A Jeep exported to Japan gets imported back. Let's take a good look at this right handed world traveler.
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@tatankacleary5 жыл бұрын
Had a 91 ?? Lhd here in Ireland imported from Germany but originally from America loved it
@PeterAndersons5 жыл бұрын
Those bloody things were common here... RHD is Aus, UK, NZ, Japan... maybe a few other places too.
@CanadianCharlie645 жыл бұрын
Malta
@tonyswheels10035 жыл бұрын
Yeah and as you probably know Peter, not a favorite here in Oz because of reliabilty but mostly awful customer support and expensive parts.
@PeterAndersons5 жыл бұрын
Yep, that's it in a nutshell, cheers.
@toki896665 жыл бұрын
Do they come in a 5 speed manual over there? I would love to pick up a RHD postal Jeep here in the USA and convert to manual. They are 100% always automatic here, which makes sense for constantly stopping at mailboxes.
@pmkjeep39075 жыл бұрын
We have RHD jeeps here in Ireland to
@briansutherland54145 жыл бұрын
Welcome to right hand side of life ,merry Christmas happy hogmanay from UK all best 19
@garbage8545 жыл бұрын
Cool 😀 Glad to see another video .
@kimoarmstrong35195 жыл бұрын
These were available in America NEW as a rural postal vehicle. A family friend had one.
@michaelhowell7165 Жыл бұрын
I love my RHD Cherokee
@jimkoval85465 жыл бұрын
I retired from the Brampton Ontario Chrysler Assembly plant a year ago. We built the Charger, Challenger and 300's. For several years we were building RHD Chrysler 300's for the Asian market(China, Japan, Australia). It was a little weird testing them on the rolls(dyno) machine but I only got in the wrong side the first couple times.
@Jim-ie6uf5 жыл бұрын
We had a36 RR, right hand drive, gear shift and lever operated parking brake also on the right. After a while you get used to it. No good for drive throughs or bank drive ups. Get a pre-war Roller if you really want trials and tribulations. I like the Jeep, myself. There are some down here in s Fla delivering mail on rural routes, not sure if they’re available anymore. Great to see you back. Merry Christmas, Jim.
@TheHell666yeah5 жыл бұрын
Nice video. I hope you had a Merry Christmas
@iixlegitgamer5 жыл бұрын
We see a lot of RHD jeeps up here in NY. We have a lot of rural mail routes. And they have liberties wranglers and cherokees
@jordyderidder84855 жыл бұрын
The speedo has probably been changed after being imported back as they are going out with a km speedo, rust is something you will rarely find on Japanese vehicles as the compulsory yearly roadworthyness testing in Japan is very strict on rust, Japanese vehicles are therefore very well maintained and worth buying which we do a lot here in the UK
@richardhuckaby47285 жыл бұрын
they were made & sold in the USA for years as Post Office mail delivery vehicles. all over the country.
@raycole27603 жыл бұрын
I own a right hand drive 4×4 and I love mine and it's a 1993 2door
@jamespn5 жыл бұрын
Haven’t heard from you lately, glad you’re back.
@gavinplunkett9775 жыл бұрын
Right hand drive, way to go.
@d4ve5875 жыл бұрын
Good to see you amesie😎👍💪
@rogersmith80965 жыл бұрын
RHD Cherokees were available in USA Several have been on Craiglist in NH and ME . I have seen one down here in Rhode Island delivering maiI on Rural Routes. That Cherokee has the off-road shields package with the tank and front end shields. Most of the Mail Jeep were the Sport models with cloth interiors.
@JonathanMoosey4 жыл бұрын
A lot of newer domestic vehicles do have the turn signal on the side. Granted they are usually built into the mirrors but still the same general idea.
@nedasher1163 жыл бұрын
Grand and 97 up wrangler had coils front and back
@gosportjamie5 жыл бұрын
That one was clearly a southern Japan car, northern Japan gets a lot of snow and cold weather and a lot of vehicles from there can be just as rusty and rotten as UK or US rust belt vehicles but that one was lovely and clean underneath...
