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M151A2 wanted

Unread post by agwrangler » February 14th, 2020, 1:14 pm

If anyone has an uncut AMG or Ford M151A2, I am looking for one, unrestored. Not wanting an absolute beat to crap rust bucket. I am in houston, the closer the better, but I would also get one shipped to me. Let me know if you have one you arent going to get around to restoring. Thanks!

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Re: M151A2 wanted

Unread post by m3a1 » February 14th, 2020, 7:14 pm

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Re: M151A2 wanted

Unread post by Fil Bonica » February 21st, 2020, 4:41 pm

Economics still plays a role in the hobby.
I think that people think they can do it cheaper than one that is finished.
The more they look the more the price rises!
The finished price reflects reality more that what the estimate of what people think it will cost
Patience will yield a good buyer.
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Re: M151A2 wanted

Unread post by mike_v » March 3rd, 2020, 12:52 pm

agwrangler wrote:
February 14th, 2020, 1:14 pm
If anyone has an uncut AMG or Ford M151A2, I am looking for one, unrestored. Not wanting an absolute beat to crap rust bucket. I am in houston, the closer the better, but I would also get one shipped to me. Let me know if you have one you arent going to get around to restoring. Thanks!
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1974 M151A2 w/ ROPS, heater, radios and M416 trailer

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Re: M151A2 wanted

Unread post by acudanut » March 20th, 2020, 2:46 pm

As you probably know, Ford only made a small batch of A2's (1971 only), before they lost the contract to AMG.

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Re: M151A2 wanted

Unread post by m3a1 » March 20th, 2020, 2:59 pm

I'm rather sure my Ford A2 is a 1970. Muttguru said so.

So do the hood numbers, which are original.

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Unread post by rickf » March 20th, 2020, 7:18 pm

70, 71, early 72 if I remember correctly
1964 M151A1
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone

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Unread post by acudanut » March 20th, 2020, 11:33 pm

Yes, sorry you were right. I was thinking the end, not the beginning of Ford A2 Mutts.
I wonder if someone can provide proof of a 72 Ford A2. (it has to be rare). Dunno


1951 to 1959 Ford had the development contract for designing & building the M151.

1960 to 1962 Ford has the contract for delivery of the M151.

1962 to 1964 Willys Motors won the contract to build the next batch of M151s During that contract, the Military amended the contract with Willys Motors so that the model A1 could be built. Part-way through that contract, Willys Motors was subsumed by Kaiser Jeep.

1964 to 1971. Ford won the next contracts to build the M151A1.
By 1967 Ralph Nader was campaigning for auto-safety and was targeting the M151A1 as "Inherently Unsafe". The Military reacted to this by asking Ford to develop a safer version of the M151A1.
Ford considered various options and in 1968 produced test-versions of the safer model (which would become the M151A2). Defense Sec Mel Laird insisted on thorough testing of the pilot vehicles and the M151A2 was finally approved for production in December 1969/January 1970. Ford stopped production of the A1 model near the end of 1969 and changed over to production of the A2 model, producing the now type-approved M151A2 with first deliveries to the military in March 1970.

In 1971, the M151A2 contract renewal came up for bid but Ford lost the new contract to AM General, who produced the M151A2 into the early 1980's.

Kaiser and Willys never produced the M151A2, but Kaiser was subsumed into American Motors Corp in 1970 and AMC at that time was re-named AM General.

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Re: M151A2 wanted

Unread post by rickf » March 21st, 2020, 9:53 am

I may have misspoken on that one, I looked in the old wiki files and it appears that late 71 was the change to AMG. I REALLY need to get the old wiki back up and running!
1964 M151A1
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone

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