Jeep CJ-5

The Jeep CJ-5 was the long running round fendered civilian Jeep that replaced the flat fendered CJ-3 look from 1955 and stayed in production for about three decades under Willys, Kaiser Jeep and then American Motors. It was influenced by the Korean War M38A1 military Jeep, gained a Buick V6 option in 1965, was re engined and stretched by American Motors in 1972, and was ended after 1983 in favor of the longer CJ-7. This site gives every generation and every model year its own page, in 3 generations: the Willys and Kaiser era (1955 to 1971); the 1972 American Motors revamp (1972 to 1975); the rounded tub and boxed frame (1976 to 1983).