John
> I had received a couple of messages from some guy in Australia who wanted to
> sell me a HMMWV, but only if I was willing to put up 1/2 the price in
> advance. The story was that he and his father each wanted HMMWV's, but had
> to buy several more at the same time, because it was a package deal. They
> needed others to buy the remaining vehicles, basically sight-unseen. I don't
> have all of the details anymore as this was several months ago. If this deal
> is similar, I would be very suspicious of it. Perhaps Doug Greville could
> answer this question? Does the Australian Military even use the HMMWV? If
> so, have they had them long enough that they would now be surplussing them?
Sorry, I can't help, I know nothing about these vehicles. James Swan
said there was a single Hummer at the Corowa (NSW) Amphib Rally
earlier this year, rumour has it this was a private import.
At one stage James owned a Mercedes 4 x 4 (5 cylinder diesel) which was
sold off by the Australian Army after it and 1 other were purchased for
test comparisons. My point being that us collectors may not get to hear
about 1 or 2 vehicles that have been bought by our Army for test
purposes.
Our Army, to the best of my knowledge, does not use Hummers.
Regards
Doug
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