The Mystery Of The Jeep Pickup Truck Prototypes Solved: They're Being Sold To Egypt, Israel...Or Somewhere Not Here

Ray Wert — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:45:00 EDT

We were wondering where those Jeep pickup prototypes we showed you earlier were going and now, we've got an answer from spy photographer of the star-cars, Brenda Priddy. OK, it's actually from Phil Howell of Off-Road magazine, who she's quoting, but anyway here's the deal:

"The Jeep you see here is one of the units built to sell (hopefully) to the Egyptian military. As you can see, the rear doors are welded shut and, on the inside load floor, there's a pickup-style steel bed. It's powered by a diesel, has rear leaf springs and a rear Dana 60.

I understand that, while there are a number of these built, the deal hasn't been made yet with Egypt (or Israel, etc.). There are no plans to offer this in North America." Phil Howell, Off-Road Magazine

So basically, we're building them over here so we can fight them over there or something? That's so very sad.

SEMA 2007: Jeep Wrangler JT Concept

Ray Wert — Wed, 23 May 2007 16:45:00 EDT

We're like four months away from the 2007 aftermarket parts blowout in Vegas, and already the automaker formerly known as the 'merican side of the German-American hybrid's looking to push out the concept cars they'll be showing come November. Apparently they liked the reaction to the AEV Jeep Brute concept so much they've come out with one of their own — a truck they're calling the Wrangler JT concept. Somehow I feel as if we've already figured out what the "JT" stands for. But like every Jeep, it's got to pull it's weight to get the trail-rated badge, and the JT's no different — because as you can see from the gallery below, it appears to have the get-up-and-go necessary to get it out of the Hell's Revenge trail in Moab, Utah. True, it's not enough to really get the trail-rated badge, it's certainly better than what we're betting the Compass can do. But what do you expect, since the JT is built off of the Wrangler Unlimited's extended 116-inch wheelbase, we're assuming it can do anything the Unlimited can do, and maybe even better. The folks at Jeep have also slapped on a 3-inch suspension lift from Superlift, 35-inch BF Goodrich Mud Terrain tires, a Ramsey 9500 UT winch and Mopar rear bumper and rock rails to give it just a bit more off-street cred. As avid fans of the AEV-produced Brute conversion kit built off of the TJ Wrangler, we're happy to see the JK getting a chance for glory by becoming a Jeep truck as well. – Ray Wert

Jalopnik: jt

The Mystery Of The Jeep Pickup Truck Prototypes Solved: They're Being Sold To Egypt, Israel...Or Somewhere Not Here

SEMA 2007: Jeep Wrangler JT Concept