My first attempt at photos of some of my stuff

this is a spot to post pics of your favorite mutt cause you know we all like to look at them.

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Unread post by Jay Mallari » December 19th, 2007, 8:50 am

Actually, Bill mentioned about the mismatched fenders in his other post. That's why they were the first ones I looked for when he posted the pics :wink:
To be honest, I like the asymmetry.

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Unread post by Spike » December 19th, 2007, 11:03 am

Bill, is your Gama Goat licensed for the street?

I love the desert camo. Great looking A2!
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Unread post by Bill, Idaho » December 19th, 2007, 11:52 am

Ok, here we go. When I bought the MUTT it had no data tags, save for the BUDD tag on the firewall. I was (and still am) quite ignorant about MUTT's. Since the engine had the smog stuff on it, I figured through some basic reading that it had to be at least an early 1970's. I just picked a year (1974) and had the State DMV lady come out and put a new State ID tag on it. I titled it as an AM General. (Which proved to be a relative pain when it came to insurance --but that's a whole separate thread)
THEN, I discovered that only Fords had that BUDD tag. Wonderful, just wonderful. I own a Ford, titled as an AM General.
THEN I was surfing on another military vehicle website that primarily deals with flat-fender jeeps, (that shall remain nameless), and a discussion came up about being able to identify an A2 by the curve on the front of the fenders. That curve could determine if it was a Ford or an AM General. I never gave it another thought. A couple of days later I was over at a local militaria-collectable store (that you guys should really check out!). On the wall was a calendar our MV club had made. The photo for the month happened to be my MUTT. ( The owner of that business is also a member and you guys probably know him from Lodi/Camp Delta-his name is Duane, the guy with all the patches) Anyway, I glanced at that photo and LO AND BEHOLD...my MUTT had both straight and curved fenders! I went home and uncovered my MUTT. Sure enough, somewhere along the line mine ended up with both. One of each.
Now I know exactly where my MUTT came from (that's all I am going to say about that), and evidently whilst it was in service, sometime from when it was on the production line and when it left official duty, it appropriated this oddity.
Now for the Goat, it is indeed fully licensed and insured. Street legal. I drive it whenever need be. Idaho has a provision for what's known as "Old-Timer" plates. The vehicle has to be at least 30 years old. They cost about $9 for three years. The only thing is you cannot use it as a daily driver. No problem there. Insurance is about $60 a year. I have the same type of plates on my 5-ton.( I have restored the Goat to comm-model, complete with a gaggle of radios, receivers, intercoms, field phones,etc)

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Unread post by halftracknut » December 19th, 2007, 12:11 pm

Bill, have you checked closly to see if one fender may have been replaced???...by the way I would never change them....HTN..
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Unread post by Bill, Idaho » December 19th, 2007, 1:30 pm

I haven't crawled under to look, but another guy did and thinks one was probably replaced. Which is more than likely why I have the two different fenders.
You're right, I don't want to change them, that's for sure. Certainly an odd-ball.

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Unread post by rickf » December 19th, 2007, 1:32 pm

I agree, never change them. See how many people miss it, I did. Check with Haggerty insurance, you should not have any problems through them.
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Unread post by moose53 » December 19th, 2007, 1:43 pm

Bill, Idaho wrote: I titled it as an AM General. (Which proved to be a relative pain when it came to insurance --but that's a whole separate thread)
THEN, I discovered that only Fords had that BUDD tag. Wonderful, just wonderful. I own a Ford, titled as an AM General.
Don't feel bad, I have an AM General titled as a Ford lol :D

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Unread post by Bill, Idaho » December 19th, 2007, 3:36 pm

Rickf, I should clarify myself. I am quite content with my insurance companies (State Farm) coverage of all my MV's. I have a "special-use" policy. I forget the actual name of the policy. They have to look like original for the most part, no daily driver, and I had to give them some type of value. Oh yeah, a photo. I guess som eother policies say the MV has to be stored inside a garage along with other certain particulars. Not so with my policy. As I think about it, the policy limitations pretty well match the limitations for the license plates on them. It's about $60 a year for each one, as I recall.

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Unread post by toptiger » December 20th, 2007, 12:55 am

is this right- Ford had the straight bottom and AM Gen had the curvy one?
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Unread post by moose53 » December 20th, 2007, 2:01 am

toptiger wrote:is this right- Ford had the straight bottom and AM Gen had the curvy one?
Thats right, there were a few other differences, but that's the main one, easy to spot without even getting close lol

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Unread post by Rainman » December 26th, 2007, 9:25 pm

Were talking M151A2's right? I'm aware of Ford BUDD tags,
but thought it was M151 and A1 only. Wow, I really have
missed something somewhere.

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Unread post by Bill, Idaho » December 26th, 2007, 9:39 pm

The way I was educated was that any Ford made MUTT will have a Budd tag.

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BUDD

Unread post by Rainman » December 26th, 2007, 9:53 pm

Me too Bill, but my lack of understanding begins with...

Ford got out of the M151 business in 1964 or so. At least that's
what I seem to have in my memory. That would exclude the
majority of the A1's and all of the A2's. Don't be surprised that
I'm wrong, cause I'm clearly confused. Again.

As for Gamagoats, I'm a veteran of those too. School trained
and goat swimmer and operator 1975-76. I loved those things!
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Unread post by moose53 » December 27th, 2007, 12:47 am

The original A2's were Fords, mine is a 71. AMG started making them in 72

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confused

Unread post by Rainman » December 27th, 2007, 12:55 am

Thanks moose,
That accounts for my confusion. My 71's an AMG. make and titled.
Don't know why I had the idea Ford was out of it by then. Also
learned about the Ford fenders and AMG drop fenders, it's been
a good day! :)

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