I always liked the styling of the full size Jeep pickup trucks. Back in the 1970s Jeep advertised on TV that Jeeps were lower because their four-wheel-drive was built in rather than added on like Chevy-Ford-Dodge trucks.
The knob in the glove box is not for low range, it is to lock the transfer case, eliminating the slippage that allowed a full time four wheel drive to drive on pavement. Low range was optional, shifted by a lever on the floor. This truck has the optional low range.
@@dlew1871 we can only wish. They have almost completely killed all U.S. production. They are also closing the U.S. headquarters outside Detroit. No more U.S. product development.
@ I would love to see a management buy out of the U.S. operations. Make real Jeeps, tough working man’s trucks, market the mini vans the way they used to, and make full size RWD sedans. Make a lower trim level of the Wagoneer that is really off road and affordable for a family or fleet user. No one makes a 3/4 ton SUV any more. No more sissy Jeeps or Hornets.
Having grown up in Livermore Falls Maine we had an AMC/Jeep/Eagle dealer in town so all these funky, now forgotten vehicles were everywhere. And for good measure there was and International truck dealer about 15 miles northeast of us so we saw Scouts and IH trucks all the time along side GMs,Fords and Dodges. Different landscape back then. Great video Steve, you're looking great, glad your back sir
Used to love seeing these trucks with ‘cookie cutter’ style tires and tractor/ag treads. One complaint people had was the 360CI was an absolute gas hog. Looking and sounding great Steve!
My '74 Cherokee with the 360 V-8 and automatic and full time 4x4 consistently got about 16 mpg. That's with maniac 21 year old me at the wheel. For a full size 4x4 that was pretty good at the time.
Those were my favorite jeep pick up trucks! My dad had one with the tombstone grill in 1969 you just mentioned!Same color too! Boy what a beautiful example!👌🥰👍
My Grandfather had a 1976 J-10 longbed. He bought it used in 1978. I learned to drive in his hayfield in it. It had a 360 V-8, with a Turbo 400 and the Quadratrac and 3.54 gears. It had the bucket seats with a fold down armrest but rubber floor covering. The front roofline on the Jeep pickups were changed in 1981 to a more aerodynamic look. It was dark blue with a light blue vinyl interior. I got it in 2003 and fixed a bunch of stuff on it and made a nice driver out of it. I loved how easy it was to load and also get it and out of. It sat like a 2wd truck. I sold the truck in 2011 and miss it sometimes.
My family was a Jeep dealer in Duxbury Mass from 1953 ( Willys Overland first) to 2010. My first truck/vehicle was a 1988 J20 truck which we used for work and snow plowing. If i knew what I know know I would've bubble wrapped it
In the late 1060’s or early 1970’s i was a young boy. My dad was at a Ford dealership (I think 🤔 because he was a Ford man) and I clearly recall seeing a white Jeep truck and I was mesmerized and stun by its beauty and Sssooo different (Manly) then any other truck. I so wanted my dad to buy it. Thank you for sharing this
We had a '75 Cherokee two-door, 360 3-speed. Served my family well for 12 years and soldiered on through every kind of weather. I remember my dad locking the hubs to put her into four-wheel drive. 🚙
My brother had a J-20. Rather than Quadra-Trac it had Warn Lock-O-Matic hubs that could be manually locked for intense off roading but were normally in a freewheel mode that would mechanically lock themselves when needed for the occasional muddy patch without the need to get out. Seemed ingenious to me and got much better gas mileage than Quadra-Trac. One of the many vehicles we should never have sold.
Reminds me of the first 4X4 I drove that was a Wagoneer in 1978. My then boss let me take it home due to a big snow. I was amazed how easily it made it in the snow and up a steep hill to where I lived. Thanks Steve. Take care! 🙏🏼
Always impressed by AMC’s ability to refresh and reuse. I think I see GM sourced power steering and power brakes. Regardless, a great truck! Thank you High Octane Classics, Super Shane, and Mr. Magnante ~ Chuck
I had a J10 with the 360 . Wow it burned gas fast. I sold it mostly because of the gas mileage . Still I would buy one now because I can afford the massive gas bill now.
These were the sought after 4w.d. even then . They almost all had plows on them. They made excellent hunting/fishing/camping trucks with the cap on the back. They could haul any weight you wanted . Dept. of Forestry had a bunch of them. Straight 6 and auto or 3 on the tree . Some were 4speed. They were extremely reliable.
Steve looks good with a little facial hair! It’d be so great to have these simple old trucks with today’s rust resistance. Our old neighbor had lots of Jeep products in the 70s, but rust was a big problem.
