Military Humvees Sold To The Public May Soon Be Street Legal

A few months back it was revealed that for the first time ever military-spec Humvees were to be sold to the general public rather than being sent to the scrapper. This was great news, but there was a catch: The Humvees in question would not be road legal — they would arrive with no title and the owner would have to explain their intentions for the vehicle in writing prior to receiving their army-clad beast.

That is, until now: The catch ensuring the Humvees remained mostly a trophy item for those with cash to burn is now being revoked. Today, your army-spec Humvee can even be used for bi-weekly trips to Costco — kind of.

The plan was that IronPlanet.com, who won the contract to sell the Humvees with 75 percent of all sales returning to the government, would auction them off in batches, ranging from 1986 to 2004 models with mileage as low as 1,000 to as high as 40,000 miles of service, all having been used as either a troop and/or cargo transporter.

IronPlanet had hoped demand would still be solid despite the vehicles lacking roadworthiness; notwithstanding a few Ted Nugents, it was unclear how many they’d actually sell.