how about a discussion about M151 mutt

[ChadC]

My grandfather left me an A2 when he passed away. I've had it for about 10 years or so. I love driving it, and if you respect the vehicle, be safe and drive carefully, it's a lot of fun. It's the other idiots you have to look out for. I have parts on order for a complete brake job. My 14 year old daughter likes driving it, and she can up shift, but hasn't gotten the downshift thing yet.

[Maple_Leaf_Eh]

My Canadian M151A2 reweld is safetied and plated. I've been on the road for three weeks!

[DaveN]

We have one running around here and it's used as a vehicle not a collectable.
A business here took "ruined surplus " mutts and repaired them to sell for $6000. I test drove one and really wanted it but it was not to be. It really crawled over a 1ft high log in a field we drove it to with no problem.

[m4carbine]

I had a 72 M151A2 w/ROPS un-cut. Sold it to a friend that stripped to the bare chassis about 5 years ago to rebuild and there it sets.

I replaced it with a 1979 A2 Marine FAV, one of the last 6 converted at Barstow, it is MINT less than 1000 miles on it.

[Cectech3140]

I own a pair of M151A1s and I do have fun working on them when I can.
I do have an operators manual dated 1968. And in this manual has a section on driving the M151s.
This section looks to be omitted from later manuals.

Has anyone notice this?

By the way, these two are #7 and #8 that I have owned.
The other 6 I sold or traided.

[browningautorifle]

Attachment 62148Just to toss a pic in for bystanders... Here's a 151... I used them, the one before and the ones that came after. When we went overseas, the CJ pattern jeeps Canada had were demilled by blowing them in several pieces... The 151 you don't see much in Canada and there ARE a few Iltis, but scarce. Seems either you love them or you don't. I finished with the military vehicles and left it at that...I don't recall many accidents with ours...

[Cectech3140]

Just in case, that picture is the M151A2. It's rear spenchion is way different that the M151 or the M151A1.
Also, the A2 has composite lights.

[browningautorifle]

The minors of these vehicles never meant much to us, and we didn't really know. We just drove them...or put the red tag on the steering wheel, whichever the case was.

[oldpaul]

After my tour in SEA, I was sent to 2/10 Cav at Camp Kaiser in South Korea around March 31 or May 1 of 1969. About three or four months after that they called a formation and asked for volunteers to transfer to the post MP company as they were short personnel. Despite the unwritten rule of never volunteering for anything I knew that the MPs carried their passes in their pockets and rarely ever froze their butts off going "out to the field". Nothing like repairing a broken track in below zero weather. Anyway, within days I was an MP with 7th MP Co. Detachment 1, the main company being at Camp Casey. It was good duty and I got to drive an M151A1 daily for the rest of my service commitment. At 18/19 years old and off post (out of sight of those that would write you up) we pressed those vehicles pretty hard without any problems that I remember. I drove up and down some seriously steep hills off road in 4WD on those skinny scalloped army tires. The picture is me sometime in 1970 in front of the PMO. The all black jeep you see the front of belonged to CID. I also never heard our jeeps called Mutts, but then I never heard the 50 cal machine gun called "ma deuce" or the M79 grenade launcher called a "thumper" either.

[browningautorifle]

I also never heard our jeeps called Mutts, but then I never heard the 50 cal machine gun called "ma deuce" or the M79 grenade launcher called a "thumper" either.