JOBD on Japanese models?

[Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B]

Would have to be an 'well used' model for it to have worn the hinges
sufficiently to 'fail'. We have to pass a WOF (Warrant of Fitness)

Yeah, that's it! Warrant of Fitness.

inspection annually for the first 5 years and then every 6 months. Some of
the requirements are tough. Any rust is looked at critically. Wile we do
have a little snow and ice we don't salt our roads.

Over here it's regulated by the state. I live in Mass, and rust is frowned
upon. And we DO use salt! Kills Japanese cars. In the next state up (New
Hampsire) they either don't bother or tell you to put some Duct Tape over
it, something that ended in Mass about 15 years ago...

Generally if it's been on the roads in Japan it will be here. Eventually.
(it helps that they drive on the same side of the road)

A few of them around. the Ozzies race them:

Yeah, that'd be them! They used to sell them here, Ranchero by Ford and El
Camino by Chevy. Like the Oz counterparts, they were based on some pretty
hot cars, especially at the end (~ mid-80's). They were kinda cool, but
the mini pickups (Chevy LUV and Ford Ranger) killed them off.

The other day I saw one, a custom job made from a '53 Mercury! (NOT a
factory job!

 

[Yousuf Khan]

Yup, if it's a North American model. Any car from '96 onwards should
have it. If it's a European model, then only cars from 2001 onwards
would have them. If it's a Japanese model, don't know, that was the
subject of the original question, after all.

Yousuf Khan

Just an update. I found out later that even 2001 model JDM vehicles had
the JOBD plugs, so it looks like JOBD and EOBD came online at around the
same time, 2001.

Yousuf Khan