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Toyota "BJ" Jeep Thread
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...some more....i know i have more some were...i am organizing photos...same time i'm sending...streamlining my file organizing
...this is a paper model i made from scratch ...came out good...download and build your own...free it's on me
Or these?
Slightly different...............
JohnnyC
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have any more of the fire bj?
edit: found it here:
http://www.root45.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=773
edit: found it here:
http://www.root45.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=773
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JohnnyC
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these BJ Jeeps are the Second generation (1950–1959) including in it the 20 series...according to this:
1950 - The Korean War created demand for a military light utility vehicle. The war put a Jeep on Japan's doorstep. The United States government ordered 100 vehicles with the new Willys specs and Toyota was asked to build them.
1951 - The Toyota Jeep BJ prototype was born in January 1951. This came from the demand for military-type utility vehicles, much like the British Land Rover Series 1 that appeared in 1948. The Jeep BJ was larger than the original U.S. Jeep and more powerful thanks to its Type B 3.4-liter six-cylinder OHV Gasoline engine generated 85 hp at 3600 rpm and 215 Nm torque at 1600 rpm. It had a part-time four-wheel drive system like the Jeep. Unlike the Jeep, however, the Jeep BJ had no low-range transfer case.
1951 - In July 1951, Toyota's test driver Ichiro Taira drove the next generation of the Jeep BJ prototype up to the sixth stage of Mt. Fuji, the first vehicle to climb that high. The test was overseen by the National Police Agency (NPA). Impressed by this feat, the NPA quickly placed an order for 289 of these offroad vehicles, making the Jeep BJ their official patrol car.
1953 - Regular production of the Jeep BJ began at Toyota Honsya Plant (Rolling chassis assembly), and body assembly and painting was done at Arakawa Bankin Kogyo KK, later known as ARACO (now an affiliate of Toyota Auto Body Co.).
1954 - The name "Land Cruiser" was created by the technical director Hanji Umehara. "In England we had another competitor - Land Rover. I had to come up with a name for our car that would not sound less dignified than those of our competitors. That is why I decided to call it 'Land Cruiser'," he recalls.
1955 - The original 85 hp Type B gasoline engine was replaced with a 125 hp, 3.9-liter Type F gasoline engine (additional).
1955 - The 20 Series was introduced alongside the BJ-T (Touring), BJ-R ( Radio ), BJ-J (Cowl-chassis for a fire-engine with Type B gasoline engine), and FJ-J (Cowl-chassis for a fire-engine with Type F gasoline engine). It was designed to have more civilian appeal than the BJ for export reasons. It also had more stylish bodywork and a better ride thanks to longer four-plate leaf springs which had been adapted from the Toyota Light Truck. Under the hood it sported a more powerful 3.9-liter six-cylinder Type F gasoline engine. The interior of the vehicles were made more comfortable by moving the engine 120 mm forward. The 20 Series still had no low range but it had synchromesh on the third and fourth gears.
1958 - The first Station wagon Land Cruiser was introduced with an even longer 2650 mm wheelbase (the FJ35V; wagon and van). The FJ-25 production started in Brazil being the first Toyota vehicle built outside Japan.
1959 - The first Toyota vehicles were exported to Australia initially for use in mines, dam construction spot, and snowy areas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Land_Cruiser
1950 - The Korean War created demand for a military light utility vehicle. The war put a Jeep on Japan's doorstep. The United States government ordered 100 vehicles with the new Willys specs and Toyota was asked to build them.
1951 - The Toyota Jeep BJ prototype was born in January 1951. This came from the demand for military-type utility vehicles, much like the British Land Rover Series 1 that appeared in 1948. The Jeep BJ was larger than the original U.S. Jeep and more powerful thanks to its Type B 3.4-liter six-cylinder OHV Gasoline engine generated 85 hp at 3600 rpm and 215 Nm torque at 1600 rpm. It had a part-time four-wheel drive system like the Jeep. Unlike the Jeep, however, the Jeep BJ had no low-range transfer case.
1951 - In July 1951, Toyota's test driver Ichiro Taira drove the next generation of the Jeep BJ prototype up to the sixth stage of Mt. Fuji, the first vehicle to climb that high. The test was overseen by the National Police Agency (NPA). Impressed by this feat, the NPA quickly placed an order for 289 of these offroad vehicles, making the Jeep BJ their official patrol car.
1953 - Regular production of the Jeep BJ began at Toyota Honsya Plant (Rolling chassis assembly), and body assembly and painting was done at Arakawa Bankin Kogyo KK, later known as ARACO (now an affiliate of Toyota Auto Body Co.).
1954 - The name "Land Cruiser" was created by the technical director Hanji Umehara. "In England we had another competitor - Land Rover. I had to come up with a name for our car that would not sound less dignified than those of our competitors. That is why I decided to call it 'Land Cruiser'," he recalls.
1955 - The original 85 hp Type B gasoline engine was replaced with a 125 hp, 3.9-liter Type F gasoline engine (additional).
