Truth is we'd been looking for a decent intermediate Jeep CJ-5 (built between 1972 and 1975) for a while, because our good friend, Mike Tarvin, has a 1975 CJ-5, "Apple Green," we've always admired.
When he purchased his brand-new CJ-5 in 1974, Rod Pepper of Cheyenne, Wyoming, had no idea that the Jeep would go through so many changes over the next 20 years. In its many incarnations, Wild Oats ...