Did I just buy a 2023 LMTV M1078A1 or not?

[RAPTORPILOT1960]

Hello, I just joined today after bidding and winning a "2023" LMTV M1078A1 unit in Arizona through Iron Planet. Is this really a 2023? As the condition does not represent the 4/23 manufactory date? The Cat. engine also has 1999 EPA date? Please advise with any help, Thank you.

 

[Green Mountain Boys]

Looks like a 2001 or so.

 

[RAPTORPILOT1960]

Hello, I just joined today after bidding and winning a "2023" LMTV M1078A1 unit in Arizona through Iron Planet. Is this really a 2023? As the condition does not represent the 4/23 manufactory date? The Cat. engine also has 1999 EPA date? Please advise with any help, Thank you.

 

[Green Mountain Boys]

I looked at the listing. It is an A1.
aprox. 2000 to 2006
Possibly 2003 typo

 

[NDT]

Even had a thread on it ...

This typo will catch your eye... | SteelSoldiers

 

[wheelspinner]

Hello, I just joined today after bidding and winning a "2023" LMTV M1078A1 unit in Arizona through Iron Planet. Is this really a 2023? As the condition does not represent the 4/23 manufactory date? The Cat. engine also has 1999 EPA date? Please advise with any help, Thank you.

What did it sell for?

 

[NDT]

Looks OK for the most part, only red flag I see is the dash is pulled, might be the start of some troubleshooting, or, if you are lucky, some cannibalization. Check your driveshaft phasing.

 

[98G]

Not a chance...

 

[fuzzytoaster]

No, it's a 2004. The truck has a battery disconnect box and lacks the features of an A1R: cab grab handles, larger door handles, etc. The 2004 year models (with some variance of late-late 2003's) received these upgrades that later became standard on the A1Rs 2006 onwards.

You sir have a typo that may cause you some pain at the tax office later.

 

[G744]

I've been to that yard.

It is a nightmare of disorganization.

Everyone there other than Isaiah is a rude SOB.

Best of luck, you'll need it.

 

[Keith Knight]

The data plate doesn’t look right. I have a September 2003 m1078a1 and my data plate is stamped not printed.

 

[NDT]

The data plate doesn’t look right. I have a September 2003 m1078a1 and my data plate is stamped not printed.View attachment 898086

The data plate on the OP's truck was installed when the trucks went back to Sealy for reset some time in the late 2000's.

 

[RRaulston]

I've been to that yard.

It is a nightmare of disorganization.

Everyone there other than Isaiah is a rude SOB.

Best of luck, you'll need it.

I buy tires there all the time. I wish they would take pics of the large metal rods protruding through the tread rendering the tire useless.... Oh, and tires that are listed one week, and gone the next, never having been bid on? Those FMTVs have been there for a while. Every time I ask when they will come up to auction, I get we just don't have time to process them. Shut up....most GP yards have hundreds of items. Last check the AZ yard had like 54 +-. Then I get yelled at cause I drove in the wrong spot. IM NOT THE ONE WHO SET UP THE CONES! Sorry, rant over...

 

[serpico760]

Hello, I just joined today after bidding and winning a "2023" LMTV M1078A1 unit in Arizona through Iron Planet. Is this really a 2023? As the condition does not represent the 4/23 manufactory date? The Cat. engine also has 1999 EPA date? Please advise with any help, Thank you.

My 2001 m1083 has an engine epa date the same as yours. I'm pretty sure you got a 2003-2004

 

[GeneralDisorder]

It's a 3126b engine - trucks made after 2005 have C7 engines. It can't be newer than that. And by the VIN it's a 2003.

 

[Jbulach]

Was the truck won for more than it would have likely went for if correctly listed as an 2003, If so might it be worth disputing or forfeiting the action? Unless your in a state that you can very easily wash the title to correct the issue I would assume the truck to be worth 10-25% less in value than a similar 2003.

 

[wheelspinner]

Was the truck won for more than it would have likely went for if correctly listed as an 2003, If so might it be worth disputing or forfeiting the action? Unless your in a state that you can very easily wash the title to correct the issue I would assume the truck to be worth 10-25% less in value than a similar 2003.

It sold well within the normal range

 

[Ronmar]

They listed the wrong engine in the one I got, they gave me a grand back

 

[GeneralDisorder]

Ronmar has a good point - you may have an argument for getting a substantial refund since the truck will almost surely have issues being registered with the paperwork they are going to give you. You should also ask them to please fix the paperwork side of things - you can show them a VIN decoder with the correct year and obviously it couldn't have the build date that they claim - that's logically impossible. If they will fix the paperwork it's not that difficult to have a new data plate made up.

 

[coachgeo]

Ronmar has a good point - you may have an argument for getting a substantial refund since the truck will almost surely have issues being registered with the paperwork they are going to give you. You should also ask them to please fix the paperwork side of things - you can show them a VIN decoder with the correct year and obviously it couldn't have the build date that they claim - that's logically impossible. If they will fix the paperwork it's not that difficult to have a new data plate made up.

that one plate of 4/23 on it is what likely threw them off. What is that plate? Does not look like the main plate by driver knee. Will be interesting to see what the paperwork he gets actually says