AM General/VPG MV-1 differential

[Greasy]

Anyone ever seen one of these? Pretty obscure use of the 5th gen Camaro differential. The only difference I can see is the rear cover, the pinion yolk and the pinion doesn’t have the stub sticking out through the yolk. They all seem to use the 3.45 lsd. How important is that stub? Guy has one locally for dirt cheap. There’s also one on eBay currently but haven’t figured out the best way to link to it.

[elc32955]

Never heard of it.... If you have any pics you can post up I think a lot of folks would like to look at that one.... AM General, Humming along with progress

Eric

[s/c'd cav]

that sounds like a ford powered custom vehicle , really fugly looking

https://www.motortrend.com/news/163-140 ... anagement/

[Lord Vader]

Anyone who needs one of those probably doesn't care what it looks like.

[Greasy]

Guy says he has about 20 units brand new never installed. Looks like he bought pallets at an auction. Pics are from a used unit on eBay.

[elc32955]

Wonder if you could put the internals out and insert them into another carrier? Might be a good source for donor parts to swap out existing pumpkin internals with...

Oh, btw AM General is famous for military vehicles including the HMMV, never thought to check to see what kind of diff those took - they make a few other vehicle variants as well. My old RV's front end (89 Revcon slant-nose) was based off the HMMV suspension.

Eric

[s/c'd cav]

the rear mount is not in the right place , it has axle stubs , and the companion flange for the driveshaft is wrong

[CrashTestDummy]

that sounds like a ford powered custom vehicle , really fugly looking

https://www.motortrend.com/news/163-140 ... anagement/

I've seen a couple of those in my neighborhood. Yes, they're quite ugly, and not even in a utilitarian kind of way.

[s/c'd cav]

that sounds like a ford powered custom vehicle , really fugly looking

https://www.motortrend.com/news/163-140 ... anagement/

I've seen a couple of those in my neighborhood. Yes, they're quite ugly, and not even in a utilitarian kind of way.

one of the ladies that works here , has one and yes very fugly !! and very hard to work on/get parts for from what i understand , she told me the guys here hate working on it , we work at a GM dealer

i can tell you it idles all day long and doesnt over heat in our 110+ degree summer days with the a/c blasting , im not sure who it is in her family that is in a wheel chair , but its been here idling in the parking lot several times