Using the word “rare” to describe some vehicles built in the postwar era, particularly after the mid-Fifties, usually conjures the adage, “It’s rare because nobody wanted it when it was new.” While it may apply to select vehicles of then-questionable styling, it certainly doesn’t apply to all rare postwar vehicles. One such instance is this 1967 Jeep Super Wagoneer.
You’re forgiven for not knowing of it. Many don’t, even among the Jeep faithful. When the name does surface, casual and veteran enthusiasts tend to assume Super Wagoneer is spoken in error, and that the Jeep of discussion is actually a Grand Wagoneer. The reality here is that the Wagoneer Limited, renamed Grand Wagoneer in 1984, was introduced in ’78, long after the Super Wagoneer had made such a splash that it reigns as the most significant vehicle to carve a path for the modern luxury SUV.
To understand, one must look back to when Jeep–under Willys-Overland
