All Things Jeep Blog & Musings

Wow. This Go Topless Day is taking on a life of its own. (You crazy Jeepers!) But I suppose we expected no less and I gotta tell you, we are so excited about this. At the moment what is happening is that Jeep clubs all over the world are emailing us telling us about their Go Topless Day events. In New Zealand, a club is doing a topless trail run. In PA there's a Go Topless Day picnic. Our friend Mike, in Hawaii is organizing an event with his club (we are all jealous and would love to be topless in Hawaii!).

 If your club wants to do some kinda event, please let me know. We'll send along some goodies. I think we may have created a day where there are more topless Jeeps in the world than any other day in history. Who has any connections with the Guinness Book of World Records?

In an earlier post, we spoke of Mark Smiths rear end, but in this one I'm going to speak about more rear ends.

Rear end differentials, to be precise. Do you know your rear ends? I'm asking because if you need a primer, we got it.

We've been out of our Know Your Rear Ends T-Shirt for a while, just printed a few more up and have now printed the rear end primer on the BACK of the tee, so you can add your rear end to the mix! The tee is just $18 bucks and you and the guy behind you will find it well worth every penny! Enjoy.

Last night I was perusing the Jeep website. There's some pretty decent content over this and my favorite was this pictorial presentation of every Jeep they've ever built. Here you can venture back throught time and see all the Jeeps from the 1941 Willys MB to the new 2008 4 doors. The photos are great.

Pictures / History of Every Jeep Ever Built 

(or did they miss one?)

So you were lucky enough to acquire a Jeep this past winter that came with a soft top and now that it's almost warm, you want to take that soft top down for the first time. Actually, it's not that hard to do. However, it's best if you can get a bit organized about it. Luckily, our good friend Jim put a video together for you. We call it "Going Topless 101". After this, you'll be ready for our GO TOPLESS DAY.

Do you know who Mark A. Smith is? He's pretty much the "grand daddy" of modern day off-roading and the creator of the Jeep Jamboree USA organization. He's been around awhile and has been on every trail out there. He also sports a Jeep tattoo ... right on his butt cheek! Now that's a dedicated Jeeper.

So the folks at Jeep Jamboree USA thought it would be funny to put Mark's behind on a tee shirt. And they did. And you can buy one at our retail site,  All Things Jeep / Jeep Tattoo shirt.

Now obviously, this shirt ain't for everyone. But if you're a True Believer, like Mark, then it might be for you! We hope to meet Mark on the Rubicon Trail this August when we head out there. I'm definitely going to ask him to autograph my shirt! Until then, I'll have to be satisfied with the picture.

Hey, we just got the opportunity to get a great deal on some official Jeep-licensed knives from Master Cutlery. They were simply overstocked on some inventory and offered us special pricing. And we took them up on it so we could pass the deal on to you. These are inexpensive knives but the quality is great. In fact, the company offers a Lifetime Repair/Replacement Warranty on their products. Here's two that are now under $10. You may want to pick one up for an Easter basket, Dad's Day Gift or for your own back pocket.

Jeep Pocket Knives - $9.99 each

Calling all customers and readers of our blog. We need your opinion on a new line of products we've been asked to introduce to the world. We have our thoughts - from very cool to downright silly (we'll let you guess which items are which) but tell us what do YOU think of these following potential products. If you love them, we'll be selling them by late spring. But you need to tell us!

 1. JEEP BEACH TOWELS. You've been asking for these for years. Here are some DRAFT ideas of a design that would go on a big, fluffy beach towel. Lay this baby down in the sand and attract that cute Jeep boy / girl across the way. (no body damage on that left headlight in the final product)

2. Jeep terrycloth Cinch Sack - perfect size for your blanket and sunscreen

3. Jeep Short Wrap - it's a perfectly sized towel, with a velcroed waist so you can almost Jeep naked, (or at least go topless!) For guys to throw on before heading up to the snack stand for food.

4. Longer Jeep Towel Wrap - that's us, hitting the beaches in between packing all your orders. With a matching set, a happy Jeep couple could look REALLY COOL on the beach this summer!

So, seriously, tell us what you think.

It is not often that I fall in love with a product but I will confess... I'm in love with our new Jeep Wrangler neoprene seat covers vendor . Their name is Seatglovers and they are like us. By that I mean they are a small, family run company, they've been in business for about 5 years and they care about their customers (and us, yeah!). They make a quality product. Their prices are great. And they ship incredibly fast. 99% of what we order from them ships out the same day we order it.

We looked for over a year to find a new neoprene seat cover vendor. Our last vendor made great products but took over a month to ship. So we went searching. This is what we found:

Fantastic quality products at high prices.

Poorly made products at bargain prices.

And not much in the middle until we found these guys. Now, not everyone will love neoprene replacement seat covers. They can be a little warm in the summer heat. But they hold up really well, can be thrown into your washing machine to clean them, and they really upgrade the look of your Jeep. In fact, I think that putting a new set of seat covers on your Jeep is probably the most basic thing you can do to upgrade the look of your Jeep and maintain the longevity of the interior of the Jeep.

So, I got myself a set of solid black neoprene covers for my 07 Unlimited Jeep and will be putting them on this weekend. I'll post a photo after I do. For now, here's a quick shot of a red/black set for the 4 door. Sweeet.

Gee, everywhere I look retailers are playing up the green stuff for St. Pattys Day! Since when did St. Patrick's Day become a retail holiday? I thought you just ate corned beef and cabbage and drank lots of beer (dyed green if you are in college.) But the employees here are pushing for a green sale. We don't have that many green items. But I"ll cave. We've put together all the green stuff we could come up with and put it here, under GREEN STUFF. And yeah, it's on sale.

Our winter was (and still us) brutal here in New England. Snow- cold - sleet - snow- cold - rain - snow - freezing rain - slush - snow - cold. (Did I say snow?) It's fun for skiing, sledding, skating. But we want to take the top off the Jeep and go for a ride. I know...whine whine whine. Sorry, I have a new Jeep to break in. And the '83 Scrambler is permanently topless so it's in the garage until the warm weather shows up again. So we have picked a special day -- no matter the weather, our Jeep's top is coming off for May 3rd. And we want yours off too! 'Cuz May 3rd is Go Topless Day!

Here's a few more details, but again, many more will follow.

What: GO TOPLESS Day

More What: Online Contest and a local Go Topless Meet & Greet

When: May 3rd 2008

Where: www.allthingsjeep.com & Oak Ridge Farm Stand in Lancaster, MA from 10 AM to 5 PM (we've extended the hours).

Meet & Greet Details: The celebrations will include prizes and giveaways for everyone arriving in a topless Jeep. Food, drink, and homemade ice cream will be available for sale at the farm stand.

Online Contest Details: Anyone in the world can enter. The best photos taken on May 3rd will win prizes. Everyone that submits a photo to us of him or herself in a topless Jeep will win a Go Topless Day commemorative decal. The best 5 photo entries will win $50 Gift Certificates to www.allthingsjeep.com. We'll post the best photos on our website!

Online Contest Rules will be available on the website. So as they say, "Mark your Calendar!"