All Things Jeep Blog & Musings

I LOVE this shirt! I think it's the coolest shirt we've ever designed and had produced (other than the "Jeep girls like it topless and dirty" shirt which made it into the Glamour Magazine "Fashion Dos and Don'ts" page as a fashion don't! That shirt is no longer available due to some folks at the old Daimler Chrysler taking offense. And the design wasn't that exciting. But it sure was fun.

But back to my new favorite Jeep "rock and roll" tee for the girls. Here it is and if you have been a blog reader for a while, you know there's a special offer in store for you.

(in real life the colors are more faded than in this photo)

Yup, while everyone else coming to the website pays $24.99 for this shirt (and worth every penny, I might add), you get a whopping 50% off for the next week, just because I like you. To get this tee for $12.50, order it here: http://www.allthingsjeep.com/tra-wl7947.html

add it to your shopping cart and enter discount code:

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So, check it out. It's soft, worn, faded look will remind you of your favorite concert tee. Even my 13 year old daughter thought it was cool when I showed her. And THAT is a first!

David from Oklahoma is our customer of the week this week. Here's all the Jeep news from David.

1. What are you currently driving? model? year? color?

1989, YJ Wrangler Highly Modified-YELLER

2. Tell us your favorite modication you have made to your current Jeep. Rockwell Axles

3. When dd you get your first Jeep and why did you choose a Jeep?  1984, It's a Jeep Thing

4. Where's the most interesting place you've had your Jeep? Moab Ut

5. What is the most interesting thing you've DONE in your Jeep? Crawl 4 Christ run- Hot Spring, Ar

6. Ever get arrested while in the Jeep?  For what?

Nope, I'm a law biding citizen. Or just lucky!!!

7. What music do you listen to while driving the Jeep? Gospel/Country

8. How many Jeeps have you had in your lifetime? 20+

9. If you could win any Jeep, past or present, what Jeep would you want to win? JK Rubicon

10 Does your Jeep have a name? What is it?  BIG YELLER

12. Is it a boy or a girl? She is a girl!!!!

13. Tell us about any stickers or custom work you have on your Jeep? Jesus Rocks Decal, UCORA stick and Tire tread across hood formed out of crosses

14. What's the most unique thing about your Jeep?  BIG & Yeller

15. If you are a member of a local Jeep or off-road club, give a shout out to the club here: Howdy UCORA members!!!!

17. If you could chose one new gift for your next birthday, would it be:
    - a new 2009 4 door Jeep Wrangler Rubicon
    - a fully restored, 1941 Jeep Willys
    - world peace
    - a million dollar gift certificate to www.allthingsjeep.com
    (this is a loaded question, we do hope you all choose world peace)
Yep-- World Peace and the 09 Rubi to travel around and see it in.    
18. What are your 3 favorite products available for sale at http://www.allthingsjeep.com/?
shirts- caps- Jeep blanket

Thanks David!

Helloooo Jerry! Here's what Jerry had to tell us about his Jeep.

1. What are you currently driving? model? year? color? etc.
'94 YJ blue

2. Tell us your favorite modication you have made to your current Jeep.
The rear locker

3. When did you get your first Jeep and why did you choose a Jeep?
I grew up with Jeeps so it was a no brainer.

4. Where's the most interesting place you've had your Jeep?
Tellico OHV

5. What is the most interesting thing you've DONE in your Jeep?

Pulled a Ford Super Duty out of a river bed.

6. Ever get arrested while in the Jeep?  For what?

No.

7. What music do you listen to while driving the Jeep?

Around town mostly classic rock.  Anything faster than around town I can't hear the music.

8. How many Jeeps have you had in your lifetime? 

Four

9. If you could win any Jeep, past or present, what Jeep would you want to win?

An early cj6.

10 Does your Jeep have a name? What is it?

Yes it does, Blue Flu.
 
11. If it doesn't have a name and you had to name it, what would you call it?

12. Is it a boy or a girl?

It's a girl I reckon.

13. Tell us about any stickers or custom work you have on your Jeep?

I have Jesus Rocks stickers from Skyjacker on it as well as the American flag.

