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The Jeep Wrangler Sends the V8 Off With a Bang

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Back in the early 1990s, when I was in high school, a friend’s dad owned an off-road parts distribution company, and we had a ton of fun with his Chevy big block-swapped Jeep CJ. Modified Jeeps are nothing new, but the automaker is jumping into the fray with a send-off model to honor the rowdy V8 it offered for the SUV’s last few model years.

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Jeep Gifts Wrangler Updates to Gladiator

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In what’s likely the most obvious move this year other than the Blackhawks taking Connor Bedard in the NHL draft*, Jeep has announced they are applying to the Gladiator nearly all the same updates its close cousin, the Wrangler, earned a few months ago. *Ed. Images: Jeep] Become a TTAC insider. Very good, then.

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Mopar Offers Parts to Build a Jacked-Up Jeep

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Owners of late model Wranglers and Gladiators can now jack their rides skyward courtesy of a new kit from the official Jeep Performance Parts catalog. The kit includes Bilstein-branded monotube shocks with remote reservoirs, increasing oil capacity of the suspenders for greater heat dissipation. .&

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Big Meats: Jeep Offers 35-Inch Tires on 2-Door Wrangler

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If you’ve been putting off picking up a new Wrangler just because Jeep doesn’t offer the Xtreme 35 Tire Package on two-door models of the Rubicon and Willys, you have officially run out of excuses. Anyone popping for the $62,295 Rubicon X will get this gear as standard kit. Image: Jeep] Become a TTAC insider.

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Used Car of the Day: 1988 Jeep Wrangler YJ

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Not literally, of course -- this 1988 Jeep Wrangler YJ is for sale in Chicago's near north suburbs. It has some frame issues, but it's also been a daily driver and the seller has a frame repair kit available. Today's UCOTD comes from your author's backyard. Both hard- and soft-tops are available, as are both full and half doors.

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Mopar Charges Into SEMA With “Electromod” Jeep CJ Surge Concept

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Mopar is charging into this year’s Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas with “an efficient battery-electric propulsion system of the future” called the Electromod Jeep CJ Surge concept.

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Used Car of the Day: 1988 Jeep Wrangler Sahara

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Today we have a Jeep owner who is "sad to sell" their 1988 Jeep Wrangler Sahara. The transmission is a Chevy 350 Turbo with a Hurst shift kit. If you can put up with that stuff, this Jeep could be for you, especially if you like V8 power. They're asking $9,000 for this 153,000-mile rig that has an automatic transmission.

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