From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Wed Aug 31 2005 - 07:27:06 PDT
A lot of "veterans" tell me how trouble-prone the automatic transmission can
be in my M35.
When I owned a Dodge Command Car, "veterans" would come up and say "Nice
Jeep!"
Now I own a '54 Dodge Power Wagon, and the teenagers ask why I put "those
big wheels and tires" and the "lift kit" on an "old pickup truck."
Back in the '80's I owned a "poor man's" Porsche, the Model 914, and was
doing the restoration myself. I had the body work completed, and had painted
it in flat black primer. I parked outside a gin mill one night, and when I
came out to drive home, a cop was explaining to a couple of babes that the
car was coated with "military radar-absorbtion" paint, which he felt was
illegal.
There is a lot of enjoyment in owning odd automotive critters, not the least
of which is the public's perception.
apb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Wise" <awise1@cinci.rr.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] You never know who you will meet...
> Nobody ever asked "Is that a Hummer?" I get that whether I'm driving an
> Iltis, Pinzgauer or V-100!
>
> Alan
>
>
> > Things that happened to my while driving my Mutt:
> >
> > 1.) Sheriff pulled me over and wanted to know where to buy parts for his
> > CJ-2. He thought I was "Military" until he saw the license plate.
> > 2.) Guy followed me and wanted me to change the brakes on his old Jeep.
> > 3.) People pull along side and stare and prevent me from changing lanes
so
> > that I can get off at my exit (This has happened several times). Now I
just
> > use the slow lane.
> > 4.) Guy at stoplight noted his friend bought a Army Jeep for $50. I
> > explained that never happened (he didn't believe me).
> > 5.) Guy wanted to know exactly how much I had into the restoration. And
> > exactly how much I paid in the first place. He got indigent when I told
him
> > I didn't remember.
> > 6.) Kids at a stop light noted I wasn't driving a "REAL Army Jeep."
> > 7.) Woman at stoplight said my Mutt was "the coolest thing she had ever
> > seen."
> > 8.) Salesman at work noted he drove a Jeep just line mine in Korea and
it
> > was a M100.
> > 9.) Guys at work didn't believe me when I told them the unused "flanges"
on
> > the differentials are not PTOs.
> > 10.) People ask "Are going to war?" I tell them no way, it would get
the
> > Mutt dirty!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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