Great video. The lawsuit is 100% political. Because Chrysler failed as an American company and didn't buy the rights to the original Jeep and they realize their mistake. Mahindra has all rights to this design because they bought the rights. I wanted one for years and this is a great video. OD green for sure.
first of all you don't know much!!!! when Mahindra tried to sell these here in the US ,years ago , Chrysler put a stop to it in court because they do own the jeep front grille area design so Mahindra went back completely changed the front , now I believe they are back again available
Chrysler did own the "original Jeep" rights that were granted to Willys Overland after WW2 and now belong to the Stellantis Group. Willys Overland had licensed Mahindra and several other manufacturers worldwide to build their products.
Mahindra have rights for India and not for outside India. After world War 2 , Russian and American got German scientists and tech , doesn't each and every missile and rocket and many belongs to Germany. Germany still paying for War expenses while it should get royalties.
I'm a 3rd gen owner in the family passed down from my grandpa of 1963 model. I will give it to my son once he turns 18 on his birthday just like my dad did to me.
@@thealchemist8212 Indian soldier Abdul Hamid in 1965 used Mahindra jeep against Pakistani tank and reached their main city putting in mind that the terrain is sooo rough
Fun FACT* Mahindras were once used as a tactical tank as it used to have 105mm artillery mounted. They were used by British Indian army to stop Japanese invasion
Big Europe Brands want to push plastic, chips and shits. They won't stand Iron, Steel and Mannual! Mahindra is from a poor country... They know what is "Value for Money". This will run for decades!!
Here in india we have the most deadliest roads in norths.Most are ruled by mahindra in all climatic conditions ,even in heavy winter at heavy altitudes in mighty himalayas...We are happy to be way it was and affordable for all kind of human being ..
Obliviously, we all love this vehicle and there's a great demand for them but Chrysler won't build them but instead sue Mahindra where it's a lose - lose for everyone.
You it's funny Chrysler doesn't own that body ford was the original maker of the Willis jeep there were 3 different car manufacturers making jeeps during ww2
Mahindra got the rights to the design to help us win a war. I am stunned people are upset they are using it. It is respect and appreciation. Thank you for the help Mahindra!
My father bought a Mahindra Commander in 1991. This vehicle is still so strong and rugged that it can still toe another car. Made with pure Indian steel. Mahindras are the toughest in the world, built just like a Tank.
Looking at the same vehicle for our farm. Golf carts are too light, the Razor types are too small and light. Like yourself, I like that it’s beefy and can take reasonable abuse. I can run diesel through it like my tractors. Wife thinks it’s a $13,000 toy. Still trying not to listen and pull the trigger on one. Good video, Thanks from Connecticut
One of the reasons Indians love watching your videos is because of the things you can do/have done to your roxors. If you have enough money to buy a thar (Indian street legal roxor), you likely live in a city, and more urban jurisdictions ban modifications of any kind. You guys can repaint your trucks any color, or with truckbed liner. You can lift your trucks, stretch them, rebody them. These are options we don't have and therefore every (older) thar looks like some reconfiguration of the same aftermarket grills, lights and trim. Your roxor looks like a beast and embodies an archetypal, rugged masculine aesthetic which we struggle to achieve. Another reason we love roxor videos is because it's incredibly reassuring to see foreigners who can afford or access more prominent vehicles praise our own. As someone in the third world its incredibly uplifting to know that I can own a locally produced but nevertheless world class product. Its the reason I own 3 Enfields including the new twin. Thanks man, thanks a lot.
@varun009 - As someone who has recently started taking interest in Indian culture (about 6 odd months), prior to that it was only via Praveen Mohan videos and that too for the wow factor, do you have any idea what most folks would give to have a living, breathing, rich ancient culture that goes thousands of years back? What all had been achieved and what has still managed to survive despite all the crap that has happened in the last thousand five hundred + years? Even after living there and speaking to friends i did not know about so much of it. It is disheartening to see you take value in material goods being sold as anything important. I mean you want to look at things to be happy about, look at yoga and its associated meditative practices which has caught on everywhere and the benefits it has given to millions across. Did you know that what modern rihnoplasty procedures is based on were copied from India? It was truly eye-opening for me. Did you know about the quantity of vaccines that India donated to countries that could not afford Pfizer, Moderna and other companies products and how many lives that possibly saved? My friend, if you do not appreciate what you have, pretty soon it will not be there for anyone to appreciate it either.
@@Merloc909 we are poor people. People with aspirations & hope. We have heritage & we have history & we are proud but that's that ,it ends there. Heritage won't put food & other things that are necessary for living. So people are focused on studying & working. Once we are a bit well to do as a nation I think then we would have enough time to think over our heritage.
@@user-ml1mr1ls2y This is where you are fundamentally wrong. When you have a rich culture, hostory and heritage that you actually are aware of, then you cannot call yourself poor. I was shocked to learn about how your history and what you all are taught in your schools was corrupted to such an extent with neocolonial influences (and further poisoned with marxist socialist thinking) that actual facts were hidden and partial truths cemented as base facts! That is classic old style colonial playbook at work, destroy a people's culture, prevent its sharing by replacing it with 'controlled and sanitised facts' and you break a country's people completely. Coz if one does not know one's own history and its glory, there is nothing to take pride in and you have to constantly look to 'others' to get that pride. Whereas, when you know your true worth and what all your ancient culture had already achieved, you will not have any trouble believing that you can achieve it all again. Imagine, when most of the world was living in huts and feudal villages, India had 15 universities!! Centers of learning! Can you even comprehend the achievement to make that happen? Sure you can have poverty, but that is an economic issue and can be dealt with and in the last three weeks the things i have learnt about India clearly show me that poverty will not be an issue for your country to deal with. You all are fortunate that you had some sort of awakening a few years back when you elected your current govt. All countries who did not have a nationalist govt in place before the pandemic are suffering a lot in these times. USA had a nationalist and populist movement going but it turns out that it was easier to subvert by the rich and powerful. My advice is to first know about yourself and your past, only then can you truly move forward.
