I just noticed this thread. Nice job accumulating stories about uses for the vehicles.
A couple thoughts to add, based on the crap we had to go through here in Wis.
Due to state's reciprocity agreements, people from other U.S. states can legally drive their former military vehicles in Georgia, but you folks who live there, pay the taxes, and vote,
cannot??? How is this fair?
If the vehicle came with an SF-97 form from the U.S. govt., then the U.S. govt. intended that the vehicle be titled, licensed, and operated on public highways. If that vehicle already has a U.S. state title, then GA should recognize it. Article IV, Sec. 1 of the U.S. Constitution requires each state to recognize every other U.S. state's records and judicial proceedings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Faith_and_Credit_Clause This is what keeps the 50 states working harmoniously together, rather than always squabbling over a marriage license or other items.
Fed. regulations require each state to maintain and use an Instant Title Verification Process, so they
must immediately determine if a title is legitimate, whenever they get an application with an out-of-state title.
Mid-'80s MILSPEC documents specify that vehicles built to US govt. contracts
MUST MEET FMVSS as a design specification, including 5-ton variants and below.
All vehicles built for US govt. are exempted from the FMVSS-Certification Label requirement, even though they were required to meet FMVSS. Cert. Labels did not exist prior to 10/'69, so no earlier vehicles have the labels either.
In Wisconsin, the Dept. of Administration conducts appeals over other regulatory agencies' decision/s (like DOT's). We appealed several cases through this system, and DOT's decisions were overruled. GA may have a similar venue. In WI, you do not need to hire an attorney to do this.
We're on the cusp of passage of a very lenient collector law. If you would like to discuss things in more detail, I'm happy to discuss our efforts here. pm me for my phone #. What happens in one state definitely effects things in other states. We're coming out of this in very fine shape.
Good luck with your work.
Paul