Mercedes Unimogs

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Anyone else love them or know much about them? Probably the sickest trunks Benz ever made.




And here's a vid of one climbing a wall. Sick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAGPtVkou5Y

[Massive Lee]

I like the smaller Pinzgauer

[N2MYE30]

The Unimog has been on my "after winning lottery, cars must have" list for years...after a Defender 90.

[Holland]

Would love a Mog, they are classified as tractors IIRC.

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I guess it depends how you have them set up but I've read that they only top out at 50mph? I know they're torquey as shit though...

[Massive Lee]

I guess it depends how you have them set up but I've read that they only top out at 50mph? I know they're torquey as shit though...

They are very high geared. Great for off-road and ditch riding. Not so on roads. We used to have a first generation short wheel base Land Rover. It was painfull to reach a max of 45/50mph with the engine screaming.

The Pinzgauer, per exemple, has a smallish 2 litre Mercedes Benz engine.

[8380 Labs]

that would be low gearing wouldnt it?

[Massive Lee]

that would be low gearing wouldnt it?

I have heard both ways. And each has its rational.

[RainierHooker]

I love 'em and would love to have one. There was a Pinzgauer that lived near where I worked while I was in Kansas City. I was spell-bound almost every day.

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They are very high geared. Great for off-road and ditch riding. Not so on roads. We used to have a first generation short wheel base Land Rover. It was painfull to reach a max of 45/50mph with the engine screaming.

The Pinzgauer, per exemple, has a smallish 2 litre Mercedes Benz engine.

I wonder if there is a diff made with lower gears for road use because they made them as fire trucks as well. Hmmm

[CabrioPunk]

A poorman's way to go about having a badass truck - and the third vehicle I was considering along with the E30 - is the M35A2. About $3000 and you have a 6x6, 10 tire, military beast of a truck with a winch, huge towing capacity and just tons of cool.

[OOMPH!]

A poorman's way to go about having a badass truck - and the third vehicle I was considering along with the E30 - is the M35A2. About $3000 and you have a 6x6, 10 tire, military beast of a truck with a winch, huge towing capacity and just tons of cool.

The M35A2's are cool but not nearly as good looking as the Unimogs.

[325ix]

AGH! These things are so cool. I like 'em done up in camo.

[pureaudio]

I went and looked at a 2002 parts car a while back and in their backyard was a Unimog. It was a father and son who were selling off their other planned projects to get that thing going. It was a friggin beast too, they had big plans for it including a cab replacement because there had been a fire at some point in it.

[JBird]

I got to drive my friends UniMog for a while at the NorthWest MogFest this year in Sheridan, OR. It was awesome! He actually lets quite a few people drive his Mog. My boyfriend rolled it onto it's side. They have a pretty good sized off-road track that we got to drive around in at MogFest.

http://www.northwestmogfest.com/

My boyfriend and I will be at next years MogFest with his new "used" G-Wagon.

Here's a bunch of pictures of the MogFest on flickr...
http://www.flickr.com/groups/nwmf/pool/

Here's the Mog I drove:




The VW Syncro's were very impressive!


This was a bummer. I really liked this truck.


The Halflinger's were the most fun!!!