Renegade 1 Or 2

I think your article is great Sparky, and I refer to it often. I think a lot of what's discussed in this thread is not covered in the article though. The transition from 1970-1971, and the transition from Renegade I to Renegade II appears to be a bit murky. Information in this thread would suggest the transition from Renegade I to II didn't neccessarily happen with the model year switchover. It appears early 1971 model Renegades had all the characteristics of Renegade I's (including Renegade I decals) with the addition of the black hood blister. Colors for the transition models appear to be more than the purple or green choices most commonly shown for Renegade I's, possibly the colors usually associated with Renegade II's? They are almost a unique Renegade in themselves.

The question about Purple came up as Org1970CJ5 indicated he had never personally seen one or a member here having one. We know the press articles show them, but they appear quite rare as I only remember LittlePurpleCJ as having one here.

Your work on the Renegade article is appreciated by many of us! Keep up the good work Sparky!

 

I have the invoice and reciepts scanned from my 71 Ren 1 but before I try and post them here (I'm a computer novice) is there an email you would prefer to be sent to or just copy and paste here.

 

Email sent with attachments

 

Thank you Sparky!! I still would like to know the reference for the 500 Renegade I's. I have just never come across that number.

Has anyone ever heard of anyone with a 1969 462 package??? I have seen one picture of a 462 in one of my Jeep books but that is one of the few references to that package I have seen......

 

After looking at the invoice, the Renegades sure were expensive for the size of the vehicle. My 1974 v8 Duster with power everything didn't cost quite what that thing did.

 

I never got my question answered, is the charcoal hood stripe a decal or is it paint.

 

Paint

 

I was comparing my purchase order with Renegade I purchase order and noticed some different items. Don't know if they mean anything, but did find them interesting.
(1) Price. Thought it odd that Renegade I 's cost (with out tax's, etc. but with all the accessories) $3,982.00 in 11/16/70
Mine, in 7/23/71, about 9 months later and with a few more items then his, only cost $3,657.00, $325.00 cheaper!
Maybe this was a dealer difference or something, I don't know, but seemed odd.
(2) Everywhere Renegade I's model is filled in, it just says "Renegade" whereas everywhere my model is filled in, it always says "Renegade II"
(3) On my PO, there are no added accessories or optional equipment price adders, just the the price for a "Renegade II", yet on Renegade I's PO, all of the added Renegade extras are added to the base price. Again, this might just be the way the dealer filled things out.
I must admitt that I have never heard of JEEP having something between the standard Renegade I and Renegade II. You don't suppose that maybe Renegade I's "Renegade I" was maybe some dealers option, and not from the factory. Maybe the dealer knew about the upcoming Renegade II's and decided to get on the bandwagon. That would explain why it has no tailgate. He just took a regular CJ-5 that was Omaha orange (JEEP Illustrated Buyer Guid, JIm Allen PP79) and made a dealer option Renegade. On the other hand, the way JEEP did things at that time, maybe it was a factory option. I do remember my dealer telling me at the time I bought it, that the Renegad II was kind of a advertising ploy. Usually the dealers receive there stock kind of by how there sales were the last year. My dealer told me that on the Renegade II's, Jeep was kind of shotgunning them all over the country for advertising and not going by last years sales. The reason he told me this was I asked him if mine sold, before I bought it, if they would they get another one in. Maybe Renegade's came under this advertising thing. Its all kind of interesting. Odds are we will never know.

 

rossbos - Thanks for sharing your paperwork with us. Especially interesting is how the build sheet reads. First of all, this is the first I ever heard of Hugger Orange. Also strange how the "big oil sender" is specified. Wonder if the some of the Renegades were mistakenly fitted with the standard V6 oil pressure sending unit. Wyomike might be on to something with the notation "std Jeep" and all the special equipment listing.

Any clue what EVAP means? What item is listed just above the cigar lighter? Can't quite make it out. Also, what is a VDO Plate?

Again, interesting stuff.

 

Did a quick google on Hugger Orange and found that it was popular Camaro color in '69. Also the color of the infamous General Lee. Strange that Jeep would've used the same color let alone give it the same name.

 

WyoMike if I'm understanding you right anyway you said my Ren 1 doesn't have a tail gate. Actually it does have the tailgate.

I wasn't sure of the Hugger Orange either but the paint code on the Jeep is 999.