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Well, there is that odd-ball fuel filter element that seems to be unique to the military HMMWV… :-P

Yeah, and I tell the girls that I got this here scar back in 'Nam. ;) Never mind that I was born in '68.

Citation, please? I know that there are many HMMWVs registered in CA. I own one of them.

I'm skeptical that selling trucks without engines for $60k is a workable business plan, when the sorts of folks who want real military HMMWVs are buying and selling them right now for around $30k. But whether it would fly or not, if AM General thinks it would fly, then that would be enough...

My HMMWV isn't as safe as my Tundra in a crash, and that is one of the reasons that I drive my Tundra 80 miles a day for my commute. On the other hand, my HMMWV is far safer than any motorcycle. I would guess that its weakest area is side impact protection.

The demil requirements have gotten absurd. I recall seeing mechanical teleprinters (essentially WW2 technology) in the demil pile, as parts of 1960-era radio sets that were finally surplussed out in the early 2000s, when things got really stupid. There was a great surge of paranoia after that...

By the way, Ma Duce: Do you think something has changed such that you may be successful now where many others have failed before? I'm asking that as a sincere question, not a sarcastic one.

Faced with the real HHMWV that I wanted for $20k vs. a civilian simulation of it for well north of $100k, I made the obvious choice. I don't care whether some random civilian would know the difference. I would know the difference. On the safety topic, I certainly agree that an M923 could do a...

The same question could be asked about any of the other trucks that we collect. In the case of HMMWVs, I'd say that they are the single vehicle series most closely identified with US military ground forces for an entire generation or more. Much like the MB/GPW Jeeps are the vehicle most closely...

That is a logical argument. However, this isn't a logical situation. :???:

Several hundred ex-USMC HMMWVs were sold as surplus back in 1999, through two dealer-only auction houses in Atlanta, GA and Riverside, CA. As I recall, USMC made the fiscally sound plan of trading them for new radios that they needed, and then the recipient of the trucks unloaded them through...