Jp Digital
I just caught wind that Jp is offering an online magazine subscription. Oh come on you guys, how the hell am I supposed to carry my desktop to the library with the porcelain chair and read this thing? Then when I'm done reading, what am I supposed to use to wipe my butt with?
The day I can't get a touchy feely copy of your great mag is the day I cancel my subscription
Go hug a tree if you want green!Rick Jandrt
I'm from my mother, but I divide my time between Georgia and Texas
No worries Rick, the digital subscription is only an option. But at half the price of a regular subscription it might be a viable one for some people. Go to jpmagazine.com for more info.
Vern-O-Gram
I could not find an e-mail address for Dr. Vern so if you could please pass this along or just delete it, either way.
In response to your November '08 rant, I never bought a $50 Jeep either, but in the summer of 1961 while in the Air Force I bought a nice M38 with 18,000 miles from the Ramstein Air Base Germany salvage yard for $125. I have the pictures and paperwork to back that one up. I sold it when the weather in Germany got very cold. Dumb! In the summer of 1962 I went to a US Army surplus sale in Kaiserslautern, also in Germany for the geo-impaired. They had very nice m38's. There were rows of complete running Jeeps with tops and doors to pick from for $350 each. I didn't buy one; I thought they were too expensive. Did I mention dumb?Bill DunkelmannWest Palm Beach, FL
Rob Pete!
Where can I get Jp magazine items such as T-shirts, bumper stickers and so on.Dennis SkeesLouisville, KY
Well, we used to sell it online. But apparently the stuff was about as popular as a turd in a punchbowl. So if you want it, you'll have to find Pete Trasborg on the trail and steal his company duds. Hazel or Cappa are likely to shoot you if you try mugging them so you're better off going for the weak target.
Which V-8?
I was flipping through the November '08 issue of Jp magazine and I saw an article about a junkyard in Toledo that had several older Jeeps left for dead ("Rust Holy Toledo Part II"). In the story there was a pic of a '66 J2000 and it said that they had the Vigilante V-8 made by AMC for '65-'66 and the '67-'71 trucks had the Buick Dauntless 350 motor. My question to anyone who can help is I have a J2000 with a 327 Vigilante in it. The title says it's a '68 but if they stopped using the Vigilante in 1967 then how could it be a '68? Is the title wrong or were there some '68's made with the AMC motor?Name withheldVia jpmagazine.com
The 327 Vigilante V-8 was actually phased out in 1968. So the early 1968 trucks would have the 327, and the late 1968 trucks would have the 350 Buick. It is not at all uncommon for Jeep to make changes like this. In fact, it still happens to this day.
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