Letter "G" on a 60?

[MarkBC]

Mine is an 82 I believe, BJ60. It has the fender vents, no G logo on the fender. It has decent trim inside, carpet, looks like controls for A/C but no A/C. 5 speed. One of the fenders was mangled and repaired with bondo so I bought a replacement which has the G and no vent. So now what do I do, do I cut a hole in it and put the vent on, or do I sheet metal over the original vent on the other side? Or neither, since you can't see both fenders at the same time...

 

[georgebj60]

Is the fender completely rust free? Then trade me for my vented, rust-free fender. AFAIK, no Canadian 60 series trucks had fender vents.

 

[MarkBC]

No, it has some rust bubbles on the inside, the seams have rust starting, there is a largish toonie size patch on the outside near the top that will need repair. But it isn't rotting. It is driver side.

I would have the mangled vented fender to offer as well, it is only mangled at the front, most of it is in decent condition. I was thinking of cutting them in half and welding back together. That would need to be a precision job though.

Interesting, everything suggests this is a genuine Canadian BJ60. I'll get the VIN later. I didn't do Carfax before I bought it, probably should have.

 

[MarkBC]

I recall a thread on how to read the VIN, I think it was by @Beno. I believe this says that mine is the 4,473 rd BJ60. But not sure if its originally from Canada. The dash is in km.

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[Silveredition]

My daughter is 15 and wants a G-Wagon (Mercedes) for her first car!! (As if!!!).
I told her I used to own a G wagon…I haven’t yet told her it wasn’t a Mercedes’, but a 1982 hj60 2H diesel Silver Edition 60 series…. With the G Logo…
It was a 5 speed manual cloth interior (1.5 front passenger seat). Manual windows, mechanical 4WD selection, central locking on the rear tailgate only, aircond.. and that was it!
Loved my G wagon!

 

[MarkBC]

I finally got the carfax report and it has history in BC Canada going back all the way to 1986. It is a 1981 model. I can confirm that the fenders had never been off before I took them off last year... so it seems the early BJ60's did have the fender vent. And the lack of rust is surely from being registered in BC. Beyond that I guess previous owners had the smarts to not drive in winter salt (mostly). I got lucky with this one!