Up next Goose Gear Tacoma Bed Turned Cozy Habitat Published on October 09, 2017 Author Tread Staff Tags AMC-Jeep, CJ-8 Scrambler, Jeep, Jeep CJ-8 Scrambler, Share article Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Mail 0 Return of the Scrambler The Jeep CJ-8 Scrambler started production as a stretched Jeep CJ-7 in 1981 and remained in production until 1986. Most notably, the Scrambler served its life under the hand of Former-President Ronald Regan on his California ranch, sporting a half top and integrated pick-up–style bed. The Gipper was so enchanted with the Scrambler that soon, in Alaska, the United States Postal Service started using CJ-8’s with full length high-roof hard top, and used a hinged “barn-door” instead of a tailgate. While only 230 of these were produced for the United States, they were sold in large numbers to Venezuela and Australia as the CJ-8 Overlander. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter Unfortunately, in 1986, the CJ-8 was discontinued by AMC-Jeep and the name was left to collect dust. Thirty-three years later, Jeep is reviving the Scrambler namesake for the new Jeep JT Pickup, with promises of uncompromising brutishness and utility. While the ’19 Jeep Scrambler hasn’t been publicly released yet, there are a few details that have been pulled from engineers and test mules seen around Detroit. Removable hard-top Fully-boxed steel frame Solid beam axles Front and Rear 3.0L V6 VM-Motari diesel engine 8-Speed automatic transmission and 6-Speed manual transmission 5-Link “Quadra-Coil” suspension Full-Time 4WD “Quadra-matic” Transfercase Needless to say, the new JT Scrambler Pickup should be a a show stopper, and is set to shake up the small pickup market. Toyota and General Motors should be watching with eager anticipation as this competition drops on their already released Tacoma and Colorado models. What card does Ford have up its sleeve with the pending release of the Ranger and Bronco models?
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