Re: [MV] AM General is preventing HMMWV Registrations

From: Patricia Gibbons (wa6ube@tactical-link.com)
Date: Sat Mar 18 2000 - 20:44:47 PST

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Well... it looks to me that AM general just doesn't want surplus sales
to the public to compete with their sales of the commercial version of
the hummer, since it eats into their profits ..

Trish 

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----- Original Message -----
From: PJ <pstapp@freewwweb.com>
To: Military Vehicles List <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] AM General is preventing HMMWV Registrations

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> John wrote:
>
> >The letter states that the HMMWV's are
> >military vehicles that were not meant for civilian use and that AM
> General
> >does not endorse or support the sales of the vehicles to the general
> public
> >or private entities.
>
>  Who cares what they endorse or support
>
>      Some quotes from the web site  www.amgmil.com:
> http://www.amgmil.com/Pages/MOU%20RELEASE.html
>
> " AM General, headquartered in South Bend, Ind., is a privately held
> company
> owned by New York City based Renco Group, Inc."
>
> and further
> "AM General is a leader in designing and manufacturing light and medium
> duty
> trucks for military and government use
>
> The HUMMER has been offered to retail and commercial customers since
> 1992 through a comprehensive worldwide network of dealers."
>
> What a   Crock of  "Billy Slickwilly".  AM Gen. has no business writing
> such a letter;
> what they endorse or support doesn't carry any more validity than
> opinion, and
> if I worked at DMV in CT or anywhere else, and received it, I would
> immediately
> toss it in the garbage while laughing vigorously.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
>
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