From: Robert Anderson (rcakitty@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Feb 10 2006 - 06:40:20 PST
Thanks for the kind words, Ron! Glad to see you back in the THICK of it
after your bout with the VET! Will introduce myself at Aberdeen if we both
make it! BTW, I just added a tan 21st Humvee to my previously purchased camo
one - WOW - was surprised the changes between the two! (See guys, I can go
off topic with the best of 'em - - well, maybe not with the VERY best!!!
Robert
>From: "Ron" <rojoha@adelphia.net>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>,"Robert
>Anderson" <rcakitty@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [MV] *SPAM* [MV] CUCV 1009 Card Me... I'm under age
>Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 09:17:24 -0500
>
>Gee Robert, I don't understand why you need flame shields or are worried
>about being contrary!
> You have obviously had considerable real world experience with the CUCV
>series family. Up in this end of the woods, RAM and George Manari have
>probably gotten 60+ or so into private hands and my HMV club has a former
>CW5 who ran the Ft. Devens Motor Pool until his retirement 12 years back or
>so and we have another member who used to do 151s and changed over to
>producing running vehicles from CUCV hulks (10+). These are the guys that
>the NE part of the US CUCV owners go to for guidance.
> This is a great thread and the first truly ORIGINAL one in a couple of
>years that has, like the trees in the forest,
>been over looked somehow.
>
> Having bought an M1010 that was in very nice shape but unable to keep a
>functioning charging system or GP controller in it made me keep the
>installed push button in it. I actually prefer ether. The M1009 I bought
>last summer had already been converted to the push button on the advice of
>CUCV gurus to the previous owner and he had operated it successfully for 4
>years or so that way before I purchased it.
> Now that I know Jeff has the GPC cards at non ebay prices, I'll
>probably pick up a couple this spring when the weather warms up and try
>beating them back to a parallel stock/manual button system, seeing that so
>many of you 'southern climate' folks are having so much success with
>maintaining the stock system.
>
> Keep the topics and answers coming boys!
> Ronzo
>
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