I did some miles in a couple of mid-seventies quadra tracs and they had their quirks,, they made noises and did some weird stuff but they were generally reliable...
Thanks Steve. The first manual tranny vehicle I ever drove was one of these beasts. Had to save my college roommates truck from towing at Georgia Tech. Game day, was parked too close to the Grant Field...he was in the shower...the clutch survived...
Thats a beautiful green on that Jeep. I wonder if the missing trim is only because it was just painted. Dang what a cool one Steve. Merry Christmas 🎅🏽 🎄 Mags!
Not correct, this is a 1976 (not 1975 model). The VIN (from the HOC website) gets the win: J for Jeep Corporation, 6 for 1976 model year (5 would be 1975 model year), A for Toledo,OH assembled, with Turbo Hydramatic transmission, left hand drive, 46 for J-20 pickup, 3/4 ton rated with 131" wheelbase, X for 8,000 and up GVWR rating, N for 360 CID V8 with two barrel, approximately 175 HP, and the rest is the production sequence. The Toledo OH plant still operates today and has been around since about 1910. No tag, can't brag, possible H2 Reef Green exterior paint.
Those Quardra Tracs were not selectable. It was an AWD vehicle all the time. You could lock the center differential via a selector switch hidden in the glovebox. But there was no 4X2. Great in inclement weather but it gave the vehicle a severe drinking problem. You could expect about 12 mpg from a truck like this. Or, you could install selectable hubs, lock the before mentioned transfer case, and watch it climb to 15. My father though would simply remove the rear driveshaft, lock the case, and run in front wheel drives during the warm months. He didn’t have the money for a hub conversion and 12 to 15 mpg is a significant savings. Edit: typed all that before watching the video 😊
Mr. B. Here ! 🍩☕️👀😎👍 : Professor Steve Merry Christmas to you and your family 🌲🎅🏼🧑🎄 ! These vehicles as I have gotten older look more appealing ! Thank you for all you do ! Video is very interesting & informative 👀😎👍
I had an '84, 360 V8 and loved that truck ...but being from Massachusetts it rusted away in just a few years. The pick-up box had horizontal seam that was a fatal flaw and after two repaints sold it and bought a Ford
I had a 1980 J-20 360 V-8 4 sp biggest mistake in my life was selling it that truck would climb and go anywhere two tone, silver, and gray. It was the toughest 4 x 4 I’ve ever owned only drawback was I was getting about 3 miles per gallon.
JEEP: "Just Excepts Everybody's Parts" 1967s had the old school 327 Rambler V8. 1968 had a Buick 350. Dunno when the AMC V8 arrived, but IIRC they were all the later "dog-leg" port 304/360/401 V8s. Dad's had a clock but no radio. 360/4V (some horrible Motorcraft EPA spread bore that never worked). No smog pump. Dana 44s at both ends (J10). Trac-Loc rear, and a Detroit Truetrac added in front w/4.09s. Unstoppable in snow, but gallons per mile was the rating. Two weeks ago, resurrected dad's '77 J-10 and gave it to a family friend. Far better that he drives it than I think about driving it.
I used to have a 67 Jeep with the Jeep 327 talk about a motor with torque top speed of about 40 in high range and about a half a mile an hour in low it would go through anything
Does anyone know the MSRP and actual selling price of a J20 around '77-'78? Window sticker? I would like to compare it to the Chevy I bought new and other trucks at that time.
,,,...we had a orange / white one,,,best truck we had for our little resort,dump,garbage chore unit,.....very few now,😮pat & family,,,land o' lakes,wi.
I always liked the styling of the full size Jeep pickup trucks. Back in the 1970s Jeep advertised on TV that Jeeps were lower because their four-wheel-drive was built in rather than added on like Chevy-Ford-Dodge trucks.
Great to see you up and around Steve. Prayer works. God Bless & Merry Christmas.
Glad to see Steve doing better
Nice tour of a classic vehicle...thank you
Those things were UNSTOPPABLE off road! Love the J series pickups!!
Great video. I believe the earlier Quadra-Trac 4X4 system used a GM Turbo 400 transmission.
Correct but I believe its bolt pattern is unique and it will only bolt directly to AMC engines.
These trucks are so underrated. They survive hell storms and will will plow threw snow and climb roads with black ice with ease.
Exactly !
The knob in the glove box is not for low range, it is to lock the transfer case, eliminating the slippage that allowed a full time four wheel drive to drive on pavement. Low range was optional, shifted by a lever on the floor. This truck has the optional low range.
Where's the lever on the floor in this truck? I didn't see one.
@@blowupbob1 You can just see the edge of the lever below the seat belt @5:05
@@timlewis6802 Ok, thanks. I was looking for a shift lever around the tunnel.
Hats off for your explanation. I'll delete my comment as to why there's an emergency 4wd when it's already in 4wd.
@@rcnelson I think the engineers at Jeep could have come up with a better name than Emergency drive.
So impressed to see you back in the saddle, Mr Steve, that’s true grit! Thank you.
In 1975 the transmission was a GM TH400. The Mopar transmissions and New Process transfer cases came in 1979.
I wish Jeep would make that truck again today.
Except they would ruin w/ Chrysler parts. Oh wait, already did
@chrisvandeventer5789 I think Jeep should be an autonomous brand , all by itself...screw stellantis.
@@dlew1871 we can only wish. They have almost completely killed all U.S. production. They are also closing the U.S. headquarters outside Detroit. No more U.S. product development.
@dlew1871 maybe Elon will loan me $ 🤣
@ I would love to see a management buy out of the U.S. operations. Make real Jeeps, tough working man’s trucks, market the mini vans the way they used to, and make full size RWD sedans. Make a lower trim level of the Wagoneer that is really off road and affordable for a family or fleet user. No one makes a 3/4 ton SUV any more. No more sissy Jeeps or Hornets.
I had a 77 J20…best plow and snow vehicle I ever had! Quadratrack was unbelievable and never spun a wheel while plowing.
Good to see Steve! Merry Christmas!!!!
Having grown up in Livermore Falls Maine we had an AMC/Jeep/Eagle dealer in town so all these funky, now forgotten vehicles were everywhere. And for good measure there was and International truck dealer about 15 miles northeast of us so we saw Scouts and IH trucks all the time along side GMs,Fords and Dodges. Different landscape back then. Great video Steve, you're looking great, glad your back sir
Glad to see you back at it Steve.
I remember a neighbor who had a black "Honcho". That was a cool truck
Love these old J series pickups!
NEED A BASIC TRUCK LIKE THIS NOW ❤😢😢😢
Awesome color on this truck.
I've got a 79 J20, really love the truck.
You lucky son uv a gun ! Good on ya. ….. buy it off ya ? ?
@@gregbrophy5781 Nah. Grandfather left it for me. I'm slowly restoring it and upgrading the lift to a modern one.
Steve, good to see you up and around doing what you do best.
Merry Christmas
Used to love seeing these trucks with ‘cookie cutter’ style tires and tractor/ag treads. One complaint people had was the 360CI was an absolute gas hog. Looking and sounding great Steve!
My '74 Cherokee with the 360 V-8 and automatic and full time 4x4 consistently got about 16 mpg. That's with maniac 21 year old me at the wheel. For a full size 4x4 that was pretty good at the time.
Years ago had a J10 of roughly the same vintage with a 258 I6, auto.... loved it and wish I still owned it.
Thank you Steve
Those were my favorite jeep pick up trucks! My dad had one with the tombstone grill in 1969 you just mentioned!Same color too! Boy what a beautiful example!👌🥰👍
My Grandfather had a 1976 J-10 longbed. He bought it used in 1978. I learned to drive in his hayfield in it. It had a 360 V-8, with a Turbo 400 and the Quadratrac and 3.54 gears. It had the bucket seats with a fold down armrest but rubber floor covering. The front roofline on the Jeep pickups were changed in 1981 to a more aerodynamic look. It was dark blue with a light blue vinyl interior. I got it in 2003 and fixed a bunch of stuff on it and made a nice driver out of it. I loved how easy it was to load and also get it and out of. It sat like a 2wd truck. I sold the truck in 2011 and miss it sometimes.
My family was a Jeep dealer in Duxbury Mass from 1953 ( Willys Overland first) to 2010. My first truck/vehicle was a 1988 J20 truck which we used for work and snow plowing. If i knew what I know know I would've bubble wrapped it
STEEEEEEEVE...WOW....LOOKIN GREAT!!! All my strength to you!!!!!!!
Thank you for posting this Little Gem.
