Many of Jeep’s early CJ models were offered with a half-cab option that turned them into small pickups, but the 2020 Gladiator is the latest in a surprisingly long line of purpose-designed trucks from the brand envisioned as leisure vehicles, workhorses, or both. Jeep consistently offered at least one pickup between 1947 and 1992 and, in hindsight, it only abandoned the body style to avoid creating internal competition for Dodge.

From military vehicles to concept cars, join us as we explore Jeep’s little-known pickup heritage: