Published on: 11/10/2015IST

Anuj Tiwari Last updated on: 11/10/2015, Permalink

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Stroll down the narrow corridors snaking through the Las Vegas Convention Center duringthe SEMA show, eyes closed, and the first thing you crash into—outside of another person—would very likely be a Jeep. In most cases, it would be a modern, lifted Wrangler that you will have smacked into, but we ran into a decidedly different Jeep this year. With dual dualie axles—that’s eight tires in all!—and a host of period-correct farm equipment, this 1946 Jeep CJ-2A farm vehicle was at once overwhelmingly stock but also secretly quite modified.

The modifications are all period bits that would have been fitted to a hard-working Jeep serving on any postwar American farm. The Jeep itself is restored and now sits in the possession of the Omix-ADA Jeep Collection—an impressive collection that displays Jeeps at SEMA that have caught our attention in the past.

The Newgren buzzsaw hanging off the Jeep’s tail, the gnarly K&K mowing arm fitted next to the driver, power take-offs front and rear, Ramsey winch, a Newgren three-point hydraulic rear-axle lift, Westinghouse underhood air compressor, Canfield Wrecker arm, passenger-seat-mounted GE welder (not currently fitted), and a period front dualie-axle conversion (essentially an extended hub adapter that fits two wheels per side) are all period-correct farm-ready modifications. Omix-ADA even has in its possession an original Bantam American (the original designer of what became the Willys Jeep) plow fitment for the little trucklet, said to be an extremely rare piece.

Outfitted as shown, it would appear there are few around-the-farm tasks this Jeep couldn’t handle. We’re fairly sure this Jeep, laden with this bevy of accessories, likely isn’t terribly quick—especially not with the standard 60-hp “Go Devil” four-cylinder engine—but with Dana front and rear axles and a go-get-’em attitude, hard work was tackled with aplomb. Not all of the accessories listed above are actually connected, as many “conflict with each other mechanically,” and most farmers would simply pick one or two such add-ons most helpful and leave it at that. We don’t care—we want this Jeep, and even though it rocks eight wheels for added muddy-field traction, it looks entirely SEMA appropriate.