on 31x10.50x15s with no lift.
I don’t have any pictures but I had a izuzu trooper grey white and little red in it love that ride always liked the square look
Does it have a military history or strictly civilian?
I would have to agree with you. That is what a Jeep should look like.
Awful lot of straight sheet metal there. I wonder just how many of the Jeeps have been on even a dirt road much less "off road".
You're right and I confess to rarely taking mine off the road. I have been down some power lines but nothing daring. As my buddy says, I'm a "mall crawler" I guess. ha.
I live on a dirt road, so mine does see dirt. 
Had it down in Kentucky a few years ago on some trails before I lifted it and installed bigger tires. Probably should not have been on them with my stock Jeep, but it was up to the task. Had water coming up through floorboards on one of the creeks we crossed.
Folks think a stock Jeep can't go places. I took my stock Scrambler over the Rubicon in 1983. Alaska a couple of years later, and that was pretty darned close to off roading in places.I live on a dirt road, so mine does see dirt.
I've been driving Grand Cherokees since 1998, in mud, sand, on trails, most anywhere you want to go including ice and snow. So far, along with some common sense, I've only been stuck a few times. :cool:
Heck, first time I took my Jeep to Red Rock I buried up to the axels in a wash. No winch yet. But a hi Lift and a shovel eventually got me out. Wife made absolutely no complaint when I bought the winch, as soon as we got home. Of course had I been smart enough to air down I likely wouldn't have gotten stuck. But I didn't have an air compressor yet. Bought one of those sparkplug hole air compressors. It works, but very slowly. Still in the garage somewhere.
You are way beyond where I have been, but my point was that Grands can go where most SUVs would be useless. Most Jeeps punch way above their size.
OP
No military history. CJ means civilian Jeep. CJ2A was the first civilian Jeep. My avatar is a 1953 M38A1 military Willys.
Cool Jeep. Looks like you’ll have a ball in that one.
1969 US Air Force Dodge Power Wagon. Runs on "mogas"
JohnL
Buckeye
That is a honey and still the best 4WD vehicle built. I learned to drive on a '42 Willys. Man, that thing was durable and rugged. My dad flipped it on a steep downgrade when the brakes failed when it popped out of gear. He was able to eject so uninjured. We got it right side up eventually, let it sit for a while. Then started it up and went back to the house. I wonder if these modern 4 wheeler like the Can Am can survive that?
