Hello, I'm new to g838. Had wanted a M151 for many years and purchased this one in 1999. Met a guy in FL who owned 5 MUTTs and an assortment of other vehicles he said he used for film work. Mine is a bit of a Frankenmutt, as he explained that he found the body in a junkyard and added an assortment of take off parts to make it whole. An A1 steering wheel/column and in-tank electric fuel pump are the most obvious issues, although I assume there are more. The body has some weld repairs and rust issues, but I can not find any evidence of a cut. The ROPS is a shell that is only bolted to the forward floor to give it an updated look for a film role, so I left it alone. The good news is that the body has no cuts for ROPS, heater, slave cable, etc.
My MUTT was a solid weekend driver and, when I parked in in late 2007, I had no idea that it wouldn't run again until Spring 2011. Two desert deployments and a host of other projects got in the way, but we are back on the road now. When time allows, I hope to disassemble the whole vehicle for the restoration she deserves. I will certainly be combing these pages for all the info I can to avoid reinventing the wheel.
