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All,
Just some reminiscence of the old Full sized Jeep Pickups.
Of all the big trucks they ever was, the Jeep trucks had the greatest name :
- GLADIATOR -
Before Chrysler got the US gov to co sign that loan which bailed Chryler out of Bankrupcy in the '70's, The GLADIATOR was the truck of choice for the US Forest Service.
Whenever me N my family would go camping in California's many National Forest, we would see many USFS employees out and about the forest in their GLADIATORS.
It was one tough truck. They had a 343 cid big block V8 which gave about 7 or 8 mpg, but back in those days, 70's, gas was cheap.
I thought it was a shame when the USFS started buying all DODGE and abandon the GLADIATOR.]
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Mack Sills
Hayward, Ca
\'77 CJ7
\'03 TJ
\'03 F350
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