14. What's the most unique thing about your Jeep?

It was built not bought.

15. If you are a member of a local Jeep or off-road club, give a shout out to the club here:

Mid American Jeepers

16. If you were a Super Hero and your Jeep had extradinary powers, what would those powers be?
Able to transport us instantly to CO for trail rides.

17. If you could chose one new gift for your next birthday, would it be:
    - a new 2009 4 door Jeep Wrangler Rubicon
    - a fully restored, 1941 Jeep Willys
    - world peace
    - a million dollar gift certificate to www.allthingsjeep.com
    (this is a loaded question, we do hope you all choose world peace)

'41 Willys, it helped bring peace!
    
18. What are your 3 favorite products available for sale at http://www.allthingsjeep.com/?

I have a "Stock Jeeps worry me" T-shirt (wish you guys would bring those back), sweatshirts, and the DVDs

Congratulations Dana! You are our Customer of the Week today! Here she is, folks. A true Jeep Geek!

1. What are you currently driving? model? year? color? etc.

1997 Jeep Wrangler - Magenta
We also have 2 other Jeeps living in our driveway. My sistehas another ‘97 Wrangler, custom painted in snot green, and my mom has a ‘98 Wrangler Sport.

2. Tell us your favorite modication you have made to your current Jeep.

I'm all about being one of a kind and having a Jeep that looks like no one else's.  My favorite mod is my Islander Decals.  I fell in love with the Jeep Islander from the 80's, and tracked down a set of replacement decals on ebay to apply to my already "loud" magenta Jeep.

I also painted my gear shift, windshield wipers and antennae topper Magenta with left over touchup paint.  I'm pretty sure there are no other Magenta windshield wipers out there.

3. When did you get your first Jeep and why did you choose a Jeep?

I got my first Jeep 3 years ago, and quite frankly, the only reason I got it is because I was looking around online a Jeep for my mom (who originally got me into Jeeps) and came across this Magenta Jeep.  I knew I just had to have it.  I bought it, sight unseen, from the internet, and didn't even know how to drive a stick when it arrived!  Of course, I'd never go back now....

4. Where's the most interesting place you've had your Jeep?

The Jersey Shore.  Nothing beats going to the beach, topless, with your boogie board sticking out of the back.  I can't wait to buy a beach pass for next year, where you can drive your car right onto the beach and drive around on the sand!

5. What is the most interesting thing you've DONE in your Jeep?

Can I plead the fifth?

6. Ever get arrested while in the Jeep?  For what?

Haha.  No thank you!

7. What music do you listen to while driving the Jeep?

Everything.  I never leave home without the iPod!  Usually country music is blaring from my soundbar.  It just seems fitting in a Jeep!

8. How many Jeeps have you had in your lifetime? 

This is my first---and certainly not my last.

9. If you could win any Jeep, past or present, what Jeep would you want to win?

It's a toss up----1973 Super Jeep-original decals in the brown, cream and orange color family, or the 1960 Gala Surrey Jeep in pink and white.

10 Does your Jeep have a name? What is it?

Consuela.  Princess Consuela to be exact (I'm sure the manly man Jeep fanatics out there are groaning now.....please remind them that I'm a 25 year old FEMALE....thanks.  Haha)
 
12. Is it a boy or a girl?

I'm pretty sure that a Magenta Jeep can be nothing but a female.....

13. Tell us about any stickers or custom work you have on your Jeep?
Custom Islander decals, done for me by a great seller on Ebay.

I also bought magenta glitter and painted my windshield wipers with it. (There goes that groan from those manly men I referred to before...)
14. What's the most unique thing about your Jeep?
That she's mine.  I would have to say the color definitely sets her apart from the rest.

Also, I'm pretty sure she's the only Jeep who has an identical felt counterpart (http://sewin2disney.wordpress.com/2007/09/26/lets-play-catch-up/)

15. If you are a member of a local Jeep or off-road club, give a shout out to the club here:
There's nothing in our area!  Lets get it going Jersey people!

