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Military J20 in Sweden |
Peter Pettersson's 1983 J20 is not your usual J20 we are used to seeing here in the States. Peter claims the military J20's in Sweden were ordered by the airforce and have been used for personnel transports with a special camper on the bed, some of the trucks were ordered with a totaly galvanized "body no rust" Now that's something we wish Jeep would have offered here in the States. Peter's truck has only 5,700 miles on the engine which is a 360 with a 727 automatic trans, 4x4, dana 60 and dana44. According to Peter the customized bumpers and other equipment seem to be stock on all orders. |
Peter writes, "The J20 is quit rare in Sweden most of them have served in the military or the fire department you hardly see them in the streets like civilian. Only chevy, ford and some dodge but there is alot of newer jeeps like the cherokee" the camper was the first thing I removed, I am trying to make the truck original with the tailgate and no camper. Yes the truck is absolutley free from rust the whole body is galvanized, I dont know if this was done here in sweden or if it was orded from the factory? I have heard that the military in Sweden bought about 200 st J20's but I am not quit sure of that, but the J20 is very rare to see in the roads of Sweden, I am very pleased with my jeep." |
Peter, we would venture to guess that the galvanized body was from the factory since the J20 townside bed is rather unique, in that there are so many bends, stampings and welds required to make one. If anyone knows of a tailgate that Peter can use for his restoration he can be contacted by looking under the Want ads under the JeepTruck.com For Sale section of our site. |