This Military Ford Jeep is The Unknown Predecessor To The Illustrious Humvee!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ก.ย. 2018
- I tell you all about the history of this rather unknown Vietnam-veteran Ford M151A2, also known as Mutt, and how it drives. This Mutt is the successor the the famous Willys Jeep and the predecessor to the equally illustrious Humvee army vehicles.
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That grill did NOT exist on the M151A2 I should know I was a Motor Transport Officer in a Marine Corps Infantry Battalion. I also went through the U S Army school and this is NOT the grill they had either. Other than that, the description you made was pretty good. By the way, I was stationed at the AFNORTH NATO base in Brunssum for 3 years. By the way NO one called it a car. It is a 1/4 ton Truck.
Our first generation 1960, M one five one drives like a dream. A lot of young, inexperienced drivers/soldiers learned to drive on this vehicle attributing to the reputation of rollovers. If you find one, buy it. Nice video.
A SUDDEN TURN CAN MEAN A SUDDEN DEATH
M151A2 is actually the third generation of MUTT, you had the M151, the M151A1, then the M151A2
Really very nice >>>>> Thank you .
It was only the American embassy that fled Saigon in 1975. U.S. military forces had already withdrawn in 1973, two years before the invasion from the north. Jeeps and other military equipment that were destroyed or tossed overboard belonged to the South Vietnamese army.
The American military routinely called them the M-one-five-one.
I wouldn't say the 151 is the predecessor to the Humvee, but a descendant of the M38
When slung loaded under a helicopter, the slings were attached to the lugs on the wheels, not to the lift hooks. The lift hooks were used when lifting the vehicle by crane onto ships.
Awesome!
Thank you ;)
For Sale ?
Nice
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the name Jeep was acually an acronym too, it stood for GP, GPW, and GPA, the original willys\ford\bantam military creations. there was no Jeep brand before 1945 when the CJ(civilian jeep) or CJ2A debuted. Also, the original Willys overland grill did have vertical bars, ford didnt create anything new, they just simplified the original willys design with stamped sheetmetal for quicker production. the origins of the Jeep 7 slot grill are definately willys dna not ford.
That's very interesting, thank you for sharing!
Got one of these
Mine is 1979. Made quite a few customisations to it. Replaced the engine with a 5 speed diesel so it's much faster. Also built a custom solid roof over the top.
As far as rolling over is concerned , I personally have powerslided it several times and I didn't feel any issues. The body especially the front bumper is extremely tough which is good for ramming. It also turns quite a lot of heads due to its road presence. All in all it's a unique but pleasant experience.
Cool! Any photos of yours online anywhere?
Faster? It was a gut check on the autobahn at 80 KPH!!!!
Nice Jeep in a clean and perfect condition.thanks for your info. I'll buy one if got the money
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Jeep are one thing, but this is another thing
That's one of the first vehicles I ever drove. Before I could get it on my Standard Form(SF) 348 I had to attend a class on it. I also had to learn how to back it up along with the other vehicles I was authorized to drive with a trailer attached. On my first tour in South Korea we had the ones with hard tops. They were better in case of a rollover which one did have. Driver swerved to miss someone.
Yes I drove those Jeeps a lot. And a fit really nice and back with Chinook especially in the jungles of Panama.
In Germany they were great and small backroads because other than the Autobahn the back roads were much smaller perfect for the.
Duce and half have had a hard time fitting.
Nice MUTT. I have a 1966 M151A1. Did you ever take off the parking brake? Or did you do the whole drive with it still set?
Thanks for your comment! It may not seem like it, but the parking brake wasn't on :).
@@DoctorPetrol Actually, yes it was. When you started driving the lever was clearly in the up position. That is the set position. Down, pointing forward is the off position. It may have been adjusted very loose (twisting the top of the lever adjusts this), but it was in the set position.
Nice job with the exception of the "MUTT" moniker. In my experience the M151 series was never called a MUTT, it was officially a Truck Utility, 1/4 ton or to the everyday soldier a jeep, not in the trademark fashion.
Hi Gary, thanks for your response and feedback! Glad you enjoyed the video! I actually did explain that in the video, Mutt being an acronym for 'Military Utility Tactical Truck', a term that was used in documentation by the army and Ford. The term was coined by the army, but indeed; for soldiers it was just a Jeep.
NCO's always said quater ton recruits, said jeep, till they made SP4 When i was stationed for a tour in germany i drove and maintained a151 every day, even an occasional 36 hour misson. once or twice had to pay for gas to get back to our kaserne!
apparently the E brake is not working, as he drove off in 2nd gear without a problem.
Is ford mutt 825 1988 same?
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Where This Car located ? For Sale ? How Much ?
Netherlands. It has been sold!
Please, what is the car-weight ? ! ( Kilo )
What is the price ?
I mean I see these things everywhere it's probably just unknown in Europe.
If your rolling that over at low speed on a level road- you need assistance eating cereal🤪
Somehow a lot of soldiers back in the day managed to roll these though!
I totally agree. They will roll on a corner at too much speed without warning, but you have to be careless. Straight road at any speed...no. You can if you swerve it hard. The problem is if the corner is taken too hard and the outside wheels leave the surface they will tuck up under the vehicle throwing off the balance and over it goes.
He's wrong it was the CUCV not the HUMVEE, I use to operate the M151.
The HMMWV replaced the M151. The HMMWV(1983) was built before the CUCV(1984). I had one of that year. The CUCV replaced the M880.
@@doubledeuce5084 CUCV Blazer replaced the M151. I remember the old M880 Dodge.
@@craigwood7063 it depended on what kind of unit you were in. CUCVs were an interim vehicle issued primarily to support units.
I want to buy the jeep
Rather Unknown? People who are interested in military vehicles know this car very well. There is a rather big scene of this car in Germany.
Within the wider car community I think that circle is rather small, so yeah to the average petrolhead this car is unknown.
It tends to be glossed over or ignored. When discussing the Humvee, for example, people frequently claim it replaced the Jeep, even though it was a Ford vehicle.
I bet that car misses the U.S.
you buy a jeep in Viet Nam ???
A2 wasn't used in Vietnam war
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“The feeling of a convertible without being a convertible” - ??? The top comes right off or folds down
Civilian is allowed to buy this vehicle? I want this I think?
It’s a jeep, but not a Jeep.
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M 1 Five 1
It's predecessor wasn't a Willys....duh!
Is it true that the army chopped them up rather than sell them on the surplus market because they were so unsafe?
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see Gary Hutchins comment below. You loose credibility as an expert when you have the wrong name
Nice try fold shovel not correct
what a bs story the m 151a2 never was in vietnam and wat he is driving with is a scrap non original out of thailand
Sorry to say mate but documentation of this car has photos of it in service in Vietnam ;).
The A2 entered production in 1968, they were in Vietnam. Whether that one was or not who knows, as their id plates are easy to transfer. I was under the impression most that were left in the the country were rotted out scrap or worn out.
this is in Vietnam: th-cam.com/video/fnaD_kV_H6E/w-d-xo.html
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That thing has alot of bull shit add ons