By : Bill Murray
The Netherlands East Indies / Indonesian market was rather unusual in that it was formerly a Dutch colony but they continued to drive on the left rather than on the right as they did in the Netherlands. The result was a quite odd mixture of primarily US and British marques being sold there before 1945 with both RHD (right hand drive) and LHD (left hand drive). The US marques came in at least 3 different "flavours" depending on if they were RHD or LHD. The LHD came directly from the US in most cases and the RHD came from either Canada or Australia. The British RHD marques came directly from the UK or from Australia.
The vehicles that came directly from the US or the UK were usually pretty much exactly the same vehicles as sold on their home markets and are fairly easy to identify. Those that came from Canada and Australia often had slightly different styling, different motors etc. etc. and are sometimes not all that easy to identify as reference material is harder to find on those countries.
The vehicles that came directly from the US or the UK were usually pretty much exactly the same vehicles as sold on their home markets and are fairly easy to identify. Those that came from Canada and Australia often had slightly different styling, different motors etc. etc. and are sometimes not all that easy to identify as reference material is harder to find on those countries.
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