Video: Watch the Mopar Team Turn a Jeep Wrangler into a Pickup Truck

As well as announcing the U.S. market launch of the JK-8 kit that carries a $5,499 sticker, Chrysler’s Mopar division also released a new time-lapse video that shows us a team of workers turning a four-door Jeep Wrangler Unlimited into a pickup truck with a small bed at the back.
According to Mopar Performance Team engineer, Steve Houtman, it took the four-man crew (or at least that’s our count of the number of people seen working on the Jeep) about an hour to complete the transformation using the JK-8 kit. Watch them in action for yourself in the clip after the break.

Jeep Prices New JK-8 Kit to Transform Wrangler Unlimited to a Pickup Truck at $5,499

Those of you that fancy turning your four-door Jeep Wrangler Unlimited into a two-door pickup truck will be happy to know that the firm’s much-talked about JK-8 Kit is available for order now through Mopar at Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Ram dealerships, with pricing set at $5,499.
However, Jeep does note that the JK-8 kit, which comes with a three-year/36,000-mile warranty, is for “skilled do-it-yourselfers”. For the less handy amongst us, the company said that the kit may be purchased and installed at a Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge or Ram dealership.

Gary and Pam Beineke made the GTX they wish Mopar had produced, but these hardcore fans did it themselves with the best designs from other mopars

The 1969 recalled rims, 1971 Barracuda gills, AAR Cuda hoodscoop and chin spoilers, 1971 Go Wing I posted a photo of this in July 2009, but didn't have a link to a gallery like you can use here: http://www.bangshift.com/gallery/1972-GTX-Jet-X-by-Gary-and-Pam-Beineke-gallery.html

South American GTX from Mechanical Fossils, to demonstrate how mopars outside the US were designed differently, but named the same

from http://fosilesmecanicos.blogspot.com/2010/05/mas-fotos-de-la-gtx.htmlto see the American version: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/05/nice-gtx-comes-with-its-own-action.html

Ever see a bad ass 62 Polara? Well, you have now

Found on http://thealwaysgentleman.tumblr.com

MuscleCarDreaming.Tumblr.com focused on photography of great musclecars

and all the cars I posted, to let you know they have cool photos, are Mopars. Huh. Stange how that happened. See Fords, Chevys, and all the other types also at http://musclecardreaming.tumblr.com/

Musclecarblog.tumbler has a great focus on late 60's high performance musclecars, and Mopars particularly

Of course I love this R/T photo, I've got an R/T... and my last musclecar was a Superbee that looked exactly like the above R/T, with a bee on the grill instead of the rt. For lots more great musclecar photos, and not just mopars: http://musclecarblog.tumblr.com