Puzzle #1711 - Kaiser Jeep "Dodge"

[Otto Puzzell]

Know what it is?

Please, respond below and share your knowledge what this vehicle is, and why it was created.
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[Otto Puzzell]

Experts?

[DeAutogids]

South American?

[Otto Puzzell]

No sir.

[DeAutogids]

North-American?

[Otto Puzzell]

That's correct. I believe this is the only example of this vehicle, in this strictly cosmetic configuration.

[DeAutogids]

Ok....  ehmm Canadian?

[Otto Puzzell]

Not Canada, nor Mexico. 

[DeAutogids]

1970-1980 period?

[Otto Puzzell]

Hmmm...

I'll check when I get home; I'm pretty sure this picture is from the 1960's.

[Otto Puzzell]

Confirmed - 1960's

[DeAutogids]

Big 3?

[Otto Puzzell]

Nope.

[DeAutogids]

Studebaker?

[Otto Puzzell]

Not one of those.

[Otto Puzzell]

Instant Pro solve, coming up!

[Allemano]

hmm.. Jeep?

[Otto Puzzell]

Yes, built by Jeep.

[Ray B.]

That seemed obvious to me too, but I couldn't get any further.

[Allemano]

Some Wagoneer offshoot?

[Otto Puzzell]

Sort of. Jeep pickups and Wagoneer's of the time shared much externally and within.

This one's a pickup.

[Allemano]

"built by Jeep" means it had a different name?

[Otto Puzzell]

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.

[Ray B.]

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?"

[Otto Puzzell]

Correct you are!