16. If you were a Super Hero and your Jeep had extradinary powers, what would those powers be?
To self-reproduce the parts she needs to keep running.  Every weekend something new breaks---I should own stock in Quadratec I buy so much from them!  I could save so much money if Consuela could just know what was broken and spit out the new piece so I could fix it for her.

17. If you could chose one new gift for your next birthday, would it be:
    - a new 2009 4 door Jeep Wrangler Rubicon
    - a fully restored, 1941 Jeep Willys
    - world peace
    - a million dollar gift certificate to www.allthingsjeep.com
    (this is a loaded question, we do hope you all choose world peace)

Hmmmm......definitely a toss up.  World peace or million dollars to All Things Jeep?  World Peace or All Things Jeep?

I'm going with the World Peace.  Maybe because I discovered the secret to World Peace, someone would award me a million dollar gift certificate to All Things Jeep (hey-and I'm sure they'd throw in the Willys too..).  Sounds win-win to me!

18. What are your 3 favorite products available for sale at www.allthingsjeep.com?
1. Tropical Jeep Woman's Tee (http://www.allthingsjeep.com/tra-7902.html)

I swear, you guys sold that just for me.  I bought it the day it came out!

2. Life is Good Off Road Hat (http://www.allthingsjeep.com/lif111124-hat.html)

This one is simple-Jeep + Life is Good = No brainer.  You need a cool hat to wear when you go topless!

3. Can I choose the Gift Certificate as my third item?  I can't narrow it down to just three---and with the Gift Certificate the possibilities are endless....

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Meet Brian from Colorado Springs, CO. Only in a Jeep can you almost be arrested for driving too slow. Just ask him.

1. What are you currently driving? model? year? color? etc.A: 2002 Jeep TJ Sport Patriot Blue and a 2006 Jeep Commander Steel Blue

2. Tell us your favorite modification you have made to your current Jeep.
A: Teraflex LCG Suspension lift

3. When dd you get your first Jeep and why did you chose a Jeep?
A: I bought my TJ new in 2002, but I have owned seven Jeeps over the years including the two I own now. I love being out doors, taking the road less traveled and have wheeled my Jeep all over the country Rubicon, Moab, Superlift in Hot Springs, Tellico, TN and Paragon and Rausch Creek, PA. Not to mention exploring logging trails in Maine, the red rock canyons of Utah and the Rockies here in Colorado and other numerous trips from coast to coast.

4. Where's the most interesting place you've had your Jeep?
A: Not sure, our 4,000 miles trip last Summer from Colorado Springs accross the Rockies and up to Grand Tetons and Yellowstone NP in Wyoming, over into Idaho and up to Glacier, NP and then accross Montana to Little Big Horn and then following the Pioneer Trail back was pretty cool, but so was the trip we took in 2004 into the back country of New Mexixo, Arizona and Utah which ended with four days of wheeling in Moab.

5. What is the most interesting thing you've DONE in your Jeep?
A: Maybe rescueing another Jeep off the side of a mountains at 12,000'+ elevation in the middle of a snow storm on an ice covered trail that led from Buena Vista to Tin Cup here in Colorado.

6. Ever get arrested while in the Jeep? For what?
A: No, but I did get stopped and received a warning for driving to slow on I-40 out side Tulsa, Oklahoma a few years ago.

7. What music do you listen to while driving the Jeep?
A. Country or COntemporary Christian (XM Channel 16 or 33)
8. How many Jeeps have you had in your lifetime?
Seven, '78 Grand Wagoneer, '88 Cherokee, '94 Grand Cherokee, '98 Grand Cherokee, '02 Wrangler, '04 Liberty and an '06 Commander

9. If you could win any Jeep, past or present, what Jeep would you want to win?
A: 2004 - 2006 Wrangler TJ Unlimited Rubicon

10 Does your Jeep have a name? What is it? If it doesn't have a name and you had to name it, what would you call it?
A: No it does not have a name.

11. If it doesn't have a name and you had to name it, what would you call it?
A: I have never thought of naming it, but it is a Jeep, not an SUV and I correct people all the time who try to call it anything but a Jeep.

