1983 Jeep CJ-7 - Verne's First 4x4 - Four Wheeler Network
My first 4x4, and first car, was an ’83 CJ-7. My parents bought the Jeep new off the lot of Morgan AMC, Jeep in Durham, North Carolina. The Jeep came with a radio delete. Either way the paint job was marginal, and the guys who did it not only sprayed the fiberglass hard top to match but did not paint inside the Jeep, so it was red on the outside and white on the inside complete with the original fake denim vinyl... It was a definite 20-footer Jeep. It looked great from far, but far from good when you got a look up close. When my sister turned 16, she inherited the Jeep from my dad, who, bless his heart, has never been very good at caring for or maintaining vehicles. He is a very smart man, just not at all interested in cars or trucks. When my sister got it, my mom splurged and bought a black Bestop soft top, an in-dash tape deck, and a set of aftermarket wheels for the Jeep to make it look and seem a little bit cooler (it still had the white stamped steel wheels that it came... This update of the Jeep made it look pretty darn cool, but the lack of maintenance meant that the Jeep was not terribly reliable. Source: www.fourwheeler.com
