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

[red5hilser (red5hilser]

Dr. Steve: I've been into automatic waeapons most of my life. My MG-34 and 
MP-40 were purchased back in the early 1980s at the Great Western Gun Show in 
L.A. as 'parts guns.' Complete except that the recievers were torched in half, 
making them, under Federal law,?non-firing wall hangers. The '40 was $400, and 
the '34 was $600. I found a class?II manufacturer in Phoenix who built 
recievers for me, I paid the $200 ea. Transfer tax, and started to 'Rock & Roll 
out in the Arizona desert.' 

The Kubelwagen, mit stalhelm came later, with a Berretta MP 38/42 that I found 
at work. This guy's son brought it back home after WW2. That SMG has two 
triggers, one for semi, and one for foll auto. All he had to do to make it a 
legal war trophy was to remove the full auto trigger. I paid $200 for it with 
one trigger, looked in the latest issue of Shotgun News,?went to the surplus 
gun parts section, where I found a replacement auto trigger, original sling, 
and two 40 round mags which cost me all of $40. While I was at it, I also found 
a set of original y-straps, leather belt, and 2 canvas mag pouches w/the 
loading tool for the MP-40.

But that was then ... and this is now.? Yer pal, Ferrari Bubba


Subject: Re: [Ferrari] What Should I Buy [Ferrari Digest, Vol 26, Issue 8



Willi:

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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

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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.

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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.

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Too bad we didn't run into each other sooner. We could have torn up some really 
remote sites vic. Ft. H.

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Dr. Steve

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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


Dr. Stephen B. Spies, CES,  CFI
Director, Forensic Sciences Laboratory
Explosives Engineering  Technologies
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In a message dated 9/6/2008 1:02:48 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
ferrari-request [at] ferrarilist.com writes:

Maybe  instead of the G-wagen, a Kubelgagen  







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Director, Forensic Sciences Laboratory
Explosives Engineering Technologies
lex talionis
Fides tamen Quin

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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