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I cast my gaze to the right, where this one-way street’s traffic was approaching from and there it was…a real precious gem of a Jeep. Longtime readers, family and friends, will all know that I have something of a Jeep problem, so this gem was going to be a hit with me no matter what. Along with being a Jeep, this was also a rather rare vintage Jeep that many consider to be one of the toughest vehicles to carry the name. As if that wasn’t enough, this Jeep also has the distinction of being a machine produced for the military, much like its ancestor, the original Jeep that helped win World War II. The vehicle in question parked right there on the street was a Jeep... At the time of its manufacture, Jeep was owned by Kaiser Industries and was known as Kaiser-Jeep Corporation. Kaiser and Jeep were no strangers to government contracts and the M-715 was the product of one of those contracts for a truck to replace the aging M-37 truck built by Dodge. To make an M-715 out of a Jeep Gladiator took a bit of work and the addition or substitution of a number of parts for more robust pieces. Source: www.examiner.com