In the late 1060’s or early 1970’s i was a young boy. My dad was at a Ford dealership (I think 🤔 because he was a Ford man) and I clearly recall seeing a white Jeep truck and I was mesmerized and stun by its beauty and Sssooo different (Manly) then any other truck. I so wanted my dad to buy it. Thank you for sharing this
We had a '75 Cherokee two-door, 360 3-speed. Served my family well for 12 years and soldiered on through every kind of weather. I remember my dad locking the hubs to put her into four-wheel drive. 🚙
Thank you Steve!👍
That is one, good-looking truck (and spokesman) !!!!~ Looks to be a solid original and classic (including the spokesman) !!~
Today’s Jeep “gladiator“ should actually be called a “scrambler“!
Steve. Merry Christmas. Glad your back
My brother had a J-20. Rather than Quadra-Trac it had Warn Lock-O-Matic hubs that could be manually locked for intense off roading but were normally in a freewheel mode that would mechanically lock themselves when needed for the occasional muddy patch without the need to get out. Seemed ingenious to me and got much better gas mileage than Quadra-Trac. One of the many vehicles we should never have sold.
Reminds me of the first 4X4 I drove that was a Wagoneer in 1978. My then boss let me take it home due to a big snow. I was amazed how easily it made it in the snow and up a steep hill to where I lived. Thanks Steve. Take care! 🙏🏼
I've always loved those Jeeps. That one's a beauty for sure. Good to see ya Steve. Your knowledge is really something.
Always impressed by AMC’s ability to refresh and reuse. I think I see GM sourced power steering and power brakes. Regardless, a great truck! Thank you High Octane Classics, Super Shane, and Mr. Magnante ~ Chuck
The Kaiser Jeep version in the '60s was by far my favorite. I'd buy one now if I found one I could afford
I had a J10 with the 360 . Wow it burned gas fast. I sold it mostly because of the gas mileage . Still I would buy one now because I can afford the massive gas bill now.
Hi Steve - I had one in that color. All Dana manual transmission. 360 2bbl, galvanized under the paint. Great simple truck.
This truck was well worth restoring, a real heavy-duty beast! This will last for generations no doubt. A heavy-duty manual trans would be even better?
These were the sought after 4w.d. even then . They almost all had plows on them. They made excellent hunting/fishing/camping trucks with the cap on the back. They could haul any weight you wanted . Dept. of Forestry had a bunch of them. Straight 6 and auto or 3 on the tree . Some were 4speed. They were extremely reliable.
Steve looks good with a little facial hair! It’d be so great to have these simple old trucks with today’s rust resistance. Our old neighbor had lots of Jeep products in the 70s, but rust was a big problem.
I did some miles in a couple of mid-seventies quadra tracs and they had their quirks,, they made noises and did some weird stuff but they were generally reliable...
Steve, I had the J10 ,258 6 cyl. 3 speed on the floor and Warren auto locking hubs. Great truck. Only problem was Pennsylvania salt roads
Mags on the loose! Cheers to High Octane for keeping the Mags busy!
That is a COOL TRUCK!
I have one of these, 1972 j4000 and I found out AMC really cheap'd out and used old strips of tire sidewall for the bed mounts
i doubt it left the factory that way
@@AA-tb4ff I did not believe it until I saw it on Bj's off road and checked for myself on my rig.
@@fortyfiveseventylol all of can say is wow. AMC was quite the company
Beautiful truck. AMC purchased Kaiser in 1969 and the deal finally closed in early 1970.
Thanks Steve. The first manual tranny vehicle I ever drove was one of these beasts. Had to save my college roommates truck from towing at Georgia Tech.
Game day, was parked too close to the Grant Field...he was in the shower...the clutch survived...
A local garage had the smaller version of the pu for minor road service calls.
Nice truck Steve.
Sad AMC gone..
I appreciate your work, Steve.
Hope you're doing well Steve, enjoy the videos, want that Truck real bad .
Cool truck
My first truck was the same year same color. Quadratrac with factory gear reduction. Got a whopping 6 mpg
I like those jeep trucks.. looking and sounding good Steve ! 🌲🎅👍
Nice truck Steve, I had a J-10 1978 4×4 4 speed. 6 inch lift 36 inch tires. Would pull chevys backwards . Dana 60 was my problem.
Glove box in the center, good idea.
Only four wheel drive pickups in my area growing up. Never saw a four wheel drive Ford until after graduating from highschool.
Those were pretty hardy trucks as I remember no frills ! Fellow central mass 👨🏻🚒 guy.
Thank you,Steve. Be well.😎❤️
Awesome trucks. I love these things.
Looking good, Steve. I had a '74 Cherokee. Beautiful design, excellent functionality, but horrible propensity toward rusting.
Thats a beautiful green on that Jeep. I wonder if the missing trim is only because it was just painted. Dang what a cool one Steve.
