Uni-Mogs

[randynewmanscat]

Hands Up!

Who besides me, wants one?

The Dream Factory.........
https://www.unimogs.co.uk/our-stock/unimogs

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdWGBi_-EqY





And in 'SuperCrawl'
Low-Box & Low-Box...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAf8hLRS3CI


Scroll down to Gearing, & you'll see that ratios of 3,000 to 1 are possible!!
(maybe 400 feet/hour)
http://www.unimogcenter.com/about-unimogs/unimog-principle/

'Domestic garage' sized!
https://www.unimogs.co.uk/our-stock/unimogs/classic-1968-u411-unimog-classic-1968-u411-unimog-b3872

ME! The Swiss civil defence sold off a lot of them in the late 80's and even I could have afforded one, just not the running costs.

 

[Deleted User]

We used to hire one that had been adapted and a 30m boom stuck onto it for Line of Sight surveys in hard to get to places, awesome piece of kit!

Made a mess though if you did get it stuck.

 

[skudupnorth]

Absolutely love them and G-Wagons ( not the chavvy fooseballer versions)

 

[skudupnorth]

If you like Mogs, you will love Tatra 815’s !

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

If you like Mogs, you will love Tatra 815’s !

Oh yes!!
Any Tatra, the cars too!!

As for the older models at the 'Truck Trials'

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1USJSb2bqQ

 

[Gunk]

Absolutely love them and G-Wagons ( not the chavvy fooseballer versions)

I agree, I’d love an early SWB on steel wheels.

 

[Colin Grigson]

Or a lovely Toyota BJ40 .... you must have heard the old joke ’if you’re going into the deep bush - take a Land Rover. If you wanna come back - take a Toyota’

 

[Drago]

I still reckon you can't beat a Humvee.

 

[Nibor]

I am quite fond of an Alvis Stalwart

 

[Profpointy]

I am quite fond of an Alvis Stalwart
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Even now they're obsolete and out of service they look like a futuristic thing off Thunderbirds

 

[tribanjules]

Very niche I know, but these are the things I cannot see that electric can replace (currently)

Drop a diesel genny in the load bed. Sorted !!

 

[fossyant]

I still reckon you can't beat a Humvee.

Nah. An Oshkosh !

 

[MichaelW2]

How does it compare to its cold war rival the Russian UAZ-452 or "Loaf of Bread". Originally produced in 1965, subsequent models have been updated to include steering, brakes and other mod cons.

 

[stoatsngroats]

I am quite fond of an Alvis Stalwart
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i nearly bought one of those! I didn’t have a car at the time, and had been green leaning in my RangeRover.
It was very close to making the decision and then I saw this.....

which I bought.
I collected it from Finsbury Park on a Friday afternoon, my first time driving LHD, 60 miles back home.
Great fun, but I had to sell it as I had a 25 mile each-way commute, so just under 4 gallons a day 😂

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I am quite fond of an Alvis Stalwart
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My father-in-law was an instructor on the 'Stolly', when he was serving, in the Army & based in Germany

I also know a guy (Mike) who built from scratch, a working model of one (& a Saladin)
From memory, he worked the dimensions from the best available wheels/tyres he could source at the time

Co-incidentally, given the reason we're all on this site, he's married to Barry Hobans sister!


All taken at the 'Fleur de Lys' Classic Vehicle Show, in Thornes Park (Wakefield) in July 2005