Recent content by R3Fab

CA DMV would not see reason. So the Lotus buyer has given up and returned the car to the seller with a desire to buy it once the seller gets the title sorted. Hopefully some of the answers here help with that.

I now have the Lotus VIN#, 501758 If anyone know who has the Humvee with matching SN# contact information would be greatly appreciated. The Lotus predates the Humvee by decades so CA DMV are being obstinate.

I passed the intel on to the Lotus owner.

Ah, SHORT numbers are easily duplicated when they are from different countries! Anyone but CA DMV would see that and sort it out. I wonder if pointing out the difference between VIN and SN to CA DMV would make any difference? LOTI. :) Thanks for the replies.

A guy I know bought an old Lotus. When he went to get title the CA DMV said "There is a military Humvee with a same VIN# registered in Kentucky since 2011". The Kentucky DMV had sheriff involved and can't located the Humvee anywhere. I am pretty sure a LOTUS VIN# is much shorter than a...

I need to run up to Dayton for a close look and my own pics. Been a few years since I paid much attention to it. Brian has not driven it much but keeps it in running order. He's fighting a Cancer so has low energy, we never seem to have time to go off-road despite having such a large playground...

Not pretty, just pretty original. Hard top and winch have to be desireable. I will have to look for the heater. I think this may be an original Nevada truck. Winter here is not warm so the heater may be likely.

It can always be painted, but will only be original once. Would have thought that serious collectors would be looking for the comparatively rare example. But if someone is just looking for one to use color should not matter. So what do good running low mileage and well equipped M37's go for...

A friend is leaving the area so will be putting his M37 up for sale. Does the fact that it is former air-force make any difference in value? Still wearing its original light blue paint. Extremely low mileage, runs, has both a hard top and winch. Looked around the forum but not seeing a value...

Now that the Rover is home again I will mount a couple of antique Rally badges. Royal Marines and City of Cape Town.

New canvas at last. So now maybe I will be warm and dry!

OK, good to know. I will try to find out what he wants.

I suspect this may not actually be a Mil. replica body as I was told. Folk get careless or misinformed. In any case it is a very nice body. I have too many projects already (Just bought a Lotus Europa!) or I could think of several ways to build this into an ultimate 4x4.

Went for another look. Still not certain what model it is and the owner was not home. But his assistant says "It looks like a CJ5". What I do know now is that it is not just a tub, it appears to be a complete body. It does have a tail-gate opening. Going to be a lot of work to dig it out for...

Well, the time change has me up "Early" so I guess I have a head start on todays errands.