Colorado special my rear, My Jeepster lives in Colorado and I am proud to have a wide hood. I have never heard of it, he may just be trying to pawn off a modified jeepster to you in hope that you would think it is original. The conversion is relitivly simple, but why?

John
yes, my user name is a typo, go figure.

 

It was not a production option on any Jeepster. THough, if you look in this months 4wheel drive and SU magazine, they have several pictures of Jeepster prototypes, on of which had a CJ5 hood on a Jeepster body.

Thanks, Mike Childs
American Jeepster Club Webmaster

 

Just my opinion, but if the rest of the truck is what you're looking for, you can always salvage some "ears" and a hood from a different Jeepster and return it to original. I've seen a few CJ mods and I think they look pretty good. Changes the look, but so does a roll bar. That's one thing I love about these Jeepsters, personal build-up styles are expected because most of the work ends up being custom anyway (few aftermarket parts)
Michael (my 2 cents)

1967 Commando SW
A labor of love, (mostly labor)

 

Is this the advertised "Colorado Special" in the Grand Junction Area? I was going to take a look at it but when I heard of the modification I passed.

Chris

 

Michael's right. Don't pass it up just because of the modification. If the rest of it is in good shape, go for it. You might even try and talk the price down, saying that somebody "butchered" the front. A new hood and grill will bring it back to stock form.

Chris

 

Worse case, find a banged up grill and just steal the ears off of it. you don't need the grill itself if you patch the holes where the CJ signals go.
I'd care more about a well maintained running gear or rare factory options like factory air and worry about the body later (I did it the opposite and I think it'd be cheaper to buy a hood than a DANA 44 and differant gears)
Michael

1967 Commando SW
A labor of love, (mostly labor)

 

Yea, that is it tell them that they buchered that Jeepster to peices and that you spoke with the Jeepster pros on this one, and it is not original. Tell them you want the price lowereed even more because they lied to you in the first place, and look that sucker up and down real good, you dont wan't to mess with a bad drivetrain, that gets into the big bucks.

John
yes, my user name is a typo, go figure.