@UBBERTANKER5 жыл бұрын
we used to have a customer with a old rhd subaru legacy or imprezza. That was a trip to drive as it was a manual too
@gosportjamie5 жыл бұрын
Yes, driving on the left with right-hand drive cars is standard for Japan. Being right-hand drive this one may well have been built in Graz, Austria in the Chryslet factory there. I'm actually fairly surprised that this is right-hand drive as, in Japan, it is considered more up-market to have a left-hand drive car so a lot of Mercedes-Benz, big BMWs and a whole lot of the imported luxury SUVs sold there will have been left-hand drive so a right-hand drive Japanese market Cherokee must be a pretty rare thing...
@brianandrews70995 жыл бұрын
Start a business importing junkyard front passenger seats and carpets (driver’s side in the US) in from Japanese junkyards since driver’s side always worn out while the passenger side looks new. You’d make a fortune!
@17volcanic5 жыл бұрын
So interesting reading the comments, here in New Zealand all cars are RHD, plenty of ex manufacturer models from USA are made for the nz,au,UK,Japan,Singapore,Malaysia, Hong Kong, parts of africa including south Africa.basically former English colonies. Some popular ones such as f150 are not sold the ex factory but can be converted by after market companies- it expensive. Yes the brake master cylinder moves and other bits to fit. It would just be easier if nz drove on the right however! We only have 5 million people.
@toki896665 жыл бұрын
I have lived in the USA my entire life and I would love to have one of these in a 5 speed. I'm not a mail carrier, I just have a thing for RHD. I'm actually midway through converting my '95 Civic to RHD. Its a shame you can never find these postal Jeeps in 5 speed. But it makes sense for them to be automatic stopping every few feet at mailboxes. I wonder if 5 speed conversion would be easily done with factory parts without custom fabrication.
@krm83725 жыл бұрын
I was in Ireland in 2004. My rental car was rhd. Then your on the wrong side of the road and it was a stick shift. Very challenging to drive
@weaton255 жыл бұрын
I live in the UK and had a 2000/1 Jeep Cherokee Classic for over ten years it had very little rust on it when I sold it I only really sold it due to problems getting parts for it jeep do like changing stuff for no good reason. I have now got a 2007 JK 2.8crd jeep cherokee/liberty in the US it drives nice and is good off road but looks shit compered to the old XJ I thought when I first got it that I would get used to the way that it looks but I still hate the look of it but I would loose to much money if I changed it now so it seems I am stuck with it. As for right hand drive cars we drive on the left in the UK also Japan Australia several other countries so there is a good market for right hand drive cars why they ship right hand drive cars to the US from Japan is they do not use salt on there roads unlike we do in the UK so they tend to be rust free.
@scottlarsh31195 жыл бұрын
The speedo was likely switched to MPH upon return to north America
@AmesiesCorner5 жыл бұрын
I don't think so.
@gosportjamie5 жыл бұрын
It might have been, but from the look of it, with the face on the speedo not matching that of the other gauges, I suspect it's just had a sticker marked in MPH stuck on top of the original kilometer speedo, which is a fairly common trick with imported Japanese vehicles in countries that use MPH. Usually if the speedo has been changed out for a unit calibrated in miles you'll find that the odometer will have been converted at the same time, either automatically by the electronics in the dash when the new speedo head is installed or by changing out the digital display at the same time...
@harrygatto5 жыл бұрын
Something has been changed as it would not have been allowed on the road in Japan with a MPH speedo.
@matts18jlrubi974 жыл бұрын
You are correct. You can tell they slapped a MPH speedo onto the KPH overlay different font and color. I owned a 98 XJ. It’s definitely an aftermarket MPH overlay to make it road legal here in the States.
@FtanmoOfEtheirys3 жыл бұрын
@@AmesiesCorner it was, notice how it is a different color? I've owned 3 of these, all with metric speedometers.
@notajp5 жыл бұрын
My ex had a Postal DJ-5. Took some getting used to. Only one seat on the right side.
@davidwflint5 жыл бұрын
I think the same whenever I have to drive a LHD, as a Brit RHD is the norm over here. Look forward to more videos in future
@Katarinarabbit4 жыл бұрын
I actually have a LHD Japanese import
@Aspra5 жыл бұрын
Cool! I was sitting next to a TJ Wrangler that was RHD. It looked completely normal like one sold here. Im guessing it was the same situation, from a RHD country and brought back here.
@AbandonedExplorationUrbex19795 жыл бұрын
This was cool.
