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If you have a vintage Jeep and need parts, you should head to Texas—ASAP. Jeep Heritage is a parts and restoration firm based in Johnson City, about 50 miles west of Austin, that’s been accumulating parts for decades. The company is moving, but before that happens, it’s selling those parts at 50% off their normal prices.
There’s a lot to choose from. On its website, Jeep Heritage claims to have parts pulled from over 150 donor vehicles. Those parts range from complete frames and axles to smaller items like trim pieces, gauges, glass, and grilles that can stop a project in its tracks. And unlike your local pick-and-pull, the parts are sorted so you don’t have to waste time looking for a car similar to yours, only to find that the one part you need has already been taken.
Jeep Heritage
The catch is that you have to go to Jeep Heritage’s facility in person. The company isn’t shipping parts. You can’t just show up at any time either, as access to the parts horde is by reservation only, and only between now and August 29. Jeep Heritage also focuses on the SJ Jeeps—Wagoneer, Cherokee, and J-Truck—so most of the parts on offer will presumably be for those models.
Jeep Heritage is the company behind Vigilante 4×4, which builds high-end Jeep restomods like a $260,000 Scrambler with modern Hemi power. It’s good to know that the OEM parts taken off those restomods aren’t just thrown in the trash.
Jeep Heritage
Big parts stashes like the one this company has amassed are impressive and can be a great resource for car hobbyists. Protecting such a big trove from the unexpected can be more of a challenge, though, not to mention keeping track of everything. Hopefully Jeep Heritage’s new home makes that easier.
In the meantime, I wish anybody heading down to Texas for some last-minute Jeep parts shopping happy hunting.
Stephen has always been passionate about cars, and managed to turn that passion into a career as a freelance automotive journalist. When he’s not handling weekend coverage for The Drive, you can find him looking for a new book to read.
