Introducing the Unimog
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Petrol Pete
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More levers in the cab than in the old signal box at Clapham junction !
Fantastic machines
Fantastic machines
slade1
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In the 1970s, Saudi Arabia I used a unimog 425 instead of my company Land Cruiser. Big ugly brute, very comfortable go any where.
Real Man's Tonka Toy.
A U430 is my lottery car. Would be ideal for the coming apocalypse actually.
(sorry couldn't resist)
I actually just read this ultimate bit of car porn the other day:
Is the Unimog the only vehicle you'll ever need?
Is the Unimog the only vehicle you'll ever need?
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We used them in the military to pull artillery in 1976 - awesome machines. I was a "gun tractor driver" on teh old Bedfords had never seen a mog before was dropped in the bush and told "choose one, bring it back to the camp and collect your crew". 6 gunners, me, our gear, ~3t of ammo (IIRC) and the gun behind and it never missed a beat.
roviw1
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Didn't they have something like 80 different gear selections available ?
I remember having a corgi or dinky toy of one as a child
I remember having a corgi or dinky toy of one as a child
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IIRC the one I drove had all the gears in both forward and reverse. A single lever to go forwards or backwards then all the gears, diff lock, high & low range etc etc.
slade1
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It’s a 4 speed box with a splitter, 8 gears and another 8 in low range.
It’s the same in reverse. Reverse is a separate lever. Diff locks on each axel. No electronics, the last thing you need in difficult conditions.
It’s the same in reverse. Reverse is a separate lever. Diff locks on each axel. No electronics, the last thing you need in difficult conditions.
grober
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NOT A ROBOT IN SIGHT!
I was bored during an Atlantic crossing once and spent a few evenings configuring one on line, I think the list price was just over £400k before vat.....
I have a few 'Mog books at home, In 1989-90 there were something like 1.2 million possible configurations making it the most configurable vehicle on the planet. I believe it still holds this records but can't corroborate that by internet.
I was planning a trip to Germany this summer to visit the truck plant at Worth, I haven't been there since it switched from Gaggenau. I went to an exhibition celebrating the Unimog and MB Trac when the that plant closed in 2001, however that was pre digital camera days so I will have to dig out me negatives and get them digitised. The MB Trac is also a masterpiece of engineering.
I have a few 'Mog books at home, In 1989-90 there were something like 1.2 million possible configurations making it the most configurable vehicle on the planet. I believe it still holds this records but can't corroborate that by internet.
I was planning a trip to Germany this summer to visit the truck plant at Worth, I haven't been there since it switched from Gaggenau. I went to an exhibition celebrating the Unimog and MB Trac when the that plant closed in 2001, however that was pre digital camera days so I will have to dig out me negatives and get them digitised. The MB Trac is also a masterpiece of engineering.
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A farmer pal of mine has an MB Trac - he bought it from a Swedish Airfield where it was used as the snowplough - he got the snowplough attachment with it . Fantastic machine .
Certainly is : I had my 100GL saloon from 6 months old ( ex demonstrator RLS 767P ) , and a 100LS I bought latterly as a parts car . Always liked the 100S Coupe ( I know where there's one lying in Glasgow ) and also there was a 100SE saloon which was a 100GL with a higher spec .
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And a couple of Pontons as well?
There was certainly a Fintail 190 (W110) in the car park just after the Audi drove off recognisable by the round headlamps and optional fog lamps ( could just've been a 230(S) which shared the same front end ) , saw quite a few other Fintails and 'New Generation /8 models , but don;t recall seeing any Pontons ? Although the Fintail series were known in the Factory as the 'Ponton B' until the Fintail/Heckflosse names stuck .
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I am sure you are right.... hence the question mark in my original post.