@@Merloc909 Yes you are right about the awakening thing. After modi came to power he started the digital India campaign & with the involvement of the private sector the internet became accesible for a large population group. Now this large population group has access to books from various authors & they are not just confined/Brainwashed to the history taught in the NCERT books. It's largely good but it has also created much stupidity among people who go on claiming whatever little thing that comes in their mind. I'm no stranger to this phenomenon, in fact I never really believed what I was taught in school from history books right from the 7th standards, one reason was (like with most indian people) my interest in science.It was the general belief at that time & it still is that - History & Geography and Polity or social sciences in general were good for grades but otherwise pretty useless subjects. The other reason was one of my Sikh friends, who sowed seeds of doubt when I was in 9th standards I believe ,with his accusations against Mahatma Gandhi. And the story continues with many such encounters until one day I decided to read history books from various authors on my own but I didn't stop at just that I even stalked some of these authors & got a general idea of the kind of politics they want to do with the distortion that they peddle as history, they are truly Distorians ,not Historians.
Mahindra does use the 2.5 L CRDI in india in its SUVs normally tuned at 120 to 140 horses with turbo & intercooler. they return around 16 kmpl on diesel.
Nothing is going to happen for the next 25 to 30 years. 🙌 ( If used moderately off road. No 250 hp tuning and all day long mudding with it ). ( An average performing Mahindra here in India runs fine for say,.... 3-4 hundred thousand miles without any major issues. After that , as it gets older, problems will go up in numbers and in ' size ' . But it WILL NOT DIE . Gears might not engage properly, heavy rust, huge loss in engine power,...it goes on...but it WILL JUST NOT DIE. As someone from a southern Indian state called ' kerala ' ( tropical, mountainous ) , even in 2021 you will still find old MM 540s climbing mountain slopes carrying 10 people AND dense / heavy tropical hardwood trees at the same time, with open diffs and fried clutch. 😅 .Rare but it's daily life in remote parts with poor condition roads. If you made it this far, Sorry back to my point, it will be fine for two to three decades. After that anything you need, you can import from India. sorry for poor english as well.
There is Saying in India. Where there is road there any car go, where there is no road Mahindra and Tata can go! Really good machine with global ncap 5 build quality, and low rpm high punchy torquii engine. Has great pulling capability and does not require more maintenance.
Great video, love the roxor, I have a 1982 jeep CJ7 and your right the roxor is a lot like my CJ7 and I've enjoyed watching all the work you've done to it, well done. Hope your hand is doing good.
@Vito Corleone mahindra has a lot of products that are not based on willy .. they also have tractors they are also reliable. And Tata they made cars like safari...siera before and now cars like Nexon, harrier, altroz you need to get some knowledge ...so before commenting do some research.
@Vito Corleone Mahindra acquired stakes in mitsubishi in 2015 ... They started manufacturing tractors after buying gujrat tractor and later they bought punjab tractors limited which were fully home grown tractor companies ...so basically the technology was indigenous .... ONLY After 2015 they acquired stakes in many other companies not only mitsubishi ...but that doesn't mean they stoped using the technology they had before and that also doesn't mean that they didn't developed any technology before acquiring stakes in mitsubishi and others ...... and in car segment there is only THAR that shared the platform of williys ..... The Scorpio was designed in-house, they also made the mHawk engine And therefore many cars like Xylo,TUV,bolero ***PTBN*** they had some foreign desinger s in there team but that doesn't make the whole thing outsourced or copied they made it from the scrap (The big tech companies are filled with Indians ...nasa have indian scientists but that doesn't make them a indian company or authority)
I remember when i was a kid i was going to a remote location in nepal for vacation and our taxi was a mahindra bolero. Almost half way up somewhere it hit a big rock and the gearbox cover leaked all the oil. It started knocking sound immediately but still it ran for atleast 4hrs in the night we were still about 30km from the hotel the gearbox finally gave up and seazed it was about 11pm in the night and very cold , the driver was constantly calling others for help about an hour later the hotel owner drove his mahindra pickup to us and towed us to the hotel .. next morning with the help of hotel workers our driver repaired the transmission and it worked fine for rest of the trip idk how long it lasted after that 😂
I have a Polaris ranger that’s on its 2nd belt and needing a third. Corns $6 and you are reallyyy making the convincing argument I need one of these instead. Way more roomy, pulls more, doesn’t slip a belt every other day, I can take it to a cornfield, or take it to town. Also, gunmetal grey for the win.
This thing will last you for another 40years... Mark my words🙌🏻... One of my relative own(he inherited from his father) 1980's era mahendra MM540 (suv based on thar-roxor platform) & according to him, "He barely pay 100-150$ annually for maintaining that 80's era Mahendra... On other hand, his 2019 bmw X3 ripped him off for atleast 900-1000$ under the name of annual maintanance "
I doubt any of the electronic engine controls will last 40 years. If it had a mechanical diesel like a Cummins 4BT it would though. If I owned one of these, I would run it until the engine gave me a problem. Then it would get yanked and replaced with a 4BT. The reason older vehicles tended to last so many years is because they had no electronic controls, and no ECM. Everything was analog. Mechanical. The Roxor is a *great* foundation, a perfect candidate for an older diesel or maybe an inline 6 gas engine like the ford 300 or dodge slant six if they would fit.
Had to smile when you said the seats suck. I’ve heard that a lot while watching videos on these machines. Im old - ish and had a CJ5 and a 7. I thought the seats were great but the fact that the rear wheels are just below and behind your kidneys gets to be a problem after a while. These aren’t available in Canada yet and I’ll likely be dust by the time they are but I’ve still got a good back and would love to have a ride in one. Great video. And I worked with cattle all my life so can’t afford one even if they were available up here:) Enjoy it and look after that arm.
Greetings from India, Though the vehicle is banned in USA but its very reliable because of it's less complexity with minimum electronics used. You can easily customize suspension and other things as per requirements. Never sell it. It's a great capable machine
My county in usa legalized side by sides for the road so you see them going down Main street. 98% of the time i dont leave my county its a great place so im pretty certain you could get it road legal here
it's actually a cross between a CJ2A and a CJ5 mostly a CJ5 body and suspension with newer engine and transmission. I would look into early JEEP aftermarket accessories for things like a top and rollbar / cage kit
If you use it properly and get the requisite timely maintenance, this machine will stay with you till you are over 60 years old. Mahindra and Tata are two of the most reliable car manufacturers in India, and they build long-lasting and safer cars at the correct price compared to vehicles from China and Korea.