@anthonydavis63725 жыл бұрын
They were all built in Toledo Ohio. Same for Libertys, new style Cherokees (now built in Belvedere) and all Wranglers. We still build RHD Wranglers. Most get diesels. in 2 years the new Jeep truck will get RHD for the export market. I remember the first time I drove a manual transmission RHD. Took a few mins to get smooth shifting. It's still makes me laugh when people move them around at work and jump in the left side and realize its a right drive and have to jump out and run around to the other side.
@edmulhall8875 жыл бұрын
Jeep sold those here in the USA to Postal Employees for use delivering mail on rural routes. I had a bunch of co-workers who had them back when I was a mailman. They also sold right hand drive Libertys and Wranglers too. They were only sold to postal employees. Saturn sold a right hand drive SW1 and Subaru sold right hand drive Legacy Wagons too but you had to work for the USPS to buy them.
@GhettoWagon5 жыл бұрын
Don't need to worry about anyone hitting you over the double yella line in those. Atleast all the pedals are in the same spot, I driven a few of those RHD jeeps, cool as hell. Its just weird making left turns in it., Kinda turn in a little too much or too little before you get used to it.
@hikenadventures30575 жыл бұрын
Awesome ! Glad to see you back with some new content. Thanks for posting
@davidscottnoble3034 жыл бұрын
We had these RHD in the UK. bit thirsty for our fuel prices. very rare sight now. guessing parts are quite scarce here.
@roialblu Жыл бұрын
No , parts are easy and cheap
@shepshepherd5 жыл бұрын
I am based in the UK, so I learned to drive in a right hand drive car. The first and so far only time I've driven a left hand drive car was in New Hampshire in 2013, when I was visiting a friend in Canterbury who owned (and still owns) a 2005 Volvo V40. I had no real problems and quite enjoyed the experience :)
@kaolla10005 жыл бұрын
there is quite a few over here in the UK, i recently found a right hand drive plymouth barracuda here too
@wastingtyme255 жыл бұрын
Rhd jeeps are everywhere in the US. Rural mail carriers order them.
@nedasher1163 жыл бұрын
Some were converted afterwards
@Tellgio5 жыл бұрын
I'm Australian, so this looks ok to me. hehe. When I drove in the USA, it felt weird getting in on the 'other side'. One other difference you'll notice is the wiper arms go into the plenum grille in 'opposite' places so the wiper blade coves more of the drivers windscreen. Cheers mate.
@Toyotas_n__Tools3 жыл бұрын
the MPH looks like a sticker slapped on the dash.
@luxstar4life5 жыл бұрын
Dana 30 front. Dana 35 rear in this one.
@tonyswheels10035 жыл бұрын
Just did a web search around 80 countries drive on the right. Trivia question - "Which US controlled dominion drives on the LH side of the road and why"?
@gred_cz5 жыл бұрын
cool :). that speedo was deffinitely swaped or something, you can already tell someone did something with it given to how different it looks from the rest of the gauges. japan uses kilometers, i did a quick google search for jeeps for sale in japan and it shows that all got km/h speedos.
@8deity5 жыл бұрын
It looks like a sticker had been put on top the km/h scale, maybe a requirement for re-importing to the US? Or just to make it easier for the drivers to stick to the speed limits.. ;)
@gred_cz5 жыл бұрын
i thought about that aswell, but if it would be only a sticker, then the backlight of the gauges couldnt shine through...but maybe it is and the one who did it simply didnt cared about that hahaha
@completefemboyr.n.g13084 жыл бұрын
From Willie's time to present day you can still buy a right hand Jeep just order one
@tonyswheels10035 жыл бұрын
Oops that shoud have been LEFT 80 duh!
@tonyswheels10035 жыл бұрын
And Australia, also probably New Zealand, Sth Africa, Great Britian and a myriad of other countries with British connections
@alcoholicvdgambler5 жыл бұрын
I missed this channel
@johneaston49635 жыл бұрын
Looks OK to me,but I'm in the UK see we drive on the right,
@TheExStig5 жыл бұрын
In Scotland all cars I pass are RHD, even the one I drive has always been RHD. Also, the mail boxes are on the LEFT, no Idea why Japan would have them on the RIGHT like in the US? They're bonkers!
@harrygatto5 жыл бұрын
What are you talking about?
