M151A2 Jeep - popping the clutch (July 1986)

M151A2 Jeep (MUTT- Military Utility Tactical Truck) assigned to MATCS-18, driver attempting to pop the clutch, ("trying" to go from 1st to 3rd, skipping 2nd gear) while driving away from barracks 430 at MCAS Futenma, Okinawa (July 1986)

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• M151A2
• Jeep
• MUTT
• Military
• Utility
• Tactical
• Truck
• MATCS-18
• Marine
• barracks
• MCAS
• Futenma
• Okinawa
• 1986
• Japan

[jmcbrid0]

times have changed. all we get are stock ford rangers.

[xn4jv3]

Those old jeeps were fun,but you had to keep them under around 25-35 mph on normal curving turns, or it's "Roll-Over Time", and roll bars weren't standard from what I remember. I almost tipped over once... almost.

They were so unsafe overall that when the military got rid of the M151, they were destroyed rather than selling them to civilians, and face a multitude of lawsuits that the injuries and deaths those jeeps would have produced.

[qwertyboyo]

@xn4jv3 yeah, my dad had his jeep flip over on him once whilst on a jeep course on a hill. Luckily he landed in a ditch and covered himself so his men just flipped the jeep over and got him out.