4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY BASE MODEL · 1981–86
BASE MODELUnited States

Jeep CJ-8 Scrambler.

The CJ-7 stretched to a 103.5-inch wheelbase with a short pick-up bed, sold 1981–86 as the Scrambler; 27,792 built, with a further run of enclosed-body versions (the CJ-10 and the Australian and Venezuelan 'Overlander' variants).

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Sources & evidence
MODEL LINECJBUILT BYAmerican Motors Corporation, Toledo, OhioPRODUCED1981–86PRODUCTION27,792LAYOUT4 wheels · 103″

The record

AMC's small pick-up on CJ running gear, with a removable half cab or soft top. Its low volume made it a collector's Jeep; the Gladiator JT of 2019 revived the idea.

Specification

MANUFACTURERAmerican Motors Corporation, Toledo, Ohio
MANUFACTURED1981–86
ENGINE2.5 L AMC four; 4.2 L 258 inline-six
PRODUCTION RUN27,792
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited States
STATUSproduction ended 1986
RECORD KINDBase model
MODEL LINECJ
FAMILYCJ
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE103″
BODY STYLEPick-up (half cab)
VARIANTS1

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.

Body styles & colours

Factory colours

  • Olympic White
  • Sebring Red
  • Classic Black

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

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Sources

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

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