Dennis Weehunt with Service Btry 6/27th Artillery, in back of Service Battery's Jeep, in Vietnam, late 1971 with SFC O’Quinn. Not seen in the photo would…
Dennis found his "Mutt", Jeep. M151A2, on Craigslist in Fresno, CA in Sept 2017. He drove it around for about a month before starting restoration. Let's have…
"The early ones were made by Ford. Mine was made by AM General. It had lots of dents that needed repair and some rust here and there that needed to be cut…
"The transmission was hard to shift and a couple of times it would get stuck between gears. They had a lot of problems with guys rolling the early M151’s. I…
" In the eighties they came out with seatbelts with a full roll cage and this ropes kit (Netting). This one had been up-graded sometime in the eighties. It has…
"My hobby has always been building street rods, muscle cars and classics. I took every nut and bolt off my Jeep, cleaned, rebuilt and painted every part…
"I loved doing all the work myself. I had thought about doing a military vehicle for some time. "
"Most were cut in half and sold as scrap metal. A few, like mine, that has the up-graded rear suspension, were un-cut and sold at auction."
"I finished the restoration in Feb 2018 just before going to Yuma, AZ for a couple of weeks."
"I have put all the markings of the SVC Battery 6/27th Arty Jeep I was on in Vietnam."