100dollarman's 1st bobbed M35a3!

[kwiksilver]

Do you take trades in on a Bobbed a3?

Oh man! how bout a 6x6 A2 with 395's and a winch?

 

[Unforgiven]

forgive me for thinking on this or maybe asking a dumb question, but why in the world would the Army be getting rid of A3's when they are are only a dozen years old or so? I can see A2s and all the older stuff for sure, though it does make more sense to maintain or reman something than to build a new truck. Further, I assume, they are selling A3s for a fraction of what they cost new, losing even more money..

I digress....

As I understand it, the bulk of the A3's were made from parts cannibalized from A2's, I read somewhere it was something like 2-3 A2's plus a few new parts to make the A3's. That would make some of the A3 components quite old.

Am I smoking bananas or did I read that somewhere?

 

[AceHigh]

Totally true Unforgiven. Plus I think a bigger issue was all the newer "modern" trucks and HUMMWVs arriving, well, the old M35Awhatever just sat and was ignored. The very low mileage tells me they were just not popular with the new troops.

An Army mechanic tells me his unit is required to roll each vehicle 5 miles per month. Most of the A3 trucks seemed to have about 40 miles a month, still not much.

 

[largeboar]

I do the same thing as you, on the tires . I call it a foot but its only 6 inches

 

[largeboar]

ok so maybe 1 inch of empty rubber is better than 6.

 

[100dollarman]

SORRY to dig up an OLD thread!

This is prolly the nicest bobber we did out of 40 of them.

Since I sold it back in 2010 it has been sitting in a warehouse. It has 100 miles on it since bobbed.

I have "aquired" it.

Anyone interested in this truck should give me a call 760 964 5123

HUNDY

 

[thedahmer]

How much for it??