Hi Guys! 1956 CJ3B!!

[dave351cid]

interesting story mate. we learn something new everyday. great photos

just found this lick with a bit of info.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeep_CJ

and this link about the Viasa Jeep.
https://sites.google.com/site/mbcj3b...b-cj3b_history

http://www.film.queensu.ca/CJ3B/World/Spain.html

i wonder how many countries the jeeps were made in under licence ?

[Enric]

Some diferences between the VIASA and the american Willys are: The grill logo, the controls, and the passenger side lug. The VIASA one mounts a BARREIROS engine (spanish design, about 65 HP, Here you have a link about de BARREIROS engine: a little history wrote by a BARREIROS engineer -spanish written-)

I add a pict of the data plate of my barreiros engine
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About the passenger Lug: you can see on this pict (of my mitsubishi, with the VIASA body, the original holes where mount the LUG on the VIASA body: the holes are a little bit on left, over the globebox! The VIASA body did not have globebox, my dad made it, using the original globebox door, and mounting the lug on the mitsubishi's original right place)
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And about the countries where have been made the CJ's under the willys liscense: Japan (Mitsubishi), Spain (VIASA and EBRO, but EBRO startet on the Commando), India (Mahindra), France (Hotchkiss JH), Tuzla (Turkey), Wilco (colombia)... Maybe I forget something!!!

Enric
PD: also you can see in the pict the mitsubishi logo on the speed gauge