But life is short, so you're probably better off with an old Gladiator camper truck. Like this mint-condition 1974 Jeep J10 here. First-generation Gladiator trucks were true workhorses ...

Later this year, Jeep will hop in the ring with the hotly anticipated Gladiator. But, if you’ve been chomping at the bit for the new Jeep pickup and can’t stand to wait any longer, this 1984 Jeep J10 ...

Instead of a new Gladiator, go with one of its ancestors, such as a J10. Funnily enough, the J10 was the successor to the original Gladiator when it launched in 1971. Jeep decided to drop the ...

the Gladiator doesn’t quite have the charm of classic Jeep pickups. If you have a hankering for that, you should check out this 1978 J10 which will be auctioned by Mecum next month. The listing ...

but the Gladiator officially disappeared in 1971. Jeep pickups adopted the J2000 and J4000 names (there was a short-lived J3000), which soon turned into J10 and J20. The J4000 had a wheelbase of ...

In the '70s, Harold "Pete" Johnson, a Jeep R&D engineering supervisor, rescued an extended-cab prototype of the 1977 Jeep J10 pickup truck - the forefather of the Gladiator - from certain destruction.

That's about a foot longer overall and half a foot wheelbase-y-er than my full-size J10, which has a giant eight-foot bed instead of a five-footer like the new truck. Clearly, the new Gladiator is ...

Meanwhile, classic truck devotees have the original Gladiator and an entire roster of J-Series pickups to marvel at. For example, the atemporal Jeep J10 still turns heads whenever encountered ...

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Those trucks, which were known alternately as the J10/J20 and Gladiator, lent their name to Jeep's newest model. We're eager to see what other retro touches have been added to the Gladiator for ...