Hey guys, Long time lurker here decided to finally post my D50's unique story. It was ordered as part of 5 D50s for the US Navy back in the day when Reagan was president. I have a copy of the original buy sheet with the 5 d50s vins and prices. Also have records going all the way back to 1985 as well. It was purchased in 2010 by a family friends brother from a govt liquidation website who then sold it to my family friend who then gave it to me as my first car after High School. Since then It's had its engine rebuilt, transmission replaced (junkyard replacement) and a roll bar added from a d50 who graciously donated many parts including the transmission to the project and allowed mine to live on. I found a funny paper in my records that was a request from one of the navy guys who was requesting A/c be installed his reasoning was "For the heath and well-being of the employee" needless to say they had A/c installed shortly after haha! It served 25 years at China Lake, in California as mostly an equipment mover, it also had a range radio on it and theres a plug on the back of the cab where the antenna was. It had a generator in the back which was removed before they sold it. They forgot to remove the Navy stickers so it still says "US Navy for Official use only" on the sides also theres a sticker on the dash showing a law that says anyone who uses it other than for a military use will be penalized. I tried to search for the other 4 d50s with no luck, mine might be the only one on the road still 3 of the 5 ordered have sequential vins. The keys have dog tags on them with the number of the vehicle which is also a sticker on the sides of the truck and the tailgate. No one has posted that ive seen about military used D50s. Thanks for reading!
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