Isuzu TX truck spotted on The Project on Channel 10

[dave]

Heya guys,

Here's one for Farmer; I'm pretty certain this is an Isuzu TX truck!

It appeared very briefly during a story about modern slavery, sadly.

I was doing the dishes and happened to look up at the EXACT RIGHT TIME. Thanks to the wonders of digital TV, I was able to rewind and thanks to the wonders of digital photography, I was able to reproduce it here!

I'm fairly certain they were building TX trucks in Thailand well into the 1970s, perhaps beyond. A cursory Googling will show brochure pics of TX trucks with a modernised front, complete with the modern Isuzu writing we're familiar with on local 1980s trucks, so it might not actually be as old as you think!

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Later in the same article I found this:

screenshot - The Project - Hino perhaps.JPG (106.19 KiB) Viewed 8049 times

Dunno what it is, but it's definitely cool and old. The badge looks like an old Hino badge. Perhaps that's what it is!??!?

[Farmer]

Thanks Dave, I've been a bit slow finding this thread!
Nice to see that some survive somewhere.
Notice the lack of a door & the home-made looking cab back. Some were sold with a part cab - firewall & windscreen - so that bus bodies & etc could be built on.
Rels that have visited Asia say they see them about, usually working (real) hard.

Cheers mate,
Matt.