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82" J10 Honcho
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here's a good reference.
My grandad had a N/T chief. It was brought brand new. It may have been classified as a S series. It had the cheif emblems the seat covers tribal stripes etc.
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easy: stickers.1979 Chero S "Sundog" 1979 Chero S "Hammer"
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Best chuckle I've had all day. Thanks!Originally posted by Mars1963 J200
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The round emblem with the Native American man with the big head dress is NOT a Chief emblem. It's a Cherokee emblem. Lot's of non-Chiefs had them.
Unless it said CHEROKEE CHIEF in big letters on the doors and tailgate, it aint a Chief.
The only narrow track Chiefs were the 4-door version offered at the very end of the run - I think '81 to '83.
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Since I deal with the graphics packages for Cherokees, the mis-use of the therm "Chief" has led to a lot of confusion for me, so it's kind of a sore subject.
Over time as the vinyl graphics deteriorated or were removed, so it may be difficult to identify a Jeep with the Cheif package, since you could also get a non-Chief widetrack.
The bottom line is, it was basically just an appearance package.
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Not all Widetracks were Chiefs.
The Native American pattern stripes were the "S" package, not Chiefs. These were available on the both narrow and widetrack 2 doors and on 4 doors.
Too many Chiefs and not enough Indians...
I've come to just accept this misnomer. It used to bug me, but now....whatever. Just like the "Honcho" thing. Maybe it still bugs me a little or I wouldn't have taken the time to write this!
It's like refering to all Firebirds as "Trans Ams". Technically not correct, but really... who cares?-Frank
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LOL Jeep never changed anything or made exceptions every thing they did was completely black & white. Really??Last edited by serehill; 02-26-2013, 01:15 PM.
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Franks reply #20 pretty much sums it up. Originally when the 2 dr widetracks came out it was designated as the Chief model for the first couple years till the widetracks took over the model 17 designation. But after the first couple years the Chief thing became just a trim package not a model/body type designation. Essentially fluff stuff.joe
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Now that I agree with
Calling what you want to. To wards the end of the Cherokee heritage years that's what they did. everything was convolutedOriginally posted by Joe
More Cherokees we called chiefs than there ever was. Funny with as much gray there was at AMC this is black & white LOL. It's like the super Chief I posted the link to earlier. The guy that owns in says the S was for super. LOL
No I don't think that makes it true.
Franks last statement covers it all & what the threads final assessment is.
Since from him or anyone else that makes the vinyl. I can make anything a chief.
Answer to the PO. Emblems, Vinyl interior & tribal stripes.Last edited by serehill; 02-26-2013, 07:37 PM.
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Thats what i was gonna post, but I thought I was being a smart a#@. lol
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If it has the tribal stripes it is NOT a Chief. That would be an "S" model.Originally posted by serehillYep, I know my PM box is full. Email me instead.
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ask any indian
The round plate with the indian wearing a headband would have been called a chief indian. that may have been wrong. It accented the chief. An indian with a ful head dress was called a ??????Originally posted by gsmikie
Even though the statement was used in this thread. There's not doubt in the case of the Jeep there were Far more indians than chiefs. LOL
As much as I've seen & owned a few chiefs I'll not argue anything was possible from the folks who changed specs hourly.Last edited by serehill; 02-26-2013, 05:27 PM.
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Holley 4180
Msd total multi spark.
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