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Of course, there must be a reason they scanned, and then certified your deuce as having no radioactive material. Perhaps they know that some radioactive instruments were installed in deuces that were at a certain depot, but they don't know which ones? -Chuck

As some anecdotal evidence, my '69 Kaiser/Jeep M35A2 has no radioactive instruments at all. I have a feeling that is true for most M35A2's. To my mind radioactive instruments don't make a lot of sense in a deuce. It isn't a vehicle that operates really well in the stealth environment of...

I thought it was the diesel exhaust fumes... -Chuck

I just did 1200 miles in my deuce for its recovery. While I was in the deuce driving, I felt great. Usually when I drive long distances, my right leg gets stiff and sore from holding the pedal steady. And my back gets really sore from all of the sitting still. In my deuce, my pedal foot felt...

Ok. It is my understanding that each class of material on DRMS has a manager responsible for deciding what the Demil classification for the material should be. When asked, the manager for the M44 trucks said that the trucks were on hold so that the meters could be Demil'd. Surely he would...

Tell them to give me $200 per truck, plus travel expenses, and I will travel to wherever the suspected trucks are and survey them for radium... I can have it done in a week. I'll even remove the offending gauges, but only from trucks that haven't yet made it into the customer's hands... I don't...

The manager for the M35A2's said it was about gauges. Why would he lie? -Chuck

I understand that, and I have geiger counters that can detect the beta from tritium dials. I also know exactly what they look like, and I can assure you my '69 M35A2 has none in it. Tritium paint is easy to tell over white paint. It is thick, and builds up off of the dial surface. It is also...

Tritium in little ampules, or in paint is 100% completely and totally harmless in a gauge. You would have to eat it, and even then it likely would cause no problems. -Chuck

Perhaps, but we haven't yet determined that radium was used on any of the gauges. My '69 is both glow, and radium free. It has no measurable gamma or beta emissions. It has none of the apparatus needed to have tritium dials... A lot of what is purported to be radium dials are actually...

Mad Scientist / tree farmer?... Yeah! That fits! -Chuck

Ok, finally we are getting somewhere! Not everything that glows in the dark is radioactive. I had a shelter clock that glowed in the dark, but it would not glow all night, and it was definitely not radioactive. I bought it hoping that it was ;-) If you have access to a geiger counter, could...

It's really quite puzzling. The deuce I just picked up is a 1969, and its gauges are just plain old painted dials and hands. Definitely nothing radioactive about it... and thankfully, it isn't on the list of those needing inspection. Does anybody have a deuce that has glow in the dark meter...

Oh, I forgot to ask in my last post. Have you ever lost when you autobid? The cases could simply be a case where you got outbid. I have done this for a large number of people in the past... and have had a large number of people do this for me as well. After I have lost a string of bids for...

Ok, here is what I think you should do. Put out a call for other SS members that have seen the same behavior, and once the names are gathered, submit the suspicion, along with the list of folks wronged, to each of those member's Senators and Congressmen. Their staffers will start an inquiry...

How exactly do you *know* this? If GL does make shill bids, it is a violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. If you *know* that they are making shill bids, you are required as a responsible person to report your proof to the appropriate authorities... in this case the FBI. Be a man and do your...

The easiest way to tell is to wait until it is pitch black outside, and your eyes are fully accustomed to the darkness. The offending gauge is the one that is glowing green. There should also be a radiation symbol hiding down around the bottom edge of the dial... the usual 3 triangles stacked...

I was around doing DRMO auctions when DRMO put out the RFB for a service company to take over the handling of surplus material, and the auctions. As I recall, the bid was two part. The first part was a payment that GL had to make to DRMO for the opportunity to be the sole service company, and...