5: 1974 Jeep CJ
Where do we start with the Jeep brand; it’s an iconic part of the automotive industry. The ’80s were a developing time for the Jeep brand as we know it today. Reddit user SiliconReverb told the story of a Jeep CJ that he still owns to this day. “Still occasionally drive my first car, a 1974 jeep CJ. It looked pretty bad on a good day but very fun to drive. No power steering or brakes, and a manual transmission. The day a new relay was installed so I didn’t have to continually move the turn signal up and down by hand was a day well remembered as a great improvement in driving ease.
“While in high school someone broke into it, went through everything leaving on the floor, took nothing, and left a brochure with a new stereo circled on the passenger seat. On one particularly cold day in February 2007, the plastic window developed a crack; while trying to fix it with tape, the entire driver-side window shattered. The car may be able to go faster, but I will not try it. Still get terrified thinking about what happened the first, and only, time. One day driving home from college on the highway doing 70, the engine stopped responding to my control.”