Ferrari Mailing List: Re: What Should I Buy [Ferrari Digest, Vol 26, Issue 8

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Willi:
 
I'm not sure how it went back then, but the half-tracks are now, for some  
reason, classified as implements of war and cannot be imported without a lot of 
 
red tape from the State Department's Munitions Control Office, an Importer's  
License from BATF&E, etc. I understand that the best anyone can do now is  
get the tracks imported from Israel but I'm even ready to accept an "assembled  
from parts" one. The only thing I can't tolerate is one in poor mechanical  
condition. If something is going to be broken I'm going to be the one that  
breaks it. I'm not sure how they classify the Kubelwagen buy I'm guessing it 
can  
be imported without too much trouble as Pinzgauer's and Unimogs make it in. It 
 must be something about tracked vehicles
 
I'll probably put the front and rear ARB Air Lockers on my Bronco as a  
backup for the G-wagon but that is about it. Four 4x4's should be enough for  
anyone.
 
And today is one of those no ambition, just want to wander on the mountains  
in SE AZ and look for Ghost Towns or some such. It is a really good day here 
to  take out the 348 and exercise it but even that doesn't seem like motivation 
 enough, though I know some time in Nov. I'll remember today and wonder why  
I didn't take it out for a run.
 
Too bad we didn't run into each other sooner. We could have torn up some  
really remote sites vic. Ft. H.
 
Dr. Steve
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 9/7/2008 11:31:41 A.M. Central Daylight Time, Red5hilser  
writes:

Hey Dr.  Steve: Before I bought my Type 181 Kubelwagen in the late 1990's, I 
explored  other kinds of European military vehiclesThere were several German 
Sd. Kfz.  251 - Halftrack personnel carriers, FOB the Czech Republic, for less 
than 15K  usd, if I remember right. The Germans had factories there that 
manufactured  several tens of thousands units during WW2. After the war, the 
Czechs 
 continued production for several years, thus spare parts are no  problem.

After weighing the pros and cons, I decided on the Kubelwagen,  FOB Houston. 
It was really a no-brainer. Since 'The Thing' was a civilian  rip-off of the 
Kubelwagen, all the spare parts that I could ever need was  available at my 
nearest VW dealer, and it cost half as much as the Halftrack,  I headed for 
houston and drove it back to Tucson. 

It was complete  except for the mount for my MG-34 and the duck-boards for 
the floors, and the  oval Waffen-SS license plate for the front bumper, all 
purchased off eBay. It  had a good field-green top which I hardly used. I 
prefered 
wearing an  oakleaf camo zeltban and a stalhelm. You should have see those  
jack-rabbits run!

NOTE: the easy way to identify a genuine Kubelwagen,  not a Thing that is of 
much less value, is to look at the VIN. The genuine  K-wagen is made in 
Wolfsburg, Germany. All VW Things were manufactured in  either Brazil or 
Mexico. 
BTW, does anybody know what Wolfsburg was named  pre-1945? Doug, you should 
know 
this.



Ach, the memories,  Haupsturmfuher Bubba


-----Original Message-----
From: Dr.  Steve
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] What Should I Buy [Ferrari Digest, Vol 26,  Issue 8]


Actually, I have to admit that my G-wagon is one of my favorite cars, and   
the most capable 4x4 I have owned. 
  
 My trailer queen off-roadster goal is a HalfTrack, and I've been on  the 
 prowl for a usable one for a price that doesn't make it a museum piece  for 
a 
 while and it is "on-order" with one of the real aficionados of the  military 
 vehicle restoration in town but the price is the current barrier (as is  the 
 case 
 sometimes with these things). There is a limit that can be spent on  
something 
 that needs a gooseneck trailer with my F-350 and while fun to drive on  the 
 farm is essentially useless except for the trails so I'll just wait out the  
 market and if it comes available at the right price I'll pick it up and 
bring it  
 
 home.
  
 In the meantime I'll just see how far I can push the G, and save the 348  
for 
 Memphis.
  
 Maybe while we are in MEM we can all get together and figure out how to  
find 
 some obscure battlefield or historic location that no one else gets to  
 without a GPS and some off-road equipment.
  
 Dr. Steve
  
  
 1964 Rolls  Royce Silver Cloud III...........1975 Pontiac GV Conv.
 1980 MB  450SL..................................1982 RR Corniche
 1985 MB 280 GE  G-Wagen................. 1985 GMC Brigadier 20 Ton 
 Winch/Wrecker
 1988 Rolls  Royce Silver Spur................1990 Cadillac "Eagle" Hearse
 1994 F-350  Powerstroke 4x4................1995 Ferrari 348 Spyder
 1996 Bronco  ......................................2000 Lincoln Town Car
 2004  Excursion...................................(+ Audrey's 2x MB's)
 and  a
 1976 Fire Truck...................................HAHN, WARNER &  SWASEY- 
 DUPLEX 
 DIVISION  HOWE  APPARTUS . MODEL #R400 FIRE  TRUCK w/a 100' Tower
 
 
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 Director, Forensic Sciences Laboratory
 Explosives Engineering  Technologies
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 Maybe  instead of the G-wagen, a Kubelgagen  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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1964 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud  III...........1975 Pontiac GV Conv.
1980 MB  450SL..................................1982 RR Corniche
1985 MB 280 GE  G-Wagen................. 1985 GMC Brigadier 20 Ton 
Winch/Wrecker
1988 Rolls  Royce Silver Spur................1990 Cadillac "Eagle" Hearse
1994 F-350  Powerstroke 4x4................1995 Ferrari 348 Spyder
1996 Bronco  ......................................2000 Lincoln Town Car
2004  Excursion...................................(+ Audrey's 2x MB's)
and  a
1976 Fire Truck...................................HAHN, WARNER &  SWASEY- 
DUPLEX 
DIVISION  HOWE  APPARTUS . MODEL #R400 FIRE  TRUCK w/a 100' Tower


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