That "horn" is actually an aftermarket "Wolf Whistle". It uses vacuum from the intake manifold. If used properly, it makes the 2-note scaling frequency whistle sound a construction worker might make when a pretty lady walks by.
I'm a big-time Jeep guy. The Dispatcher Jeeps were initially 2wd versions of the CJ-3a, 5, and 6 without the 4x4 hardware. You could get optionally them with a hard top, sliding doors and right hand drive. As the name suggests they were intended for deliveries and running around town where you need a cheap basic vehicle but don't need 4x4. The CJ-5 was available as a Dispatcher and the DJ-5 is derived from it with a flatter floorplan and permanent hard top. The 5-slot grille bulging out was because AM General wanted to fit their straight-6 but didn't want to stretch the hood & fenders like they did for the CJ-5. If you look at a post-71 CJ you can see where the stretch was put in. Before that this would have had a traditional 7-slot grille. Many rural postal workers need 4x4 which is why Jeep has offered right hand drive Wranglers since the TJ for carriers who have to supply their own vehicles. The DJ-5 was never offered as 4x4 but many private owners have converted them. Replace the front axle with a Dana 44, put in a transfer case, and adjust the driveshafts. The Postal Service is too cheap which is why almost all official vehicles are 2wd.
Postal service management: We need a delivery vehicle. A Jeep would be good, but it’s not nearly uncomfortable or dangerous enough for our employees. AM General: We can help with that! I delivered pizza in one of these for a few years in the 1970s. Truly a crappy vehicle. Made my Pinto seem luxurious. The restaurant also had a couple of these with 4-cylinders and the traditional flat Jeep grille.
that rear seat was a factory option seat for the CJ line that someone bolted into the MailJeep , you could find them in most Salvage Yards for many years
I heard somewhere that the US postal service did do a test for electric vehicles and they did have a winner picked but they have not started using those vehicles yet
@@bwofficial1776 also the carrier stations do not have the power capacity currently to charge a large number of electric vehicles, I work for the post office as building maintenance, the carrier station near where I work has over 50 carrier vehicles, others are much larger. 10% of the new fleet is supposed to be electric over time
The Oshkosh NGDV (New Generation Delivery Vehicle) is all electric. It just makes sense that a postal vehicle would be all electric, since the USPS spends hundreds of millions of dollars per year on fuel alone, and considering most routes the LLVs were on are less than 40 miles (anything over 40 miles used to be POV, or private owned vehicles), EVs just make sense. As of October 2023, my office is using the Mercedes Matris on all routes, but they still have LLVs for backups when the Mercedes are being serviced.
I love driving my DJ5F! I bought it 5 years ago for $600 when I started with the USPS the first time. I'm starting again this week, and we're currently patching holes and replacing the gas tank. Mine's a 1977. Very soon, I'll be adding EPS (electronic power steering) from a 2010 Prius, because my only gripe with driving my DJ is the hard steering. It's not bad when you're going down the road at speed, but if you're having to finesse it to mailboxes, it takes a lot of pulling. Something my back doesn't like. Also, adding the EPS will mean I can put a smaller steering wheel on it, and use the Prius' tilt function to remove the need for that huge-ass manual steering wheel.
I own an original military issue DJ5. Looks the same but has some other goodies added on by the army. Head light guards, military data plates, a rear swing out spare tire carrier, a folding forward front passenger seat ( just like the CJ7 had) and all military DJ5D/DJ5F 🪖 where Left Hand Drive.
For the history, some notes to add: The DJ-5 does not date to 1953, it was introduced February 1965 (1965-1/2 model) to replace the outgoing DJ-3A which was introduced as a 1956 model in 1955. The postal department had some DJ-3As as far back as 1956, through a few CJ-3B prototypes for postal use were built in 1953.
the post office was getting rid of the last of the jeeps when I was hired in 1998, in my area they were being shipped straight to the junk yard as the frames looked like swiss cheese, I live in salt country
FYI. i had a 1983 CJ7 Jeep and at that time of production AMC was really struggling financially they scrambled to get parts and peices from whoever or wherever they could and you got whatever you got luckily mine was a decent vehicle overall but it did have a 4 Cylinder motor that was used in some of AMCs cars and the combination matched up to the 4 speed and other running gear made it fairly Tourquey at low speeds but not much capable of a top Speed over 55MPH it’s possible that my upgrades of a Lift and larger tires and Wheels had a lot to do with that but i also used the Vehicle Off Road in4wheelDrive that did not require high speeds and i liked the look
Am General was sold to LTV or Ling Temco Vought industries, don't ask how I know, Vought use to be make airplanes. LTV is now owned or a part of General Dynamics
Would you be interested in reviewing a 2011 Ford Crown Victoria police interceptor? It’s mostly stock and looks totally stock on the outside but has a few small things like a center console out of a Lincoln Town Car. And the interior is a bit worn from being a used police car. This would be far in the future, like in the summer. Might be able to get a 2018 Dodge Challenger R/T with a 6 speed manual too if I can talk my dad into it
Oh if my memory is correct the DJ5 was not the first official postal vehicle, there was a little known van made by Jeep under Kaiser called the FJ3 and I recall also seeing the DJ3 in the late 50s early 60s, the DJ5 came afterwards. DJ mean dispatch jeep and the FJ means fleet jeep, the DJ you could call it the disgusting Jeep
The USPS has used tons of vehicles. They even use Mercedes in some areas, but these were the first across the board. From New York to LA they used these Jeep’s, and now the LLV. There’s even a postal 1930s Ford Model A shown in the video!
@@ShootingCars They have another mail truck that looks like a slightly longer and rounder LLV. It's distinguishable by extra side windows. They're uncommon but they're unmistakably a mail truck. I think it's on a Ford chassis. Also, not a commissioned vehicle, they used three-wheeled enclosed Cushman scooters that were useless on anything but dry flat pavement.
@@bwofficial1776 the ford based one is called an FFV, based on a ford explorer, easy way to tell is that is has straight sides as opposed to the tapered nose of the S10 based LLV, we have recently received a bunch of right hand drive Mercedes Metris vans to replace LLV's
