Whew, finally got this board to work with my computer, it sure does love cookies! Anyway, to answer a few questions, the M1009, or military Blazer, is one of the more common ex-military trucks of the CUCV series that can actually be purchased by mere mortals such as ourselves direct from the military (the pickups are almost always taken by local govt unless they are totally beat). Prices on these range from a few bucks to around 3K, depending on who is doing the bidding and what condition the truck is in. Something that would be worth fixing typically runs around 1.5 and up. More labor intensive trucks are cheaper. To answer the question of the $32K price someone asked, that price is what the military figures it would cost to replace the item with a new one, this is not the sale price. The origional costs of these was between $11-12K when new (dont have the exact figure in front of me, but that is what the origional contract spelled out back in 1982 when it was made). Bidding on these trucks is via sealed bid, and I HIGHLY recommend looking at the truck in person, dont go by what is pictured. The military loves half-assed repairs, and stripping parts off these as well. Also remember that the trucks that are up for public sale are the ones that no self-respecting govt. agency would take for a few hundred bucks, they get first picks of the stuff that is turned in. Someone also asked about the dueces, these are usually in better shape (some of them) than the cucv's being sold since there is not much call for these at PD's or public works departments. I have heard that on the west coast dept's of forestry use these alot, so this info may not be true in those areas. Anyway, you usually can get a fairly nice truck for cheap with these. For a truck that probably just needs batteries to drive it out of the DRMO, figure about 1.5k to 2k. Also personally check these out as well, lots of missing parts on these too. The trucks on my site (M1009 and M35A2) were purchased for $750 and $1753. I have a bit less than $2K in the blazer, and still have to pick up the duece (paperwork pending), but I figure that the duece will come in at the $2k mark once I buy the batteries and small bits that are missing on it.
Andy
'83 K-5 Silverado Blazer
