How about M1009A2? Not quite as far fetched as M1009, but different enough
to get away with it!
At 17:13 6/30/01 -0400, Jim Wiehe wrote:
>Since this is just for fun why not :
>M1007 ?
>I do not know if this number was ever used.
>You could always say it was used by someone else
>with the 007 designation.
>Let us know what you decide.
>Jim Wiehe , VA3JHW
>mail to : j.wiehe@sympatico.ca
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jim Newton" <jnewton@laurel.com>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 13:30
>Subject: [MV] Just For Fun -- Ficticious CUCV Model Number for
Suburban...Opinions?
>
>
>
>Hello List...
>
>As many of you know, I am completing my military Suburban CUCV project
>which uses all possible authentic CUCV parts from M1009s and M1008s.
>I am trying my best to build it just as if the Suburban had been an
>issue vehicle in the 80s. My goal is to make this unit so authentic
>that it will cause other MVers say "Wow, I didn't know that there were
>CUCV Suburbans!".
>
>We all know that Suburbans were not used as CUCVs until the CUCV II
>and III series, but when I decided on a CUCV, I needed more room than
>an M1009 could offer and more enclosed space than an M1008 could
>offer. That's why I built up my own on a Suburban platform.
>
>Anyway, just for fun, I'm wondering what the model number you all
>think WOULD have been designated to the CUCV Suburban if it had been
>used by the Armed Forces in the 1980s.
>
>Here is a list of existing CUCV models:
>
> M1008
> Truck, Cargo, Tactical (Pick Up)
>
> M1008A1
> Truck, Cargo, Tactical (Pick Up)
>
> M1009 Blazer
> Truck, Cargo, Tactical (Blazer)
>
> M1010
> Truck, Ambulance, Tactical (Ambulance)
>
> M1028
> Truck, Shelter Carrier, Tactical (Shelter)
>
> M1028A1
> Truck, Shelter Carrier w/ PTO, Tactical (Shelter)
>
> M1031
> Truck, Chassis, Tactical (Chassis with No Bed)
>
>So let me know what model number you think the CUCV Suburban would
>have been given if issued.
>
>Thanks!
>
>--
>
>Jim "Ike" Newton
>
> o 1984 Military CUCV Suburban
> 6.2L Turbo Diesel Engine
> 3/4 Ton Cargo Capacity, 4WD
>
> o M35A2 Military Troop/Cargo Truck "Deuce and a Half"
> 465ci Turbo Diesel Multi-Fuel Engine
> Air Shift Front Axle, Deep Water Fording Option
> 2 1/2 Ton Cargo Capacity, 6WD
>
> See them at: http://www.CUCV.net
>
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