All Things Jeep Celebrates Ten Years in Jeep Land

Back in September of 2003, after being laid off from his IT job, Norman Wnuk decided that the best thing to do is start his own business. Since he was an off-road enthusiast for many years, he decided to go into that area. Many people believe he started off-roading in an Isuzu, but he actually started in a $500 AMC Pacer. (Off-roading was just one of the crazy things he did with that Pacer.) Many people laughed and thought that the business would never last after a year.

  Norman's wife Jean decided to join the company and became the Marketing Queen of the company. After five years, All Things Jeep became one of the largest places to buy Jeep products ranging from t-shirts to bikini tops. In spring of 2008, All Things Jeep decided to start an event that would celebrate the beginning of spring and the end of winter. This event was called Go Topless Day, where all Jeep owners took the tops off their Jeeps and either went off-roading or just relaxed with the top down.


 By 2009, All Things Jeep celebrated it's sixth anniversary and the third year of Go Topless Day. Norman was very proud and happy with how the business turned out and was happy to show all the people who thought it would never survive this long. Sadly though, this celebration was short lived. In late 2009, Norman passed away from a massive heart attack. The Jeep and off-road community lost a great and enthusiastic member who enjoyed Jeeps and off-roading all the way to the very end.




This tragic loss didn't mean the end for All Things Jeep. Norman's wife Jean kept the business running before selling it to some Jeep loving entrepreneurs in California. Jean stayed on though as the company's marketing consultant. Today, after a decade in the Jeep world, All Things Jeep is still the world's largest supplier of Jeep and off-road products. Go Topless Day held it's sixth event this year with thousands of Jeep enthusiasts celebrating as well as over 100 separate Go Topless Day events celebrated all over the world. Happy ten year anniversary to All Things Jeep! Who knows what the next ten years will bring.

As a way of celebrating, you can build your own All Things Jeep tenth anniversary Jeep Wrangler paper model. The link to print out the paper model can be found at the bottom.

http://www.allthingsjeep.com/paper-jeep-model-build-anniversary-celebrate-birthday.html