missmyljdaze wrote: Looks like an aussie assembled CJ3 to me,
The aussie importer/ assembler put ford 6 cyl. engines in- I think it was to do with giving higher level of aussie content to reduce import tax rate.
Importing and sales of jeeps in Australia was for many years at best described as haphazard- not done very welll at all.
Aust. military almost went cj3b jeeps instead of landrover, but did a ring around of jeep dealerships asking for various parts- usual answer being not available- we need to import it from the USA, didnt help the jeep submission! landy won the tender.
CJ3 jeeps had the higher bonnet to allow the 'HURRICANE' ohv engine to be fitted- instead of the flat head "go devil" engine as fitted to WW2 type jeeps.
As long as the chassis is good- $1500 is a reasonable price.
All parts are available off the shelf.(in the USA) but a lot of stuff is available here, lots of reproduction stuff on the market.
CJ3 jeeps were made up until the late 1990's by mitsubishi, mahindra up until a few years ago, also made in greece, portugal, spain, france, turkey, still made in philipines, and a few other countries as well.
USA gave thousands of them away around the world as international aid- called them m606 jeeps, these ones were not supposed to have any trade markings like "willys" on them, same for any jeeps built under license- jeep marking were permitted for manufacturers domestic market, but if mitsubishi, mahindra or whoever sold them outside thier own country, could not be sold as willys or jeeps.
stephen.
Cheers stephen, my old man use to load these on to herc's back in the day. It did come with a 6 cylinder ford motor but i figured the guy that had put it in, not that it was assembled like that here. If thats the case the motor can go with it too if someone wanted it. Apparently its been sitting idle for about 10 years but was previously running well.
And thanks for the link, will post it up there shortly, just thought someone here might be interested, never know
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