12. Is it a boy or a girl?
A: I would think it would be a boy but I have thought of my other Jeeps as girls.

13. Tell us about any stickers or custom work you have on your Jeep?
A: Currently I have stickers from Moab, Superlift and the Rubicon Trail as well a hood decal from Predator 4WD here in Colorado Springs where most of my mechanical work has been done and the others reflect my Military Service. As for modifications: beginning at the front end I have a Wonk custom front stinger/winch bumper with a Warn 9,000lb winch, Hella driving lights, Banks header, ARB snorkel, Kargo Master Congo Cage with Safari Basket, I swapped another guy my hard doors for his half doors with factory soft upper and Bestop upper sliders, an ORB roll bar, CB radio, XM Radio, Garmin GPS, numerous grab handles, fire extinguisher, saddle bags on the rear roll bar, Warn rear bumper tire carrier with two 5-gal Jerry Cans, Hi-Lift jack and a Wilderness receiver rack. Underneath I have ARB Air Lockers front and rear with 4:56 gears, Teralow 4:1 transfer case, SYE, custom rear drive shaft, Teraflex CRD50 high pinion rear axle with rear disc brakes, Teraflex Low Center of Gravity 5" lift running 35"x12.50"x15" BFG AT/KOs for day to day use on alloy rims and I have a set of 35"x12.50" Interco Trxus M/Ts on 15" steel rims for serious off road travel. I also have an aftermarket air conditioning system a custom exhaust so the lift kit would fit and use a Hypertech programer to get a little more out of the engine here in Colorado. In the summer time I run a Bestop Safarai Bikini, Duster and WIndjammer. Prior to my current set up I had a Teraflex 3" long arm lift and ran 33"x12.50"x15" Pro Comp M/T.

14. What's the most unique thing about your Jeep?
A: Maybe that I drive it every where, it is built to go any where so I never trailer it.

15. If you are a member of a local Jeep or off-road club, put a shout out to the club here:
A: No, I am a member of an online group called Ultimate Jeep (www.ultimatejeep.org) and we get together as a group several times per year at various off road venues around the country and I try to make at least one event if I can.

16. If you were a Super Hero and your Jeep had extradinary powers, what would it do?
A: Blow up the cell phones being used by idiot driver who don't know what a hands free, blue tooth are for or that it is illegal and just plain stupid to drive while talking on the phone. Other than that, my Jeep does just about every thing and any thing I have asked it to.

17. If you could chose one new gift for your next birthday, would it be:
- a new 2009 4 door Jeep Wrangler Rubicon
- a fully restored, 1941 Jeep Willys
- world peace
- a million dollar gift certificate to www.allthingsjeep.com
A: Tough one, as a Soldier I would love it if we had World Peace, but I think I would have to say the 1941 fully restored Jeep Willys would be too cool to pass up.

18. What are your 3 favorite products available for sale at
www.allthingsjeep.com ( http://www.allthingsjeep.com/ )?
A: I don't know, there are a lot of Jeep owners in my family so I like that I can find Jeep gifts on the site that don't bust the budget to buy.

The photo is from my trip on the Rubicon in June.

Thanks BRIAN O.

We finally tracked 'em down and now it's too damn cold here in Massachusetts to go camping. I know, I'm a wimp, but last night there was a frost here. So please, someone in a warmer part of the country buy one of these Jeep Camping Tents and tell me what you think. Write a review and we'll post it, even.

For about 3 years customers have been asking for Jeep tents and sleeping bags. I guess some vendor years ago made these and they were well made, sturdy, rugged, well priced, etc. etc. and then they stopped making them. Well, now they are back and made by a reputable tent manufacturer that makes some of the most popular tents on the market. There's 5 different models, from a 1 person "hiker tent"

to a Jeep Family Tent that sleeps 8.

All seem to provide really good ventilation and a lot of convenient storage places.

Maybe I'll take one home and set it up in the basement and let the kids sleep in it tonight. We'll paint some glow in the dark stars on the ceiling and put some spiders on the walls, grab a few chipmunks and throw them down there for good measure and test out the tents. I'll keep you posted.

