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I know that KsM715... ashes to ashes, dust to dust, steel to rust, and that dern HMMWV aluminum turn signal flasher housing which pretty much dissolved into a white aluminum oxide powder under my dash! No wonder the turn signals were getting balky the last few weeks, and after only 28 years! ;)

parts... congressmen... sure, AMGeneral's (contributions/influence) over the politicians trumps the entire MVPA membership and this forum combined @ $3.2 Billion 2011 in sales alone. dream on. We are so appreciative... Does the LESO fine print actually say you have saved it? Or do you have to...

Yeah... It takes all types...

You're right if a local muni can use 'em, use 'em all. But the LESO says they still go back to the Govt for crushing when done, nothing different than now. It's AMGeneral calling the shots, and protecting their interests. The delivery label below says it all. LESO says a steady stream of parts...

Yup, I've seen feds chase down a lousy $1000 night vision tube, base on the nsn/serial number. Which reminds me, my title still has the original short VIN that gave the State of Illinois fits.

I don't like the sound of that, F&F all over again. The whole AMG strategy may be OMG we lost track of these dangerous non-roadworthy muni-HMMWV's so ban/de-title/de-plate all of 'em from the street. Because they can't tell the contraband from the legal. AMG is an influential player in Govt...

Not to be too conspiratorial. hndrsonj, You hit the nail on the head, glad you said it and not me. It's a 'Fast and Furious' senario. The answer is... Govt won't, they will just ban them all from the road. Like AMGeneral wanted in the first place, and couldn't.

You're lucky KsM715, it's real different in Chicagoland/suburbs where harassment is a way of life. My son and I got pulled over in our Deuce for a +2 hour stop, 6 squads, full shakedown. Coming home after a St Pat's Day Parade (with Happy St Pats banners +all), no tickets, no charges, just...

And they get a free flow of spare parts, which we cannot buy. Lucky stiffs.

I work on my HMMWV for the "love of it" and will continue. But the thought of a thread discussing modding a 1,000 gallon poly tank with sprayers on a HMMWV to water the local parkway grass is somehow... perverse. That's coming from the perspective of a "Military Vehicles Supersite", but I'm not...

I talked with a cousin this week who worked(comms) for another Chicagoland suburb municipality who got in a 5T 6X6, 2- APC's and HMMWV's, his supervisor said "You're seeing things you're not supposed to see." So I'm with you in the WTF highlighted stuff below.

emmado22 is right... back to the Govt then the crusher. AMGeneral has spoken with their election contributions. And this, a humdinger of a packing label.

Yeah and when it's used to help out that's great, and I'm for it 100%. Here's a real story where it get's 'out of hand' for me. At a static display I was at a LEO ambled over to 'shoot the breeze'. One of those "Our dept got one of those(look's at my HMMWV)." conversations started. Where do we...

And I am in complete agreement with everything you said. But up until now, on SS, in the HMMWV forum, we were saving and restoring for posterity not providing helpful hints for hacking 'em up.(For civil use of course)

Restoration vs bastardization, depends what SS and members are here for I guess. I'm just a purist. AMGeneral has had a long history of keeping HMMWV's out of civilian hands thru Demil and legislation. Then recently no parts to civilians. It was all about the profit $ to them, nobody gonna...

Yeah, I lifted this from another post.

Well it looks like the floodgates have opened and every local municipal department is getting HMMWV's. LEO's, FD's, water+sewer departments, what a deal!. Here on the SS HMMWV forum we civilians had to beg borrow and steal to get ($)HMMWV's and the repair parts. Even as recent... civ's NOT...