Make: | Jeep |
Model: | Other |
Type: | PICK UP LONG BED |
Trim: | J4000 J SERIES PICK UP TRUCK |
Year: | 1973 |
Mileage: | 134,217 |
VIN: | J3A462XN37294 |
Color: | Green |
Engine: | 360 V8 |
Cylinders: | 8 |
Drive type: | 4WD |
Vehicle Title: | Clear |
Item location: | San Diego, California, United States |
The following year, there were three Gladiators available: J-2000, J-4000, and Camper, and by 1972, the Gladiator officially became the J-Truck series: J-2500, J-3500, J-4500, J-4600, J-4700, and J-4800. The first two rode on the 120-inch wheelbase while the others had 132-inch wheelbases, and this marked the same time you could get a J-Truck with a 120-inch wheelbase and 6,000-pound GVWR. Come 1974, the models were again renamed, this time to J-10 and J-20, with the J-10 available in 119- and 131-inch wheelbases (194 and 206 inches long overall, respectively) and the J-20 at 131 inches (drink). Dead by 1973 was the Thriftside.
Packages included the Custom and the fancy-without-schmancy Pioneer in 1974, which by 1977, temporarily turned itself into Custom (and only for the J-20), the same year the Golden Eagle dropped. Wondering where the macho Honcho is? That's a '76 package on the 119-inch wheelbase. The Laredo was available for short wheelbases in 1980, and by 1984, only Pioneer and Laredo were offered. That next year saw the demise of the shorty J-10. We mentioned the Panel Delivery in our Wagoneer coverage the last issue; it had a wheelbase of 110 inches and was about 10 inches shorter overall compared with the J-200/2000.