It's awesome that people are enjoying this product in US & then some companies who have gone off-track and only way they find to stop the competition is by legal collar picking.. It would be really interesting to see new Thar comparison with bare bone new legendary Bronco
I bought the last real Jeep, "Universal," in September 1996. I own a Jeep Wangler TJ, the last model of the traditional Jeep. From 2007 to present, you are getting an over engineered, profusely plastic covered interior, apologetic, anemic, 4x4 with weak components. The only thing they have going for them is that they are still true 4x4, for now. But they have more plastic than a minivan, everything is computer controlled, and have problematic electronics. My 1997 Jeep Wrangler has 445,000 miles on the odometer with original engine, transmission, axles, body, frame.
I have a 1955 Willys CJ5a. Dimensionally the Roxor is about the size of my ‘55 CJ5 but with the door opening of the later CJ7. They share so many things with the older Willys. If they weren’t so expensive I’d buy one and throw my CJ’s body on the Roxor frame. I saw a guy do that with an older flat fender Willys. It’s such a sweet body swap.
I have 18k if we got like 10 guys witu 18k we could make a better unit i think. Its tough becaise the offroad vehicles have to be much more durable people wamt to get paid it starts making life pointless to try anything you end up bogged down in paperwork its all bullshit and all we wanted was a better vehicle
Mahindra is king of all vehicles. It's a very low maintenance vehicle, I have a 1986 Mahindra Jeep, that I modified in a Classic Jeep now. Go for it, without any doubt.
As far as a full cab, soft cab with removable sides for warm weather but I like the idea of the hard cab for rain and the rest of the year. Yes, the CJ8 Scrambler would be an awesome farm vehicle but stretch your frame, lengthen the rear drive line and fab the body of yours.
Likeed to see indian brand, love from India🇮🇳. Mahindra builds solid products,in india they sell THAR brand it's amazing 2021 thar is amazing 4 by 4. hope you recover your hand faster .God bless you.🇮🇳
I have a 63 Willy's CJ 5 that is all original. it has a full hard cab made in Houston, TX. I LOVE it, but it has been WELL taken care of so not much deterioration over the years. I take it with some Roxor people here in our town. We have fun and kid each other back and forth. It all fun.
If you find it hard to order mechanical parts including power train or suspension parts, you could do that from online stores in India and get it shipped out to the US through since agent.
@@weaksupremacy3799 every component on a Mahindra is manufactured in India. Plz do understand that when Mahindra sells a spare part in the US, it will considered landing cost (ex-factory + packaging + shipping + customs + warehousing cost) based on USD. But market price of same part in India will be in INR and it will not be loaded with so many cost components. In my opinion total cost for you might come out to be cheaper for you to import from india through DHL Okay so lets do a mock trial. You give me a part no and its price in US, while I will check out the same here in India along with shipping to US
The 2.5 m2di Cr is used in the Bolero and the lower trims of Scorpio (with a different tune), and Pickups. The Thar had a DI version as well. The Thar CRDE used an oversquare engine (94mm bore and 90mm stroke) which had slightly poor low end performance. The 2.5 Di is an undersquare engine (88.9mm bore and 101.6mm stroke) which results in better low end performance. Bolero campers carrying 4tons pulls better than newer cars in hilly areas. The Thar’s Crde engine wasn’t a pushrod engine like the Di 2.5
I think the 2022 model with the all weather package is about $26,500 or an open Tub Model can be bought for about $18,500 . Additional modifications to the new vehicle will need to be done to make the vehicle "Street Legal". Additional engine tuning will be needed to increase the horse power to make it "street safe" as well. Just saying. I wish them well but not cheap.
There is an old saying, "You can spend every dime of your paycheck on a Jeep, everything looks good on them". My experience of having one since I was 13 years old is they need love and they will always bring you home or break trying. Had 2 1980 CJ 7s and got an 88 Wrangler in 98 from my uncle been driving her for almost 24 years, that's way longer than any woman let me drive her crazy. If she quits tomorrow I'll have got my money back and more importantly had alot of free feelings. And I'll get her back running, as long as she has a frame and body she won't be gone til I am. Jeep=Freedom
Great review, btw your friend did an excellent job color matching. Nice mods would be great to have more of these at dealer level. Seems like the ideal farm work horse as opposed to a recreational side by side. Do like the nostalgic look. Not sure why FCA would be concerned about a off road vehicle that has dramatically less power and comfort features.
@@BriansFarmingVideos I wish there were more companies doing this, with the average car being around $47000 we desperately need more affordable options.
Hi Brian, you could put a flap top mounted similar to those on series landrovers for the vent to reduce the water coming in maybe. Hope the finger continues to get better
I spent a couple years in central Ill. And loved harvet time cutting beans and corn the outer 2 rows around the corn field was gormet popcorn, we hand harvested that lol. Also fixing the illumination in the tractors so my ex step father in law could plough and disc in the dark, after we got done framing houses. How astounded what I did with a simple VOM, and a soldering iron and some heat shrink tube he was. Pulling a couple grain buggies to the elevator on the biggest tractor I'd ever been on was a hoot and the dump bed with sides on it. I'm a country boy at heart, not really a farmer but could help where ever I was needed. The look in his eyes when he asked me what I reckoned he owed me for helping out and I told him family doesn't charge family!!! And his smile was infectious too! Or when his popcorn got ruined due to a bad sump pump in the basement and I gave him a few 2lb coffee cans fully hand shucked and cleaned from what he'd given me. I miss that kind of stuff!
Mahindra engines are much much reliable. I don’t know why they don’t break . These jeeps help us like an extra tractor on farm. Load it as much as you can they can pull 4000kgs very easily.
Mahindra has all rights to use Wrangler's design into Thar, LEGALLY in India. Thar is basically the updated version of later Jeeps, which even Jeeps know. If you have a twin brother, you will look a like evem after 5 decades, so thats the relation between Thar and Wrangler!! Everything is legally done, India isn't China......Hmmm hmmmm🤣🤣
Well in India, the Thar came in two engines. What you have was the Thar DI with solids front and back, they had a higher version of it with AC, power steering and IFS with torsion bars that ran on a 2.5 litre CRDe engine that pumped more horses from factory. These two are now discontinued and have been replaced by a 2L mStallion turbo petrol and a 2.2 L mHawk turbo diesel both of which have frills like AC, power steering, power windows, IFS and Coils on all corners, infotainment systems, etc.
I'm mostly freaked out still by that big yellow combine in the background.... heh heh heh We have red, silver, or green. Ain't seen none of them over here in Washington! Really interested in the Roxor tho. Been eyeing them since they came out.
