Military Surplus Vehicles
Roberto beiro
Military surplus vehicles have been popular for a long time, and not just among army aficionados. The great thing about army surplus vehicles is that they are durable, relatively inexpensive, and easy to work on.
There are many who own Army Surplus Jeeps from the Vietnam War. They are easy to maintain and service and with a few tools can be kept running for many years to come.
We had one of the Army Jeeps when I was a kid. It had been worked hard and was in need of much repair. There were many examples like this one that hadn't actualy been in combat.
The Jeep came from an army training camp, and had been treated to the roughest terrain they could find, it seemed, because it was knackered. It had a massive hole in the bottom and one of the wheel was about to fall off. But it was cheap to buy, and more importantly, cheap to fix.
When I was little, you could find parts anywhere for these vehicles. It was as easy as going to you local Army surplus store. This isn't the case any longer.
Most of the parts we required, we got from a mail-order catalogue. The wheel and remaining parts we sourced from our local army surplus store. It wasn't long before we were able to start working on the Jeep.
Nowadays, the Hummer is the main vehicle that the army uses. It replaced the Jeep which was much easier to work on and because of it's small dimensions, would fit in the garage with no problems. This wouldn't be the case for a Hummer.
We spent most of the summer working on it, and just as we went into fall we had it running. It still needed some cosmetic work, but mechanically it was sound. We took it for a drive and it ran superbly and to it's credit, is still on the road to this day.
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