Thinking of picking one up.

Want to know if anyone has some experience with them.

Thanks.

@fadedsun

A friend of mine owned one for a while. What would you like to know ? He added cameras and monitors to make it easier to drive . They all need work.

It it's what I think it is, I've read the interior is very loud.

How tough are they to work on or maintain?

I saw that khaki imports has some for sale and they seem to be in good condition.

J leno has a pretty comprehensive video on them.

Nothing is hard. They’re a blast to drive and own.

I know of a few for sale. Are you looking at the one in La?

Plus:

Small. Only 4 tons.

Easy to drive.

Can drive solo.

Park in a garage.

Move around by any 3/4 ton truck

Parts still widely available.

Reliable.

5000 or so made in good ol’ sunny UK

Transmission automatically adjusts for wear

Engine is superb and a rolls Royce i6

Cons:

3 can fit in it but only 2 comfortably

Leak oil everywhere

Easy to drive but it’s not a manual. It’s a pre select transmission. Don’t use the shift pedal as a clutch pedal. You’ll burn out the bands and they’re a pain to rebuild

55 in forward and reverse

They attract attention like honey and flies

Thanks for the information.

Eta.

The only ones I know of are from Khaki imports.  

I decided that I wanted to get something that was wheeled and armored.    I figured a ferret was probably the easiest to get into.  I haven't been able to find any M3 Scout cars.  Heck.  I even found a listing for a Cadillac Gage but that was disappeared.

I figured something like a wheeled armored military vehicle would make a nice retirement gift.

Send me a message and I’ll help you out. There was a brdm for sale in New York for 30k but it sold to a guy in Minnesota

...with the armor piercing bullets in my little Armalite.


How thick is the armor on one of those?

Looked it up, a quarter to five eighths. Maybe a good 556 AP bullet would actually be able to cause them issues if the angles were right.