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Most prototypes get cut up by the manufacturers. My prototype HMWWV escaped this fate as some South Bend scrap yard didn’t follow instructions…. It didn’t pass an airdrop test however.

Nobody bought it cuz it’s too ugly

You wiggled an intermittent connection such that it’s good for the moment.

Word of advice on these tractor-wreckers, you must follow the load chart to a T, the hoist will pick up far more than the boom/shipper can withstand.

Careful they are likely still hot.

Ask your local Sherwin Williams for some KemLustral wrought iron flat black stock no. F65B50, it's Alkyd enamel and has the perfect CARC like flatness.

Very pleased to see someone building these special trucks back to GMVs and not declaring them to be "parts trucks" or candidates for EV conversion and other stupidity. Army manual FM 3-05.214 has a some good GMV info, though it pre-dates the WB3's. Good luck with your effort, I have been...

Random thoughts: A hot water pressure washer will help remove poorly applied paint. Are you going back to a Viet Nam impression? If so CARC is the wrong color and texture. Most of us over here are abandoning expensive CARC and going with water based acrylics.

All over ebay

Check ground stud on shunt where it passes through the body.

Once a driveshaft tube is bent or has a kink in it, it’s hopeless to straighten it. Even if you get it close, these spin so fast that the vibration will damage carrier bearings.

For sure the Hawkers are better than the Optimas. On a maintainer I have gotten 10 years out of them. Not so much on other AGMs.

Tell the owner to fix the water intrusion, have him drive it several hundred miles, then revisit the purchase.

Well now you know. Needs a seal. Make sure nothing wobbles before you pull it apart.

Connector to HMMWV 200 amp umbilical !!NOT slave cable plug!! | SteelSoldiers

Hard pass on that one.

Is it GO90 or BFS?

GP will side forklift your new HMMWV onto anything you want.

Absolutely, your truck is a Jar Head USMC veteran. Front bumper should have paperclips welded on that go with those rear lifting brackets.

M893 needs some roof rust repair too!