And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Because most people don't want that simplicity and those jeeps didn't cost very much to build, thus small profit margin as opposed to what is made today.
Because the vehicle 'as is' cannot meet the required lawful modern safety and fuel efficiency standards. Original vehicles are protected by grandfather clauses. You can buy a knock-off that is made in India but not street legal in the US. It's called the Mahindra Roxor. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITzj8r-95BU
I remember back in '82 or so Jeep had a sale, $5999 or $6999? I went down & looked, just a basic jeep. It might have come with a spare tire, might not have.
Why don't they make 'em this way nowadays?
ReplyDeleteBecause most people don't want that simplicity and those jeeps didn't cost very much to build, thus small profit margin as opposed to what is made today.
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Because the vehicle 'as is' cannot meet the required lawful modern safety and fuel efficiency standards. Original vehicles are protected by grandfather clauses. You can buy a knock-off that is made in India but not street legal in the US. It's called the Mahindra Roxor. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITzj8r-95BU
DeleteLoved my old CJ2A, wish I had not sold it.
ReplyDeleteI remember back in '82 or so Jeep had a sale, $5999 or $6999? I went down & looked, just a basic jeep. It might have come with a spare tire, might not have.
ReplyDeleteI have a 1942 CJ2A. I runs, but isn't in that shape.
ReplyDeleteI wish I had gone in the direction of restoration when I was a teen and it was my first vehicle.
Sorry 1948 CJ2A
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