The Al-Thalab (Land Cruiser)

[VinceAtReal4x4s]

Seems weird to see British Special Forces driving anything but a LR or Pinz. I guess lots of issues are taken into account, in this particular case, like parts availability.

http://www.autoblog.com/2016/08/08/brit ... al-thalab/

[stiffler4444]

Nice unit. I can't say I'd be too upset to have the Toyota dependability out there.

[David Dunn]

In a bit of full circle, those remind me of the original LRDG (Long Range Desert Group) vehicles.


And I don't understand people emailed me that Al-Thalab link telling me they found my next project.

But if anyone is interested, this is the link to Jankel and the Fox LRPV . Also interesting is the contact info is to South Carolina
http://old.jankelts.com/products/produc ... .cfm@pID=9

You'll also find a link there to JMGS , the J8, militarized version of the JKU
http://www.jgms.com/



You'll notice the 'mandatory' Pinz inclusion on the right. ( that's got to be an old photo )

[David Dunn]

This is what that was derived from
http://www.toyota-gib.com/eng/models/he ... TJMRS.html

Massive widening of the track, hence the deep set wheels and wide front fenders

[GenevaPinz]

In the "Telegraph" article's first picture, they seem to have both versions of the Al-Thalab (the one shown by Vince and the one shown by David), which, if I am not mistaken, are based on different generations of the Toyota pick-up (which may well be very similar underneath the sheet metal):
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08 ... for-first/

[David Dunn]

Yeah Jan, later last night I found the Jankel's UK site and more of their vehicles
http://www.jankel.com/home

They have several variants of the Fox RRV and LRPV. With so many acronyms, we're going to need more letters added to the alphabet.