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This sounds a lot like the "jeep in a crate" myth that has been around since
WW II. I doubt it has any reality -- however, the HMMWV auction sounded
unbelievable too at first and it turned out to be real..
Best regards,
Chuck
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From: <LEEnCALIF@aol.com>
To: "Military Vehicles List" <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2000 9:09 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] 300 M-38 unused offerd for sale
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> In a message dated 4/8/00 1:06:11 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> ww2surplus@hotmail.com writes:
>
> << Someone offerd me 300 M-38 jeeps they seem to be in the US unused in
> perfect
> condition with all the canvas, axe, spade etc.
> Does anyone know more.
>
> Thanks
> Dennis Schneider
> 78 MB's & GPW's for sale >>
>
> Dennis, I have no idea if this is relevant to your particular deal without
> know more, but it sure sounds familiar.
>
> There has been this on going storym now at least 2 months old about
> "somebody" selling new military jeeps. As I recall the story, the factory
> was stuck with a cancelled order by some foriegn country...there was about
> 300 military type Jeeps in new condition and they are now being offered
for
> sale to the public, I think the price was about $8000 each, they had 4
> cyclinder engines, painted OD and has a few mil features installed.
> Possibly this was offered on E-bay awhile back. I tried to do an archieve
> search, but negative results, possibly because the ad was pulled as a
fraud.
>
> My inquiry to the sellers met with zip, nobody else got any answers either
> that I know of, seemed very fishy to me. If it was for real, a joke or a
> fraud... who knows? Maybe somebody else on the list can shed more light
on
> this.
>
> Wondering where you came across this information? Might make more sense
if
> we knew who your source was.
>
> Caveat emptor... jack
>
>
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