Merry Christmas 🎅🏽 🎄 Mags!
Not correct, this is a 1976 (not 1975 model).
The VIN (from the HOC website) gets the win: J for Jeep Corporation, 6 for 1976 model year (5 would be 1975 model year), A for Toledo,OH assembled, with Turbo Hydramatic transmission, left hand drive, 46 for J-20 pickup, 3/4 ton rated with 131" wheelbase, X for 8,000 and up GVWR rating, N for 360 CID V8 with two barrel, approximately 175 HP, and the rest is the production sequence. The Toledo OH plant still operates today and has been around since about 1910.
No tag, can't brag, possible H2 Reef Green exterior paint.
Those Quardra Tracs were not selectable. It was an AWD vehicle all the time. You could lock the center differential via a selector switch hidden in the glovebox. But there was no 4X2. Great in inclement weather but it gave the vehicle a severe drinking problem. You could expect about 12 mpg from a truck like this. Or, you could install selectable hubs, lock the before mentioned transfer case, and watch it climb to 15. My father though would simply remove the rear driveshaft, lock the case, and run in front wheel drives during the warm months. He didn’t have the money for a hub conversion and 12 to 15 mpg is a significant savings.
Edit: typed all that before watching the video 😊
Mr. B. Here ! 🍩☕️👀😎👍 : Professor Steve Merry Christmas to you and your family 🌲🎅🏼🧑🎄 ! These vehicles as I have gotten older look more appealing ! Thank you for all you do ! Video is very interesting & informative 👀😎👍
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Ohh that is sweet! I wonder if its 4wd looking forward to Steve's review. Edit* ok that 4wd selecter warning is awesome
Great, as always, Steve!
Love the video. The great Jeep.
I had an '84, 360 V8 and loved that truck ...but being from Massachusetts it rusted away in just a few years. The pick-up box had horizontal seam that was a fatal flaw and after two repaints sold it and bought a Ford
The good days when Jeeps were manufactured with pride...not this Stellantis crap. Thanks for the memories.
I think when they dropped the visor on the cab it wrecked the whole look.
My Dad had a 1966 and 1969 Jeep Gladiators J20s Very Tough Trucks Both had 350 ci Buick Motors 4 Speed Manual from the Factory Very Cool Trucks
NICE appreciate the history.
Are you sure it had the Torque-Flight 727? My '74 Cherokee with the 360 V-8 had a GM TH400.
I had a 1980 J-20 360 V-8 4 sp biggest mistake in my life was selling it that truck would climb and go anywhere two tone, silver, and gray. It was the toughest 4 x 4 I’ve ever owned only drawback was I was getting about 3 miles per gallon.
Thanks for the video.
I always think of "Tremors" when I see these old Jeep trucks.
Good trucks. My dad had one.
Do the fender flares make it a wide body?
JEEP: "Just Excepts Everybody's Parts" 1967s had the old school 327 Rambler V8. 1968 had a Buick 350. Dunno when the AMC V8 arrived, but IIRC they were all the later "dog-leg" port 304/360/401 V8s. Dad's had a clock but no radio. 360/4V (some horrible Motorcraft EPA spread bore that never worked). No smog pump. Dana 44s at both ends (J10). Trac-Loc rear, and a Detroit Truetrac added in front w/4.09s. Unstoppable in snow, but gallons per mile was the rating. Two weeks ago, resurrected dad's '77 J-10 and gave it to a family friend. Far better that he drives it than I think about driving it.
THANKS STEVE
Every quadratrac I've ever had , has had a TH400 not a Chrysler transmission. The switch in the glove box engages the 4wd, not the low range.
I used to have a 67 Jeep with the Jeep 327 talk about a motor with torque top speed of about 40 in high range and about a half a mile an hour in low it would go through anything
I had a 77 J10 Back in the mid '90s and I wished I would have never sold it.
Does this truck have 8 lug wheels ??
Steve! How you doin?
That Javalin steering wheel!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had a amc with a258 six cylinder engine it was a good motor
Does anyone know the MSRP and actual selling price of a J20 around '77-'78? Window sticker?
I would like to compare it to the Chevy I bought new and other trucks at that time.
,,,...we had a orange / white one,,,best truck we had for our little resort,dump,garbage chore unit,.....very few now,😮pat & family,,,land o' lakes,wi.
Nice jeep truck
I just look up on Wikipedia that body style went from 1962-1991 in 1991 just the wagoneer
I had a 1969 gladiator j2000 that was stolen my favorite truck