@@editrains3840 old version of Thar is named Mahindra MM540....it was discontinued for 10 -15 years and reintroduced in 2010 with name Thar ...company claims it to be new version of MM540
A shackle reversal will help the ride. Moves the shackle to the rear of the spring so when the suspension cycles it moves to the rear vs moving against the direction of travel. Should be able to use one from a CJ from the looks of the suspension, but you could make a RSK cheaper.
GUNMETAL GREY is my choice, I was gunna say FLAT SILVER !!! with the black trim that would be slick!!! :) but my first GOLDWING (Honda GL1000 GOLDWING motorcycle back in the 80s US NAVY DAYS it was a 1977 GL1000 rode it back and forth across the country, from San Diego to Indiana Central, 5 or 7 times, with a 10k mile oddisy when I got out of the navy that started in Portland OR, went to ChiTown, south to FLA, up thru New Orleans, back to IndyArea, then back out to SanDiego, that was the GETTIN OUT OF THE NAVY 6 MONTH TOUR OF THE USA !!! was an awesome trip...) my FIRST GOLDWING was GUNMETAL GREY that faded into BLACK HIGHLIGHTS around the ''edges'' and lines of the bike... had a VETTER faring and the saddle bags that were all painted up too... I have over 73,000 miles logged on GOLDWINGS, we are on our 3rd one now... a 2002 GL1800 that is Pearl Orange!! :) (think, 70s Chevy burnt orange with metalflakes....) I like your ROXOR and what ya done to it soooooo much *I* actually do want one too ;) lol the other half said ''absolutely no jeeps!!!'' lol " but... IT NOT A JEEP HUN!!!! LOL " HAHHAHAHAHAAHHAAHA!!!!! :)
If it were me I would go to a commercial truck site or shop and look at getting truck cab vents for the vent in the windshield housing. They are water and air tight and flip open in either direction would be up and down for that sideways vent opening. Jeep used to have them in the windshield housing right where yours is. May take two with some modification between them since the opening is so long. I think you would like the function and look.
If anything ever did happen to the engine or the differential drive train I would consider a Toyota 22R and the Toyota differentials for they are as strong as the Dana 44s. it would be the perfect donor candidate imo.
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Great video. The lawsuit is 100% political. Because Chrysler failed as an American company and didn't buy the rights to the original Jeep and they realize their mistake. Mahindra has all rights to this design because they bought the rights. I wanted one for years and this is a great video. OD green for sure.
first of all you don't know much!!!! when Mahindra tried to sell these here in the US ,years ago , Chrysler put a stop to it in court because they do own the jeep front grille area design so Mahindra went back completely changed the front , now I believe they are back again available
I agree it was political.
@@tonycavez thats because Chrysler can't take competition
Chrysler did own the "original Jeep" rights that were granted to Willys Overland after WW2 and now belong to the Stellantis Group.
Willys Overland had licensed Mahindra and several other manufacturers worldwide to build their products.
Mahindra have rights for India and not for outside India. After world War 2 , Russian and American got German scientists and tech , doesn't each and every missile and rocket and many belongs to Germany. Germany still paying for War expenses while it should get royalties.
I am from India , I am using Mahindra Scorpio since 2006 . It's a rugged SUV. Mahindra is known for its quality
This vehicle has great age....last really longer..I can see people are using this vehicle for 25-30 years in india
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I'm a 3rd gen owner in the family passed down from my grandpa of 1963 model. I will give it to my son once he turns 18 on his birthday just like my dad did to me.
@@jimmychhakchhuak3257 that's impressive..
Make it as your family tradition..
@@thealchemist8212 Indian soldier Abdul Hamid in 1965 used Mahindra jeep against Pakistani tank and reached their main city putting in mind that the terrain is sooo rough
@@jimmychhakchhuak3257 i see this vehicle running for more than 40 years in Karnataka Coffee estates, mountains, hill stations.
Mahindras Never Die,Rugged Indian Build quality,built like a Tank
Wow I like your confidence dear thanks for trust to india love you all
Fun FACT* Mahindras were once used as a tactical tank as it used to have 105mm artillery mounted. They were used by British Indian army to stop Japanese invasion
Jeep and mahendra established in same year 1945
@@anubhavanilkumar3507 yes whatever but where our company work there people should like us that's give great pleasures
It have history of WWII
Agree with your outlook. This is a brand new cj thats unmolested and honestly a better overall rig once tuned. I hate FCA for suing mahendra.
Big Europe Brands want to push plastic, chips and shits. They won't stand Iron, Steel and Mannual!
Mahindra is from a poor country... They know what is "Value for Money". This will run for decades!!
@@bbindian01 agree 100%
@@bbindian01 but they rust pretty bad though
@@bbindian01 wht do you mean by poor country
@AT yeah Thanks. just one point to add Jaguars, Land Rover and Range Rover owned by indian company
Here in india we have the most deadliest roads in norths.Most are ruled by mahindra in all climatic conditions ,even in heavy winter at heavy altitudes in mighty himalayas...We are happy to be way it was and affordable for all kind of human being ..
Obliviously, we all love this vehicle and there's a great demand for them but Chrysler won't build them but instead sue Mahindra where it's a lose - lose for everyone.
Chrysler would just cheapen them up anyway !
@Rasgulla agree, same as what land rover did to the defender.
mahendra suv's are great
@@daghostxxx1797 Cheapen them in build quality but charge like $40K-50K for them like they do to Wranglers.
You it's funny Chrysler doesn't own that body ford was the original maker of the Willis jeep there were 3 different car manufacturers making jeeps during ww2
I learned driving on Mahindra Scorpio.. Rest of the cars became toys for me. Excellent machines.
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These vehicles are quite immortal. They'd run for ages. All they need is some love and care from time to time.
Mahindra got the rights to the design to help us win a war. I am stunned people are upset they are using it. It is respect and appreciation. Thank you for the help Mahindra!
My father bought a Mahindra Commander in 1991. This vehicle is still so strong and rugged that it can still toe another car. Made with pure Indian steel. Mahindras are the toughest in the world, built just like a Tank.
