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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...

Nice trick! Did it look practical to resolder the leaking joint?

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.

Adding a switch in the CB radio's positive lead should work fine. Then if the batteries still run down with the radio power disconnected by that switch, you have more hunting to do. Ham radios usually come with a fuse in the positive lead of their power cable at the very least. If there is a...

It is both normal and recommended in the ham radio world to wire transceivers directly to the battery in order to avoid ground loops and reduce ignition noise in the radio. It is always done with independent positive and negative wires, never using the vehicle chassis as a ground return...

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...

The button on the dash should normally remain pulled out. My understanding is that the purpose of the button on the dash is to force the springs brakes off (assuming air pressure is available) so that the mechanical driveline brake can be adjusted. Otherwise, the spring brakes would hold the...

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...

Post number 1 in that thread shows a hard top installation without any holes trough the top. I think that's exactly what the OP wants. I would add a ground lead rather than counting on contact through those straps, but mechanically it looks fine to me.

About half of that made sense to me. Should I be worried? :doghead:

Apparently you owe us some info now, Ty. :beer:

He said "thank you for the information".

My M923 was coded F7, and my M936A1 was coded H7. I guess that the F7 code is technically accurate, since my M923 needed a couple of minor things fixed: A sticky accelerator pedal (fixed with oil), a burnt out tail light bulb, a stuck windshield washer pump (fixed with a simple...

I hope all goes well!

Looks simple and effective. Good job! :driver: