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Post war Toyota Jeeps

It looks like it drew inspiration from the Dodge WC as much as from the Jeep. I really like the spare wheel on the side and the grill. The bar to stop the passenger falling out would be annoying though. I presume that those are flip up type trafficators on either side of the bulkhead,

David

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Originally Posted by David Herbert (Post 299722)

It is sort of half a jeep and half a Dodge WC. It has a 6 cyl. Engine and single speed transfer case .

Reading the comments, the first batch of 100 were built for the US forces in Japan.

And The other Japanese jeep variant, the Mitsubishi jeep , was a much closer version of its parent , it was license built copy of the Willys CJ3B

1950 - The Korean War created demand for a military light utility vehicle. The war put a Jeep on Japan's doorstep. The United States government ordered 100 vehicles with the new Willys specs and Toyota was asked to build them.
1951 - The Toyota Jeep BJ prototype was born in January 1951. This came from the demand for military-type utility vehicles, much like the British Land Rover Series 1 that appeared in 1948. The Jeep BJ was larger than the original U.S. Jeep and more powerful thanks to its Type B 3.4-liter six-cylinder OHV Gasoline engine generated 85 hp at 3600 rpm and 215 Nm torque at 1600 rpm. It had a part-time four-wheel drive system like the Jeep. Unlike the Jeep, however, the Jeep BJ had no low-range transfer case

Was a earlier Toyota jeep, the AK10. Built during the war, It was an attempt at copying a captured Bantam BRC

https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/toy...icture.181527/

The BJ was issued mainly to the Japanese Civilian Police patrols apparently.

Thiess Brothers Contracting imported two of them to test and work on the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric scheme long before they brought in the first Land Cruisers.

Of this two BJs, one was discovered on a station a few years ago but was almost immediately bought up and added to a Toyota museum in the USA.

That leaves the other still out there somewhere for me to one day find !

Well, wishful thinking. I do have a 1/16 scale diecast model of one in the Police Grey livery to keep me satisfied until then.

Cheers

Phill

Here is the Australian vehicle you refered to Phill

https://landcruiserhm.com/museum-col...on/24-1953-bjt

And, a detailed article that explains the ' jeep ' trade mark faux pas that was made by Toyota.

https://www.motortrend.com/features/...t-land-cruiser

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Originally Posted by Mike K (Post 299723)

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1951 - The Toyota Jeep BJ prototype was born in January 1951. This came from the demand for military-type utility vehicles, much like the British Land Rover Series 1 that appeared in 1948. The Jeep BJ was larger than the original U.S. Jeep and more powerful thanks to its Type B 3.4-liter six-cylinder OHV Gasoline engine generated 85 hp at 3600 rpm and 215 Nm torque at 1600 rpm. It had a part-time four-wheel drive system like the Jeep. Unlike the Jeep, however, the Jeep BJ had no low-range transfer case

Be careful Googling Japanese BJ at work.

Thanks Mike and Terry !

Cheers

Phill

I've seen a couple of Japanoid jeeps at the dealers in New Westminster BC. I recall the very tall hood and the Jeep logo stamped into the sides of the hood, I'll be suire to take a picture if I see them again.