# Jeep Crew Cab Dually **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 8, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeep-crew-cab-dually/516830 "2009-11-08T19:37:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeep-crew-cab-dually/516830/1 "2009-11-08T19:37:25Z")
The Big Three automakers would offer pickups with full sized back seats and a heavy duty rear axle for serious truckin’. Chevy/GMC [![](https://www.dragstuff.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=18/data/7/gmc_dually_005.jpg) ](https://www.dragstuff.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=18/data/7/gmc_dually_005.jpg) Ford [http://www.millenniumproducts.com/images/products/runningboards/87-98%20ford%20crew%20cab%20dually.png](http://www.millenniumproducts.com/images/products/runningboards/87-98%20ford%20crew%20cab%20dually.png) Dodge [![](http://www.sweptline.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dually5.jpg) ](http://www.sweptline.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dually5.jpg) Did AMC ever offer a similar J20 in crew cab dually form? ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeep-crew-cab-dually/516830/2 "2009-11-09T16:59:56Z")
Just found some pics of crew cabs: [![](https://media.photobucket.com/image/j-20%20crew%20cab%20australia/Entzo/JeepJ20197740000kmruattissa.jpg) ](https://media.photobucket.com/image/j-20%20crew%20cab%20australia/Entzo/JeepJ20197740000kmruattissa.jpg) [![](https://gcsharker.tripod.com/jeep/j20quad.jpg) ](https://gcsharker.tripod.com/jeep/j20quad.jpg) and some duallys: [![](https://s361.photobucket.com/albums/oo53/65Gladiator/Jeep%20Dually%20Registry%20Pictures/?action=view¤t=lrq.jpg) ](https://s361.photobucket.com/albums/oo53/65Gladiator/Jeep%20Dually%20Registry%20Pictures/?action=view¤t=lrq.jpg) [![](https://s361.photobucket.com/albums/oo53/65Gladiator/Jeep%20Dually%20Registry%20Pictures/?action=view¤t=passenger20side.jpg) ](https://s361.photobucket.com/albums/oo53/65Gladiator/Jeep%20Dually%20Registry%20Pictures/?action=view¤t=passenger20side.jpg) but not both. ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeep-crew-cab-dually/516830/3 "2009-11-09T20:25:00Z")
I don’t know specifically about AMC/Jeep, but until relatively recently crew cabs were not factory options and so all of them were custom built by third parties. So, really, you can find practically _any_ old truck with a crew cab if some coot wanted one back in the day. I think it’s a similar stoy with the duallys-- most manufacturers only offered the dual rear tires with the heavier duty trucks, so if you found one in a regular old 3/4 ton truck, it was probably a custom job. Since AMC didn’t make a truck bigger than the J20, I doubt you could get a dually from the factory. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeep-crew-cab-dually/516830/4 "2009-11-09T21:15:07Z")
Isn’t it ‘duallie’? (Never known anyone who had one.) ---
**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeep-crew-cab-dually/516830/5 "2009-11-09T21:39:06Z")
> [@GreasyJack](#): > > I don’t know specifically about AMC/Jeep, but until relatively recently crew cabs were not factory options and so all of them were custom built by third parties. I understand it’s [wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crew_cab), but it still jives with what I read elsewhere: > [@](#): > > In the United States, International Harvester introduced the first crew cab in 1957.[1] It had 3-doors; the 4th door was added in 1961. Dodge followed with its own factory built crew cab in 1963.[2] Ford introduced its crew cab in 1965 and General Motors in 1973.[3] I don’t consider 1961, or even 1973, relatively recently. ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeep-crew-cab-dually/516830/6 "2009-11-09T23:28:00Z")
> [@SirRay](#): > > I understand it’s [wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crew_cab), but it still jives with what I read elsewhere: > > I don’t consider 1961, or even 1973, relatively recently. I stand corrected, but it still sounds like most of the early crew cab trucks were all the heavy duty models and the lighter duty crew cab trucks would have still probably have been custom-made. I’ve personally never seen a crew cab truck older than 1990-something that wasn’t an aftermarket job. The point being that there was an established infrastructure for making crew cabs, so even if you couldn’t get one from the factory (which I doubt you could), that doesn’t mean there aren’t any running around. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeep-crew-cab-dually/516830/7 "2009-11-10T00:02:06Z")
The idea that crew cabs are “relatively recent” is simply not true. As far back as 1965 International Harvester made a crew-cab pickup called the [Travelette](http://www.yesterdaystruck.com/trphotos/a151.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeep-crew-cab-dually/516830/8 "2009-11-10T01:50:20Z")
My cousin owned a 62 Dodge 3/4 ton crewcab, it’s original owner was the US Forest Service. It had a 413 big block V-8, 4 speed transmission and would out run most vehicles up to about 60 mph. It was also a mile long and with no power steering or brakes, it could be a chore to drive. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeep-crew-cab-dually/516830/9 "2009-11-10T15:34:06Z")
> [@GreasyJack](#): > > Since AMC didn’t make a truck bigger than the J20, I doubt you could get a dually from the factory. Apparently Jeep did sell a J-30 to the comercial market…tow trucks, flatbeds, dump trucks, etc.