JONGA !! Can i have some details about this monster truck - Page 3 - Team-BHP

zenx · 16th May 2006, 10:52

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Originally Posted by jango

Yeah the yellow Jongas rocks !!. Ram whatu have said is absolutely right. I hardly find people taking their scorpios, Sierra's, Safari's etc ( the so called SUV's ) to any rugged terrain...they ride them only tru cities !!!! .

If you had lived on the earlier avatar of the infamous Bannerghata Road, you'd be less dismissive

Or the Mysore - Coorg stretch, or (infinite other backroads around Karnataka)

Dragonov · 16th May 2006, 21:07

The Jonga is one awesome machine. Since my dad was in the armed forces, I had the privilege of learning bit of my driving skills in a Jonga way back in the early ninetees. The Jonga which we had was a brand new one, and I must tell you that it was one brute performance oriented monster. It could start from stationary in the 3rd gear which happened to be its top gear...

I have travelled a lot in it, be it hills or plains apart from some God forsaken places... but at the end of the day, for a autobuff it was a pure delight to be in...

Steeroid · 17th May 2006, 10:26

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Originally Posted by zenx

If you had lived on the earlier avatar of the infamous Bannerghata Road, you'd be less dismissive

Or the Mysore - Coorg stretch, or (infinite other backroads around Karnataka)

LOL! I did the 80 ft road in Koramangala during the infamous floods and let me assure you it wont be very different from driving on the moon. Obviously you wont have water up there...

jango · 19th May 2006, 22:09

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Originally Posted by Steeroid

LOL! I did the 80 ft road in Koramangala during the infamous floods and let me assure you it wont be very different from driving on the moon. Obviously you wont have water up there...

Oh Yes but now the roads have improved a lot !! Thanks to HDK

abhilashn · 3rd June 2008, 15:40

Hi Guys,

I got a Jonga more than a year back. we restored it back to its original glory. It took us almost close to a year to complete the project.

We have kept the six cylinder petrol engine intact. The second and the third gear had absolutely worn out and We got the second and third gear from a Nissan 1 tonner....

it was featured in the Auto car issue of May 2008.

Will post the restoration story in detail. here is a pic of the vehicle...

fx45 · 3rd June 2008, 17:54

that's an awsome ride dude.. btw.. there are some army shaktiman's and swaraj mazda's and those alwyn nissan cabstar's and some 1210 se's getting borken up near CST road Kurla.. if anyone interest may reach the place as soon as he can.

jango · 3rd June 2008, 21:52

@ Abhi that's an awesome Jonga that u have got. Will be looking forward to read abt the restoration project.

silver_shadow · 3rd June 2008, 23:09

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Originally Posted by ns_jughead

Since my dad's in the army,i've had the oppurtunity to ride in this vehicle.Now I think its completely been phased out.The ones i had the misfortune to travel in, were rickety ol' things.We hated travelling in them.They had the tendency to breakdown every other day.But maybe thats because of the fact that they were quite old,and with new ones not being bought,the army was tryin to get as much usage from them as it cud.

me too! my father was in the navy. i can relate to everything you said. i remember there was one jonga that was abandoned in navy nagar in mumbai (near gemini if anyones been that side). it was lying open for a number of years and we used to sit inside and play in it

good times!

my other memory of jongas was when my father was posted to delhi. we stayed in a place called kota house (somewhere in new delhi). there were these modded jongas being run in a rally. a few of them were parked in kota house...

the last i heard about it was that they were planning to sell a 4liter version to the public (as opposed to the bigger 6l army version). never saw any on the road though i kept dreaming of owning one as a teenager

shankar.balan · 4th June 2008, 10:12

what a superb vehicle!!
I saw the feature on Autocar.
well done!

Quote:

Originally Posted by abhilashn

Hi Guys,

I got a Jonga more than a year back. we restored it back to its original glory. It took us almost close to a year to complete the project.

We have kept the six cylinder petrol engine intact. The second and the third gear had absolutely worn out and We got the second and third gear from a Nissan 1 tonner....

it was featured in the Auto car issue of May 2008.

Will post the restoration story in detail. here is a pic of the vehicle...

DKG · 4th June 2008, 10:25

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Originally Posted by abhilashn

Hi Guys,

I got a Jonga more than a year back. we restored it back to its original glory.

