It for sale near me but don't know what it is the seller don't speak english well so before I take a trip to see it . I take shot here someone may know what it was . It may even be a combination of various vehicles.
What is this vehicle? (1 Viewer)
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fjc-man
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Looks like an early military jeep.
pb4ugo
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I think it's a Willys CJ3B.
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Wonder what's it worth. it's got a full floater rear end . Need to find the jeep section.
I may grab it just because its there for sale.
I'm get out there next week to inspect it more carefully. They had a BJ212 for sale last month with the same looking wheels tires and maybe even the axles? Mmm...
I may grab it just because its there for sale.
I'm get out there next week to inspect it more carefully. They had a BJ212 for sale last month with the same looking wheels tires and maybe even the axles? Mmm...
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Yes I think your correct. 50's maybe lots of war era jeep things here. To bad the locals butchered them and removed the 4x4 drivetrain and swaped in toyota camery front drive. This one maybe missing the drivetrain also. The wheels and axles look suspiciously like BJ 212 wheels and Axle on a BJ 212 he had for sale last month.
M-606 Jeep, which is similar to the civilian version as suggested by pb4ugo, the CJ-3B
pb4ugo
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I forwarded these pics to a friend who's really familiar with mb's, gp's and gpw's, but only a little bit on later models. At 1st he didnt really know what it is. He thought the rear was wwII, but later said it might be heavier duty than that. Willys never made a Military cj3b. Kaiser did a 3b in a miltary configuration(m606)for export and the Navy got a small amount of them. No other US branch got them. He thinks the tub might be newer, and mentioned there was a European or some other country's mfgr making 3b's, which might explain the strange rear opening and his comment on not really knowing what it is. He thought the windshield is weird.
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Living in the Past
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I know nothing about any jeep or those similar made in other countries. I know the early jeep was built around the idea it only had to last six months figure it would be lucky to luck that long in combat to begin with. The CJ or civilian jeep were still smaller and far little duty than the FJ40. Bought a jeep back than better plan on upgrading the drivetrain. Back in the 1990s had a neighbor who was into jeeps. For his offroad version he built on a DJ frame and converted it to LHD. Reason was the frame on the DJ was boxed and a lot stronger than the CJ. Good change fifty years ago if I had bought a used jeep instead of a used FJ40 it would probably been gone a long time ago. The FJ40 has a very stiff ride but pounding it on the rocks it always got me home.
What no one as mentioned is what appears to be a SWB 70 series parked next to it. If a 70 series think I would be trying to look at that as a base to build on.
What no one as mentioned is what appears to be a SWB 70 series parked next to it. If a 70 series think I would be trying to look at that as a base to build on.
That cj3b/m606 has had a lot of modifications done. It’s got a saginaw steering swap, not sure if it’s power or not. It’s got clutch and brake pedals hanging from under the dash vs coming up through the floor. That weird opening in the tailgate area.
Willys/Kaiser licensed the manufacture of cj3b ‘clones’ to several companies; Mitsubishi, Mahindra, others. That truck could be from one of those companies.
Willys/Kaiser licensed the manufacture of cj3b ‘clones’ to several companies; Mitsubishi, Mahindra, others. That truck could be from one of those companies.
jim land
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They are know as "high hood"
I’m wondering if that tailgate suggests a “Signal Corps” variant. Maybe to lay communication wire… 
Jeeps don't hold enough wire for rapid deployment of cable, but I have seen like 26 miles played out from a deuce and half by a 3 guy team in like 90 minutes. Bonus question how much spiral 4 cable does it take to stop a M60A5 in its tracks, when as joke they drove in the barrow pit knowing the cable was there?
I did some poking around on the website The CJ-3B Page. Based on the fact that your location is Cambodia, that truck has a rear full-float axle (which I don’t believe any cj3b/m606 from Toledo ever had), and it has hanging clutch/brake pedals (again, pretty sure all Toledo-built trucks were trough the floor until AMC takeover which was after cj3b ended), I think that truck is a Hotchkiss cj-3b clone. Hotchkiss was a French company that Willys/Kaiser licensed to build jeeps. I couldn’t find a photo of the pedals for a Hotchkiss jeep but there are others from Spain that have the same pedal setup. Also, many of the Hotchkiss photos do show a full float rear.
