"TylerLinner" (tylerlinner1)
11/19/2016 at 22:56 • Filed to: CAR TRIVIA, MYSTERY CAR, JEEP
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"TylerLinner" (tylerlinner1)
11/19/2016 at 22:56 • Filed to: CAR TRIVIA, MYSTERY CAR, JEEP | 0
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These are screenshots from a YouTube video which is, let’s say, “controversial”. I’m not sure where it was shot, but it’s supposedly in Cold War era Russia. Can you positively identify the jeep?
Edit: Perhaps someone with more time than I have tonight can pore through this handy database I just found: !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
At first glance, it appears to be a Jeep CJ-3B due to the tall grille and general size. However, there are some very troubling details.
There are eight grille slots instead of seven
The turn signals are mounted higher than normal
It has full running boards
There are angular rear wheel arches
The windshield is split into two panes
The wheelbase is a bit long
It appears to have half-doors
There appear to be stake sides on the bed
The 6x6 troop carrier in the background may lend some clues, but since it’s so blurry, let’s look at the jeeps. What could they be? While I can’t figure out anything that matches all aspects, here are some similar-looking vehicles.
[Turkish] Jeep CJ-3B
Willys-Mitsubishi J-3
Jeep CJ-6 (long wheelbase)
Russian GAZ 67 with running boards, angular wheel arches, split windshield
GAZ 69... way off
M151A2... no. DKW Munga... no. Sachsenring P3... no. Beijing Jeep BJ-2020... no.
I’ve looked at a couple Soviet military vehicle pages, but don’t own or know of any good reference material. I think I’ve reached the end of my Googling skills without resorting to translating search terms into cyrillic.
If the video is a hoax, it would have been a lot of work to modify a pair of existing vehicles so extensively with no apparent goal. If they are indeed production vehicles, they had to come from somewhere. I’m perplexed.
Do you guys have any clue about these mysterious jeeps?
ranwhenparked
> TylerLinner
11/19/2016 at 23:07 |
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Definitely not Soviet, those GAZs would be the closest things aesthetically ever built there.
DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time
> TylerLinner
11/19/2016 at 23:09 |
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What’s the video about? I’m curious about what’s controversial about it. Unless it’s just the vehicles :(
sm70- why not Duesenberg?
> TylerLinner
11/19/2016 at 23:19 |
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What’s the video?
Birddog
> TylerLinner
11/19/2016 at 23:34 |
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Link to the video?
The Bantam designed “Jeep” has spawned a lot of imitators over the years. Licensed or not.
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> TylerLinner
11/20/2016 at 00:09 |
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51k Ford gpw (with 9 slot grills) were shipped to the USSR
looking for ussr jeeps found this page. I think the Russians did a lot of refurbishing during and after the war.
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TylerLinner
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
11/20/2016 at 00:11 |
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It’s about
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TylerLinner
> ranwhenparked
11/20/2016 at 00:12 |
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Yeah, and it’s driving me nuts. It’s almost like someone converted a GAZ-67 to look like a Jeep CJ-3B,
via telephone instructions.
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TylerLinner
> Birddog
11/20/2016 at 00:13 |
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Maybe that jeep is not from this earth... “Aliens”.
Just kidding. But the origin of the jeep is bugging me.
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TylerLinner
> gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
11/20/2016 at 00:19 |
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Ok, but the jeep in the OP has an eight slot grille, running boards, angular rear arches with flares, longer wheelbase, no visible spring shackles, etc. I want to believe... but it’s just not convincing. It’s so confusing, because of the extensive work necessary to make ANY of the above vehicles look like the jeeps in the OP.
Spridget
> TylerLinner
11/20/2016 at 00:42 |
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I think it’s a GAZ 67/Jeep mashup.
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Birddog
> TylerLinner
11/20/2016 at 00:58 |
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Maybe they were filming something for the Man in the High Castle?
Or Aliens.
Or a leak in the “multiverse”? Huh? Eh?
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TylerLinner
> Birddog
11/20/2016 at 01:13 |
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Heh... heh. I’m gonna lean toward “glitch in the matrix” or “swamp gas” until a better explanation comes along.
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TylerLinner
> Spridget
11/20/2016 at 01:16 |
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That’s what I thought... but with a different grille stamping and longer wheelbase? It just doesn’t add up...
Svend
> TylerLinner
11/20/2016 at 02:10 |
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During WWII. Willys were given to Russia to help them mobilise against the Germans but were after the war supposed to of all been collected up and destroyed.
Looks like Russia kept a few and does what communist countries do best, copy them.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> TylerLinner
11/20/2016 at 07:10 |
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Uaz???
Luaz???
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TylerLinner
> DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time
11/20/2016 at 13:39 |
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Video is linked in another comment.
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TylerLinner
> pip bip - choose Corrour
11/20/2016 at 13:44 |
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