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John,
There are some great UHF units available these days.
Electrophone or Uniden would be my choice both for your vehicle and for hand held.
I first started using handhelds back in the 80's when they were big units with huge bulky Nicad battery's.
I've owned and used a lot of different units over the years including the 5 watt (max legal output) handhelds.
I issue my hunting clients with very small units when hunting remote parts of the country.

Thesedays, regarding handheld radios, here's what I prefer.
First they must be UHF as this is what landowners mainly use.
They must be compact so that you are happy to carry them and don't leave them back at camp.
They must have 40 channels.
They should have both a scan and duplex function.
They MUST use disposable alkaline batteries like energiser or duracell or similar.
They should have a on screen battery life indicator.
They MUST have a key pad lock.
They should have a power output of at least one watt.
They should have volume adjustment by buttons not by rotating knob.
They should have a carry strap.

There are good radios available from GME Electrophone and Uniden that provide all this and thesedays they are very cheap compared to 10 or more years ago.
Forget the ones with rechargable batteries.
The batts are expensive and usually go flat at the worst moment.
With radios that use AA or AAA you can buy bulk packs from places like Dick Smith and they are cheap and easy to carry a fresh set in your gear.
Hand helds used in very heavy scrub can be limited in distance sometimes to only a few hundred meters (handheld to handheld) but when used in open line of sight country can reach several kilometers.

For your Tojo, either of the same two brands in 5 watt output is the go.
They are now very small units.
I run an old Electrophone that I bought 20 years ago in my Toyota.
It's been in several different vehicles and has been very reliable.
Wish I could say the same for the antenna's as I've broken quita few over the years but have had a real good one on for the last 5 years or so.

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