Looking at the same vehicle for our farm. Golf carts are too light, the Razor types are too small and light. Like yourself, I like that it’s beefy and can take reasonable abuse. I can run diesel through it like my tractors. Wife thinks it’s a $13,000 toy. Still trying not to listen and pull the trigger on one. Good video, Thanks from Connecticut
One of the reasons Indians love watching your videos is because of the things you can do/have done to your roxors. If you have enough money to buy a thar (Indian street legal roxor), you likely live in a city, and more urban jurisdictions ban modifications of any kind. You guys can repaint your trucks any color, or with truckbed liner. You can lift your trucks, stretch them, rebody them. These are options we don't have and therefore every (older) thar looks like some reconfiguration of the same aftermarket grills, lights and trim. Your roxor looks like a beast and embodies an archetypal, rugged masculine aesthetic which we struggle to achieve. Another reason we love roxor videos is because it's incredibly reassuring to see foreigners who can afford or access more prominent vehicles praise our own. As someone in the third world its incredibly uplifting to know that I can own a locally produced but nevertheless world class product. Its the reason I own 3 Enfields including the new twin. Thanks man, thanks a lot.
@varun009 - As someone who has recently started taking interest in Indian culture (about 6 odd months), prior to that it was only via Praveen Mohan videos and that too for the wow factor, do you have any idea what most folks would give to have a living, breathing, rich ancient culture that goes thousands of years back? What all had been achieved and what has still managed to survive despite all the crap that has happened in the last thousand five hundred + years? Even after living there and speaking to friends i did not know about so much of it. It is disheartening to see you take value in material goods being sold as anything important. I mean you want to look at things to be happy about, look at yoga and its associated meditative practices which has caught on everywhere and the benefits it has given to millions across. Did you know that what modern rihnoplasty procedures is based on were copied from India? It was truly eye-opening for me. Did you know about the quantity of vaccines that India donated to countries that could not afford Pfizer, Moderna and other companies products and how many lives that possibly saved? My friend, if you do not appreciate what you have, pretty soon it will not be there for anyone to appreciate it either.
@@Merloc909 we are poor people. People with aspirations & hope. We have heritage & we have history & we are proud but that's that ,it ends there. Heritage won't put food & other things that are necessary for living. So people are focused on studying & working. Once we are a bit well to do as a nation I think then we would have enough time to think over our heritage.
@@user-ml1mr1ls2y This is where you are fundamentally wrong. When you have a rich culture, hostory and heritage that you actually are aware of, then you cannot call yourself poor. I was shocked to learn about how your history and what you all are taught in your schools was corrupted to such an extent with neocolonial influences (and further poisoned with marxist socialist thinking) that actual facts were hidden and partial truths cemented as base facts! That is classic old style colonial playbook at work, destroy a people's culture, prevent its sharing by replacing it with 'controlled and sanitised facts' and you break a country's people completely. Coz if one does not know one's own history and its glory, there is nothing to take pride in and you have to constantly look to 'others' to get that pride.
Whereas, when you know your true worth and what all your ancient culture had already achieved, you will not have any trouble believing that you can achieve it all again. Imagine, when most of the world was living in huts and feudal villages, India had 15 universities!! Centers of learning! Can you even comprehend the achievement to make that happen?
Sure you can have poverty, but that is an economic issue and can be dealt with and in the last three weeks the things i have learnt about India clearly show me that poverty will not be an issue for your country to deal with. You all are fortunate that you had some sort of awakening a few years back when you elected your current govt. All countries who did not have a nationalist govt in place before the pandemic are suffering a lot in these times. USA had a nationalist and populist movement going but it turns out that it was easier to subvert by the rich and powerful.
My advice is to first know about yourself and your past, only then can you truly move forward.
@@Merloc909 Yes you are right about the awakening thing. After modi came to power he started the digital India campaign & with the involvement of the private sector the internet became accesible for a large population group. Now this large population group has access to books from various authors & they are not just confined/Brainwashed to the history taught in the NCERT books. It's largely good but it has also created much stupidity among people who go on claiming whatever little thing that comes in their mind. I'm no stranger to this phenomenon, in fact I never really believed what I was taught in school from history books right from the 7th standards, one reason was (like with most indian people) my interest in science.It was the general belief at that time & it still is that - History & Geography and Polity or social sciences in general were good for grades but otherwise pretty useless subjects. The other reason was one of my Sikh friends, who sowed seeds of doubt when I was in 9th standards I believe ,with his accusations against Mahatma Gandhi. And the story continues with many such encounters until one day I decided to read history books from various authors on my own but I didn't stop at just that I even stalked some of these authors & got a general idea of the kind of politics they want to do with the distortion that they peddle as history, they are truly Distorians ,not Historians.
Well the new Thar does not share anything with the roxor. It would be the old Thar which did share much of the characteristics.
FCA was scarred of this vehicle, because it’s actually a real Jeep. FCA wants to charge 50,000 for a yuppie vehicle.
certainly closer to the military version than the current FCA offering
And all the crap to break down in those luxury vehicles that I don't want to have to fix let alone pay for !!!
It's not a real Jeep. I have 2 real Jeep CJs, that isn't one
Oh I knew it's a knock off but never really paid attention to them before.
I agree with you this is way too powerful and more reliable than jeep
Mahindra does use the 2.5 L CRDI in india in its SUVs normally tuned at 120 to 140 horses with turbo & intercooler. they return around 16 kmpl on diesel.
2.2 diesel with 185 bhp on XUV700 and 500nm of torque.
60hp on this one ahahahha
Nothing is going to happen for the next 25 to 30 years. 🙌 ( If used moderately off road. No 250 hp tuning and all day long mudding with it ). ( An average performing Mahindra here in India runs fine for say,.... 3-4 hundred thousand miles without any major issues. After that , as it gets older, problems will go up in numbers and in ' size ' . But it WILL NOT DIE . Gears might not engage properly, heavy rust, huge loss in engine power,...it goes on...but it WILL JUST NOT DIE.
As someone from a southern Indian state called ' kerala ' ( tropical, mountainous ) , even in 2021 you will still find old MM 540s climbing mountain slopes carrying 10 people AND dense / heavy tropical hardwood trees at the same time, with open diffs and fried clutch. 😅 .Rare but it's daily life in remote parts with poor condition roads.
If you made it this far,
Sorry back to my point, it will be fine for two to three decades. After that anything you need, you can import from India. sorry for poor english as well.
Malayali🔥🔥❤
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@@paperdragon48 😁. Mallus
@@paperdragon48 pakshey reliability sammathikkanam bro, kolukkumala okkey kayarunna mahindras🔥🔥
Your lucky if an American car or Jeep last that long.
There is Saying in India. Where there is road there any car go, where there is no road Mahindra and Tata can go!
Really good machine with global ncap 5 build quality, and low rpm high punchy torquii engine. Has great pulling capability and does not require more maintenance.
