Have fun,
chuck
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Hi David,
No Flames, but I'll gladly accept your tug-o-war challenge with my M35a2
(Duece).
10 Wheels, all driven, 8 liter turbocharged diesel and 13,500 lbs empty.
Or, carry your M715 and a cord of wood, without putting a strain on the
springs!
The best MV will win!
Best wishes,
David
Fairfax, Va.
M35a2
At 07:13 PM 3/19/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Yup, I said it. The M715 in stock or modified form is THE best mil.veh.
>truck there is. Having said that I will say the new modern General
>Motors CUCV's are pretty darn good. Their problem is they look too much
>like the civilian model of the same truck. The 715 is MILITARY, from the
>folding windshield to the HD bed to the flat fender extensions to the PTO
>winch found on some of them. THEY FLAT OUT LOOK LIKE A MIL TRUCK!! I have
>had two, one I had in my wild twenties in Tucson, it ended up outlasting
>me in back country exploration trips and sand wash running and it was
>stock for most of it's life. The one I have now is heavily modified on
>the inside but all 715 on the out. I refer the hummer as the rich man's
>715. There is a guy who owns a hummer here in Flagstaff, Arizona where I
>now live who won't accept my challenge to a tug-of-war for $50!! His has
>a Chevy Gas engine and Series 400 auto like mine but still KNOWS he will
>lose. By the way are there any other hummers out there who will accept?
>I'll be glad to show up in Moab this summer. Do I like 715s?? They are
>technology from the 60's when America used to build real vehicles.
>Compare that to the 30's model M37, a cute truck but really dated and
>hard to work on. And those little jeep things, M38 and whatevers, ha!, I
>can carry a full cord of oak firewood and not even put a strain on the
>springs. And pull a M101 Trailer with another cord behind it. And I only
>have about $2000 invested in mine. Best bet is go to the 715 page on the
>MVPA.org network, 715 owners are there that can help you with anything
>you need. Drop me a note, I know of a couple for sale here in the
>Southwest. OF COURSE A 715!! (now folks, whatever MV you have is the
>best one, so don't waste the net's time by flaming me about your
>particular vehicle, actually I love 'em all)
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