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Lets not forget the GSA web sites for the different regions of the country.
They sell Forest Service retired vehicles and I have seen older MV's from
the 50s to newer MV's. Mark with a Forest Service retiree M-886
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From: mblair1@home.net <mblair1@home.net>
To: Military Vehicles List <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com>
Date: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] M35's, local "gatherings", etc. etc. (lotsa questions)
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>"Jason Barron" <jdknetts@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> I definitely plan on buying an M35-A2 within the next two years, so,
>> I have to ask the questions- what can I do to prepare myself for
>> this, what do I need to learn in that time
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>I've been collecting military radio gear for several years, but I just
>bought my first military vehicle (or "MV") about 4 months ago (and my
>second MV about 1 month ago!). My first truck is an M109A3, which is a
>shop van built on the same chassis as the M35A2. I bought mine in a
>sealed-bid auction directly from the U.S. Government, through the
>Defense Reutilization Marketing Service (www.drms.com). In recent
>years, M35-like trucks have been selling through them at insanely low
>prices, though that seems to be very rapidly drying up due to recent
>changes in the way equipment will be surplussed out. You may already
>be too late to take my approach, and I think that a couple years from
>now will almost definitely be too late. Don't despair, though. M35A2
>trucks are available on the regular civilian market, they're just not
>as cheap as the DRMO trucks have been. I paid $1751 for my truck
>(!!!), and I think a comparable truck probably would have cost around
>$3000-$5000 on the regular civilian market. That's still pretty cheap,
>considering how much truck you get!
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