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Thread: Quick Tour of a Filipino "Willys" Jeep factory. Also to note parts delivery worldwide

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    FYI The front half of the business premises now make "Japan Surplus" light trucks. Basically the hard to register 3 year old cars from Japan (due to their stringent vehicle laws) are cut up and parts sold off cheap to Philippines, so they now make light trucks with these just worn in 3 yo engine/gearbox/diff imports, they press the shells and weld their own chassis.
    Very similar business model to the Jeeps.
    Having said that there were still about 40 Jeeps in Crates of various makes ready to ship out and a bunch more as you see in the video ready to be assembled. Unfortunately I have to wait until after this current production run to get my new front springs, should be another week or so, looking forward to seeing the difference in handling.

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    Very interesting information on this stuff FW. Resourceful people to say the least. It is obvious they look at everything as an opportunity.

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