TJRick
TJ Enthusiast
The TJ designation isn’t as universally accepted/known as CJ was - even in the automotive industry it is an outlier of sorts until you get into Jeep specific suppliers.
Wrangler is far more widely accepted, and more parts will be assigned to link to that word- bear in mind it is a global market place but most of them were sold here - if the TJ isn’t a household word here it certainly isn’t as familiar to guys in China brokering parts to resellers.
Ironically I did not like the new name Wrangler, I was a huge CJ fan, and Wranglers in 1987 were the jeans you got if your mom would not buy Levi’s, and Levi’s meant fitting in, and to an 18 year old fitting in is just about everything.
I was never a fan of re-naming the Jeep CJ to "Wrangler" either. I think they should have went with "YJ" and then "TJ." "Wrangler" sounds more like a trim package to me, like "Renegade" or "Laredo." I took off the silly "Sport" decals my Jeep came with and now it looks like I have a Jeep TJ Wrangler (as opposed to a Jeep Wrangler Sport). That rolls off the tongue much better and sounds similar to an older Jeep CJ Renegade.
I have tried to find out the history on how AMC settled on the name "Wrangler," but I can't find any information. There must be a story behind that.
Does anyone know?
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