1965 Jeep Wagoneer Roadtrip Concept - Jay Leno’s Garage 

That's probably the most beautiful wagoneer I've ever seen. I dig the color.

"When men were men & women were glad for it!" I love Jay.

I’d love it if Jeep actually produced some heritage vehicles like this for sale.

That guys a hell of a designer and has great style for a young guy! Love the retro Jeep builds.

That is an incredibly well behaved dog.

I love the stance and the color palette of this vehicle. With the vintage badging and trim, it’s just a masterpiece.

It's hard to keep design simple and still make an impact, this one works. I'm glad they didn't go crazy with the power and the colour is spot on.

His guest is one kind, well-mannered, respectful, articulate, dedicated, conscientious dude. We should all be lucky to raise a son like that.

"If the lung cancer doesn't get you, the bashing of the head will." Gotta love Jay Leno

I have a 1982 jeep j20 pickup that has original paint no rust and 42k miles on it ! Always has been in the garage and has never sat outside. So this truck has averaged just a little over 1k miles a year on it ! What a fine ! But I had to pay for that fine ! I put a 3" lift on it and 20" black rhino armory wheels with 34" cooper tires on it . That really helped the look just that little update is all it needed. We take it out on the weekends and people love it ! Lots of people taking pictures of it ! It's fun to just sit and drive it and remember the 80s . I have had 4 scout's growing up my first one was just out of high school 1981. Some day these vehicles will be gone forever! I hope when I'm no longer able to drive this truck a young person will take care of this truck like I have.

That is a lovely vehicle. One of the best modded classics I have seen.

I miss mine. I owned a 1978 2-door Jeep Cherokee almost the same body style on this 65'. All metal dash, electric back window, tail gate was heavy as hell. My bumpers were white but I blacked them out to match the black rims and the metal room was black. Body side were beige. Motor was a 289 straight 6 with a stick 3 speed on the floor. Front hubs were manual locking hubs. The body started to rust off the frame....good old New England weather rusting everything out. But the motor was great, just no torque when it came to driving on the sand in RI beaches. But what awesome memories this video brings back. A lot of great memories. Thank you Chris for bringing this to Jay's garage!!!!!

A beautiful classic design. Still looks great. And the subtle changes are well done.

I still have my 1987 Jeep Grand Wagoneer. I have about 302,000 miles and it is still in good shape. I love that Jeep.

Amazing attention to detail. An absolute masterpiece. I just wish all SUVs looked like this!🇺🇸

My dad had a 1978 grand wagoneer and that thing was awesome.. Quadra trac 4x4 was fantastic and could go just about anywhere you pointed it. It hauled travel trailer, wood trailer, deer on the roof, thru mud, Ice ect ect. Never got stuck one time!!

Grew up with those, my grandparents had many always had a travel trailer behind while grandma kept telling grandpa watch out for this and that or quit talking while I'm interrupting, really liked the US forest Service green, the designer was super down to earth guy and Jay looked like he could just keep on driving!

My parents had a light blue one in 65 they purchased as a roll-over and fixed up perfectly. As a 13 year-old boy I never appreciated that it was a 'new' vehicle. It impressed us because it didn't behave like a station-wagon, but exactly like a jeep. . . which of course it was. Thanks Jay.

I’d buy that in a heartbeat! Excellent work, Mr. Piscitelli!

I love it... 17:00 minutes into the video I noticed a CJ5-ish Jeep struggling to catch up to your Wagoneer. Then, at 17:15 or so, he made it. This Jeep guy knew what a stylin' Jeep you were driving.

See when that last guy tried to sell the fisker car Jay lit him up like the con man he is. This guy is authentic and has a great, original concept and you can tell jay loves it ( like we all do). I love real car guys. This thing is awesome. I like the 5.7 choice too, although i hate dodge i love this thing.

Thank you, Jay, for highlighting this vehicle! The metal dashboard reminded me of my 1965 Plymouth Signet sport model vehicles very luxurious with red leather(?) seats, AC, and all of the 1965 options, but STILL had that metal dash! This episode was so much fun to watch! I believe it was this Jeep model I saw in a parking lot in Cairo, Georgia in 1967; giving me my first realization of what a Jeep was! I was IN LOVE!! I was school-clothes shopping with my grandmother. I was 15 and already a car-minded girl. My grandmother definitely did not understand, but she let me lag behind and do the 360° gawk-walk and I whispered to my self “I want one!”! 🤣 I have loved Jeeps ever since. The only Jeep I ever owned was my beloved 2001 Grand Cherokee Limited with the V-8! It was a ROCKET! I could, and did, pass anything and everything I cared to… all I had to do was tap the accelerator! Such fun in a modern-day, made for comfort, vehicle. Bought right off the delivery trailer, I had Jeepie, as I affectionally called her, for 17 years, gave her to my son-in-law, but sadly she threw a rod and sits in the driveway waiting for a new life. For 17 years old, I kept her pretty well and no one believed she wasn’t new; even in the last years. Though I did not replace my beloved Jeep with another one, I would definitely buy another one… Hellcat, this time!!! Thanks again, Jay!! God bless!!

guy: "it's hard to maintain a car museum." Jay: "yeah, tell me about it." lol.