@bonemanshobbies35385 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha paul. We drive on the right side of our cars here is RSA and even on the other side of the road than u. I imagine it will be strange for me to have a lefti this side. Enjoy your videos a bunch.
@charlesdyer23765 жыл бұрын
Mr. Post Man Bring Me a dream !!! the reason for the wheel being on the rt. side is in case of a head on it wont kill the driver so the cops can give Him/Her a ticket !!
@nedasher1163 жыл бұрын
8 1/4 rear end Dana 30 front
@paddy14375 жыл бұрын
steering wheel is definitely on the correct side :)
@TheStwat5 жыл бұрын
Yep :)
@DashcamRiprock5 жыл бұрын
In the US, you can (could) buy a RHD Wrangler, up until the previous generation, usually available to mail carriers. I'm not sure if or when they're going to do a version of the current model.
@Gramps835 жыл бұрын
they do.
@mcwillies27375 жыл бұрын
Mail carriers use RHD Wranglers in my area due to harsh roads
@DashcamRiprock5 жыл бұрын
I've seen those in rural Vermont (redundant?) along with some ancient RHD Legacy wagons.
@pugman2055 жыл бұрын
That's one sweet Jeep, not too common here in the UK anymore, not that they where ever that popular to begin with. The 4 litre might be a good strong and reliable engine, but in the UK its classed as a big engine, and its quite a thirsty engine as gas (petrol) is certainly not as cheap, plus here, same as Japan its of a higher octane rating. Generally speaking UK and Japanese gas is a min of 95 octane for regular and premium is usually 97 or 98 octane. it also looks like the speedo has been swapped out for one that reads in miles per hour as Japan the speeds are in kilometres per hour. Hence why its a different colour to the rest of the instrument cluster. Damn I also miss driving over in the US, but your right, getting into a car on the wrong side for what you used to and driving it is kind of daunting at first, but you get used to it. Though having spent 3 weeks driving autos over there and coming back to Manchester airport, jetlagged and screaming around the carpark in 1st gear wandering why my car wont change gear is kinda funny.
@JamesAllmond5 жыл бұрын
Somebody made a really good find! Being slightly dyslexic, looks normal to me! The wrong side of the road thing almost killed Winston Churchill when he looked right and not left and stepped into NYC traffic, and got hit.
@frankmcgorman9625 жыл бұрын
I have friends with right hand drive cars, a Mini and a Wolseley 6 (drove that one). Visiting family in England, I have spent a lot of time in the left seat :). I did a short term mission in Zambia, where they drive on the left side of the road (as all of southern Africa does), and did a lot of driving there (in cars and on a motorbike). It does take a while to get used to sitting and driving on the opposite side.
@aaronchamberssaabfan73975 жыл бұрын
It's good to see you post a vid I was getting worried
@waynecipriano76985 жыл бұрын
They are ex mail carrier trucks u can own u have tu adjust yur self and always be alert
@heathersanborn49145 жыл бұрын
I dig the wheels and chrome (plastic or not) grill, I personally like it
@connorm9555 жыл бұрын
I've seen a right hand drive Wrangler once.
@jabbalechat79105 жыл бұрын
The problem is you drive on the wrong side of the road in the US...
@alanwbelcher5 жыл бұрын
Amesie, good to see you back, and hear that Mass. accent again. Imagine what that Jeep would be like out on 495! Happy Holidays!
@gilberta4585 жыл бұрын
hahaha... welcome to my world
@Badgertronix5 жыл бұрын
First car I ever drove was a RHD one of those back in 1992ish
@stickmanbw3 жыл бұрын
Do you know where I can find s heater core for a 95 today in 2020?
@JSchrumm5 жыл бұрын
Steering damper is pissing oil.
@AmesiesCorner5 жыл бұрын
It's on the list for round two..
@jackom115 жыл бұрын
Great , thanks Paul. I also struggle driving in Europe with the wheel on the wrong side and driving on the wrong side. Getting in the wrong side is super irritating! best wishes UK mark
@gordonhedgepeth87645 жыл бұрын
That thing is so cool. Probably would get so much attention at the car show at the castle.
@nicholaswieczorek49715 жыл бұрын
It’s a mail jeep
@tomcasale60705 жыл бұрын
glad to see a new video!
@ifga165 жыл бұрын
I converted all three of my Volvos to side mount blinkers. 740, 940 and 240.
