Re: [MV] unknown vehicle

From: jim gilmore (jgilmore@oeonline.com)
Date: Fri Jan 28 2000 - 16:59:06 PST


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At 06:02 PM 1/28/00 -0500, you wrote:
>can someone identify this vehicle from this very limited description ??
>i was told it was a jeep type vehicle made for the korean war.
>manufactured in england by austin healey with a gas RR engine, 5 speeds
>forward and reverse, four wheel drive, weighs 3800 lbs. not an armored
>vehicle. cannot get to it until spring, but the owner wants to cut it up
>and make it into a fire truck. wanted to check its value for him before
>he kills it ....

      Austin (not Healey) Champ. Rare in the US. If it's in good shape
you would not want to cut it up. Parts are very hard to find in the US......

           Jim Gilmore MVPA # 5843

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