From: Bruce Kalin (pball@csionline.net)
Date: Sat Jul 26 2003 - 15:23:45 PDT
Kirk,
That is definitely the best damn hood ornament I've ever seen! I don't
know if it would pass New Jersey inspection but who cares. Just tell me
where to get one.
Bruce
Kirk Thompson wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I "won" my M35A2 from a GL auction last November
> (http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=120160), waited
> until March for the EUC and went out to CA to get the truck.
>
> This was my first MV/GL auction and I probably will not do what I did
> again: Bid on a vehicle I had not even personally inspected. I won the
> lot "sight un-seen" and had no idea what I was getting into.
>
> I was very lucky. We had a punctured radiator, messed up front
> driveshaft, dead batterys, flat tire, and a disconnected master
> cylinder. After we got these items fixed, we took 4 days to drive the
> truck from Vandenberg CA to my home in Jemez NM.
>
> After I got it here, we discovered a bad inner seal on front axle and
> bad outer seals on the forward-rear axle. Now I am having trouble
> with one of those (left) that just won't seal. We'll get it figured
> out....
>
> But.. the thing runs like a raped-ape and there are no major problems!
>
> It was a great adventure but I am a little wiser now. Like I said, I
> was lucky. Most of the vehicles at that DRMO lot were just trashed.
>
> In the future, I will still bid at these auctions but only after I go
> and "visit" the candidate. I picked up my deuce for $2,200 + 10% + tax
> which ran me about $2,700 but I think it is a great deal considering
> what I have. This is the most fun I've had since high school!
>
> Here is the URL to a web page that I have created that details the
> trip: <http://www.mosen.net/m35a2/ca%20deuce%20trip.htm>.
>
> -K
>
> At 08:41 PM 7/25/2003 -0400, Bjorn Brandstedt wrote:
>
>> Drove my M49A2C from a DRMO auction at Camp Lejuene, NC to our home
>> in Virginia. About 300 miles without problem. The truck needed a jump
>> start and brake fluid. One tire was damaged and was removed before
>> the trip home. My wife and kids followed in our SUV with tools and
>> other supplies, but nothing was needed. We spent several days in the
>> area making sure everything worked before leaving, even test drove it
>> on the base to get used to the low low gearing.
>> The fuel tanker had very low milage and the batteries were only about
>> two years old at the time, so the vehicle had been maintained, just
>> not needed any longer. It was a USMC truck.
>>
>> I think that I would take a chance again on an auction...Then again,
>> I know nothing about the GL auctions only that they extended the bid
>> deadline on one lot that I was watching, when someone made a last
>> minute bid to allow the prevoius high bidder to come back. Odd practice!
>>
>> These vehicles cost Uncle Sam between 50 and 100 thousand back in the
>> sixties, so it would seem that anything below $5,000 is a real
>> bargain when complete. My deuce with the tanker equipment cost
>> $98,000 in 1968. My bid was about $3,000 and that was in 1995.
>>
>> My next truck will probably be an M813 (5-ton super singles), checked
>> one out a few days ago and fell in love with it... but $18,000 is too
>> much right now.
>>
>> Bjorn
>> MVPA 19212
>> Meadows of Dan, Virginia
>>
>>
>>
>>> From: "Nigel Hay MILWEB \(www.milweb.net\)" <Nigel@milweb.net>
>>> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [MV] Are auction vehicles generallydrivable?
>>> Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 19:28:57 +0200
>>>
>>> I used to often go to Germany with a friend to drive back M35's
>>> straight out
>>> of DRMO at Germeshien and Kaiserslauten - we never had a problem and
>>> it was
>>> about 370 miles to home - often with the trucks seriously laden as
>>> well.
>>> Nige
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Jason Frisch" <jenjas@cox.net>
>>> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 7:17 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [MV] Are auction vehicles generallydrivable?
>>>
>>>
>>> > About 6 months ago I drove an M36 from Ft. Hood, TX to New
>>> Orleans, LA
>>> from
>>> > a GL auction. I made sure all fluids were good (including gear
>>> oils) and
>>> > began my trip home. We had bought 3 trucks and only 2 would fit
>>> on my
>>> > LOWBOY. So I decided to drive it home.
>>> >
>>> > Jason
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > ----- Original Message -----
>>> > From: <Recovry4x4@aol.com>
>>> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>>> > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 12:00 PM
>>> > Subject: Re: [MV] Are auction vehicles generallydrivable?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > > Ronzo once summed up the auction of military vehicles in a way that
>>> kinda
>>> > > sticks with me and makes sense. In a nutshell he said that we are
>>> buying
>>> > a
>>> > > vehicle that it's owner has deemed too expensive to repair or
>>> mantain.
>>> > This is all
>>> > > well and good until you stop to think that its owner has a multi
>>> trillion
>>> > > dollar budget, then it all comes to light. If the dude with the
>>> trillion
>>> > dollar
>>> > > budget says scrap it, what are we getting?
>>> > >
>>> > > Kenneth Engle
>>> > > Loxahatchee FL
>>> > > 71 A.M. General M35A2
>>> > > 73 A.M. General M275A2
>>> > > 53 Fruehauf XM105E3
>>> > > http://hometown.aol.com/recovry4x4/myhomepage/photo.html
>>> > >
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