Re: M151 MUTT replica kit
 

It is still going to be defined as a spring whether the kinetic
energy is stored in steel, air or hydraulic pressures, support the
suspension.
It is all I can do to keep from reporting you to: abuse@swbell.net
for charter violation: writing of a french vehicle.
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Bret Ludwig wrote:
>
> Well, Citroens, at least D-series models, didn't. They had hydraulic
> spheres that acted as spring and damper ('shock absorber'). Rolls Royce
> used them as well but only as a "helper" in addition to conventional
> springs. A Rolls weighs almost three times what a Citroen does.
>
> A few Brit cars used a poor-man's version called Hydrolastic. One Indy
> car in '64 or '65 or thereabouts used it and was called the MG Liquid
> Suspension Special. It had an Offenheuser for power.

Re: M151 MUTT replica kit
 

It is still going to be defined as a spring whether the kinetic
energy is stored in steel, air or hydraulic pressures, support the
suspension.
It is all I can do to keep from reporting you to: abuse@swbell.net
for charter violation: writing of a french vehicle.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Bret Ludwig wrote:
>
> Well, Citroens, at least D-series models, didn't. They had hydraulic
> spheres that acted as spring and damper ('shock absorber'). Rolls Royce
> used them as well but only as a "helper" in addition to conventional
> springs. A Rolls weighs almost three times what a Citroen does.
>
> A few Brit cars used a poor-man's version called Hydrolastic. One Indy
> car in '64 or '65 or thereabouts used it and was called the MG Liquid
> Suspension Special. It had an Offenheuser for power.

Re: M151 MUTT replica kit
 

It is still going to be defined as a spring whether the kinetic
energy is stored in steel, air or hydraulic pressures, support the
suspension.
It is all I can do to keep from reporting you to: abuse@swbell.net
for charter violation: writing of a french vehicle.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Bret Ludwig wrote:
>
> Well, Citroens, at least D-series models, didn't. They had hydraulic
> spheres that acted as spring and damper ('shock absorber'). Rolls Royce
> used them as well but only as a "helper" in addition to conventional
> springs. A Rolls weighs almost three times what a Citroen does.
>
> A few Brit cars used a poor-man's version called Hydrolastic. One Indy
> car in '64 or '65 or thereabouts used it and was called the MG Liquid
> Suspension Special. It had an Offenheuser for power.

Re: M151 MUTT replica kit
 

Their site is down, but you might be thinking of
www.carolinagrowler.com. They offer (or at least used to) a MUTT kit
made of NOS components and their own manufactured body IIRC. Last time
I looked at them was 5 or 6 years ago though. Kinda surprised they're
still around.

BTW, an M151 MUTT is not, nor ever was, a real Jeep. An interesting
wannabe maybe.

Bret Ludwig wrote:
> I heard there was a kit to build a replica of the Vietnam era M151
> MUTT but with straight axles and common mechanicals (and much less
> tendency to flip). Anyone know about it?
>

Re: M151 MUTT replica kit
 

Their site is down, but you might be thinking of
www.carolinagrowler.com. They offer (or at least used to) a MUTT kit
made of NOS components and their own manufactured body IIRC. Last time
I looked at them was 5 or 6 years ago though. Kinda surprised they're
still around.

BTW, an M151 MUTT is not, nor ever was, a real Jeep. An interesting
wannabe maybe.

Bret Ludwig wrote:
> I heard there was a kit to build a replica of the Vietnam era M151
> MUTT but with straight axles and common mechanicals (and much less
> tendency to flip). Anyone know about it?
>

Re: M151 MUTT replica kit
 

Their site is down, but you might be thinking of
www.carolinagrowler.com. They offer (or at least used to) a MUTT kit
made of NOS components and their own manufactured body IIRC. Last time
I looked at them was 5 or 6 years ago though. Kinda surprised they're
still around.

BTW, an M151 MUTT is not, nor ever was, a real Jeep. An interesting
wannabe maybe.

Bret Ludwig wrote:
> I heard there was a kit to build a replica of the Vietnam era M151
> MUTT but with straight axles and common mechanicals (and much less
> tendency to flip). Anyone know about it?
>

Re: M151 MUTT replica kit
 

I hope the cage he made saves him from the massive lawsuit.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Howard Eisenhauer wrote:
>
> Umm, welding them back togeather *is* what they do, as per our
> previous missives mentioning my wife's second cousin's husband's (you
> remember him, Right??) project.
>
> Here's some documentary evidence by way of a MUTT I found sitting in a
> parking lot one day,
>
> http://www.tantel.ca/Images/M151%20MUTT%20PICS/
>
> I'd like to bring to your attention pics 3 & 4 in particular, those
> funny looking verticle bumps on the rockers is where it was cut into
> *Three* sections (like in this link from the last message
> http://www.sphynx.com/mitymite/m151half.html: )
> & welded back togeather.
>
> And, yes, although it doesn't show in the pics it was quite definately
> Rusty.
>
> Waiting Patiently,
>
> H.

Re: M151 MUTT replica kit
 

I hope the cage he made saves him from the massive lawsuit.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Howard Eisenhauer wrote:
>
> Umm, welding them back togeather *is* what they do, as per our
> previous missives mentioning my wife's second cousin's husband's (you
> remember him, Right??) project.
>
> Here's some documentary evidence by way of a MUTT I found sitting in a
> parking lot one day,
>
> http://www.tantel.ca/Images/M151%20MUTT%20PICS/
>
> I'd like to bring to your attention pics 3 & 4 in particular, those
> funny looking verticle bumps on the rockers is where it was cut into
> *Three* sections (like in this link from the last message
> http://www.sphynx.com/mitymite/m151half.html: )
> & welded back togeather.
>
> And, yes, although it doesn't show in the pics it was quite definately
> Rusty.
>
> Waiting Patiently,
>
> H.

Re: M151 MUTT replica kit
 

I hope the cage he made saves him from the massive lawsuit.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Howard Eisenhauer wrote:
>
> Umm, welding them back togeather *is* what they do, as per our
> previous missives mentioning my wife's second cousin's husband's (you
> remember him, Right??) project.
>
> Here's some documentary evidence by way of a MUTT I found sitting in a
> parking lot one day,
>
> http://www.tantel.ca/Images/M151%20MUTT%20PICS/
>
> I'd like to bring to your attention pics 3 & 4 in particular, those
> funny looking verticle bumps on the rockers is where it was cut into
> *Three* sections (like in this link from the last message
> http://www.sphynx.com/mitymite/m151half.html: )
> & welded back togeather.
>
> And, yes, although it doesn't show in the pics it was quite definately
> Rusty.
>
> Waiting Patiently,
>
> H.

Re: M151 MUTT replica kit
 

Clap Trap wrote:
> Their site is down, but you might be thinking of
> www.carolinagrowler.com. They offer (or at least used to) a MUTT kit
> made of NOS components and their own manufactured body IIRC. Last time
> I looked at them was 5 or 6 years ago though. Kinda surprised they're
> still around.
>
> BTW, an M151 MUTT is not, nor ever was, a real Jeep. An interesting
> wannabe maybe.

More accurately a Jeep is not a MUTT. Of course the production MUTT
wasn't either.