We had one of these suckers in my family back home in Africa. It was emerald green. The grill was the smaller one in the center. I have fond memories riding with my family in the bushes. It was a rainy night once and I was just gazing outside as we tossed and fumbled along listening to the conversations. I just tuned everyone out and dawned in my own world...

Ohhh. This I love. Basic, no bull... And beautiful by its seemingly simplicity.

Truly, one of the best body designs to stand the test of time and should never have been abandoned. I have never understood why classic body lines are dropped in favor of someone's idea of modernizing. If Levi Jeans dropped their 505 and 501 style of pants, they would have been burned at the stake. Hopefully, new designers will come into the industry and realize there is a fine line to never be crossed when designing vehicles for the modern age. Its just that simple. Return to the mindset of customer care by removing alot of the computer control and allow the consumer to maintain their pride of buying decision- Thank You Jay for your channel. Indeed, an honest homage to the automotive industry, and prayerfully a return to classic designs.

This just makes me miss sensibly sized grills and headlights that don't have 5 or more clusters of squinty lights that make it look like a Transformer or something.

This is one of the most iconic American vehicles of all time. What a great job of "updating" without ruining a single thing about it! Jeep deserves a lot of credit for their annual concept vehicles, but people like me are always left wishing they'd actually offer one as a production model. Imagine the sales potential!

I will always prefer functionality over looks in a Jeep. If this was for sale I would buy this in a heartbeat over the current model.

I inherited an '82 Cherokee, from a friend who passed away, with the promise i would finish his project Jeep. Been sitting on my driveway, for years, as i can't find anyone in the UK brave enough to take on the restoration work. My dream is to present it back to Ben's parents, looking as gorgeous as the Jeep in this video.

That might be the coolest Jeep I have ever seen. ...and Jay Leno is a National Treasure.

Beautiful! I would take this Jeep in a heartbeat!

14:24 - I'm glad he mentioned the mixing of parts from their favorite years. I noticed immediately that that grille is from '68/'69, because that's my favorite grille from the SJs. (I love the offset badge. Same with the '69 Mustang.) I don't have any SJs anymore, but I still have a '68/'69 grille hanging in my garage.

Thanks to both of you. Jay you’re doing historical preservation of the automotive industry on your own dime. Thank you very much. And you got lots of dimes. You talk to everyone like they’re your equal.

It was rare to find a '60s Wagoneer without rubber mats. My sheriff's department had a bunch of these and all had rubber mats. The floors would be really slippery after a rain or in the mud without rubber mats, and it was no harder to hose one out with rubber mats than with a bare floor. It was also only the very early '65 models that only had a Six. The AMC 327 V8 was available by mid-March of 65, and no serious off-roaders or law enforcement users ordered the Six once the 327 was made available. There was a/c available since 1964, but it caused the Jeep Tornado Six to ping something awful. Once that was replaced with higher compression AMC 232 Six and 327 V-8, the pinging problem was solved. As much as I enjoyed driving them, their reliability wasn't very good, and they started rusting almost as soon as they left the dealer's lot.

When you have the resources these are amazing....drove one plowing snow in the 80’s....nicely restored they’re beautiful.... thank you for sharing

One of my favourite vehicle designs of all time. Just amazing proportions on those bigger tyres.

This and the Jeepster have always been what I want when I think of buying a real Jeep wagon.The longer wheel base just makes the ride so much better.The pogo stick ride in an older Jeep just gets to you if you're doing a journey.This does look stock except the engine cover.Well done team!(I had to come back and watch this again after seeing all the 'Icon' builds that not many can afford and really don't get used as the vehicle was designed for)

For those of you who weren't around when these were, to have 33" tires is huge. They had about 6 inches of ground clearance and spring under suspension. That thing has a completely different personality.

this looks like a life size version of a hot wheels, with the dog and skis on the rack, totally cool!!!!

Back to form Jay, that last guy with the million dollar Fisker was the pits!🤘

Would love to have that jeep sitting in my driveway. Outstanding job.

That is the best dog. Just sits there happy.

My dad had a pick up almost this color scheme but a little darker green. With the leaf springs all the way around whenever you would hit a bump you would bounce for a hundred yards after the bump. But I loved that old Jeep, we went on many hunting and fishing trips and that jeep. Makes me long for those wonderful days

Pleas never die Jay... you are a one of a kind mechanical/car guy.

