Jeep CJ-7

1976 to 1986 · Off-road SUV · North America, Export markets Past model

The longer-wheelbase CJ of 1976 to 1986, built to take an automatic and full-time four-wheel drive. It became the best-selling CJ of its era and was replaced by the Wrangler.

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1976–1986

Jeep CJ-7

AMC added the CJ-7 for 1976 on a wheelbase about 10 inches longer than the CJ-5, with a frame widened at the rear and a floor reshaped to make room for an automatic. It was the first CJ offered with an automatic and with Quadra-Trac full-time four-wheel drive, and the first with squared-off door openings for optional steel doors and a moulded hardtop. Engines ran from GM and AMC fours to AMC sixes and, through 1981, a 304 V8. Wider axles came for 1982, and the last ones were built for 1986 before the Wrangler took over.

3.8 L (232 cu in) AMC I6 · 4.2 L (258 cu in) AMC I6 · 4.2 L (258 cu in) AMC I6, computer-controlled 2-barrel · 5.0 L (304 cu in) AMC V8 · and 3 more

Open body with soft top · Moulded hardtop with steel doors

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Came beforeJeep CJ-5 (1955–1983)Came afterJeep Wrangler (1987–now)RelatedJeep CJ-5 (1955–1983)RelatedJeep CJ-6 (1956–1975)RelatedJeep Scrambler (CJ-8) (1981–1986)