1955 - The 20 Series was introduced alongside the BJ-T (Touring), BJ-R ( Radio ), BJ-J (Cowl-chassis for a fire-engine with Type B gasoline engine), and FJ-J (Cowl-chassis for a fire-engine with Type F gasoline engine). It was designed to have more civilian appeal than the BJ for export reasons. It also had more stylish bodywork and a better ride thanks to longer four-plate leaf springs which had been adapted from the Toyota Light Truck. Under the hood it sported a more powerful 3.9-liter six-cylinder Type F gasoline engine. The interior of the vehicles were made more comfortable by moving the engine 120 mm forward. The 20 Series still had no low range but it had synchromesh on the third and fourth gears.
1958 - The first Station wagon Land Cruiser was introduced with an even longer 2650 mm wheelbase (the FJ35V; wagon and van). The FJ-25 production started in Brazil being the first Toyota vehicle built outside Japan.
1959 - The first Toyota vehicles were exported to Australia initially for use in mines, dam construction spot, and snowy areas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Land_Cruiser
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I believe '61 was the first year. No evidence, but it seems logical that the 25 tooling went there, especially since the Banderainte sported a 25 bib for quite a while...........
JohnnyC
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translated from a japanese site:
Toyota jeep BJ type. Improving the ladder shape chassis of small truck SB type, it made the chassis four wheel drive, the engine adopted the B type (the first generation) gasoline engine of 6 cylinders OHV and 3,400cc which are used for the one for 6t track/truck of that time, also the transmission diverted the one for track/truck. Loaded "the B type" engine type became "BJ type" with "Jeep". Because there were no 4 cylinder engines of the efficiency which is a match to the willys jeep, the big 6 cylinders were loaded inevitably at Toyota of that time, but it became rather powerful, with efficiency other than weight and fuel economy it became the result which exceeds the willys jeep of that time. Because the willys jeep which Mitsubishi knocks down produces is adopted for the NPR (there to be the secret agreement of the US military, it to be possible, when it was race/lace there is also rumor) it could not carry out purpose, but it was paid obtained favorable comment as the patrol car of the national local police. "BJT type" of basic type (touring), "BJR type" of the radio contact car (ラヂオ), 3 types "of BJJ type" of chassis for fire fighting (as for meaning of code J it is unclear) made the catalog model, the other things "changed and type" made special equipment treatment. 1954, more powerful F type engine joined to one for the fire engine car which becomes high load driving. This with the engine for the B type similar large-sized track/truck, from now on ランクル cutting, becomes the relationship which is not cut off, but this time still was chassis "FJJ type" exclusive use for fire fighting. Because the name, June of the same year jeep mentions the right of trade-mark of the American willys overland corporation (at that time), Land cruiser - with it was renamed. The enthusiasm that was included, the English rover -
the famous four wheel drive car land rover of the corporation - it opposes, expels ROVER (pirate, pirate boat) it was designation making use of "cruiser".
i dont know if you all find it interesting....but...i do
i found the highlighted info interesting...and not found on the toyota site:
http://toyota.alsayeronline.com/Eng...ser/history/html/history/models/model_bj.html
Toyota jeep BJ type. Improving the ladder shape chassis of small truck SB type, it made the chassis four wheel drive, the engine adopted the B type (the first generation) gasoline engine of 6 cylinders OHV and 3,400cc which are used for the one for 6t track/truck of that time, also the transmission diverted the one for track/truck. Loaded "the B type" engine type became "BJ type" with "Jeep". Because there were no 4 cylinder engines of the efficiency which is a match to the willys jeep, the big 6 cylinders were loaded inevitably at Toyota of that time, but it became rather powerful, with efficiency other than weight and fuel economy it became the result which exceeds the willys jeep of that time. Because the willys jeep which Mitsubishi knocks down produces is adopted for the NPR (there to be the secret agreement of the US military, it to be possible, when it was race/lace there is also rumor) it could not carry out purpose, but it was paid obtained favorable comment as the patrol car of the national local police. "BJT type" of basic type (touring), "BJR type" of the radio contact car (ラヂオ), 3 types "of BJJ type" of chassis for fire fighting (as for meaning of code J it is unclear) made the catalog model, the other things "changed and type" made special equipment treatment. 1954, more powerful F type engine joined to one for the fire engine car which becomes high load driving. This with the engine for the B type similar large-sized track/truck, from now on ランクル cutting, becomes the relationship which is not cut off, but this time still was chassis "FJJ type" exclusive use for fire fighting. Because the name, June of the same year jeep mentions the right of trade-mark of the American willys overland corporation (at that time), Land cruiser - with it was renamed. The enthusiasm that was included, the English rover -
the famous four wheel drive car land rover of the corporation - it opposes, expels ROVER (pirate, pirate boat) it was designation making use of "cruiser".
i dont know if you all find it interesting....but...i do
i found the highlighted info interesting...and not found on the toyota site:
http://toyota.alsayeronline.com/Eng...ser/history/html/history/models/model_bj.html
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Nope, not mine, I was watching them but if I recall went to a paper collector for big $$.
The article is very interesting pretty much confirms the old 'J' stands for Jeep controversy. The translators are funny, almost as good as reading the old Toyota manuals..........................what's the bit about Rovers and Pirates???