@michaeljohnson10065 жыл бұрын
If it's manual you will always change gear with the door handle lol
@mcwillies27375 жыл бұрын
Pretty damn cool Amesie!
@robertsalerno60335 жыл бұрын
Thats funny mate same thing happened to me when i lived in the USA (getting in on the wrong side LOL) and Im from Australia. Good to see you back and all the best for 2019 mate.
@InternetDude5 жыл бұрын
There are 2 white XJs like that but LHD in my neighborhood however they’re both so rusty...
@erikj.20665 жыл бұрын
Middleton post office had one that I worked on a few times. Quite a trip to drive, and got plenty of of looks, especially driving up 95 on road tests.
@jameseasterbrooks53635 жыл бұрын
I was stationed in Japan in the late 90s and had to take my Japanese drivers’ test in a Nissan right hand drive pickup that had 5 on the Tree left hand shift! Now that was a awkward. You eventually get used to it and go to the right door, but for about a month your constantly getting in the left side and saying, “Aw, sh&$!”
@delukxy5 жыл бұрын
I like these, they look just right. Still quite common here in the UK but not many really tidy ones. Diesel versions cheaper to run so proportionally more than gas versions have survived. This one is nice and would sell well here.
@jime3865 жыл бұрын
Here in Montana, there is a thriving business in tiny right hand drive ex-Japanese trucks. Very cheap to buy. Nothing like reaching for the gear shift and grabbing the arm rest. Weirdest thing is that the radios tune between the frequencies we have in the USA
@harrygatto5 жыл бұрын
Japan FM broadcast radio band is 76 to 91 MHz unlike most of the rest of the world.
@juztyn005 жыл бұрын
It's probably a rural delivery Mail Jeep, Chrysler sold RHD as an option just for that purpose..
@deaf28195 жыл бұрын
juztyn00 nah it’s a legit jdm Jeep or non usdm the thing has sidemarker lights
@tomtheplummer73225 жыл бұрын
My son is a postal carrier
@InternetDude5 жыл бұрын
That thing is in fantastic condition 👍🏻
@mikeizzano1725 жыл бұрын
Great shape for the year! As you always say,the north east takes its toll on all our stuff.drove wrong side drive when I was overseas in military.was a young guy of course but I scared myself as well as the natives ha ha!was the lane swap also,what an experience that was!
@kay1105 жыл бұрын
When I first drove a vehicle with the driving position opposite to normal (while on holiday outside the UK), my worst fear was junctions and roundabouts being in the 'wrong' rotational direction. That took even more getting used to in my opinion. The car was manual transmission and the number of times you try and use the wrong hand to gear shift!!
@Bobman845 жыл бұрын
Haha, I've driven heaps of these in Australia, but never driven a left hand drive one.
@jamespn5 жыл бұрын
Subaru sold right hand drive Legacy wagons for rural postal carriers.
@connorm9555 жыл бұрын
The previous gen my parents had, had the gas tank in the same place.
@mj_aussie_coaster_travels83105 жыл бұрын
We get them all here in Australia too. I’m quietly looking for a mint one of these but most are trashed these days.
@michaelb.53455 жыл бұрын
An expert is just that, you are not as worried as you think you are...
@yanni65565 жыл бұрын
Got the same spec but in patriot blue in Australia. We seemed to get all the top options like selectrac as standard.
@joescambait5 жыл бұрын
Mail Truck.. u could sell that for big bucks in NH
@Toyota--Camry4 жыл бұрын
So was it sold new in Japan or imported later in its life?
@AmesiesCorner4 жыл бұрын
Looks like it was sold new in Japan.
@Toyota--Camry4 жыл бұрын
Amesie's Automotive Corner Wow! You can tell by the VIN number if it’s written in Japanese and English, same with the safety warnings written on the car.
@robinscott95712 жыл бұрын
Can you help me find a brain for my 1997 RHD Jeep Cherokee Japanese import?
@dizzard1112 жыл бұрын
Nope. Full blowed
@allalimohamed72565 жыл бұрын
cv
@dfdfkjkj79695 жыл бұрын
these are mail delivery cherokees. no big deal here in new england......not special and im surprised you have not heard of these or seen one around before...
@harrygatto5 жыл бұрын
No they are not, they are export models, usually with high spec which you don't get on a mail delivery vehicle.