From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Thu Jul 24 2003 - 05:05:44 PDT
When you explain to your wife that the rear trailer air-brake connection can
be used to fill the kids' bicycle tires, she'll accept the whole concept. it
worked for me. Arthur
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Hughes" <hughe029@tc.umn.edu>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 2:06 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Looking for a M35A2--Are auction vehicles generally
drivable? THANKS EVERYBODY!!!
> Wow,
>
> You guys are great! Thanks for all the great info!
>
> So many useful replies, and essentially all saying the same thing:
> Buying from GL or GSA at auction is just too risky.
>
> No offense taken at the suggestion that merely asking the question
> suggests that I may not be the guy to take the GL auction risk--it
> turns out that I really am NOT that guy. I miss having a vehicle that I
> can work on myself and look forward to getting dirty with a project
> vehicle that does not require big work, as I don't have the heavy tools
> needed for a major rebuild of anything. It sounds like--unless I could
> get a vehicle for soooo cheap that it is essentially no risk--I really
> need to talk to Joe Young.
>
> I don't need something right away, as I am really looking for a hobby
> truck to use on my hobby farm in northwestern Wisconsin. Like a lot of
> guys on this list, I don't exactly need an M35A2, but I surely do want
> one! Somehow my wife has trouble grasping the importance of have six
> wheel drive in taking my five year old daughter to the Dairy Queen in
> Spooner, but I'm sure you all understand. My home is in St. Paul, MN
> and, as I see it, the main problem with getting a truck from a dealer
> to here or the farm is the $1000 or so I'll pay in shipping from the
> east or west coast. I've made a couple of contacts, but again, I am
> looking at quite a premium in shipping costs. I just missed getting to
> Camp Ripley in Little Falls, MN, for the GL pre-auction inspection (the
> GL rep was unavailable the day I could have made it), but based on the
> advice received so far, that may not have been such a great option
> anyway!
>
> So if I don't ship, could I reasonably expect to drive to Wisconsin
> from souther New Jersey? Or is that just to far for a vehicle of this
> type and age (even if worked over by Joe)?
>
> If I really need to ship, can I save a lot by shipping to say, Chicago?
>
> Can you rent a flatbed for enough less than the cost of shipping to
> justify it?
>
> Thanks for all the help. I no longer feel like a I watching all the
> bargains go by at the GL auction!
>
> Steve
>
>
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