One of the Oldest Restored Civilian Jeeps You’ll Ever See

A Jeep’s history doesn’t get much richer than this one. The photo you’re looking at is one of the oldest restored civilian Jeeps in the history of the iconic utility vehicle.

A throwback to the ’40s, when wartime Jeeps were being converted into civilian vehicles, the Jeep pictured here is known as CJ-2-06, the third earliest civilian Jeep still known to be in good condition, according to a recent Four Wheeler report.

This CJ began as a pilot civilian model, like many of the Jeeps during the period. It was assigned to Cornell University, where it was used in a scrapyard, before being purchased by a collector. A guy by the name of Tremaine Cooper bought the Jeep in 1999 and started the tedious restoration process.

Cooper completed the project in 2007, with the help of a body expert and a team of Jeep historians. And I’d imagine with a piece like this, Cooper has become one of the most envied Jeep collectors in the world.

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Via [Four Wheeler]