Is This One Of A Kind or Production

[Lynn Eades]

David, they had specially built Jeeps.

New Zealand has had on it's statutes a requirement for a LHD permit since about or before WWII. A few years ago it reared it's ugly head and we all had to have permits, to be carried in the vehicle at all times. It then slowly died away and I don't think we are required to carry one any more. It all came up over the import of LHD cars from the states, with government employees, paid to find ways to make our lives more difficult, and as someone already mentioned, the supposed high accident rate, which later prooved to be a jacked up statistic.
At the time government was looking to buy a replacement fleet of vehicles.
the hummer family was a consideration, It was soon dropped because there were no RHD ones being built and the Govt. of the day were not going to allow an exemption. That's my rough recall on the Kiwi perspective.

[Phil Waterman]

Hi All

A year ago I posted the photo at the top of this thread and asked the question production or one of a kind.

Want to thank everybody for responding, as I mentioned I have a friend Larry Damour who has restored many many M151 series vehicles and Larry was intrigued by it RHD version. Well Larry has actually started building a RHD M151 given his project completion rate I expect this one will be on the road early summer.



This photo is up on our Club Web sight which has recently undergone a major upgrade. I'm sure there will be more photos of this project coming so visit http://mvmvc.org/photos/ if your interested.

Larry also has some other interesting M151s which you will see if you scroll down through the photos.

Cheers Phil

[Bill Murray]

Hi Motto:

I just ran across this thread............

Below is a link to the history of the US Postal Service RHD vans.

As of Saturday, they are still delivering the normal Post Box Mail although they are starting to sound a bit Tatty nowadays.

I had actually thought of buying one off surplus but the Post Office does not maintain them very well and the ones on offer were pretty awful a few years ago.
Edit: Sorry, the link does not seem to work but just google US Post Office Truck and you can get the Wiki story.
Grumman_LLV

Bill

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Bill

Those postal delivery had a hard winter around here, with a couple of them ending up on the drivers side. These were very low or no speed accidents so injuries were fortunately minor. One was struck from the rear and laid over on the drivers side, little body damage until they cut the roof open to get the driver out, truck totalled. The second drove over a snow bank and layer over.


But Larry is build the M151 as a RHD just because he thought it would be interesting.

Cheers Phil

[Bob Carriere]

Rural delivery is now done by RHD little jobies like the USA.....but only 2 wheel drive.

[rob love]

There were DJ-5s in use by the Canadian post office back in the day. Right hand drive, 2 wheel drive with hardtops. Had to talk myself out of one back when CADC was selling them.

[Jon Skagfeld]

Garbage pickup in my part of Ontario is done by RHD specialty vehicles.

[Jack Innes]

Originally Posted by rob love

There were DJ-5s in use by the Canadian post office back in the day. Right hand drive, 2 wheel drive with hardtops. Had to talk myself out of one back when CADC was selling them.

Rob, Here is a second chance. This one has a very dim future & is located at my cottage. 2 wheel drive, RHD, VW engine, AMC transmission. A weight based offer could own it!

I am near Toronto, Ontario & a shiny RHD AMC General just delivered my mail. Yesterday the garbage was picked up by a packer truck with steering wheels & controls on both sides. The truck loads from the front so only one man is required.

Jack