Mahindra makes a solid product.
You should have a look at Mahindra Thar new.
It looks cooler and has 4* euro ncap rating.
@@killvish5111 why you're putting some wrong knowledge
@@killvish5111 4 star Encap? LMAO It was 4 star Global ncap. The thar was never tested out in Euroncap. Stop spreading rumours.
@@vedanshshukla6772 what is wrong with that kid🙄
@@josejojoseph412 wrong with you not him
Aha.. our indian star ( THAR) shining in other country too ❤️ its a masterpiece from mahindra
Mahindra are the TRUE and ONLY successor of Original Jeep
Great video, love the roxor, I have a 1982 jeep CJ7 and your right the roxor is a lot like my CJ7 and I've enjoyed watching all the work you've done to it, well done. Hope your hand is doing good.
Mahindra and Tata are best in building tough vehicles.
Maybe in India but not worldwide.
@@steffenrosmus9177 soon indian automotive industry will be world power hub for producing vehicles
@Vito Corleone mahindra has a lot of products that are not based on willy .. they also have tractors they are also reliable.
And Tata they made cars like safari...siera before and now cars like Nexon, harrier, altroz you need to get some knowledge ...so before commenting do some research.
@Vito Corleone My dear friend tata is owner of J&LR
@Vito Corleone Mahindra acquired stakes in mitsubishi in 2015 ... They started manufacturing tractors after buying gujrat tractor and later they bought punjab tractors limited which were fully home grown tractor companies ...so basically the technology was indigenous .... ONLY After 2015 they acquired stakes in many other companies not only mitsubishi ...but that doesn't mean they stoped using the technology they had before and that also doesn't mean that they didn't developed any technology before acquiring stakes in mitsubishi and others ...... and in car segment there is only THAR that shared the platform of williys ..... The Scorpio was designed in-house, they also made the mHawk engine
And therefore many cars like Xylo,TUV,bolero
***PTBN***
they had some foreign desinger s in there team but that doesn't make the whole thing outsourced or copied they made it from the scrap
(The big tech companies are filled with Indians ...nasa have indian scientists but that doesn't make them a indian company or authority)
Mahindra is 9001% better than chinesium made junk.
Thank you for the update ! :)
Mayor Fuglycool
This to me is essentially what a CJ2 was used for after the war. They became a great farm workhorse.
That looks great, it would make a great farm vehicle!
It’s a farm vehicle. This is illegal to drive on the roads
The seats, yes?. Installed BMW seats in my 2010 Thar, made a huge difference. True review. Thanks. Regards SA. Will never buy a Chrysler for sure.
Brian, think about WW ll American or German camouflage schemes. Might look pretty good .
dude you said everything I thought when I bought my Roxor I love it
They will be still running even after apocalypse 🔥 mahindras engine's are bulletproof
I remember when i was a kid i was going to a remote location in nepal for vacation and our taxi was a mahindra bolero. Almost half way up somewhere it hit a big rock and the gearbox cover leaked all the oil. It started knocking sound immediately but still it ran for atleast 4hrs in the night we were still about 30km from the hotel the gearbox finally gave up and seazed it was about 11pm in the night and very cold , the driver was constantly calling others for help about an hour later the hotel owner drove his mahindra pickup to us and towed us to the hotel .. next morning with the help of hotel workers our driver repaired the transmission and it worked fine for rest of the trip idk how long it lasted after that 😂
Thanks Brian, just what I needed to wind down after an eventful day.
I live in rural AZ and really thinking about getting one of these
Hands down best Roxar content on RUclips!!!!
I have a Polaris ranger that’s on its 2nd belt and needing a third. Corns $6 and you are reallyyy making the convincing argument I need one of these instead. Way more roomy, pulls more, doesn’t slip a belt every other day, I can take it to a cornfield, or take it to town.
Also, gunmetal grey for the win.
My Polaris ranger 900 has 13,000 miles on its first belt.
One year later? Already? Christ, how time flies.
No kidding. I remember clearly the delivery episode
@@kevfaherty123 Yeah me too 😊
Very cool vehicle and a nice build. Flat desert tan would be sweet.
I'd buy that Roxor in a heartbeat Brian ;)
This thing will last you for another 40years... Mark my words🙌🏻...
One of my relative own(he inherited from his father) 1980's era mahendra MM540 (suv based on thar-roxor platform)
&
according to him,
"He barely pay 100-150$ annually for maintaining that 80's era Mahendra... On other hand, his 2019 bmw X3 ripped him off for atleast 900-1000$ under the name of annual maintanance "
Mm540 are tanks some drunk guy hit my uncle's 540 and barly put a dent on it
Are you comparing a utility vehicle to luxury sedan ?
@@gokulsuji233 ah yes, the BMW x3 sedan
@@Bhaidostyaar yeah not sedan still luxury vehicle obviously it will have more maintenance cost
I doubt any of the electronic engine controls will last 40 years. If it had a mechanical diesel like a Cummins 4BT it would though. If I owned one of these, I would run it until the engine gave me a problem. Then it would get yanked and replaced with a 4BT. The reason older vehicles tended to last so many years is because they had no electronic controls, and no ECM. Everything was analog. Mechanical. The Roxor is a *great* foundation, a perfect candidate for an older diesel or maybe an inline 6 gas engine like the ford 300 or dodge slant six if they would fit.
Had to smile when you said the seats suck. I’ve heard that a lot while watching videos on these machines. Im old - ish and had a CJ5 and a 7. I thought the seats were great but the fact that the rear wheels are just below and behind your kidneys gets to be a problem after a while. These aren’t available in Canada yet and I’ll likely be dust by the time they are but I’ve still got a good back and would love to have a ride in one. Great video. And I worked with cattle all my life so can’t afford one even if they were available up here:) Enjoy it and look after that arm.
They have been available in Canada. I have seen them for sale and then they were gone.
Greetings from India, Though the vehicle is banned in USA but its very reliable because of it's less complexity with minimum electronics used. You can easily customize suspension and other things as per requirements. Never sell it. It's a great capable machine
My county in usa legalized side by sides for the road so you see them going down Main street. 98% of the time i dont leave my county its a great place so im pretty certain you could get it road legal here
it's actually a cross between a CJ2A and a CJ5 mostly a CJ5 body and suspension with newer engine and transmission. I would look into early JEEP aftermarket accessories for things like a top and rollbar / cage kit
In india there are two main indian car companies ...
