2WD "Jeep" copies

[Alan Deer]

Most seaside towns in Thailand offer these ersatz Jeeps for hire. Can anyone supply details of where they are made...or who makes them?

They appear to be a van with a Jeep body bolted on top. Does anyone know what they started life as?

[pgrahmm]

If they're like the ones that are all over the PI; chances are good it's on Toyota running gear/frame.....

[Alan Deer]

 can guess most of that - they also appear to have a variety of engines - but I'm trying to find out some definite facts about these contraptions, like where do the bodies come from?

[giddyup]

The ones I remember from the Philippines were made in unpainted stainless steel.

[giddyup]

17 hours ago, giddyup said:

The ones I remember from the Philippines were made in unpainted stainless steel.

Like this.

[Alan Deer]

looks a lot better built than the ones in Thailand that have the bodies mounted on "stumps" to raise them above the chassis....

 

I can't understand why anyone would want one....they aren't even 4WD - although they probably would have some reasonable off-road capability solely due to big wheels and ground clearance.......I suspect they wouldn't pass a crash test though.