"Hit your head on that dash they hose it down and sell it to somebody else" Classic Leno!

I've wanted one of these forever. My Dad and his Co-Author traversed thousands of miles of backcountry in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. They were the first to map the entire Spanish trail from Santa Fe to Los Angeles.

That's one awesome jeep Jay I wish they would bring that jeep back

I was born in 1965. That alone makes this Jeep intriguing to me. Truly a retro work of art. I worked with a guy that had one of these in the early 80’s. He had a little flashlight duct taped around his steering column aimed at the instrument cluster because the back lighting had failed. I remember him being very proud that he owned one.

This guy needs to come back with more cars! He is really interesting and have a lot of knowledge. 😁

Glad you asked about "Moab," Jay! Having lived within three hours of Moab, in Springville, Utah until two and a half years ago, I know how wonderful a place Moab is to go when you own a Jeep or one of its competitors (that's truly made with off-road driving in mind). Why not attend the next annual Easter Safari in Moab, Jay? If you're going to do so, let some of us Jeep lovers (there is nothing else, after all) know in advance, and Moab will witness it's best-ever turn out of Jeep lovers. Thanks for this video! P.S. The Forward Control Jeep brought to Moab, circa 2015 or 2016, had portal axles. I spent 2 or 3 hours admiring it in the flesh and took many photos. Unfortunately, Jeep didn't give me the blessed opportunity to drive it or even sit in it. Damn them! Andy McKane Jeep Wrangler Rubicon owner and resident of Hawaii since March 2019.

Had two of these in that body style a '79 and an '81. Fond memories ! 😁

Jay Lenos garage is way cool and thought provoking. I enjoy learning about things and retromod vehicles. The test drives are fascinating as well.

*At **11:22** you can see that Jay Leno really needs to learn how to pet a dog.* 🤣💙

The bare un-padded dash reminds me of my dad's 1959 Ford Galaxy. It had padded dash that was horribly cracked and falling apart from the Arizona sun. A neighbor dropped by one Saturday morning and seeing the cracked dash told my dad he could fix it all up in an hour or two, for free. My dad let him drive it away. Two hours latter he came back, the dash looked amazing, it looked brand new. As it turns out the padded dash covered a completely painted metal dash. Dad was thrilled.

Compared to the last episode with the Drako, it's really nice to listen to two car guys shoot the bull. Great episode, Jay!

I always loved the old Jeeps. Would not own a new one. I had four 1979s. One was a CJ7, one was a two door Cherokee Chief, one was a four door Cherokee, the other a four door Wagoneer. All of them were absolute beasts and did every thing I ever asked of them. Sure would be nice to have another.

That high pitch whine from the fuel pump would drive me insane, it's already driving me nutz just the length of this video.

This episode brings back a lot of childhood memories. I miss my '77 Wagoneer. Front disc brakes, rear drum with limited slip, AMC 401 4V engine, QuadraTrac.

Every gas station on the east coast had one of these parked in the corner always with a plow attached to it .....either these or a CJ ....which also had metal dash boards .

Anyone notice the older Jeep in the background beginning at 17:00 stalking the Wagoneer? That's just how cool this build is.

The Wagoneer has a history of the axles coming out of the rears! Pretty Scary! Happened to me! Thanks and Peace!

Saw this concept at Easter Jeep Safari a couple of years ago. Very well thought out & executed. Fit, finish, colors, etc. are spot on. BTW, the stuffed dog was custom made for this project & unless you're right up close to it, you can't tell it from a real Shep!

This and the International Scout are probably my favorite Freedom wagons........... and then throw in the AMC Eagle just for fun

The lengthened wheelbase makes a huge difference . The proportions are spot on now.

If anyone is curious at 4:53 , 1974 was the first year for front disc brakes.

This Jeep brings back memories of going off road camping and hunting growing up in CO riding in dad's 56 International truck. Blazers, Broncos, Jeeps with the manual features got beat on but also got there getting the job done back in the day.

I remember the old man burying ours to the frame! An he knew to attack the mud road in two wheel drive, but she stopped. Ours was a 68, now when you engage four wheel drive you pulled on a big chrome dog leg lever. Procedure: get out an lock the manual hubs, grab dog leg, plant foot on firewall, pull hard! Listening to the non synchronized gears GRIND into place (low range). Back when, as Jay said Men were men! Long story short, front wheels went down, not forwards.. Get out the Come Along, and or block an tackle...out she came. Insert colorful language here an there!

Straight up, this is now officially my NEW DREAM RIG!!

very interesting vehicle, and my favorite part has to be the quarter rear panel fender and taillights. thanks so much for showcasing this unique artisticly resorted Jeep .

