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Peeps and Jeeps – Two Girls, One Jeep

Two girls riding in their Jeep, hair blowing, loving life. From the pic: The Jeep is a CJ-7, very late 70’s to early 80’s era. How can we tell? The dash pad has no cutouts for the hard door wing windows.

Chrysler Extends JK Pentastar V-6 Warranties

Chrysler announced today that it will be extending warranties on 2012-2013 model year Wrangler JK’s due to cracked cylinder heads. According to Automotive News, approximately 7500 Pentastar engines built for the Wrangler in early 2012 were found to be susceptible to left-cylinder head cracks, potentially resulting in engine failure. Chrysler first discovered the issue when customers began …

Rare Jeep – 1976 CJ-5 Super Jeep

WAY back in the 70’s Jeep was looking at a special Jeep for 1976 to celebrate America’s bicentennial. The early 70’s CJ’s featured a Super Jeep model that came in a red, white, and blue version, this seemed a natural fit for the 76 year. Unfortunately the expense to build this Jeep was too much …

Gary’s 1974 Jeep Renegade

It’s no secret we have a soft spot for CJ’s..especially Mike and his obsession with the 74 CJ-5 Renegade. While at the 2014 Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival we spotted this Jeep and Mike was out of service for at lease a half hour and almost needed to be forcibly removed from the Jeep. Anyway, this …

2014 Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival – Day 2

Day 2 came..the weather promised to be near perfect, mid 70’s and mostly sunny. Well it turned out to be probably the most perfect day to have a Jeep show. The crowd and Jeeps came in at a steady rate. The vendor area was busy and the obstacle course was swarmed by eager Jeepers wanted …

2014 Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival – Day 1

The weekend started with our trek from eastern PA to western PA..still amazes us the size of Pennsylvania. The weather sucked..it was a constant pouring down rain that made the 1st leg of the trip miserable. Headed south to catch a ride with the offroaders.com crew, let’s make this a group effort. After finally reaching …

2014 Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival – Butler Jeep Invasion

On day 1 the town of Butler gets invaded by Jeeps..there are hundreds of Jeeps that line Main St and put on an amazing show. People fill the street and look over all the Jeeps that vary in such variety. There are Jeeps from very old to very new, all sizes and modification levels. The …

2014 Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival

It’s that time of year again for the annual Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival in Butler, PA. The weekend of June 13, 14, & 15 Butler will be filled with Jeeps of all flavors and this year jeepfan.com will be there covering the action.

Wrangler JK Light Bar Installation – Testing

A light bar on your Jeep provides that extra light you sometimes need on the trail or on the road. We decided to add an LED bar to the jeepfan.com JK and with the help of Extreme Terrain we chose a Raxiom 50″ Double Row light bar and a set of Lifetime JK mounting brackets. In addition …