4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1981–85
NAMED MODELUnited States

CJ-8 Overlander.

The Australian Scrambler: right-hand-drive CJ-8s with a full-length steel hard top, marketed as the Overlander from 1981 to 1985, with the 258 six and a payload suited to station work.

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Sources & evidence
BASE VEHICLEJeep CJ-8 ScramblerBUILT BYAmerican Motors Corporation (Jeep Corporation)IN SERVICE1981–85OPERATED INAustraliaPRODUCTIONA few hundredLAYOUT4 wheels · 103″

The record

Jeep Australia sold the CJ-8 as the Overlander, a full-roofed wagon with a fixed steel top, side windows and a rear door rather than the American pick-up; a few hundred were built in right-hand drive. The same full hard top was later fitted to the 1985–86 Alaska Postal Scramblers.

Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1981–85
ENGINEAMC 258 six
PRODUCTION RUNA few hundred
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited States
OPERATED INAustralia
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINECJ
FAMILYCJ
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE103″

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

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Sources

  1. 1Jeep CJ ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-22 · status: draft