Wonderful car. They were introduced in 1964 and they gave a couple dozen to the World's Fair in NYC as courtesy cars. A nearby wealthy farmer bought one when the fair closed and still has it with under 10,000 miles and the painted world's fair symbol and "courtesy car" on both front doors. Very austere and the interior looks much like the one in the video

Always will remember my parents 77 Cherokee chief. Wish I had one now. Who could ever replace jay leno? Car world will have a huge hole once when this icon can no longer do this.

I love how the comedian in Jay comes out to mess with builders when they overlook something. Like the back window not locking 😁

It's awesome. Nicely done. Generating a bit of excitement for the upcoming Wagoneer, perhaps?

Good to hear a passionate guy that knows his stuff

I wish they would bring back the Wagoner. I loved them. They were great SUVs. I would buy one in a heartbeat.

The AMC Eagle was the American Subaru of the the snow set in the early eighties. I went on a few ski trips in one.

Looks so stunning, thanks for the upload! A picture next to picture comparison would be very kind when they talk about certain stuff because i have no real clue about the shaping of an original Wagoneer. Cheers. P.S.: The plastic Enginecover is a pitty tho...all that work...should have looked more vintage imo.

Love the clean uncluttered look and the pastel shade. Much better than the hokey woodgrain decals they slapped on them in later years. Grand Cherokee I think they were called.

I had a ‘66 with an AMC 327, and it had power steering. It was a tank. I miss it.

Chris is great. He's smart guy, fun to listen to the story. It's great that the team is working on these heritage resto-mods!

jeep should bring back the wagoneer as a luxury off roader like the Land Cruiser

Loved this episode since it brought back memories of my childhood trips to my Dad's hunting camp in his friend's Wagoneer. And be sure to bring back Chris! He's such a laid-back guy but full of passion and knowledge.

4:53 - My '74 had factory front disc brakes. I believe that was the first year for that. They had rear drums clear through the end ('91).

Had a smile ear to ear watching this. Always loved Wagoneer's.

This was pretty cool. Two car guys just shooting the breeze.

Finally, a vehicle that folks can work on, again!!!!! I love it!!!

Very cool body and drive train mods..!! I remember so many of these with snow plows on the front

I’m not a Jeep guy but, this looks sounds amazing. Love everything about it and it has a true classic vibe. Nostalgia

Sure would like to see cars like this on the lift. Please!!😄 After last week 😝 this is real nice.

My dad bought a brand new 1964 Wagoneer with the 230 six cylinder and 3 on the tree. Around 1972 he had a buddy that was into Jeeps. They went to a wrecking yard and got a low mileage 350 Buick v8 out of a Skylark. Then they got a T98 4 speed transmission out of something. With some adapter kits my dad's buddy bolted it all together. Drove until the early 80's and then it sat for a few years. My dad sold it for 500 bucks, I'd see it on the road once in a while. Wish I would have kept it .

I love the cj that is following the wagoneer (17:16), really adds to the video that not everyone picks up on

My folks owned a Jeep dealership in the 70/80s and I remember them well. In the 80's the Wagoneer Limited was very plush with a V-8, bucket electric seats and a very modern padded dash.

I liked the remark about no floormats- "Makes it easier to hose it out..."

I've had two 1953 Plymouth's, first year without a split window shield, the chrysler flat head six in them is arguably the best flat head ever made, it was put in various vehicles until 1960 and was in manufacture until the 70's, maintenance parts are still available, for a 50's car my Plymouths could fly down the freeway all day at 80 mph in over 100 degree heat, desert cooler bags never needed, everybody I let drive one of them didn't want to bring them back, I'll never forget the old guys who would tell me that was the best car they ever owned, one guy said his dad bought a used one for him right out of high school and told him he would buy him a new car when the Plymouth blew up, he said him and his buddy's did everything they could think of to blow it up, like run it few streams and abuse it as hard as they could, I'll never forget the look on his face when he said 'you know what, i never got a new car'

Absolutely beautiful job they did on this Jeep!!! Just looks right front to back!!!!!👍🏿

Had a '78 with the 360 and full time 4wd. This made me realize how much I miss it......

I want a modernized one. Woukd love to see companies do 79 ford crew cab. Jeep wagoneer and a few others. Old school styling with new brakes etc. Without having to cobble things or spend 300k

My parents had a ‘66 Wagoneer in yellow with black interior, different grill. Really sharp car. You had to manually turn on the 4 wheel drive by adjusting the front wheels. Took quite a few road trips, and my Mom drove it to and from work for years. It was much more luxurious than this one. Literally, the first SUV. And I had an ‘80 Jeep AMC Eagle sedan. They were built. Thanks for posting this - great memories.

These were real Kaiser-Willys Jeeps with Willys engines and then AMC power in '65 Kaiser, the guy that invented employer insurance for his workers- hence Kaiser HMO today. 🚗