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Paul, this is a picture of my old M170 (also called a Front Line Ambulance). I only owned half of it, the rest belonged to my brother and he bought my half when I entered Med School. He let me borrow it back for this trip to Baja. My brother in law had the idea of putting a 4x4 post across the back end, held on with bungee cords, and drilled to hold the fishing poles. Boogie boards on the roof, chairs on the hood, and people and ice chests crammed inside. Perfect! The young man hanging around my neck in the picture will graduate from USC this month. (Finally!) and the one standing in front of me went all the way to NY with me last summer, and he was riding a Ducati 749S superbike. The one sitting on the hood is in high school, and just got his first car, (but its a truck, 2WD of course).

The M170 is 14 inches longer than the M38A1 which is the one that looks like a CJ5. The 170 has a rear tailgate and can accomadate 3 stretchers when the right seat is folded down and the rack is in. It has a tiny F-head 4 cylinder engine, (not a flat head, but an overhead intake, flat head exhaust) and still has all the fording gear with a valve and pump that puts positive air pressure to the tranny, transfer case and both difs, to keep the water out when you are fording.