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I'd bet they can do better selling them in bulk to other countries. At the very least, it'd be easier to sell, say, 50 at a time than 50 to individual sellers.
That said, I think that American bidders should have the right to bid for them, even if required to buy 50 at a time like other...
It wouldn't be too hard, particularly for anything pre-airbags (1989?). Lighting could be accomplished via generic stuff at any auto parts store (like the $3 trailer license plate light I have on my truck to make it legal) or junkyard parts, the only tricky issue would be airbag installations...
A vehicle only needs to meet the standards for the year of manufacture. M35s are WAY before anything resembling a tough standard came into play. Even my M1008 has no airbag, no emissions system, etc., because the applicable standards weren't in place until the 1990s.
So, an M998 from, say...
I can appreciate the fact that they need every one that they got and they're rebuilding them and such, but that's a different argument from the "they're too dangerous" crappola that the government trots out.
Sorry, but my tax dollars paid for (or, rather, pay the interest on the national debt...
Re: RE: Re: RE: Why not M998s at GL auctions????
Really? Couldn't they just sell them "for off-road use only?" I mean, you can buy and title, say, a 4-wheeler, John Deere Gator, and a plethora of other vehicles, or hold the title to a race car that isn't close to street legal- you just can't...