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

[Erik Nielsen (judge4re]

Every time a Scorpion light tank comes up on the market in the USA, I always
get the itch to buy one...

On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 12:51 PM, <BRIGANDBAR [at] aol.com> wrote:

> 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
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>  In a message dated 9/6/2008 1:02:48 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
>  _ferrari-request [at] ferrarilist.com_ (mailto:ferrari-request [at] 
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> 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
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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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