military burb questions

[jonathon]

When i bid on my 5 tsl 10 ply tires tires from a military surplus site they had 2 sand color and black suburbans, i won the tires never mounted all for 350.00 and while i waited to get them loaded on my hd we seen 2 in the corner....they had about an inch thick glass in the front and sides half the size of normal, a huge guard on the front, d60, 14bolt 235 85 16 steeltex tires, 454 injected t400,208, barn doors with no window, steel bolted all over the sides, like bullet proof or sumthin, real tuff i didnt have a camera i was pissed. i asked how much and was told its to be destroyed and not for resale, the only 2 i have ever seen.........

Sounds a lot like what the local swat team has.. they have two on one tons that look kinda like Suburban, but more like a combo of an apc and suv. No idea what's powering them or if they really are Suburbans(kinda look like a long box standard cab 1 ton truck frame to me).

 

[Metrodps]

My next Blazer build

If I ever can weld again and have a place I would like to build this on a Blazer frame.

In the early 1980s, the United States Air Force acquired 571 of these vehicles from Cadillac-Gage Corporation of Warren, Michigan for $30,532 each. These vehicles were eventually deployed world-wide for use by Air Force Security Police in support of their mission of protecting nuclear weapons in storage, during convoy, and while loaded in weapon systems.


Presently only two Peacekeepers remain in active service with the United States Air Force (USAF.) The balance of the fleet was either destroyed or transferred to use by civilian police forces. Defense Department regulations strictly restricted resale of such vehicles to only specifically authorized governmental entities.

This vehicle is built upon a modified Dodge 1 ¼ ton four wheel drive truck chassis. The body is fabricated from a specially engineered hardened armor plate that encompasses the entire vehicle, including the cabin floor. The estimated value of this vehicle is $45,000.

The official Department of Defense per unit replacement cost for these vehicles is currently listed at $230,720

 

[73redblaze]

dude! i wish i had one of those.. i would live in it.

 

[jonathon]

If I ever can weld again and have a place I would like to build this on a Blazer frame.

In the early 1980s, the United States Air Force acquired 571 of these vehicles from Cadillac-Gage Corporation of Warren, Michigan for $30,532 each. These vehicles were eventually deployed world-wide for use by Air Force Security Police in support of their mission of protecting nuclear weapons in storage, during convoy, and while loaded in weapon systems.


Presently only two Peacekeepers remain in active service with the United States Air Force (USAF.) The balance of the fleet was either destroyed or transferred to use by civilian police forces. Defense Department regulations strictly restricted resale of such vehicles to only specifically authorized governmental entities.

This vehicle is built upon a modified Dodge 1 ¼ ton four wheel drive truck chassis. The body is fabricated from a specially engineered hardened armor plate that encompasses the entire vehicle, including the cabin floor. The estimated value of this vehicle is $45,000.

The official Department of Defense per unit replacement cost for these vehicles is currently listed at $230,720

That is exactly, to a t, what our Sheriff's Office has.. they are friggin huge in person. It's a shame a civilian can not own one... even if it is dodge running gear.