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"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69) 10/10/2020 at 01:00 • Filed to: late night oppo, Jeep, CJ6, Victoria, Australia, facebook, marketplace

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jminer > pip bip - choose Corrour 10/10/2020 at 01:08

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I didn’t realize any of these made it to Australia . I knew a good deal made it to South Africa which is closer to you than we are, but still not close.

jminer > pip bip - choose Corrour 10/10/2020 at 01:34

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So this took me down a tiny bit of a rabbit hole. The story of Australian CJ-6 Jeeps is an interesting one, my favorite bit is that some of the early CJ-6 jeeps sold there were built and shipped as CJ-5 in the US but lengthened in Australia. There is nearly zero difference between the two other than 20" longer wheelbase but it’s a strange way to do it at scale.

They also apparently did the same with CJ-3b vehicles and sold them as CJ-3bL

In the mid-60s they also changed the moniker of the CJ-6 to the ‘Combat 6' with a larger Ford engine in it (the stock F-head engines were woefully inadequate).

For those that want to read more, the CJ3b page has the info, it is an amazing wealth of knowledge of Willys, Kaiser and AMC jeeps

onlytwowheels > jminer 10/10/2020 at 19:03

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Thanks for some fantastic info. I’ll probably spend hours on this, going deep into the rabbit hole.

jminer > onlytwowheels 10/10/2020 at 19:36

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I did that last night! Tons of strange and wonderful information on the CJ3b page on strange jeep history.

This one sparked my interest as I used to own a CJ-6 and they’re surprisingly normal uncommon vehicles.

onlytwowheels > jminer 10/10/2020 at 20:20

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I have already an hour or so, and come up with other CJ6 variations in other countries. I also found the odd 3 wheeled Ty pe A1, based on the CJ3.

jminer > onlytwowheels 10/10/2020 at 20:23

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Awesome!