CJ2A jeep West.Aust

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Jacques Reed

Hi Mike,

I remember Jeep produced RHD vehicles in the US for the domestic market.

Jeep in North America was still making right hand drive Jeeps for export right into the 80s. I once ordered a new front carpet for my CJ7 after picking out a number from the old microfiche. Bonus was they sent two in the box by mistake. Downside is that they were for the right hand drive model, and did not match up to my floor.

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by rob love

Jeep in North America was still making right hand drive Jeeps for export right into the 80s. I once ordered a new front carpet for my CJ7 after picking out a number from the old microfiche. Bonus was they sent two in the box by mistake. Downside is that they were for the right hand drive model, and did not match up to my floor.

Yes that would be correct , the export RHD CJ7 ..... back in 1980 my WW2 jeep was on display in the Melbourne Motor show at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne. At the time, Bill Patterson motors were the official Jeep agency in Victoria and they wanted a WW2 jeep for their display at the show. Bill Patterson loaned me a new CJ7 for two weeks ... I remember it had a AMC Rambler 6 cyl. motor in it , think the jeep was a Quadra Trak model. The vehicle over heated easily ... it had a problem. The jeep stand got a 'honourable' mention' award https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/a...rson%20jeep%22

Jeeps assembled here were different to the US models in some respects , during the 1960s, Jeep had a deal with Ford Australia and Australian Jeeps had Ford Falcon engines fitted.

This article is good but is a little vague about the early days . LHD was banned in Victoria in 1948, so you could not register any LHD jeeps beyond that year. The article mentions Don White who worked at Stokoe Motors, Don told me about the Willys MA and Bantam BRC jeeps that he saw running around Melbourne when the U.S. forces first arrived at Port Melbourne, this is a first hand witness account.

https://cj3b.info/World/AustraliaHis...%20in%20Alaska.)