Linesman Iltis

[rob love]

Originally Posted by BMills

I have to admit, I have always looked at the Iltis from afar and didn't really pay too much attention to it. While its along way from being a CMP, NOS parts at the moment are dirt cheap for them and plentyfull. When you can get two NOS fenders for 65.00 still in the crate, they are a pretty fun little project to play with.

You are right about the price of body parts.....it is a buyers market. But the one thing that stood out to me right off the bat about the Iltis was the hundreds of little plastic, rubber, nylon or pot metal parts which were either critical or at the very least annoying when they broke or fell off.

Examples of these included:
-The roof latches: When these let go you knew it. So did the guy following you.
-The hood latches: why the hell did we go to rubber when the old metal style had given great service since the second world war. They made the same mistake on the MLVW.
-The lower door cups: a little nylon part that liked to fall out when you removed the door. After that, door removal becomes so easy you don't even have to try.
-Idiot lamps: why they installed dashlamp indicators that had to be held from behind to replace a bulb was beyond me.

I could go on and on, but I think I am already starting to feel a bout of PTSD coming on. Oh yeah, and what numpty ever figured that you should be able to lock the hood on an army truck, never looked at the DNDs annual useage rate for padlocks. More than one hood got chiselled off at the side of the trans canada when the vehicle had a flat.