XJ's of the Middle East

[BlurpleXJ]

Well, a few countries in it anyhow.

The Army sent me over here, and man was I surprised to find so many XJ's roaming a few of these countries. I spent the most time in Kuwait and a recent trip to Oman, so here's a few I've managed to get a picture of.

KUWAIT

Spotted this one on arrival at the airport.

Kuwait City.

Roaming Kuwait City.

Military XJ. I got damn close to getting the Kuwaitis to let me drive the 5-speed one.

Middle of the desert. Probably burned down by some teens.

Northern part of Kuwait.

An island off Kuwait. Look close - police XJ's!

Found this one on the island too.

The Kuwaitis used to use XJs for bird hunting, apparently. They'd chop a hole in the roof and put a raised seat in the back, then tear off across the desert with a man in back with a shotgun. Probably great fun. Saw pics of XJ's like this but none in person.

 

[BlurpleXJ]

JORDAN

With a V8 badge, no less. Still sounded like a six.

OMAN

Went roaming here with a KLR. Couldn't resist a pic with this one.

If you doubted I'm in the middle east, here's a huge mosque.

At the bottom of a canyon, where XJ's were absolutely everywhere.

Look close. More XJ.

Tiny village northwest of Nizwa.

And one more in Muscat for good measure.

Americans aren't the only ones that love 'em.

 

[techno1154]

Interesting set of pictures. Years ago before I owned an XJ I saw plenty of them in South America mostly diesels or 4 cylinder gas engines.

Most of them in your pictures seem to be left hand drive. Many also seem to be designed for European use :dunno: with that little marker light in the middle of the front fender above the flair.

 

[Ronbo]

Nice pictures. I know a few USN XJ's were crawling around Guam, but that was ten years ago.

 

[bigalpha]

Are there any significant differences between those and US spec?