From: Jon Shoop (shoop19@brick.net)
Date: Sun Oct 03 2004 - 21:09:07 PDT
Gilmore.......
You are the man!
I smelled a rat myself......
A local guy has residue of a XM408 that he bought a few years ago from a
mutual friend of ours........under restoration now in St Louis.
Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Gilmore" <jgilmore@ptd.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 11:02 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] 1966 XM408 6x6 Military Jeep Prototype?..Not!
> At 08:36 PM 10/3/04, you wrote:
> >http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2492595067
> >Ebay Item # 2492595067
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> Sadly........this is NOT a XM-408.
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> I told my friend when I gave him the data and photos of a real XM-408
that somewhere down the line it would be sold as a real one and some one was
going to get taken.
>
> This jeep was built originally by TE Murray as a six wheel M-151A1. It
was made from a standard M-151A1 with the body lengthened and an extra axle
added. Later my friend Beryl Horning in Clio Michigan bought it. It was
badly rusted and Beryl wanted to restore it to as close as possible to a
real XM-408.
>
> I sent him photos and documents from Ford Motor Company files and photos
of a real one from a collector in the South.
>
> Beryl with the help of Dave Crompton (Kubel restorer ) rebuilt the body
and included the X shaped re-enforcements in the tops and sides of the rear
fenders.
>
> Beryl had the finished jeep displayed at the Findlay Ohio MV rally a
couple of years ago and sold it then.
>
> It is NOT an Original vehicle but is instead a replica.
>
> The main spotting features are the data plate and the location of the
tail lights. On a original XM-408, the tail lights are at the top of the
rear panel while this one has them at the bottom as do all M-151A1's.
>
> The data plate lists the vehicle as a Federal Stock number
2310-782-6056.......this is the stock number for a M-718 Ambulance and NOT a
XM-408. This number plate is not for this vehicle and was stamped with the
number as it was a blank plate.
>
> There are other differences between this replica and a real XM-408
>
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> Buyer beware....
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> Jim Gilmore
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