Whether you're patrolling the DMZ or just hunting with a bunch of drunk rednecks, an extreme off-roader with NIJ…
For a long time, the Indian Self Defense Forces have been running around in WW2 era Jeeps made with surplus or…
Well, it looks like yesterdays Heap-O-Parts GM Convertible Challenge Poll has come out so close as to be a virtual…
From the Fun with Government Surplus department comes Tank Limo, the toy-slash-business of some blokes with big…
We've got a fair number of civilian-owned military vehicles in Alameda, including the Pinzgauer, the M43 Dodge…
I'm not sure what's up with this neighborhood in Alameda's East End, but the streets have quite a few military…
You can grumble and moan that it's only got ninety horsepower, but that doesn't stop the Volvo Bandvagn 202 from…
Who else but the Russians could ever dream up a corkscrew drive system? (Seriously, who?) You'd be hard pressed to…
Just a friendly reminder. Nothing rocks your butt off like an ekranoplan. Nothing.
So far, all the Down On The Alameda Street cars have been, well, cars. But old trucks are cool, too, and it goes…
To Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, the Gates of the West may have been New York City. Or Saint Louis. Or San Francisco,…
The Russians are great at building fearsome, crazy things. Take, for example, the AH-64 Apache. It's not cute. It's…
Popular Mechanics reports on The US Army's new a hybrid-electric drivetrain, which is battery-dominant and employs a…
Last night, we were considering the Loverman and thought about his old band, Tarawa. Now, Tarawa circa late 1943 is…
Latest on the list of oddball vehicles Los Jalops must hold in our tender, loving arms is the M-422 Mighty Mite.…
It can be safely said that we were no great fans of Saddam Hussein's son Uday. But we do feel sorry for his poor,…
The albatross began with his vengeance early with this one. While the VW-based Schwimmwagen was a largely successful…
As commenter DougN pointed out earlier, Ferdiand Porsche's design for the Tiger tank was passed over for a design by…