From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Wed Aug 31 2005 - 19:47:11 PDT
I was actually going to wait for 1 April to sell them, but I have
reconsidered.
I have a few dozen cans left. They are mil-spec, "Paint/Radar-Absorbing/Flat
Black/Automotive/Babe-Impressing/Cop-Provoking"
$560.00 per quart. Minimum order 6 cans, please.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glen Closson" <glen_closson@earthlink.net>
To: "'m35products'" <m35prod@optonline.net>; "'Military Vehicles Mailing
List'" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 10:17 PM
Subject: RE: [MV] You never know who you will meet...
> Say, where can I get that special paint? :)
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Glen
> May the Joys of today be those of tomorrow!
> May the goblet of life hold no dregs of sorrow!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On
Behalf
> Of m35products
> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 7:27 AM
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [MV] You never know who you will meet...
>
> 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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