oldexplorer Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Discovered in Thailand - Prachinburi province, where I now live (about 2 hours drive east of Bangkok). Now fitted with 6 cylinder Isuzu engine... but what is it? It´s had a lot of modification, as often happens here. The owner (a small garage) asked if I wanted to buy it, but bank account says no (just bought modern Ford Ranger)... but not original enough anyway. Expect more posts like this with photos - will probably be American WW2 relics, many still working on farms for hauling around tonnes of vegetables etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Welcome to the forum OldExplorer and thank you for an excellent first post. Looking forward to a few more 'photos of any other interesting military vehicles you may see in Thailand. I expect somebody will be along soon to tell us what make the.....erm........whatever it is that you've just posted a pix of. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Welcome to the forum. What you have posted is ..er.. a mobile collection off spares? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevpol Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Is it a japanese post war copy Isuzu or something like that Mark :cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfixer Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 This APPEARS to be a POSTWAR variant of the Dodge weapons carrier. I know they made them postwar with the different looking front end. I may well be wrong but, I think that is what this is. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 It is (or was) an M37. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 It is (or was) an M37. That was what I am thinking. At least the bed looks like it. The rest??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Toyota FQ-15, 1950´s Japanese copy of the Dodge M37. Try Google for some comparison pictures. Rare truck, only a few have been preserved, others are being worked to death like the one shown in Thailand. - Hanno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfixer Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Toyota FQ-15, 1950´s Japanese copy of the Dodge M37. Try Google for some comparison pictures. Rare truck, only a few have been preserved, others are being worked to death like the one shown in Thailand. - Hanno Probably the best thing to do with them.........:cool2: Mike :rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Don't you belive it!! The Isuzu lump is damm near bullet proof, I know because of the way mine is treated. :-D Stupid question though: Do teh Japanese drive on the left? notice it's right hand drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowtracdave Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Thailand produces RHD vehicles - my L200 is a grey import built there . Another reason so many Japanese imports were popular at one time as they were RHD . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Thats the coolest thing. I want it, with that engine it'll be a great daily driver too! The battle scars add to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Nice, I like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bystander Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Don't you belive it!! The Isuzu lump is damm near bullet proof, I know because of the way mine is treated. :-DStupid question though: Do teh Japanese drive on the left? notice it's right hand drive. Yes! (That is also why Japanese cars tend to have their fuel filler caps on the nearside, whereas European cars have them on the offside - even most supossedly British cars these days) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I have to agree with Mcspool that this is a Toyota 2FQ15L, which is somewhat similar to the Nissan 4W73. The book of Bart states that it's from the early 1960s and that it was sold to a lot of armies, which probably explains why it's in Thailand. Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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