[Mountain Man]

Even ELVIS wasn't cool enuff to own one of these 2 wheel drive, 3 speed manual tranny (shift on the column ~ "three on the tree") MEXICAN Jeeps!

[SoilantGreen]

Mountain Man, on Mar 23 2006, 12:25 PM, said:

I'd be making fun of your Surrey Gala and telling you to paint it pink, like the one Elvis had. 

Army jeep my butt.

Even ELVIS wasn't cool enuff to own one of these 2 wheel drive, 3 speed manual tranny (shift on the column ~ "three on the tree") MEXICAN Jeeps!

But that is exactly what I understand Elvis to have had for driving Priscilla around the shootin' range that was his backyard!
The Surrey Gala was meant to be a cheap runabout jeep for resorts to rent to their guests or to carry them around the island to show off the sights.

[Mountain Man]

This is similar to the Willys at Graceland.....it is a 1960 DJ-3A..........this one was at 2000 Camp Jeep.

[Rollbar]

Looks like Jims Jeep before he painted it.

[Mountain Man]

Since we are so far off topic......and this is NOT a vintage Jeep.......but here is the latest version of the PINK JEEP, found at the Las Brisas resort in Acapulco, Mexico.

Note the SQUARE HEADLIGHTS...........

[SoilantGreen]

I know this is going to start a war, but here goes.

That is how I see all YJ's

When my girlfriend couldn't remember all of the alpha numeric designations of jeeps, I helped her by teaching her to remember "Y on God's green earth are their square headlights in that Jeep?" I think it's funnier that she doesn't care enough to try to remember anything about YJ's.

[SoilantGreen]

Wow, I really expected to get some hate mail over that post. A whole week and nothing from the YJ crowd?

[Rollbar]

SoilantGreen, on Mar 25 2006, 09:22 AM, said:

That is how I see all YJ's :sneak:

When my girlfriend couldn't remember all of the alpha numeric designations of jeeps, I helped her by teaching her to remember "Y on God's green earth are their square headlights in that Jeep?"

A-Men brother keep preaching.

[SoilantGreen]

My buddy says that square headlights are proof that the Communists infiltrated Chrysler and were trying to destroy Americas's morale by ruining our most important icon. And the most often seen color on YJ's? Red! He says that a red YJ is the vehicle that he can see Lennin driving. (Maybe with Breshnev and Stalin riding along as his tow strap carrier and spotter? It would be a fistfight to see who gets the fourth seat; Jimmy Carter or Jacques Chirac.)

So go forth you YJ faithful. Enslave the bourgeois pigs! Raise the red Hammer and Sickle banner over Toledo!

Thank God we've got round headlights again! Better dead than red!

[Mountain Man]

SoilantGreen, on Mar 22 2006, 09:48 PM, said:

I'd be making fun of your Surrey Gala and telling you to paint it pink, like the one Elvis had. 

Since this started out about DJ-5's, and went into DJ-3A's, and PINK Jeeps, and then to
YJ's.............and we are so far off topic......I just wanted to show the actual Jeep that Elvis Presley really owned.....this is at Graceland.



Now, continue ragging, ranting and raving about SQUARE HEADLIGHTS!

[Jim B]

Here is a better shot, I actually saw this in person when the family passed through TN on one of the wheeling trips. It does attract attention.

[Rollbar]

I wonder if the engine is still in it?

[Mountain Man]

Jim B, on Apr 4 2006, 02:30 PM, said:

Here is a better shot, I actually saw this in person when the family passed through TN on one of the wheeling trips. It does attract attention.

TRIVIA: The first Pink Jeep DJ-3A's were ordered by the Hilton Hotel in Hawaii......
and the following year, the Los Brisas Resort in Acapulco got them.

Elvis loved the pink vehicle, from the movie BLUE HAWAII, and then got one for himself.

Do you think we need a PINK JEEP thread?

[Rollbar]

The way it's going I think we do.

I got $50.00 bucks to the first person who paints his or her Jeep pink , done correctly now & the whole Jeep as in the pictures. :sneak:

RollBar

P.S. I bet Mountain Man would match it since this is his thread.

[Mountain Man]

I hate to admit this......but, I am color blind!

But, if you verify it is PINK, I'll put up the $50.00, too! As long it is NOT one of your
numerous vehicles.

[Rollbar]

How did you guess.

[Mountain Man]

Because I have been to Acapulco, Honolulu, and Graceland..........home to all the famous
Pink CJ-3A's......................and previously you had hinted about painting a CJ-8 hot PINK!

[SoilantGreen]

And I will supply the paint-- lacquer, enamel, or polyurethane, base coat/clearcoat, single stage, whatever-- at a nice discount if anyone wants to do it.

Come on you know you want to paint your YJ...

[Mountain Man]

Mountain Man, on Apr 4 2006, 03:28 PM, said:

TRIVIA: The first Pink Jeep DJ-3A's were ordered by the Hilton Hotel in Hawaii......
and the following year, the Los Brisas Resort in Acapulco got them.

Do you think we need a PINK JEEP thread?

MORE PINK JEEP TRIVIA:

The first Surreys were delievered to the prominent "Kaiser Hawaiian Village Resort", now known as the "Hilton Hawiian Village" as it was owned by Henry Kaiser, who also owned
Willys Motors.....which made Jeep vehicles.



THANK YOU! We now have our own special PINK JEEP thread!

[SoilantGreen]

Because I have been to Acapulco, Honolulu, and Graceland..........home to all the famous
Pink CJ-3A's......................and previously you had hinted about painting a CJ-8 hot PINK!

[/quote]
From the pics it's hard to tell, but usually pink surrey galas were DJ-3As. If only someone would pop off a hubcap and expose the four lug wheel or send us a picture of the front end (with its concurrent lack of a differential) or a shot of the interior without the three shifters (and the shifter mounted on the column).

[TombRaiderTim]

Check out this renegade, wonder if its still stock color?

[wrangler-renegade]

Nope 1991 Renegades were produced in White, Black and Red,, In later years they offered Blue and Bronze, think in 93-94, Glenn

That may be a pic of a RED one but a really bad photo,,looking pink in color..

[SoilantGreen]

That would be one messed up set of color values. That has gotta be lavendar. If it's really red, someone should throw away their camera.

[Mountain Man]

This Jeep Liberty was painted PINK........it is NOT a factory color......but I like the roof rack!

[JeepinIan]

Some even go off-road:

[Mountain Man]

And, some wannabe pinkish Jeeps go to Burger King!

[TombRaiderTim]

Not a CJ but its Pink

[JeepinIan]

TombRaiderTim, on Jun 23 2006, 07:15 AM, said:

Well, if that don't look like a Barbie Doll Jeep!

[SoilantGreen]

Y'all stand back, now. I'm pretty sure I'm goin' to be sick. Yep, this is going to get messy, mind your shoes...

[Mountain Man]

Another PINKY..........