From: Glenn Shaw (wolf.star@verizon.net)
Date: Fri Aug 29 2003 - 06:38:45 PDT
> Hi
> Doc makes a great point below: Response after.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doc Bryant" <rbhonk1@cox.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 3:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Re M151
>
>
> > Steve:
> >
> >
> > Given all the above, I still do not see a backroom deal taking place.
> More
> > it was some one in the National Highway Transportation Safety
> Administration
> > talking with someone in the military. And those two people decided that
> we
> > would be better off without certain military vehicles being sold off for
> the
> > proverbial $25 to anyone who shows up at the auction. And it's the
> product
> > liability issue that makes the manufacturer of said vehicle trundle up
to
> > those two in conversation and adding his two cents,
>
> And be aware that those 2 people are talking right now about allowing only
> vehicles to be sold through the DRMO/DLA/GL system to civilians that meet
> NHTSA and DOT regs as of date of manufacture, which means all deuces and 5
> tons after around 1972 or so will be demilled and scrapped out if this
goes
> in. Dont be supprised if it happens. I wont. I know that the only thing
> that is keeping it from happening right now is the stream of money coming
in
> by selling them coupled with the pain in the ass of demilling such large
> trucks for the DRMO people and the fact that so far there hasnt been an
> cluster somewhere with one on the highways. But there are DRMO people
> pushing for this right now. We will see. One high publicity incident and
> it will happen.
>
> Glenn
>
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