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China has knocked off the Grenadier. 🤣

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212 Off-road Vehicle - BAW International

Discover more GASOLINE – 212 Off-road Vehicle 212 OFF-ROAD Highlights Part Time 4WD, simple structure but firm and reliable. The driver can manually switch the drive system between 2WD and 4WD, which is a common operation mode of off-road vehicles. The time-sharing 4WD can select the driving...
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Looks like those toy cars Godzilla used to step on in the old-school non-CGI movies😂😂….or the Chinese version of an old school LC
 
The rivets(?) are an interesting design choice.
 
I'm gonna go Gen 1 Patrol and a little russian Gaz, but its definitely classic chicom BJ styling.
 
Michael_in_Baja said:
China has knocked off the Grenadier. 🤣

bawauto.com

212 Off-road Vehicle - BAW International

Discover more GASOLINE – 212 Off-road Vehicle 212 OFF-ROAD Highlights Part Time 4WD, simple structure but firm and reliable. The driver can manually switch the drive system between 2WD and 4WD, which is a common operation mode of off-road vehicles. The time-sharing 4WD can select the driving...
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Are they available in Europe and Africa?
 
Actually, it is not a knock off the Grenadier, that's a new model of BJ212, which has a very long history dated back to 1964
en.wikipedia.org

Beijing BJ212 - Wikipedia

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This is the original one, which you still can buy in 2021.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oqFit__BQ8


I had a ride in one (original one) when I was kid. It was an exciting experience, since no person could privately own a car back then.
However, that car is a genuine industrial garbage with Soviet Union standard :)
 
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hidiyang said:
Actually, it is not a knock off the Grenadier, that's a new model of BJ212, which has a very long history dated back to 1964
en.wikipedia.org

Beijing BJ212 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

This is the original one, which you still can buy in 2021.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oqFit__BQ8


I had a ride in one (original one) when I was kid. It was an exciting experience, since no person could privately own a car back then.
However, that car is a genuine industrial garbage with Soviet Union standard :)
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yea but, the cool factor of an fj55 isnt its quality, its the post ww2 asian styling thats so farging hidious, its cool. and who the hell has one of these?
 
Zimm said:
yea but, the cool factor of an fj55 isnt its quality, its the post ww2 asian styling thats so farging hidious, its cool. and who the hell has one of these?
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aka as the iron pig
Ghastly styling - but several countries, east and west, have been guilty of that.
 
Iron Pig is a classic FJ55 nickname - I believe the 55 was the first FJ model to come to the States.

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Tazzieman said:
aka as the iron pig
Ghastly styling - but several countries, east and west, have been guilty of that.
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I sold my patina'ed but completely rust free '72 pig in a downsizing move in the early 2000's for 4800 bucks to a friend that begged me for it. Everything about that truck was wrong... but was perfect as whole. with a three on three i could leave it sitting anywhere, and it was untheftable by modern yout's. he resold (figures) and it ended up with some dude that did a complete restoration, so, the sow ended up with a loving chubby chaser. Alls well that ends well.
 
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