This 4x4 M35 Military Truck Is An Econobox Smashing Beast

If you're on the market for the ultimate small car-crushing offroad rig, look no further than this rebuilt 1971 AM General M35A2 Custom Crew Cab. C & C Equipment, a custom truck shop in Indiana, completely refurbished the thing with awesome '70s-vintage camo paint and modern, more comfortable seats.

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Hummer H2 Assembly Line To Produce Just-As-Boxy Standard Taxis

Standard-Taxi-NYC.jpgThe Standard Taxi by VPG Auto has been working the publicity circuit for a while now, but it appears AM General may step up to actually produce it. With the likely death of the Hummer H2, AM General will have excess capacity at its Mishawaka, Indiana plant. Assuming VPG can secure financing, they'll be able to start…

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Bumping Through Baghdad



Driving an American military vehicle in Baghdad is somewhat of a dodgy career choice these days for reasons that we're pretty sure we need not go into. It is, however, interesting the driving tactics the soldiers have devised to get from one place to another in the beleagured city. Soundtrack is NSFW, but it does

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DaimlerChrysler Pulls Out of Iran, Emboldens Enemies

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German magazine WirtschaftsWoche, whose name is neither more nor less ridiculous than any other German magazine we quote, is reporting that DaimlerChrysler is abandoning its majority stake in Setareh, the exclusive distributor of Mercedes-Benz products in Iran. The magazine sites a source who says increased pressure…

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Screw This Grumman LLV Nonsense! It's About the Jeep DJ-5!

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San Pedro pretty much has the coolest mailmen ever. They wear shorts year 'round. One of them, a studly, self-confident, swarthy man in aviators with a hipster haircut that he totally pulls off, refers to us as "Chief." Note that "Chief" is our favorite nickname that doesn't have anything to do with the ladies. In fact,…

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H2? H2, Where Are You? Hummer H2 Plant To Shut Down For Two Weeks

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AM General, the maker of all things Hummer, will be shutting down the H2 line for two weeks this month in order to right-size production to match up with slowing sales. The plant employees about 600 from the sleepy little farm-filled hamlet of Mishawaka, Indiana. Which, in many ways we feel, might remind us a little…

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