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Dean,
All previous comments apply. Go look for another one. If you
really have to have a live 37mm, this is the price you should pay. But I
also will say that if you give me $45,000, I'll build you a perfect one.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dean L. Kellogg, Jr. <kelloggd@uthscsa.edu>
To: Military Vehicles List <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com>
Date: Monday, May 15, 2000 3:56 PM
Subject: [MV] M8-the Quest...reality check #2
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>I went to see another M8 that is for sale over the weekend and thought I'd
>bounce this off you listees.....here it is in brief:
>
>The owner characterized the vehicle as perfect and provided me with 2
>pictores of the exterior of the vehicle. Initially I had been told that
>pictures would be provided if I sent disposable cameras (which I did).
>Later I was told that the owner was too busy, but that "no pictures were
>needed....it's perfect....you don't have to do anything to this one...just
>get in and drive." The owner did tell me that "the front axle is missing".
>When I questioned this he said that he had been told that the axle just
>added extra weight so it was removed. I explained that he must mean the
>drive axles were out of the "front axle"..to which he responded that he did
>not know anything about mechanics, but that was what he was told. He had
>had it for several years and would not be selling it except that he had
>obtained another. He said that the one for sale was the nicer of the 2. The
>one for sale is from Italy.
>
>When I got there, the vehicle for sale looked ok from the outside. The
>interior was nice and white with most of the interior stencils in fair
>shape (none were on the turret ring). The engine had some surface rust,
>but this was not surprising because it is stored under a tent in the
>driveway. The engine was supposed to have been recently rebuilt. It
>started without problems. It drove pretty well with no obvious brake
>pulling, clutch or shifter problems, or engine problems. It had the breach
>ring on the gun and a trolley on the ring mount. A 30 cal barrel was stuck
>in the turret mount and there was a telescope (no light for it however).
>The protectoscopes were ok...not too cracked or clouded. It did have a
>turret cover (canvas) and 4 interphone boxes with 2 broken microphones. The
>boxes were not hooked up. It did have 2 extra headlights one of which was
>a black out light.
>
>In addition there was:
>1) no front propeller shaft-I could move the u-joint mount in the fromt
>differential a few degrees so I suspect that the drive axles were present
>or the differential gears are frozen and the drive axles are out)
>2) no hand brake handle (hence no emergency brake)
>3) no front hatch locking mechanisms (they hold down the front hatches to
>the front armor plate)
>4) no hydrovac-had been replaced with a standard auto/truck brake booster
>and was mounted under the battery.
>5) no generator-had been changed to alternator
>6) no voltage regulator - changed to internal one on alternator
>7) no "headrest pads" for the protectoscopes
>8) no battery "hold-down"
>9) one of the 2 dash light switches was broken
>10) possibly post-war tow loops
>11) no tow cable
>12) no title
>13) no "extras"-all the 37mm shells, the stuff to strap on the turret, the
>2 extra protectoscope lenses, the 50 cal cradle, and various other things
>could be purchased for additional fees. ($2 for a 50 cal shell, etc.)
>
>AND THE PRICE-$45,000...nothing less..it would probably cost about $2000 to
>get it to Texas...anyone want to give me a dose of reality?
>
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> * Dean L. Kellogg, Jr., MD, PhD *
> * Department of Medicine *
> * The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio *
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