Rommel, the Desert Fox

Named after the great German General of WW II, Erwin Rommel "The Desert Fox", this beloved machine has been the official all terrain vehicle of Team S&M for many years. Rommel was born a 1973 Dodge Power Wagon, and grew up in New Mexico before moving to Southern California. The skills Rommel learned in his early years of roaming about the deserts and mountains of New Mexico would come in handy during the more precarious segments of certain Team S&M Adventures.

Rommel's present "look" is the result of many a drunken cabal conducted by the boys of Team S&M. Although extensive research and planning went into the exact placement and color combinations, innumerable 'Unintentional Contact Events' have served to craft the intricate web of bulletholes, bodywork gashes, sloppily engineered bracing hardware, and reapplied camo paint that truly defines the essence of Rommel.

It must be stressed here that this "look" was established long before that Iraqi a-hole invaded Kuwait. So, don't deceive yourself... Rommel's beautiful desert camo complexion was NOT inspired by anything as banal and prosaic as a CNN Desert Storm update!

Pictures of actual German Afrika Korps vehicles were gathered, along with clandestine photos of modern day American army vehicles, since the current U.S. scheme is the same desert style as the Germans used during WWII. Rommel's skin was sanded and massaged and then primed in a basic desert sand color. A group of dedicated and highly trained Team S&M members was then gathered together for a very special mission.

Each member of the team was issued a spray paint can (hastily purchased from the 'Primer' aisle of a local Pep Boys), a sample picture of how Rommel was expected to turn out, and several containers of "Ceremonial Libation". To ensure absolute accuracy, a PhD candidate in military history was brought in as a consultant... unfortunately, he was also provided with a bonus-size supply of Ceremonial Libation, and was found passed out inside Rommel the following day. With the Chairman and the C.E.O. directing from their vantage point high above, the mission commenced. Within two hours it was finished. All the boys were drunk, and Rommel had been transformed into the awe-inspiring machine of adventure and terror that you see before you.

Rommel... Proudly Made in the U.S.A.

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