Slammed Jeep

[dbizzle]

So... it's a Jeep with an SR20 and a centre-mounted seat. Quite cool, I reckon.











From here.

[ben1]

Very cool , something you don't see everyday!

[markbognor]

Cool.

I think these things cropped up a while back, did it end up that what they were called in the Phillipines was Personal Car or something?

[markbognor]

Ahh, Owner-Type Jeeps,

Oct 12, 2009 18:42:18 GMT Rich606 said:

Oct 12, 2009 14:56:23 GMT @jettadeluxe said:

If I had to guess, I'd say it was Thailand.

They're from the Philippines, known as "owner-type jeeps" to dsitinguish them from the bigger Jeepneys (multi-coloured, chromed, slightly mental Jeep-based buses I'm sure we had a thread about a couple of months ago).
Googling turns up some interesting stuff; this style seems to be pretty popular but not as popular as polished handmade stainless steel bodywork








^^ 20v Toyota engine ;D

Mostly found here (a lot of the stuff is at least partly in English too ), or via Google Philippines.
Have a look, see what else you can find

[markbognor]

Few more, far less extream though!

[dbizzle]

Ah, good research skills!

[waveman1500]

Every time I see these I just love them more! It's like seeing a parallel universe in which hot rodders could never afford pre-war Fords and all bought Army-surplus Jeeps after the war instead. Fantastic! ;D

The best part is that, like the '32 Ford, many of these modern 'owner jeeps' aren't even made out of original jeep bodies, they just make them to look like jeeps because that's the traditional shape for modified cars!

[Hudzoyne]

oh my lord that first one is the NUTS!

[pompeypaul]

any ideas what gearbox would of been used?

[Diabolu]

Doesn't work for me somehow...

The slammed landy DOES work... this just doesn't seem to have the same presence and balance about it...? Can't quite put my finger on it.

[Deleted]

Anyone else think these look like huge V8 Mini Mokes? ;D

I love the first one!

Anyone fancy doing this with an old Jago?

[TerraRoot]

My jago has similar deep dish wellers and road tyres, New frame needed to get it that low and long.
I'm skipping the windscreen and using a half cage.
What are those tanks hanging out the back?

[fpk]

they are ace,

[octagonalpaul]

loving these, different and very very cool

[bmcnut]

Oh lord, I never thought it possable.......

[SparksECM]

Aug 26, 2010 17:40:58 GMT TerraRoot said:

My jago has similar deep dish wellers and road tyres, New frame needed to get it that low and long.
I'm skipping the windscreen and using a half cage.
What are those tanks hanging out the back?

possibly nitrous oxide?

[povey]

I'm actually in love!!!!

[Dez]

just dragging this up for erm, 'reference purposes'

was there another thread on 'owner type' jeeps too, or just this one? its the black single seater i remember most...

[georgeb]

Here's our old one.

Some sort of Toyota 1600 IIRC

Trouble is they don't do footwells so basically the bulkhead follows straight down from the windscreen line making it impossible to drive for anyone with legs over 18" long!

[ratchart]

I don't know if they're related but does anyone remember the Mahindra? It was a made in India jeep copy that was sold in Britain briefly in the 80s. If memory serves me correct they had Peugeot diesel motors.