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Original HMMWV USMC auction
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RustyM923
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2015, technically.
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Another batch will be coming soon but going forward they will have the same requirements as the DLA Off Road only and EUC required. However, they will be newer machines with low mileage
springbok
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I have one of the original USMC ones. It was worth a lot more a year ago.
dilvoy
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You are right that they were able to be registered for "on road use" but the bill of sale from the auction house said "off road use only" clearly typed on it. I went to the Ca. DMV and got a on road title for it with no problems back in 1999.
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Get enough of them you have a kids ride at the fair for enough money...Freind got one of the USMC Hmmwv...Nice rig ...still runs
kdaniels
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I feel your pain on that issue... I bought mine from the "original" sale too...but on the plus side we haven't had this much activity on the Humvee board in a long time. Plus the interest it will bring to the hobby over all could be a positive thing. It's got to be good for the parts guys too with a whole new customer base. Guess we will have to ride it out and see where the value ends up...but it matters not to me as I never bought mine to resale.
SEMPER FI !!
keith
SEMPER FI !!
keith
Jon Giovani
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30,000 humvees were just released for sale, the bottom is going to drop out due to market being saturated and they will be able to be had for much much less. Just look at what the price has gone to today compared to a year ago at auction.
Now if we could only figure out why they still won't sell the turtle shells and keep sending them to the shredder.... (slant backs for the non military guys that don't get the turtle shell reference)
Now if we could only figure out why they still won't sell the turtle shells and keep sending them to the shredder.... (slant backs for the non military guys that don't get the turtle shell reference)
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KansasBobcat
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Agree with comments on titles for on road use. Another difference is the USMC HMMWVs had fording kits installed although the intakes and exhausts were removed from many before auction.
KansasBobcat
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Just curious about source on number of HMMWVs to be auctioned. 300,000 seems like a huge number considering the combat losses, foreign aid,demil, and normal attrition.
Jon Giovani
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One of the regional managers at gov planet was telling me about it last month.
Apparently they got the contract for them.
I thought the number seemed a little high also, guess we will see what happens.
KansasBobcat
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I am in the same boat. Collecting a vehicle that is still in the inventory is fraught with risk on the value side.
Blackmagic94
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lol at 300k. AMG never even built that many let alone 300k soft skin hmmwvs to sell Q demil code to us lol
BnaditCorps
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May i ask why that is?
Jon Giovani
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I think there were one to many 0's lol
DoctorCheney223
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Yeah.. but look at the bright side, you will have PLENTY of spare parts. I purchased a total of THIRTEEN of the original HMMWV's so I could use them for legally transporting customers to and from our range. I have purchased plenty of the recently released HMMWV's to keep my original fleet up and running.
V/R
Ron