[Shotimes] OT Military Vehicles was OT Used car financing

[Bob]

I looked for a HMMWV in 1998-99.  It's not armored of course, but the
process is probably similar.
1) Some gov't entity decides to get rid of the equipment
2) It goes to DRMO and they list it (large assets often stay in place until
picked up by the new owner)
3) Other government agencies get first shot at it (Used HMMWVs were in high
demand here too)
4) Public and private research organizations like universities get a shot
5) Other public services like firefighters (By this point, they are all but
unavailable)
6) Severly damaged vehicles/junk parts are still available to the general
public

See http://www.drms.dla.mil/
1) Find the FSC for the thing you want (if the gov't doesn't have it, it
probably doesn't exist)
2) Find the NSNs that apply to the thing, there could be 50 of these or
figure out what partial NSN searches will work
3) The various codes used by the DRMS system tell you things like the
condition and the sale conditions

What I concluded back in late 99 was that I could indeed piece together a
HMMWV, but it would be troublesome.  Too much trouble for me with limited
space at home for the parts pile.  It's *easy* and *cheap* to get a 5 ton
truck, however.  I did buy a HP logic analyzer and a Tt oscilliscope for $50
ea this way.

Hmm, this is nice: http://www.lascointl.com/vehicles/95bmw.htm