American vet spent a good time in those as an “ A driver”. The classic bit was getting the young “boot” to find the keys to the humvee. It worked sometimes!
So sick Paul. When I was a young lad, a guy near me had a purple h1, metal door though. Used to ride past it all the time to my mates house (western Sydney). The guy actually removed the centre pylon in his garage and put a new wide door to fit it in there lol. I stopped once and asked him questions and he let me sit in it etc. I would have been maybe 13, I thought it was the best. Always wanted one since and I’m in my early 30s now 😂 Cheers mate.
Do we want to see an off-road review....? Come on man, of course we do! And this time, the normal off-road course won't suffice, this needs to go out on legit tracks.
We were missing the 0-100, 80-120 & braking from 100-0. And lets not forget how fast it goes in reverse. I'm sure most ppl wouldn't mind watching for another 15mins for that.
There's a few guys here in Aus with your radio setup, I think you should look into a VIC 1 intercom setup (of that period) or a newer VIC3 intercom setup as is used in service, it allows you to talk to your passengers and not go deaf whilst driving your truck, they are relatively easy to install if your truck hasn't been modified and can be modified to work with the radio. The radio you have to NOT use on military freqs depending on the type and era of radio and its abilities.
Personally, I think the H1 is the best humvee. It's both tough and stylish. The h2 is the worst and the ugliest. Like, I don't understand how the jump from H1 to h2 was made.
Same width as transport trucks to maintain same tracks in convoy to hide numbers (Some people say tanks but that doesn't really work if you look at the numbers), but mainly stability and storage requirements.
The radio is an RT-524/VRC Very High Frequency Radio. 30-75 Mhz. It's been around since the 70s from memory. X-Mode dial was to connect cypher equipment to make communications secure. 35watts on high power. The 'light' switch was to allow the call light to turn on or off when a call was received. When you press the the microphone for a second or two your should hear the internal cooling fan spin up. The 'retransmit' connector allowed you to connect two radios together and use it as a retransmission station.
You review a humvee, don't take it off road, and then ask if we'd like to see some light off roading in another video?🤯 At least you crashed into some boxes 🙄
@@dodiloiAnd how long will that last??? According to a British video I watched many years ago, Ford allegedly designs their engines to last “200,000 miles”.That’s 320,000 kilometres and is therefore full of shit.
We definitely want to see you take it off-road. Interestingly, a 60% gradient is only 31°. Many modern 4WD can do much steeper such as many Land Rover with 45° (100%) slope.
For the price and the purpose of this vehicle, the amount of safety features are insanely inadequate. Even when you turn off the lights, I'm pretty sure your enemies cam hear you coming...
I'm sure you could connect the radio to a power source and into an Anritsu to work out the Transmit/Receive Frequencies etc. I sell comms gear for work and do these kinds of things all the time :)
Your radio system is set-up to be a VRC-47 and this would consist of a RT-524 Transceiver and a R-442 Receiver to be mounted in that rack to the right of the transceiver. Each would be connected to their own antenna mount, you are set-up with two antennas on the vehicle so you are setting good..
You can squeeze a bit more horsepower and fuel efficiency out of your truck with a Paradox by Design cooling expansion upgrade. It expands the cooling lines so your rear 2 cylinders get active coolant flow. Plus you remove the chance of cracking the rear 2 cylinders from overheat. It's an easy drop in kit, the truck will take slightly longer to warm up to its operating temp but its worth it especially in Australia where its so hot.
Paul, that's a portion of a very early AN/VRC 47 Radio set, typically what was found in the early HMMWVs and other vehicles 80s, 90s. Late 90s sees the intro of Sincgars radios or stacks as we call them, Rt 1423, 1439, 1523 as I have replicated in my m1123 in Brisbane. There's so many variations on these trucks, could do some cool videos in Aus in future if we got some other people together. I tried to convince Alborz to get one.
Try load heay and go up a steep hill with low range, it will impress you. I was service in Taiwanese marines about 30 years ago as a tank company captain, we had 1 x M998 and 4 x M1038 in my company, they were very reliable and capable vehicles. The radio is RT524, they were old and not reliable, I don't believe US military still use it. It is a heavy piece of rubbish. Any CB radio will do your communication 1000% better.
I can relate to this as i have stuff that old, noisy, slow and chews juice 😂 as well. Ww2 Studebaker us6 6x6 , ww2 Willys mb Jeep , ww2 Blitz and a beaut ww2 Dodge Weapons Carrier 6x6 😅 Loved the video! Awesome stuff! Please do one over big dunes i bet it would eat them!
I remember being a passenger in one when i was unfortunate enough to be in Darwin. I was actually excited because you see them in movies and on the news all the time (one symbol of American imperialism). Got in and I was so let down haha....basically a wider version of a LR110 haha. Stil cool that you have one though.
Originally they came in US Nato Woodland and once Operations in the MEAO popped up they hastily brought in the carc tan, more often painted over the top on the exterior unless a vehivle went through a full reset. the 383 green yours in in, is something of more modern times where they go through reset and remain in green or tan over the nato camo.
I do want to point out that your rear camber is a bit aggressive because there's no weight in the back. you should have it adjusted if you're not going to be putting a load constantly in the back because it can actually wear out the CVs and then later the differential.
@ppppw2 military items are very different to civilian items. Unpractical for anyone outside the army. Waste of money for Paul. The money could be used for his family that is practical. Cars are pretty much the same except the likes of rolls royce and similar cars. Just like jerry rigs with mobile phones.
The rear windows pass the all the way down test. Do a heavy off road test, don’t pussy foot around and wearing a military uniform as it was designed to be driven wearing one.
Ah, I miss my hmmwv. As insane as it was, it a classic and awesome.. I sold mine to Gosford car museum it was converted to RHD based on the NZ Hmmwv development project which never eventuated. It's a Tank on rubber wheel.
I wonder if this channel has already reviewed the 5-door Suzuki Jimny. It obviously bets on military-ish styling, if that's your cup of tea. (If you prefer coffee there's the Suzuki S-presso. 🤪)
