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What is this thing?
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CJChris
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| Joined: 06/05
Posted: 07/08/05
12:16 PM
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Anybody know what this is? Its vaguely jeep-ish (I've heard there's a few with horizontal grille slats), but it has 4 wheel independant suspension, which actually looked pretty strong. I spotted it in Spain. Just curious...
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Posted: 07/08/05
10:04 PM
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This is the replacement for the M-36 in the Marine Corps in approximately 1964. It is been so long that I have forgot the nomenclature of this vehicle. None made it into civilian service because they were notorious killers of their passengers. They had a swing axel rear end like a covair that would decamber in a turn and suddenly flip over killing and maiming all.
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m715
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| Joined: 07/05
Posted: 07/08/05
11:30 PM
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I seem to remember Brigade Quartermaster, or US Cavalry selling them through their catalog several years back. I think it was a unibody or spaceframe design, and they used surplus parts on the new-manufactured "frame". I'll have to look to see if that catalog is still in the archives.
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Posted: 07/09/05
09:17 PM
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I drove those vehicles we never called jeeps all over camp pendleton and later all over west texas on reservr drills. They rode good and were a little faster than the M-36, around 57 MPH
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Juggalo1
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Posted: 07/13/05
05:38 AM
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Its a Ford 151 Mut. yup due to its independent suspension it was a real killer, rolled easyer than the prom queen.
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