1965 Jeep Gladiator [J-series]

1965 Jeep Gladiator [J-series] in 999... עליזה מזרחי (999 Aliza: The Policeman), Movie, 1967

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CougarTim ◊ 2025-01-26 20:44	Locally built?
s13a ◊ 2025-01-27 22:59	CougarTim wrote Locally built? Indeed *Google translated: Quote In the spring of 1963, “model cars” of the Wagoneer were ordered from Willys, now Kaiser-Jeep Corporation. This refers to fully assembled cars, used to study assembly and prepare the line. At the end of that year, 72 first sets of the Wagoneer arrived in Haifa. Although negotiations regarding the taxation of the Super Jeep were not concluded until July 1964, Ilyin Industries began assembling the Wagoneer in the first months of 1964. In addition to the rear-wheel drive version, “front-wheel drive” cars of the new station wagon model were also assembled, at an increasing rate. In December 1964, the first series of 71 Gladiator pickup trucks, in three versions, rolled off the assembly line. Several dozen pickup trucks were delivered to the police, for use by border guard units.... ...Marketing of the Gladiator in the local market began in April 1965 and proceeded sluggishly. The first customers included various local councils, but the main target for the van was the Israel Police... ...The severe recession in Israel prevented Ilin Industries from ordering new kits after this date, and assembly of the Wagoneer and Gladiator in Haifa with Tornado engines continued until the summer of 1968. The recession reduced the annual production rate of the Super Jeep by 30%, and if that were not enough, starting in 1967, Ilin was left without the backup of the cheap Willys, and relied entirely on the Jeep, Gladiator and Wagoneer, which were sold mainly to the Israeli Defense Forces and the police. The latter purchased 280 Wagoner and Gladiator models from 1967 and 1968. Only fifty units were produced for the civilian market, which were sold slowly until early 1970... ...The Wagoneer was no longer assembled in Haifa, but in January 1970, production of the Gladiator resumed. Within a few months, 60 pickup trucks with a 3.8-liter AMC engine were assembled... ...In May 1972, the receiver imported six pickup truck kits. The pickup truck had meanwhile given up the Gladiator in favor of the somewhat vague name J-Truck, and six kits were assembled at the end of that year, as a 1973 model. By then, the plant had passed into the ownership of Clal, and changed its name to Matamar. At the same time, the pickup truck received a slight visual update (which had been in effect in the US since 1970) and received the 258 engine (4.2 liters, 150 hp until the 1976 model, 110 hp thereafter). From here, the assembly of the pickup trucks continued unchanged, with only one version imported from the 1976 model onwards, with a total weight of 3800 kg. In the 1979 model, the pickup truck received a slight facelift and rectangular headlights. The last J-20, the 1,020th SJ series pickup truck assembled in Israel, rolled off the assembly line in May 1981. -- Last edit: 2025-01-27 23:24:40
night cub ◊ 2025-01-27 23:14	Good info to know!

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CougarTim

◊ 2025-01-26 20:44

Locally built?

s13a

◊ 2025-01-27 22:59

CougarTim wrote Locally built?

Indeed

*Google translated:

Quote In the spring of 1963, “model cars” of the Wagoneer were ordered from Willys, now Kaiser-Jeep Corporation. This refers to fully assembled cars, used to study assembly and prepare the line. At the end of that year, 72 first sets of the Wagoneer arrived in Haifa. Although negotiations regarding the taxation of the Super Jeep were not concluded until July 1964, Ilyin Industries began assembling the Wagoneer in the first months of 1964. In addition to the rear-wheel drive version, “front-wheel drive” cars of the new station wagon model were also assembled, at an increasing rate. In December 1964, the first series of 71 Gladiator pickup trucks, in three versions, rolled off the assembly line. Several dozen pickup trucks were delivered to the police, for use by border guard units....

...Marketing of the Gladiator in the local market began in April 1965 and proceeded sluggishly. The first customers included various local councils, but the main target for the van was the Israel Police...

...The severe recession in Israel prevented Ilin Industries from ordering new kits after this date, and assembly of the Wagoneer and Gladiator in Haifa with Tornado engines continued until the summer of 1968. The recession reduced the annual production rate of the Super Jeep by 30%, and if that were not enough, starting in 1967, Ilin was left without the backup of the cheap Willys, and relied entirely on the Jeep, Gladiator and Wagoneer, which were sold mainly to the Israeli Defense Forces and the police. The latter purchased 280 Wagoner and Gladiator models from 1967 and 1968. Only fifty units were produced for the civilian market, which were sold slowly until early 1970...

...The Wagoneer was no longer assembled in Haifa, but in January 1970, production of the Gladiator resumed. Within a few months, 60 pickup trucks with a 3.8-liter AMC engine were assembled...

...In May 1972, the receiver imported six pickup truck kits. The pickup truck had meanwhile given up the Gladiator in favor of the somewhat vague name J-Truck, and six kits were assembled at the end of that year, as a 1973 model. By then, the plant had passed into the ownership of Clal, and changed its name to Matamar. At the same time, the pickup truck received a slight visual update (which had been in effect in the US since 1970) and received the 258 engine (4.2 liters, 150 hp until the 1976 model, 110 hp thereafter).

From here, the assembly of the pickup trucks continued unchanged, with only one version imported from the 1976 model onwards, with a total weight of 3800 kg. In the 1979 model, the pickup truck received a slight facelift and rectangular headlights. The last J-20, the 1,020th SJ series pickup truck assembled in Israel, rolled off the assembly line in May 1981.

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-- Last edit: 2025-01-27 23:24:40

night cub

◊ 2025-01-27 23:14

Good info to know!

1965 Jeep Gladiator [J-series]

1965 Jeep Gladiator [J-series] in 999... עליזה מזרחי (999 Aliza: The Policeman), Movie, 1967

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