Somewhere in America, a retired mail carrier just did a double take, and not because someone put the flag up on the mailbox. Jeep’s getting weird again, and this time it’s by turning a Gladiator into something that looks like it delivers packages and wrangles rattlesnakes. Meet the Kestrel, an up-armored mail truck on stilts, built by Morgan Olson and based on the Jeep Gladiator. And yes, it can come in right-hand drive.
Morgan Olson, better known for building walk-in step vans that sling tacos or deliver last-minute Amazon regrets, took Jeep’s 137-inch wheelbase Gladiator, lopped off the bed and rear seats, and grafted on a fully enclosed, multi-door, roll-up-sided service box. Think of it as an armored lunchbox for letters and logistics. Or maybe a mullet Gladiator: Wrangler in the front, warehouse in the back.