Re: [MV] GSA Sale in Minnesota

From: Colin Stevens (colin@pacdat.net)
Date: Tue May 15 2001 - 16:44:14 PDT


If a government thinks they might be sued by someone who buys a surplus
vehicle, then they will destroy that valuable vehicle rather than sell it.
They probably view these M274 vehicles as 'dangerous' - except for their
sons and daughters who are serving as soldiers and marines that is ...

Any MV collector knows that the M151A2 MUTTs were worth much more complete
than as scrap (duh!). US & Canadian governments were PARANOID about being
sued. The Canadian government sold off M38A1CDN2 (1967-68) & CDN3 jeeps
(1970-71) (no roll cage, lap seat belts, vacuum wipers) but refused to sell
(usually) the newer 1974 M151A2 MUTTS (roll cages, shoulder seat belts, &
electric wipers) and had them cut up.

Colin Macgregor Stevens

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MVPA Member 954 (since 1977)
Editor: "Maple Leaf Up!" newsletter & Webmaster
of Western Command Military Vehicle Historical Society
(Established 1977)
Pitt Meadows (East of Vancouver but not beyond Hope)
British Columbia, CANADA
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1944 Willys MB jeep (ex-Norway)
1942 BSA airborne bicycles (2)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Byrd" <byrdhouse@netease.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] GSA Sale in Minnesota

[...]
> Case in point: Dept. of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Tennessee
> National Wildlife Refuge, Duck River Unit, Winter 1999. 4- M274 (some with
> upgrade kits, some that run) crushed by bulldozer, carried to local
landfill
> and buried.
>
> My questions are: Shouldn't there be documentation of this? How was this
> possible? and,If it was wrong, shouldn't some one be held accountable? I
> believe it probably was wrong. I've seen 10 yr. old Dodge pickups with
blown
> engines that were more trouble in paperwork than they were worth sold at
> these sites. Then they get something that is hard to find and WORTH
> something and it's destroyed. GO FIGURE!
>
> I'm sorry friends, I just had to vent, I feel better now.
> Keith



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