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Jeep Grand One concept started life as a Craigslist purchase

Jeep bought this 1993 Grand Cherokee on Craigslist and turned it into a resto-mod, off-road machine.

Andrew Krok
Cars are Andrew's jam, as is strawberry. After spending years as a regular ol' car fanatic, he started working his way through the echelons of the automotive industry, starting out as social-media director of a small European-focused garage outside of Chicago. From there, he moved to the editorial side, penning several written features in Total 911 Magazine before becoming a full-time auto writer, first for a local Chicago outlet and then for CNET Cars.
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Jeep's Grand One concept was built on a 1993 ZJ purchased off of Craigslist in Pennsylvania.

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Jeep really embraced the early-Nineties theme, inside and out.

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Note the subtle faux woodgrain finish, a painted-on homage to the plastic-fantastic trims once offered on the Grand Cherokee.

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Arrival and departure angles are still pretty good thanks to tightly snubbed overhangs.

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The word is "rectilinear."

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The Grand One is powered by a basically stock 5.2-liter V-8 engine mated to a four-speed automatic transmission.

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A mild lift helps give the ZJ added presence, and should help the Grand One tackle the red rocks of Moab at the Easter Jeep Safari next month.

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It's pretty stock in here.

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Rear seat entertainment, version 1.0.

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Of course, you have to have a hardwired mobile phone for the full early-Nineties effect.

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The gold lace-style wheels look factory, but at 18 inches, they're bigger than any production ZJ wheel ever was. 33-inch BFGoodrich Mud-Terrain KM2 tires round out the package.

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This is what the ZJ looked like when Jeep bought it off Craigslist.

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