Jeep trucks in Australia

"Just Jeepin'" (macintux) 01/28/2019 at 09:10 • Filed to: None

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Stumbled down a rabbit hole while looking for a sales brochure for the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

Both these pages should be interesting to a Jeep enthusiast, or anyone interested in alternate universes.

https://cj3b.info/World/AustraliaHistory.html

http://www.angelfire.com/nb2/jeeppickups/Australia%20pickups.html

Jeep used names like “ Overlander” (perfect for Australia) and “ Combat” (more of a head scratcher). David Tracy would likely swoon over the long wheelbase CJ-3B.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Just Jeepin' 01/28/2019 at 09:40

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Willys sold some interesting utes and things in Oz back before the war, too.

Just Jeepin' > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/28/2019 at 10:00

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I made this point in my Willys truck post, but I continue to find the difference in styling before and after the war quite interesting. Curves absolutely vanished .

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Just Jeepin' 01/28/2019 at 10:44

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Real utes have curves!! I’ll see mysel f out..

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Just Jeepin' 01/28/2019 at 11:43

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In a way, the convertible utes make a great deal of sense in Oz (Willys was one of the pioneers after, IIRC, Ford), so in a way that’s not quite so odd as an Americar-based sedan delivery or two-row formal cabriolet. It was always intended as a cheap shitbox in the US with barely enough weight capacity to do the job, so both of those are weird as hell.

not for canada - australian in disguise > Just Jeepin' 03/29/2019 at 22:47

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That ute in the top right is the stuff of dreams. Reminds me of what’s commonly done to Land Cruisers down under.

I wonder if there will ever be a single cab Gladiator, then that could be recreated. 

Just Jeepin' > not for canada - australian in disguise 03/29/2019 at 23:00

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Seems unlikely. I think the 2-door Wranglers are mostly lingering for PR purposes at this point. They’re sure not selling them (much).

not for canada - australian in disguise > Just Jeepin' 03/30/2019 at 01:09

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