It all started when an unlucky driver plunged their brand-new '71 Jeepster Commando into a water hole near the ocean. Attempts to crank the waterlogged engine were futile and the Commando was swallowed by the rising tide. To the insurance agency, the vehicle was a total loss. To a junior college-age Chris Schenk, it was a $1,000 despite the amount of ocean that entered the engine, the automatic transmission was in fairly good shape. "In two weeks I had it going again," he recalled. That Jeepster became the motivator behind endless fun rides through Oregon logging roads and with every bump in the trail, it shed a little bit of sand from that almost-fateful ocean plunge.
Chris eventually sold the Jeepster, but he held onto the memories made exploring 4x4 trails with the once-totaled rig. Years later, Chris' son purchased an M38A1, which he was intent on restoring and using to travel the backcountry. This was the nudge Chris needed to reenter the Jeep world and he gave the classified ads a cursory search to see if anyone local was selling a Jeepster. He found two, neither in running condition, and brought them both home. One was a '67 Jeepster Commando that was really just a body and frame and Chris thought "wouldn't it be fun to put in a diesel?" And so began the modifications.
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2022 Summer Safari
NEK Overland led the way into parts of Vermont and a bit of New Hampshire most will never see
This fourdoor Ford foreshadowed late-model Broncos
Ddecades ahead of the '20 four-door Bronco, and even preceding the Ford Explorer and Excursion, came an SUV that could have passed for OEM and was built to answer the call for a three-row people-haulin' off-roader.
JEEP OR BLAZER BUILDING
I was hoping to pick your brain as to a couple of different builds. I have a '19 Jeep Wrangler JL and a '74 Chevy Blazer. I'm a little baffled as to what to focus on. The '74 full convertible Blazer is my dream vehicle. She's been a long build and now I am thinking of focusing my energy on my wife's '19 Jeep JL. I recently joined a Jeep club and have been going off-road with a few guys. I'm shopping around for lift kits. Would you suggest that my time be spent and focused on the Blazer or enjoy the Jeep? I really can't do both.
JEEP BEACH 2022
10 days, 25,000-plus Jeeps, 225,000-plus spectators
TAULER JACK
A new alternative to the old off-road jack
OVERLAND ADVENTURE 2022:
MEET THE PARTICIPANTS 12 outstanding, Mojave-ready over landers
JEEP GRAND CAMPER
This custom 1994 Grand Cherokee and homebuilt trailer were made to go camping
ROCK JUNCTION 2022
4 days, 23 trails, 1 awesome event
DECKED OUT SILVERADO
Is this the ultimate overland accessory for pickups?
SANDTASTIC!
Dangle the opportunity to put the hammer down on more than a dozen square miles of the largest coastal dune complex in the world, add in partying with family and friends at sand camps, spice it up a bit with a variety of motorsport competition and nightly concerts, and it's easy to see why the five-day