The WILD
Jeep Quicksand concept
 

 

While at the 2018 Silicon Valley Auto Show in San Jose, the author spotted the wild Jeep “Quicksand” concept that debuted at the 2017 Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah which blends both off-road and gasser dragster styling cues to create an  “X-rated” 4 x 4.   

The Wrangler-based concept features a longer wheelbase, trimmed front and rear body, a flip-forward hood and a chopped hardtop.

Each corner is supported by coil-over shock absorbers. What looks like a drag racing parachute is actually a recovery rope pack complete a “Secure before Flight” tag.

 

 

The Quicksand rides on 18-inch “kidney bean” simulated mag wheels, up front wrapped in 32-inch diameter BF Goodrich® Mud-Terrain T/A KM2 tires. To in order to achieve a ‘hot rod rake’ the rear tires are 37 inches in diameter.

 

 

What looks like a classic hot rod detail the Moon tank is actually a Warn winch.

 

 

 

The power plant is a fuel injected 392-cubic-inch ‘Hemi’  V-8 crate engine with  gasser style fender headers mated to a Getrag six-speed manual transmission connected to a two-speed, part-time transfer case that sends power to the front Dana 44 axle

 

 

The interior features a roll bar, two leather seats and matching sprayed in bedliner.

 

This shot shows the fuel cell

 

Note the tilt-out windshield glass.

 

 

The Quicksand concept is based on the new JL-generation 2018 Wrangler which uses aluminum, composites, and magnesium to save nearly 200 pounds over the previous JK-generation Wrangler. The new JL-generation also has a new "sport bar" structure and offers an optional 270-horsepower all-aluminum 2.0-liter direct fuel injected with a twin-scroll turbocharger and electronic wastegate. 

Check it out https://www.jeep.com/wrangler.html


Photos by the author