JDM DJ-5?

"Just Jeepin'" (macintux) 10/31/2020 at 22:37 • Filed to: jeep, jeep truck, dj5, willys

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I joke, but seriously, why did Jeep manufacture LHD postal delivery vehicles?

There are all sorts of very rare Jeeps that occasionally crop up; for example, Willys reportedly made just five extended cab pickups for the Washington Forestry Service.

I guess that should be another Jeep post: quirkiest, rarest Jeeps...although frankly I doubt I’m aware of most of them, and by virtue of their rarity they’d be hard to research. Donald Rumsfeld’s unknown known unknowns.

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Dead_Elvis, Inc. > Just Jeepin' 10/31/2020 at 22:48

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I can’t imagine, but I do like the fact that this one is wearing John Lennon glasses .

I don’t believe I’ve seen those on any other Jeep, postal or otherwise.

MM54 > Dead_Elvis, Inc. 10/31/2020 at 22:51

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It’s like the opposite of an angry grill

Kiltedpadre > Just Jeepin' 10/31/2020 at 22:55

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I wonder if they tried to offer the left hand as a cheap delivery vehicle for small businesses. Given that I’ve seen parts stores use Toyota Echos as delivery vehicles the DJ-5 would’ve been big enough.

That truck is awesome.

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > MM54 10/31/2020 at 22:57

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The Jeep That Looks Most Like David Tracy

ranwhenparked > Kiltedpadre 10/31/2020 at 22:58

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That’s exactly right, the Dispatcher wasn’t an exclusively USPS product, they did try to sell them to businesses as delivery vehicles, though not with any real success.

Just Jeepin' > Kiltedpadre 10/31/2020 at 22:59

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Quite possibly, or perhaps for dense  urban postal delivery where the drivers are getting out and walking anyway.

onlytwowheels > Just Jeepin' 10/31/2020 at 23:12

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The DJ5 was available LHD or RHD.

https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/01/junkyard-find-1968-kaiser-jeep-dj-5a-with-factory-chevy-power/

Early DJ5 Dispstcher 100

https://cj3b.info/Poster/DJ5.html

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Just Jeepin' 11/01/2020 at 00:04

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That Extended Cab is a unicorn... I’d have thought all they made were full crew cabs for fleet sales. Or, was that Jeep’s take on project management? “That’s just what they’d be expecting us to do???”

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Just Jeepin' 11/01/2020 at 01:11

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I found one where the owner switched it to left side.