Civilian Jeep History is long and there have been a great variety of CJ designs over the years. Jeeps started as military vehicles in the forties, and Civilian Jeeps also started to be produced in the forties. The first Civilian Jeep, or CJ, was produced in 1944 because the company was thinking about a post-war market for Jeeps. These Jeeps were designed for agricultural use, and there were only twelve models made in 1944. In 1945 CJs were mass-produced for the first time as CJ-2As. Over the years Civilian Jeeps changed in design, features and performance. Eventually they became roomier and more powerful.

In the eighties Civilian Jeep sales started to drop and so Jeep started manufacturing the Wrangler, which is very similar to the Civilian Jeep except that it is lower and wider. The Wrangler was introduced in 1986 and it was produced for 10 years before it was redesigned in 1997. Both Wrangler designs were very popular and it is still a very dependable and popular vehicle.

Civilian Jeeps are good off road vehicles and many Jeep enthusiasts build their own CJs rather than buy used CJs. There is a great variety of Civilian Jeep and Wrangler parts available from several auto part stores and jeep part websites, so if you have, or want to build, a CJ or a Wrangler there are a lot of options for you. Civilian Jeeps have a great history and there have been a lot of CJs manufactured and there are several CJ designs, so you can find a lot of used CJs and Civilian Jeep designs that you can use to build your own.