We are going to print one of these and I am trying to decide which one I like best. Actually, I like the one on the right best. But I want to know which one my customers like best and we'll do that one. Which one? Leave me a comment.

Today's Episode of our Customer(s) of the Week comes from a far away place. Dave's address is an APO so he's doing something far away.

Customer of the Week Questions 
1. What are you currently driving? model? year? color? etc. 

-Mine is black, 2006 Wrangler Rubicon and my wife, Mary, drives a red, 2007 Wrangler Unlimited (the 4 door one).

2. Tell us your favorite modication you have made to your current Jeep. 

-They're both pretty much stock, I put some corner guards on my rubicon. 

3. When did you get your first Jeep and why did you choose a Jeep? 

-1984, I purchased an 81 CJ-7 and drove it for 12 years.  My Dad had a Mohindra while doing missionary work in India back in the 60's and early 70's...   I fell in love with the smell and mechanics of that old jeep.

4. Where's the most interesting place you've had your Jeep?

-My wife and I are active duty Air Force, stationed at RAF Mildenhall, England... that's pretty interesting!!   I've driven mine through London once.

5. What is the most interesting thing you've DONE in your Jeep?  

-I used to do a lot of 4-wheeling in my old CJ (I rolled it once),   it grew up in Kansas City, went to California for a couple years, then drove cross country to North Carolina.   That took me six days and a really sore neck!  

6. Ever get arrested while in the Jeep?  For what?  

-1983, I was arrested driving home from a club in downtown KC around closing time, they gave me a break and let me go after stewing in the cell for a couple hours...  Alright, they pulled me over for weaving too much...  I don't do that anymore!!

7. What music do you listen to while driving the Jeep?  

-Classic rock and roll, what other kind of music is there?

8. How many Jeeps have you had in your lifetime? 

-4, if you count my Dad's old jeep. 

9. If you could win any Jeep, past or present, what Jeep would you want to win?

-After WWII, it was cheaper to leave old vehicles in place (European theatre) rather then ship them back to the States.   There are tons of old Jeeps and military equipment that folks collect, restore and show.   The Brits just love them!   I want a genuine WWII Ford or Jeep Willy's left over here from England, that had seen some action back in the war and I want it with scratches, bullet holes and mud from 1941!!!

10 Does your Jeep have a name? What is it?

-My jeep is Sweet Pea II, and my wifes is Princess Boudica.
 
11. If it doesn't have a name and you had to name it, what would you call it?

-My wife wanted to add this FYI...  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boudica

12. Is it a boy or a girl?

-Mines a boy and the 07 is a girl.

13. Tell us about any stickers or custom work you have on your Jeep?

-I have the "Life is good" tire cover I purchased from you. 

14. What's the most unique thing about your Jeep?

-I like my 06 for the 6 speed manual transmission, 4.0 ltr in-line 6 -vs- the V6, oh... I think the digital thermometer and compass in the mirror is pretty cool!! 

15. If you are a member of a local Jeep or off-road club, give a shout out to the club here:

-Mildenhall 4X4 has a pretty active Jeep scene, I don't get too involved, our jeeps are daily drivers. 

16. If you were a Super Hero and your Jeep had extradinary powers, what would those powers be?

-The power to never break, self healing!!

17. If you could chose one new gift for your next birthday, would it be:
    - a new 2009 4 door Jeep Wrangler Rubicon
    - a fully restored, 1941 Jeep Willys
    - world peace
    - a million dollar gift certificate to www.allthingsjeep.com
    (this is a loaded question, we do hope you all choose world peace)

-1941 Willy's... world peace is asking way too much!!
    
18. What are your 3 favorite products available for sale at http://www.allthingsjeep.com/?

-Jeep Clocks, Jeep calendars and Life is good stuff!

Dave and Mary S.

Name this Jeep product. 

It's a Retriever Stick for a dog. Get your mind out of the gutter.

Available with all our other Jeep Dog Toys Here.