Our evening bike ride the other night brought us to this scene. I jumped off to help push the Jeepster a couple of blocks back to its home. Which led to a whole other set of surprises. Let’s just say the Jeepster doesn’t hang out by itself. Stay tuned.
And speaking of foot power,
Earlier that day, I came across the human-powered RV on the move. That doesn’t happen very often, and it’s quite a sight. Ah, Eugene…but we did miss the annual Naked Bike Ride. I just can’t seem to get Stephanie interested.
Odd ball stuff seems to find you Paul, has someone got a secret stash of old Jeeps hidden away its truly amazing what some guys collect.That human powered RV would be hard work with a head wind but its an amazing device I can weld aluminium but I never thought of doing that
Now I hear T. Rex: “Girl, I’m just a Jeepster for your love…”
I learned a long time ago what combination of parts and tools to carry in my Jeeps just to avoid that issue.. I’m starting to think Jerrycans were strapped to most Jeeps because the gas gauges never really knew exactly how much was in the tank. More of a guesstimate…
Looks like a nice example of an early Jeepster though!
I had a 1968 Jeepster C-101 back in 1975. I kept it for 7 months then I bought my first new vehicle – a 1976 Chevy C-20 Custom Deluxe, 292 stick, What a beast. Kept it 2 years to the day! I probably should have kept the Jeep, as it had the 215 V6 and ran fairly well. It’s sad Jeep only sold less than 60,000 of them total.
That was a 225 V6
I stand corrected! After all, it was 36 years ago! Thanks!
You got ripped off on that. The Jeepster with its Buick-cum-Kaiser V6, would blow away most V8s of its time. And like you noted, it’s a rare bird today.
I had the misfortune of working with a 1975 C-30 with the 292 and a four-speed…thing wouldn’t get out of its own way. It was new, then, too. That was a stake truck; but I can’t imagine the pickup was much more spirited.
Interesting year-of-manufacture 1950 Washington plate from Kittitas County (Ellensburg) on that Jeepster.