1) Tata motors :- known for safety ...
2) mahindra :- known for its build quality
😂😂
Tata owners: mede like tank
Maruti owners: made like tin
😂
And maruti : known for controlling Indian population
@@callingbell-ix5se 😂🤣🤣
And the 2 foreign country brands are more dominating the industry more than tata and Mahindra can in their own country 😅
If you use it properly and get the requisite timely maintenance, this machine will stay with you till you are over 60 years old. Mahindra and Tata are two of the most reliable car manufacturers in India, and they build long-lasting and safer cars at the correct price compared to vehicles from China and Korea.
Mahindra okay but tata ? Are you for real ... Any tata car that can last 10 years without making the owner cry ?
It's awesome that people are enjoying this product in US & then some companies who have gone off-track and only way they find to stop the competition is by legal collar picking..
It would be really interesting to see new Thar comparison with bare bone new legendary Bronco
I bought the last real Jeep, "Universal," in September 1996. I own a Jeep Wangler TJ, the last model of the traditional Jeep. From 2007 to present, you are getting an over engineered, profusely plastic covered interior, apologetic, anemic, 4x4 with weak components. The only thing they have going for them is that they are still true 4x4, for now. But they have more plastic than a minivan, everything is computer controlled, and have problematic electronics. My 1997 Jeep Wrangler has 445,000 miles on the odometer with original engine, transmission, axles, body, frame.
I have a 1955 Willys CJ5a. Dimensionally the Roxor is about the size of my ‘55 CJ5 but with the door opening of the later CJ7. They share so many things with the older Willys. If they weren’t so expensive I’d buy one and throw my CJ’s body on the Roxor frame. I saw a guy do that with an older flat fender Willys. It’s such a sweet body swap.
The frame is actually a little longer than a cj7 so you would have to do some chopping
I have 18k if we got like 10 guys witu 18k we could make a better unit i think. Its tough becaise the offroad vehicles have to be much more durable people wamt to get paid it starts making life pointless to try anything you end up bogged down in paperwork its all bullshit and all we wanted was a better vehicle
Mahindra is king of all vehicles. It's a very low maintenance vehicle, I have a 1986 Mahindra Jeep, that I modified in a Classic Jeep now.
Go for it, without any doubt.
Beautiful jeep and it’s a little tank !
As far as a full cab, soft cab with removable sides for warm weather but I like the idea of the hard cab for rain and the rest of the year. Yes, the CJ8 Scrambler would be an awesome farm vehicle but stretch your frame, lengthen the rear drive line and fab the body of yours.
Great video. Thanks for sharing. Nice ride. Thumbs up!
I think the taillight guards are to protect them from rocks being chucked by the tires of the guy behind you on the trail.
Likeed to see indian brand, love from India🇮🇳. Mahindra builds solid products,in india they sell THAR brand it's amazing 2021 thar is amazing 4 by 4. hope you recover your hand faster .God bless you.🇮🇳
I have a 63 Willy's CJ 5 that is all original. it has a full hard cab made in Houston, TX. I LOVE it, but it has been WELL taken care of so not much deterioration over the years. I take it with some Roxor people here in our town. We have fun and kid each other back and forth. It all fun.
If you find it hard to order mechanical parts including power train or suspension parts, you could do that from online stores in India and get it shipped out to the US through since agent.
Shipping costs suck!
@@weaksupremacy3799 every component on a Mahindra is manufactured in India. Plz do understand that when Mahindra sells a spare part in the US, it will considered landing cost (ex-factory + packaging + shipping + customs + warehousing cost) based on USD.
But market price of same part in India will be in INR and it will not be loaded with so many cost components.
In my opinion total cost for you might come out to be cheaper for you to import from india through DHL
Okay so lets do a mock trial. You give me a part no and its price in US, while I will check out the same here in India along with shipping to US
The 2.5 m2di Cr is used in the Bolero and the lower trims of Scorpio (with a different tune), and Pickups. The Thar had a DI version as well. The Thar CRDE used an oversquare engine (94mm bore and 90mm stroke) which had slightly poor low end performance. The 2.5 Di is an undersquare engine (88.9mm bore and 101.6mm stroke) which results in better low end performance. Bolero campers carrying 4tons pulls better than newer cars in hilly areas. The Thar’s Crde engine wasn’t a pushrod engine like the Di 2.5
OD Green like the one with the Roxor soft cab ! No question about it. I think the Roxor Cab looks better than that hard cab if you can find one.
I think the 2022 model with the all weather package is about $26,500 or an open Tub Model can be bought for about $18,500 . Additional modifications to the new vehicle will need to be done to make the vehicle "Street Legal". Additional engine tuning will be needed to increase the horse power to make it "street safe" as well. Just saying. I wish them well but not cheap.
There is an old saying, "You can spend every dime of your paycheck on a Jeep, everything looks good on them". My experience of having one since I was 13 years old is they need love and they will always bring you home or break trying. Had 2 1980 CJ 7s and got an 88 Wrangler in 98 from my uncle been driving her for almost 24 years, that's way longer than any woman let me drive her crazy. If she quits tomorrow I'll have got my money back and more importantly had alot of free feelings. And I'll get her back running, as long as she has a frame and body she won't be gone til I am.
Jeep=Freedom
Great review, btw your friend did an excellent job color matching. Nice mods would be great to have more of these at dealer level. Seems like the ideal farm work horse as opposed to a recreational side by side. Do like the nostalgic look. Not sure why FCA would be concerned about a off road vehicle that has dramatically less power and comfort features.
They are a car not a sxs. They're sold in the us as a sxs to avoid emission regulations.
As well as safety regs. For example no airbags
@@BriansFarmingVideos I wish there were more companies doing this, with the average car being around $47000 we desperately need more affordable options.
2023: looks like the Roxor is still in production. They drastically changed the front end. Startin over $20k also
Hi Brian, you could put a flap top mounted similar to those on series landrovers for the vent to reduce the water coming in maybe. Hope the finger continues to get better
Gunmetal grey for colour and the factory soft cab looks better. Just my opinion.
I would buy one and have it painted like the ships in World War One that were painted in the Dazzle Camo.
