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Title: Puzzle #1711 - Kaiser Jeep "Dodge"
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 16, 2010, 04:45:11 AM
Know what it is?

Please, respond below and share your knowledge what this vehicle is, and why it was created.
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Title: Re: Puzzle #1711
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 23, 2010, 06:29:55 AM
Experts?
Title: Re: Puzzle #1711
Post by: DeAutogids on August 23, 2010, 06:36:36 AM
South American?
Title: Re: Puzzle #1711
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 23, 2010, 10:09:39 AM
No sir.
Title: Re: Puzzle #1711
Post by: DeAutogids on August 23, 2010, 10:25:37 AM
North-American?
Title: Re: Puzzle #1711
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 23, 2010, 12:14:41 PM
That's correct. I believe this is the only example of this vehicle, in this strictly cosmetic configuration.
Title: Re: Puzzle #1711
Post by: DeAutogids on August 24, 2010, 07:22:56 AM
Ok....  ehmm Canadian?
Title: Re: Puzzle #1711
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 24, 2010, 07:47:24 AM
Not Canada, nor Mexico.  ;)
Title: Re: Puzzle #1711
Post by: DeAutogids on August 24, 2010, 08:03:15 AM
1970-1980 period?
Title: Re: Puzzle #1711
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 24, 2010, 08:49:04 AM
Hmmm...

I'll check when I get home; I'm pretty sure this picture is from the 1960's.
Title: Re: Puzzle #1711
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 26, 2010, 04:20:30 AM
Confirmed - 1960's
Title: Re: Puzzle #1711
Post by: DeAutogids on August 26, 2010, 06:47:43 AM
Big 3?
Title: Re: Puzzle #1711
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 26, 2010, 09:47:08 AM
Nope.
Title: Re: Puzzle #1711
Post by: DeAutogids on August 26, 2010, 11:25:49 AM
Studebaker?
Title: Re: Puzzle #1711
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 26, 2010, 12:31:23 PM
Not one of those.
Title: Re: Puzzle #1711
Post by: Otto Puzzell on September 02, 2010, 07:19:58 AM
Instant Pro solve, coming up!
Title: Re: Puzzle #1711
Post by: Allemano on September 02, 2010, 07:29:23 AM
hmm.. Jeep?
Title: Re: Puzzle #1711
Post by: Otto Puzzell on September 03, 2010, 03:39:33 AM
Yes, built by Jeep.
Title: Re: Puzzle #1711
Post by: Ray B. on September 03, 2010, 05:01:51 AM
That seemed obvious to me too, but I couldn't get any further.
Title: Re: Puzzle #1711
Post by: Allemano on September 03, 2010, 05:15:43 AM
Some Wagoneer offshoot?
Title: Re: Puzzle #1711
Post by: Otto Puzzell on September 03, 2010, 07:09:14 AM
Sort of. Jeep pickups and Wagoneer's of the time shared much externally and within.

This one's a pickup.
Title: Re: Puzzle #1711
Post by: Allemano on September 03, 2010, 07:21:22 AM
"built by Jeep" means it had a different name?
Title: Re: Puzzle #1711
Post by: Otto Puzzell on September 03, 2010, 07:26:35 AM
Oddly, no name was given for it.

An important piece of information that might help you with solving this one. 'Jeep', in the 1960's was a brand owned by a parent company with a storied past.
Title: Re: Puzzle #1711
Post by: Ray B. on September 03, 2010, 12:23:50 PM
It was Kaiser-Jeep at the time, and this pickup doesn't exist. It's mimicking a Dodge, but it's just a retouched Jeep Gladiator, in an ad for, precisely, the Jeep Gladiator.

And the site says "This is a really cool ad. It is comparing the 1963 Gladiator to a nonexistent model pickup that I guess is supposed to look like a Dodge of the same vintage. But, if you look closely, it appears that this "Dodge" is actually based on a Gladiator, but with a higher suspension.. I guess that it is most likely an airbrushed photo, or the people at Kaiser built it themselves. The similarities include the fenders, fenderflares, the quad headlights, the front bumper, the shape of the hood, and the length of the bed, among other things. Funny, isn't it?"
Title: Re: Puzzle #1711
Post by: Otto Puzzell on September 04, 2010, 04:08:11 AM
Correct you are!