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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 12:18 AM
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I was sitting in a parking lot the other day shoveling a few tons of food down my neck,and noticed a large percentage of the cars going by were cherokee's,from moldy oldies like mine,to newer grand cherokee's.From stock to raised,big tires,nice wheels,extra lighting,etc.I was surprised how many there were in my little one horse town

I was even more surprised when I noticed one of them was right hand drive.Not modified,just a stock old 4 door cherokee,looked to be around the same year as my pos.Even plainer steel wheels than mine,and tiny lil itty bitty tires.iirc my boner's manual says the base model came with 195/75/15's,or maybe it was 205's,but these were certainly that small

I dunno if the mail service used 4 door cherokee's,or if this was built for export to england or something.I just found it kinda interesting so I thought I'd share
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 12:35 AM
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Pretty sure it came from overseas as cherokees were not used as mail trucks. Only mail jeep ive seen looks more like a *****'s.
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 12:36 AM
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Originally Posted by studmuffin
Pretty sure it came from overseas as cherokees were not used as mail trucks. Only mail jeep ive seen looks more like a *****'s.
Nope a mail cherokee is rhd here and uts so cool.
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 12:36 AM
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I've seen a few of them. Not a common sight here in the states. One was for sale in my area on Craigslist for a while.
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 12:45 AM
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Seen a post 97 rhd delivering mail a couple towns over a few months back. Completely stock.
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 01:55 AM
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The pic in my Avatar shows 195 tyres,also rhd not a postie though.
Bigger tyres now, don't think I have seen a lhd xj here.
I'm a decent swim away so would settle for airmail.
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 02:22 AM
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Originally Posted by studmuffin
Pretty sure it came from overseas as cherokees were not used as mail trucks. Only mail jeep ive seen looks more like a *****'s.
I've seen mail cherokees running around out in the boondocks before.
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 10:46 AM
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Was it red? I saw a salvaged title xj for sale online a while back that had been wrecked and it looked like the owner did a swap to make it right hand drive.
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 11:30 AM
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My mail lady has a rhd cherokee.
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 11:42 AM
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Used to see brand new RHD XJ's at the dealer back in the day. Still want one.
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 11:46 AM
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Yea the us postal service had 100k+ rhd xj's
He is one local to me for sale.


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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 01:19 PM
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Thats pretty cool id jump on that just for the coolness factor.
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 01:21 PM
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I want a RHD XJ!
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 01:21 PM
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Rhd 2 door... That would be pimpin with my 35s and longarm.
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 01:23 PM
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Hell yeah it would!

I'd prolly do a front clip swap, too, and it'd have a black grille and headlight surround.

I have a soft spot for a 2g white with black nose XJ. And make it a 2door RHD?

Sick. Just sick.
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