surplus army vehicles

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Marc Montgomery

The hobby may die out, and with so many non-collectors using the iltis as an expendable dune buggy, there may a number of those wrecked in the near future, and if not wrecked, in need of major repair, with a very limited parts supply of certain Iltis specific parts. Seems to me a decreasing number of young people are interested in messing around with greasy rusty auto repair...and there are no computers to re-configure on these old things...

Isn't that why ex-military vehicles are bought by the public? All I see are jeeps and trucks bought for fun off-roading, building site & farm yard hack, snow plow, etc? Try to find a barn find MB or GPW which at one time has not been converted into a snow plow, overpainted in a bright colour, extra lights and wide tyres added, etc.

It is only after a certain time elapses and a certain type of vehicle disappears from the street, when people start collecting and restoring them. This probably concurs with the phase in their life when they have an expendable income and spare time on their hands.

H.