You are great man. I just want to have a big brother like you one day.
mahindra makes amazing cars too. Like the XUV 700
Wow, I had no idea about these, a bone stock cj 7 with out all the extraneous luxury garbage! Love it
My feelings as well
I spent a couple years in central Ill. And loved harvet time cutting beans and corn the outer 2 rows around the corn field was gormet popcorn, we hand harvested that lol. Also fixing the illumination in the tractors so my ex step father in law could plough and disc in the dark, after we got done framing houses. How astounded what I did with a simple VOM, and a soldering iron and some heat shrink tube he was. Pulling a couple grain buggies to the elevator on the biggest tractor I'd ever been on was a hoot and the dump bed with sides on it. I'm a country boy at heart, not really a farmer but could help where ever I was needed. The look in his eyes when he asked me what I reckoned he owed me for helping out and I told him family doesn't charge family!!! And his smile was infectious too! Or when his popcorn got ruined due to a bad sump pump in the basement and I gave him a few 2lb coffee cans fully hand shucked and cleaned from what he'd given me. I miss that kind of stuff!
Mahindra engines are much much reliable. I don’t know why they don’t break . These jeeps help us like an extra tractor on farm. Load it as much as you can they can pull 4000kgs very easily.
According to Mahindra, the Roxor tow rating is 3490 lbs. with a GVWR of 3750 lbs....curb weight is 3035 lbs.
yeah the rating for the weight on the back is about 10% of the towing rate
Roxor in Desert Tan. Or OD Green. Looks awesome 😎
Hope Mahindra enters US market at full scale
Great Brians Roxor Video, thanks for sharing
Nice, watching this lovely video of yours from India 🇮🇳
Im a jeep guy, I wish we had these in the USA, ide buy one asap…super kool “jeehindra”
Congrats...You are Really USING Roxor 👍
love from india mahindra
This is probably the only side by side ever made that isn't a complete piece of shit.
Mahindra has all rights to use Wrangler's design into Thar, LEGALLY in India. Thar is basically the updated version of later Jeeps, which even Jeeps know.
If you have a twin brother, you will look a like evem after 5 decades, so thats the relation between Thar and Wrangler!!
Everything is legally done, India isn't China......Hmmm hmmmm🤣🤣
YJ springs work really well on a samurai also. The modifications you have made sound like a few of my samurai build I have done.
The only way to go on a samurai unless you are going coils.
Seems like a fun off roader. If only us Canadians could get it over here😢
I know there are a few in Canada but not sure if they are still shipping after Covid
The real jeep re-incarnated by OG Mahindra.. Great dudes and some Indian Masala in its veins. 🐩🐩🐩💓💓💓💓wohhh it's a hit.
Well in India, the Thar came in two engines. What you have was the Thar DI with solids front and back, they had a higher version of it with AC, power steering and IFS with torsion bars that ran on a 2.5 litre CRDe engine that pumped more horses from factory. These two are now discontinued and have been replaced by a 2L mStallion turbo petrol and a 2.2 L mHawk turbo diesel both of which have frills like AC, power steering, power windows, IFS and Coils on all corners, infotainment systems, etc.
I'm mostly freaked out still by that big yellow combine in the background.... heh heh heh We have red, silver, or green. Ain't seen none of them over here in Washington! Really interested in the Roxor tho. Been eyeing them since they came out.
One of our family member has 35 year old Thar ( Indian name of Roxer)
Body Is little shaky and rusty but engine still works.
Awesome
Which thar did your relative get man? Which is 35 years old? Forget 35 years thar was not even there 15 years back 💀
thar was launched way before but discontinued and Mahindra came back with that after some years again
@@editrains3840 old version of Thar is named Mahindra MM540....it was discontinued for 10 -15 years and reintroduced in 2010 with name Thar ...company claims it to be new version of MM540
Don't worry sir it will go on till your grand children have their children
i am a indian and this is proud for me a indian car is popular in other country
I think the roxor would look good in black.
Man, I’d love one of these. A true rugged off-roader vehicle. Not a POS plastic Jeep that only cares about looks and not performance.
Gunmetal grey sounds great. Fendt Ideal gray is great too
Don't worry about its spare parts ... You can import it from india .... Same product available in India with name mahindra Thar
Awesome Video and Much Love as Always!!
Heartbeat of youth in bharat(india) mahindra THAR (ROXOR)
A shackle reversal will help the ride. Moves the shackle to the rear of the spring so when the suspension cycles it moves to the rear vs moving against the direction of travel. Should be able to use one from a CJ from the looks of the suspension, but you could make a RSK cheaper.
Its beautiful,heavey ,poweful and most important resourceful.
In Arizona, they come street legal from the factory. Licensed the same as a motorcycle and requiring no emission testing to register.
Great video. Makes me miss Ohio.👍🇺🇸
GUNMETAL GREY is my choice, I was gunna say FLAT SILVER !!! with the black trim that would be slick!!! :) but my first GOLDWING (Honda GL1000 GOLDWING motorcycle back in the 80s US NAVY DAYS it was a 1977 GL1000 rode it back and forth across the country, from San Diego to Indiana Central, 5 or 7 times, with a 10k mile oddisy when I got out of the navy that started in Portland OR, went to ChiTown, south to FLA, up thru New Orleans, back to IndyArea, then back out to SanDiego, that was the GETTIN OUT OF THE NAVY 6 MONTH TOUR OF THE USA !!! was an awesome trip...) my FIRST GOLDWING was GUNMETAL GREY that faded into BLACK HIGHLIGHTS around the ''edges'' and lines of the bike... had a VETTER faring and the saddle bags that were all painted up too...
I have over 73,000 miles logged on GOLDWINGS, we are on our 3rd one now... a 2002 GL1800 that is Pearl Orange!! :) (think, 70s Chevy burnt orange with metalflakes....)
I like your ROXOR and what ya done to it soooooo much *I* actually do want one too ;) lol the other half said ''absolutely no jeeps!!!'' lol " but... IT NOT A JEEP HUN!!!! LOL " HAHHAHAHAHAAHHAAHA!!!!! :)
If it were me I would go to a commercial truck site or shop and look at getting truck cab vents for the vent in the windshield housing. They are water and air tight and flip open in either direction would be up and down for that sideways vent opening. Jeep used to have them in the windshield housing right where yours is. May take two with some modification between them since the opening is so long. I think you would like the function and look.
You should consider bright orange, if you repaint. 😊
Thanks a lot for the vdo...regards from India.
If anything ever did happen to the engine or the differential drive train I would consider a Toyota 22R and the Toyota differentials for they are as strong as the Dana 44s.
it would be the perfect donor candidate imo.