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What you can tell is that this is not your normal US Hy-rail or Japanese spec four door. Notice that there are no side panel indentations and the back door handle appears to be a lever style. I have not seen this on any other wagon. Here's what Qamar said:
It was bought from ALCAN Aluminum company. It is a Canadian company with its Aluminum Plant in Belgaum (INDIA). It had been imported it with other equipments from other plants (which are all over the world). Though the company had a rail link, it may or my not have been a Hyrail model. When we bought it in the auction it did not have hyrail equipment. The wagon was sold by us 29 years ago. In all probability I think it was scrapped :( It had 4 Cylinder Petrol Engine. It had a pointed grille like other "Made in USA" Wagons and was left hand drive. It was definitely not a Mitsubishi. Mitsubishi wagons are Right hand drives with flat grille. I don't have any pictures from front. It definitely had an aluminum body."
In talking to Paul Barry of Willys America, I have verification that ALCAN made all of two aluminum bodied Jeepsters around 1949-1951, one of which is still in existance. He hadn't heard they ever made a wagon, but since they did make two Jeepsters, it is very plausable they also made one or two aluminum wagons.
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