Military Issue Toyota
The suspension features a four wheel independent, four wheel steer, portal axle wishbone system, using torsion bars at all four corners for easy height adjustment. The four wheel steer gives this Toy a very nimble 18.4 foot turning radius - just slightly larger than the length of the vehicle!by Albert Vandervelde
When I saw Dan drive this rig into the Alberta Safari Park camp area I said, “Oh a Hummer,” then I looked again and said “No. That’s not right… Something is wrong here. Then I saw him navigate a turn - with all 4 wheels, rear steer! Definitely not a Hummer Then I heard the engine: it sounded like a diesel, but not a Chevy 6.5L, like those stocked in all but the last year of Civilian production Hummers. Knowing Dan and his company, 4 Wheel Auto, in Edmonton, it had to be a Toyota.
Toyota it was:
- 15BT 4.1 direct injected turbo intercooled 4 cyl diesel
- 150hp 280 ft lbs
- Toyota 4 speed automatic transmission
- 133.7Wheelbase
- 204 in overall length
- 84.5Width
- 81.7 high
- 6395lbs GVW
- Built from 1995-2002
- This one is a 1996
- Hi/low transfer case
- 37 inch tires 12.5 by 17.5 run flats
- Inboard 4 wheel disk vented brakes
- 16.5 inch ground clearance
- Four wheel steer, with a separate gear box for the rear steer
- Imported from Japan
- Built by TRD in-house by Toyota
- Produced by the Japanese exclusively for the self-defense force
- Four wheel independent (double wishbone) torsion bar suspension
- Portal axles with 16.5 inch ground clearance on 37x12.5x17.5 run flat tires
- Electric locker - front rear and center lock for the transfer case
- 18.4 foot turning radius – that means it can almost turn in its length!
The suspension features a four wheel independent, four wheel steer, portal axle wishbone system, using torsion bars at all four corners for easy height adjustment. The four wheel steer gives this Toy a very nimble 18.4 foot turning radius - just slightly larger than the length of the vehicle!
Check out the full story in Volume 13 Issue 6