anyone know what this is?

[thedude 14]

Alright, this separates the men from the boys, if you know what this is your a real top gun of the hobby.

[AMC RULES 37,141]

[Lane Ranger 11,023]

That is the wheel horse jeep AMC made several of in the  late 1970's!

[CasualObserver 3,409]

Not several.  Three prototypes if I remember correctly.

[fireman 1,022]

You're correct Jason! They made only 3. Far as I remember 1 was destroyed, another was on Ebay a few years ago and the seller wanted $20,000. Third one is in a museum. 

Edited October 30, 2014 by fireman

[fireman 1,022]

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[546cowboy 301]

Ugly looking steering column sticking up there. What size Onan was in that? Like that flip-up rear section though.

Edited October 30, 2014 by 546cowboy

[Buzz 502]

There was one at the big show a few years back that had the mower deck attached. Had a picture of it somewhere. I'll try to find it.

[Desko 610]

B48m onan pretty much an older p220

[thedude 14]

The owner of the one I posted, said 4 were made. I was fortunate enough to see her collection, her late husband was at one time a Wheel Horse dealer in my area, and collected pretty much everything thats cool. So whos jeep jr is the other pictured in this thread, and how many prototypes did they actually make??

[wheel horse man 56]

I want one next to my 95 yj :)

[Tankman 3,520]

My grandsons need one, I want one, all the forums members can't live without one....or two.      

[CasualObserver 3,409]

The owner of the one I posted, said 4 were made. I was fortunate enough to see her collection, her late husband was at one time a Wheel Horse dealer in my area, and collected pretty much everything thats cool. So whos jeep jr is the other pictured in this thread, and how many prototypes did they actually make??

 

Ok... you made me go dig for it....

 

The other one pictured is the one that was sold on ebay several years ago.  The story was three prototypes.  If I were a betting man, I'd bet that the one that was said to have supposedly been destroyed is the one you posted the picture of, and rather than being "destroyed" it was sold privately.

 

The attached PDF is the text and pictures from the original ad on ebay. My file is from July of 2009, but I didn't record the date of the ad itself.

Jeep Jr from Ebay.pdf

[fireman 1,022]

Here is what I have for a date from the original Ebay listing for a date:

 

On Jul-20-09 at 03:05:00 PDT, seller added the following information:

[thedude 14]

Thanks casual observer, so much cool history here, this collection also harbors the 420LSE serial No. 1 ! Anyone reading this thread who is from my area knows whos collection im talking about, I was very fortunate to be invited to see it and snap some photos, they dug all the good stuff out for me to see.

[DennisThornton 4,769]

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Oh my goodness!  Ooops!  Got to wipe the keyboard!

[muz123 1,192]

That would be nice to have!

[DennisThornton 4,769]

You know how you look at a really nicely done, well put together package and you start with your eyes and mind to peel off the layers?  That's what I'm trying to do now!  I need to see under the covers!  How's the rear drive setup?  Steering? That case to the rear and lower than the hydro fan, some kind of reduction drive?  Sprocket and chain maybe?  "Hi/Lo" lever?
What size mower deck will it handle?  Don't I see a "Lift" lever?  PTO lever?

Need to know more!

[DougC 2,641]

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Oh my goodness!  Ooops!  Got to wipe the keyboard!

Glad you had a Ooops! Enjoyed seeing the beast................

[TDF5G 2,069]

Does anyone remember if it sold or how much it brought?