From: mark@ehle.homelinux.org
Date: Fri May 20 2005 - 08:52:40 PDT
Well, I guess I'd be lying if I said that I don't like the attention that it
gets when I drive it in public, but when I bought it, it was the best deal for
the money ($3000 in 2002) as far as a medium-duty truck goes. I have used it to
haul all sorts of people and things here and there. I do not drive it to seek
attention, however, and I get the most enjoyment out of it simply driving around
the back roads of the county I live in with my wife beside me. We call it
our "convertible on steroids".
Mark
Quoting "Mil-Veh Co." <milveh@sbcglobal.net>:
> Some people might see a deuce as just another truck,
> but I see it as just a little more than that. But, to
> each his own and you're all welcome to your own
> opinions, so don't get me wrong. I just know if I saw
> mil veh's as just 4x4's or 6x6's, I wouldn't be
> restoring them or even be on this list.
>
> The association between a military truck and the
> military it came from and the military who served the
> country of origin and the country of origin to its
> history and all that goes with it are just inescapable
> links in my world, but like I said not everybody
> shares my opinion.
>
>
>
> --- mark@ehle.homelinux.org wrote:
> > Quoting Jonathan Boos <acfarer@cox.net>:
> >
> > > While this thread is not off topic, I think that
> > the folks who consider
> > > re-inacting a farce or somehow offensive or
> > disrespectful should realize
> > > that THE WHOLE REASON FOR THIS LIST is so folks
> > can share thier bit of
> > > history and re-inact to some degree themselves.
> > Why the passion for
> > > collecting "Green Iron"? Don't even start to tell
> > me that they have them for
> > >
> > > the mileage or that they ride better than a Lexus
> > or even a Hyudai for that
> > >
> > > matter. We all collect them out of reverence of
> > what they represent. The
> > > mightyest country the planet has ever known and
> > the men and women who drove
> > >
> > > them in theater. Now there may be "wanna-be" folks
> > out there, but I defy you
> > >
> >
> > Speak for yourself, Jonathan. I have a deuce simply
> > because it is fun to drive
> > and it is useful - not because of it's history. I
> > deeply respect the men who
> > drove it, but the truck by itself is just a truck.
> >
> >
> >
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