The wonderful off road vehicle that does just about everything, the CJ7 is the best Jeep ever build. As a general purpose utility vehicle, “CJ” or Civilian Jeeps were made from the 1940s until 1986 and they resemble the mighty military Jeep of World War II. Because of it’s classic, now is hard to find the original parts and accessories for CJ7. Jeep restoration is the best way to making the Jeep like new again and able to perform specific off-road tasks.

The CJ7 came in (basically) two models: The basic Renegade and the nicer Laredo. The Laredo package had nicer amenities such as leather trimmed steering wheel and grab handle, a tachometer and a clock – to name a few.

In 1970 AMC (American Motors Corp.) bought Jeep from Kaiser. AMC brought out the CJ 7 and put a V8 in the Jeep. They also went against the trend for this type of vehicle and offered a automatic transmission. They also gave us the Sporty 2 door Full Size Jeep Cherokees and the family Wagoneer station wagon and to top that off they brought out the smaller 2nd generation Cherokees.

In 1984 the down sized Cherokees appeared. It received a great power increase in 1987 with the introduction of the inline 4 Liter engine. This success story lasted until 1987 when AMC went out of business and the Jeep was acquired by Chrysler Corp.

Source: OffRoaders