With luck, in about 10 weeks I'll collect my new-to-me HMMWV. I'm so excited! 
Like many on the forum, I'm a new HMWMV owner, and like many, have some work to do to bring my V back into condition. I've been pleasantly surprised at the availability of hard parts (hubs, glow plugs, seals, etc.), but the soft (canvas) parts seem to be pretty hard and dear to come by, probably caused by the increase in the demand of ~2000 somewhat ragged Vs coming on the market.
I'm not sure what the uncovered lifespan expectation of a canvas top or doors is, but with so many new Vs needing new fabric, have any of our suppliers started to go through the process of getting the companies that make doors and tops for the military to make some for us, or are they out there already? Searching for the NSNs on google gets me to a couple of firms that say they make these, but my guess is there needs to be a good sized production run.
I'm thinking about converting mine to a two-man pickup for both utility, and because there seems to be better parts availability on the two-man configurations. GovLiquidation has a bunch of NOS 2-man canvas kits coming up, but they're in Barstow, CA (I'm in NH) and come in lots of 4. If anyone near NH is interested in trading some 2 man parts for 4 man parts when I get mine in, or if you have some 4-man doors in workable condition you could part with, please PM me! I might just try to have two different configurations available to me.
In any case, I'm really looking forward to owning mine, and hope to be a good custodian of it. I've learned so much from SS already, and expect to learn a lot more as I get my hands dirty.
Like many on the forum, I'm a new HMWMV owner, and like many, have some work to do to bring my V back into condition. I've been pleasantly surprised at the availability of hard parts (hubs, glow plugs, seals, etc.), but the soft (canvas) parts seem to be pretty hard and dear to come by, probably caused by the increase in the demand of ~2000 somewhat ragged Vs coming on the market.I'm not sure what the uncovered lifespan expectation of a canvas top or doors is, but with so many new Vs needing new fabric, have any of our suppliers started to go through the process of getting the companies that make doors and tops for the military to make some for us, or are they out there already? Searching for the NSNs on google gets me to a couple of firms that say they make these, but my guess is there needs to be a good sized production run.
I'm thinking about converting mine to a two-man pickup for both utility, and because there seems to be better parts availability on the two-man configurations. GovLiquidation has a bunch of NOS 2-man canvas kits coming up, but they're in Barstow, CA (I'm in NH) and come in lots of 4. If anyone near NH is interested in trading some 2 man parts for 4 man parts when I get mine in, or if you have some 4-man doors in workable condition you could part with, please PM me! I might just try to have two different configurations available to me.
In any case, I'm really looking forward to owning mine, and hope to be a good custodian of it. I've learned so much from SS already, and expect to learn a lot more as I get my hands dirty.
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