USMC Growler

Military vehicles other than M-151s that might be of interest to our members

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USMC Growler

Unread post by acudanut » August 14th, 2020, 2:42 pm

Anyone own one yet ?

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Re: USMC Growler

Unread post by Mark » August 14th, 2020, 10:23 pm

I thought you did?
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Re: USMC Growler

Unread post by acudanut » August 15th, 2020, 9:34 am

Not me. !!

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Re: USMC Growler

Unread post by rickf » August 15th, 2020, 10:33 am

Nobody here is stupid enough, or rich enough, to spend that much money on a toy! If I had that much to spend on a toy I would buy a Razor!!!
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Re: USMC Growler

Unread post by Bill, Idaho » August 22nd, 2020, 7:58 am

Alex at Idaho Motor Pool has a couple of them. They are in fact pretty cool!

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Re: USMC Growler

Unread post by rickf » August 22nd, 2020, 8:27 am

And how much did he pay for them? Each. When they first went up for sale they were going at or above the asking price for new Razors. And a Razor will do a LOT more than a Growler and it will do it with a LOT more comfort. Again, if I am spending upwards of 25,000.00 for a toy that you cannot even drive on the road then I am not buying a surplus military vehicle! I am buying something new and with factory support. And a ton of aftermarket support for that matter, the Razor is the AR-15 of the off road world.
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Re: USMC Growler

Unread post by Horst » August 22nd, 2020, 10:06 am

checked the Idaho Motor Pool website, the longer wheelbase version looks pretty cool to me. Overall however, this little truck seems to be absolutely over-engineered. Way too complicated for what it need and can do.
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1972 USMC M151A2 w/ROPS (ex Barstow) and M416
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1966 GTO,1982 E350 Skoolie, 1987 SJ413, 1987 911
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