Congrats. The end result looks fabulous. Its wonderful to see someone lavish so much attention to detail on a rugged respected offroader. Am especially happy to note you retained the petrol six. Even the Nissan 1ton truck sounds so wonderful in petrol guise. Have fun

bblost · 4th June 2008, 10:37

I have seen a retired (in a sad way) Jonga parked at the Zorastrian club Hyderabad.

sammyboy · 4th June 2008, 11:04

The Jonga was an incredibly capable vehicle. I used to go on geology expeditions to all kinds of god forsaken places along with my late grand dad in his official jonga and boy, was it great fun.infact once we did a Spiti Valley to Dehradun non stop (more than 20 hours I think, was ages ago so not sure about the timing but remember that the journey never seemed to end

No problems what so ever

Proxima · 4th June 2008, 11:34

I think Gurkha (the bhpian) has a Jonga too.

Blue Thunder · 4th June 2008, 11:57

^^ yes, TeamBHP member Gurkha has the limited edition diesel version of the Jonga, which was also sold to civilians.

karlosdeville · 4th June 2008, 12:12

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Originally Posted by bblost

I have seen a retired (in a sad way) Jonga parked at the Zorastrian club Hyderabad.

Yeah I remember seeing that too last year. Looked like a (poor) runner to me though.

16th May 2006, 21:07	#32 (permalink)
Dragonov BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Noida Posts: 118	The Jonga is one awesome machine. Since my dad was in the armed forces, I had the privilege of learning bit of my driving skills in a Jonga way back in the early ninetees. The Jonga which we had was a brand new one, and I must tell you that it was one brute performance oriented monster. It could start from stationary in the 3rd gear which happened to be its top gear... I have travelled a lot in it, be it hills or plains apart from some God forsaken places... but at the end of the day, for a autobuff it was a pure delight to be in... __________________ Getz CRDi 08'/ Safari Dicor 3.0L 06'/ Ikon Flair 05'/ Yamaha RXG 96' "We all have ability. The difference is how we use it."

3rd June 2008, 15:40	#35 (permalink)
abhilashn Newbie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Mumbai Posts: 2	Jonga Hi Guys, I got a Jonga more than a year back. we restored it back to its original glory. It took us almost close to a year to complete the project. We have kept the six cylinder petrol engine intact. The second and the third gear had absolutely worn out and We got the second and third gear from a Nissan 1 tonner.... it was featured in the Auto car issue of May 2008. Will post the restoration story in detail. here is a pic of the vehicle... Attached Images

3rd June 2008, 21:52	#37 (permalink)
jango BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: B'lore & kotayam Posts: 572 View My Garage	@ Abhi that's an awesome Jonga that u have got. Will be looking forward to read abt the restoration project. __________________ Wounds Heal & Bones Set DRIVE FAST !!

4th June 2008, 10:37	#41 (permalink)
bblost BHPian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 769 View My Garage	I have seen a retired (in a sad way) Jonga parked at the Zorastrian club Hyderabad. __________________ Asatoma Sat Gamaya Tamasoma Jyotir Gamaya Mrityorma aMritam Gamaya RE TBird 2003, no speedo, no range limits. Wagon R, 2004.

4th June 2008, 11:04	#42 (permalink)
sammyboy BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dehradun -Bangy (Again :) Posts: 455 View My Garage	The Jonga was an incredibly capable vehicle. I used to go on geology expeditions to all kinds of god forsaken places along with my late grand dad in his official jonga and boy, was it great fun.infact once we did a Spiti Valley to Dehradun non stop (more than 20 hours I think, was ages ago so not sure about the timing but remember that the journey never seemed to end No problems what so ever Last edited by sammyboy : 4th June 2008 at 11:06. Reason: addition

3rd June 2008, 17:54	#36 (permalink)
fx45 BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: mumbai Posts: 405 Infractions: 0/1 (4)	that's an awsome ride dude.. btw.. there are some army shaktiman's and swaraj mazda's and those alwyn nissan cabstar's and some 1210 se's getting borken up near CST road Kurla.. if anyone interest may reach the place as soon as he can.

4th June 2008, 11:34	#43 (permalink)
Proxima BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Chennai Posts: 396	I think Gurkha (the bhpian) has a Jonga too. __________________ Proxima 2004 Safari LX 2008 Pulsar 180

4th June 2008, 11:57	#44 (permalink)
Blue Thunder BHPian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Chennai (formerly Madras, even more formerly Chenna Patnam) Posts: 442 View My Garage	^^ yes, TeamBHP member Gurkha has the limited edition diesel version of the Jonga, which was also sold to civilians.

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