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    Posted: 03 Apr. 2020 at 6:14am
Originally posted by Sithinstructor Sithinstructor wrote:

Not very many good options for a Jerry can on the JL.


Yeah, if you put it on the side, you're making a wide vehicle W-I-D-E.  You have the front or the back as your width-limited-work-around spots and the front isn't the best idea.  The back is pretty much your default place.  I guess there's always the top...  Ouch
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I have a 4 Door JL Rubicon, and a 47 CJ2a... so I'm schrodinger's yuppie? I just like Jeeps, and the outdoors.

To the OP's point though, that's a nuts amount of money for 2 gallons. LOLYou're not wrong there. Looks cool though. I might do something similar but fab it myself. Not very many good options for a Jerry can on the JL.

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Originally posted by LuzonRed47 LuzonRed47 wrote:

To DRM's point, Jeep Wrangler drives more than $1 billion in aftermarket sales.


It's funny to me that when I bought my YJ 31 years ago, it was hard to find much aftermarket stuff for it for a couple years.  Even when YJ accessories started coming to market there wasn't much that wasn't just useless appearance junk.
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To DRM's point, Jeep Wrangler drives more than $1 billion in aftermarket sales.

All kicked off back in the early post-WW2 era by companies like Warn, Koenig, Ramsey and other pioneers aimed at Willys vehicles.
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I worked at Chrysler and still drive new Wranglers often at work and they are huge. 4 doors are longer and wider than my wife's '05 Grand Cherokee. I'd be willing to bet that there are more aftermarket gadgets and gizmos made for newer Wranglers than for any other vehicle made. It's crazy how many Wranglers FCA sells that end up with another $10K of accessories piled on. 
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That one is definitely a "glamping" rig.
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The curve fits the trunk. Why not the rear window and the curve of the top? I'll be that car (Plymouth?) would lean like crazy going around curves.
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But look how well it fits!!......Definately not a Bubba job.

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Originally posted by rocnroll rocnroll wrote:

Would this be "Overlanding" or 'trunk camping' ?? LOL
 

... or just "wrong"
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Originally posted by rocnroll rocnroll wrote:

Would this be "Overlanding" or 'trunk camping' ?? LOL

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Would this be "Overlanding" or 'trunk camping' ?? LOL
 
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Originally posted by rocnroll rocnroll wrote:

The colorization was part of the appeal to me...


Off topic, but have you seen They Shall Not Grow Old, the WWI movie that's made of original movie footage colorized and speed-corrected? 
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i guess im a yuppie then, im bulding my 47 w/hardtop for overlanding.

roof basket rack with solor panel wired to a solor controller under the back seat for extra lighting and 12volt plug ins. 

some hella brand lights on the roof also. 
a kings brand roof top canopy that extends out to have some nice shade  

also making a drawer setup for the rear that pulls out into a flat space for a camp stove. 

might even add heated front seats for winter weather not sure on that yet. 
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The colorization was part of the appeal to me.....I like it, but just one man's opinion.

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Great pic (though colorized), thanks for sharing Roc. The popularity of the Ford Model T, which in the 1920s represented about half of all car sales worldwide, drove an enormous aftermarket that was similar to what Jeep Wrangler drives today. Period magazines were full of T-accessory ads of all types. The camper conversions were quite popular. I think the difference between that period and the "Overlanding" thing today is there is so much excess today. Why put 22-in wheels on your Wrangler when 30's make it more like a monster truck? Why bolt on two additional lights when six will make the vehicle resemble a Paris-to-Dakar race truck? Why repower with a measly 4.3-L V6 when a blown big-block V8 makes more power (and noise)?
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Great picture. A great film to watch is “Paving the way”. “The national park to park highway”. Driving and camping in 1920.  Amazing
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Just had to share this one...thought it was a cool photo..Approve
 
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Originally posted by rocnroll rocnroll wrote:

Yes exactly.....it's all about 'mine has this and yours doesnt'.

So it's a capstan? LOL
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