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Paint it pink to make even camper.
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And fit a Bedford 330 in it
Green goddess wouldn’t be any use to me, Bedford RL’s are nice and cheaper, flatbed with hiab would do the job. Love the unimogs but don’t know a great deal about them, just seen this on Facebook which looks cheap at first glance.
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1983 Mercedes-Benz unimog 427/v1000
£3,750 or sensible offers Starts and runs perfectly fine Hydraulic and spools all work Cab has been patched. But brakes need attention it will require some work V5 present Having to sell due to...
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My dad had one before I was born,from the picture I have seen of it it was a gun tractor. He said it had shelves or some kind of racks for the artillery rounds.
It had a tank that held diesel and a line to the manifold. You could lay a smoke screen for the exhaust when the engine was hot. I don't know if this was a military feature or not?
If your keen on a play truck them a ex German Army unimog 1300 might be a good fit. Depends on whether you are planning long trips or not?
Parts are plentiful and reasonable if you stay away from UK suppliers. I have been running Mogs and doing all the fixing for close to 20 years now. They have their pros and cons it just depends on your budget and what you want.
It had a tank that held diesel and a line to the manifold. You could lay a smoke screen for the exhaust when the engine was hot. I don't know if this was a military feature or not?
Green goddess wouldn’t be any use to me, Bedford RL’s are nice and cheaper, flatbed with hiab would do the job. Love the unimogs but don’t know a great deal about them, just seen this on Facebook which looks cheap at first glance.
1983 Mercedes-Benz unimog 427/v1000
£3,750 or sensible offers Starts and runs perfectly fine Hydraulic and spools all work Cab has been patched. But brakes need attention it will require some work V5 present Having to sell due to...
If your keen on a play truck them a ex German Army unimog 1300 might be a good fit. Depends on whether you are planning long trips or not?
Parts are plentiful and reasonable if you stay away from UK suppliers. I have been running Mogs and doing all the fixing for close to 20 years now. They have their pros and cons it just depends on your budget and what you want.
Tinbasherdan
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No such thing as a cheap unimog. Try fixing them!Green goddess wouldn’t be any use to me, Bedford RL’s are nice and cheaper, flatbed with hiab would do the job. Love the unimogs but don’t know a great deal about them, just seen this on Facebook which looks cheap at first glance.
1983 Mercedes-Benz unimog 427/v1000
£3,750 or sensible offers Starts and runs perfectly fine Hydraulic and spools all work Cab has been patched. But brakes need attention it will require some work V5 present Having to sell due to...
I think to be honest you’re looking at it wrong. If you want a wagon to work, get a 7.5t daf 45 and have something with manners on the road and use ability. If you’re just wanting to show it, get something you can actually get to shows that aren’t just 2 miles down the road unless you’ve got an artic to move it long distance. Old wagons are nice, but there’s a reason no one is working them anymore
Don’t think I’m looking at it wrong, it’s only for some light hearted fun not a business venture I need to pay a mortgage with and spend 60 hours a week driving. A friend passed away and his vehicles are to be auctioned off, thought it would be fun to buy one, have some fun with it and offset some tax, just looking for what people would use a matador for, not looking to become a haulage contractor. Thanks for your knowledge of old wagons though. The thread has been interesting as more people than I thought have had some family member matador stories.
Any stupid vehicle recommendations that we shouldn’t buy but we know we want to are welcome
Norsk
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It's possible to get a nice Unimog 416/417 with super low miles for around £5k.
I bought my second one with 14,000 miles on the clock for that money. Its made in 1977 and practically mint as it was a reserve tug on a reserve air field here in Norway.PTO's front and rear,three hydraulic circuits,three way tipping bed,hydraulic pickup hitch.
Parts are cheapish for the older trucks. Nothing I have bought was unreasonably priced and I got it all quick smart from Germany. They are a basic truck and there are thousands of them still in use.
I bought my second one with 14,000 miles on the clock for that money. Its made in 1977 and practically mint as it was a reserve tug on a reserve air field here in Norway.PTO's front and rear,three hydraulic circuits,three way tipping bed,hydraulic pickup hitch.
Parts are cheapish for the older trucks. Nothing I have bought was unreasonably priced and I got it all quick smart from Germany. They are a basic truck and there are thousands of them still in use.
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Old Unimogs had electrical issues, imagine what the new ones are like.
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May have mentioned this before, I suggested to my wife when these were being disposed of and coming out of civil defence service that one would make a good cheap classic, similar to when Routemaster buses were being retired and could be had for about £3k. Apparently these were "not good ideas" and the plan was vetoed.
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Ignore her, go buy one.May have mentioned this before, I suggested to my wife when these were being disposed of and coming out of civil defence service that one would make a good cheap classic, similar to when Routemaster buses were being retired and could be had for about £3k. Apparently these were "not good ideas" and the plan was vetoed.
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Alvis Stalwart, Unimog, Berliet, Mercedes, the list is long.
Tinbasherdan
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Austin k9 are great little trucks, sensibly sized but useful
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I had a Volvo TL22 6X6 great little truck center winch and beam axles lilke a Scammel pioneer
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They are getting really expensive now,iconic wagon though
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Round cab mogs have very basic wiring and the fuse board is fed via wires under the dash which can be hard to reach . But a 40 year old truck doesn't have a lot of wiring to be fair. Square cab mogs from about 1982 up until the late 90s are a joy to work on,six or eight main plugs,tipping cab and deck. Easy peazy.
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Most Mogs that era can be very rusty though hard to find a nice one now and good money . We had to make a crane Truck out of one and the one he choose took 4x longer to repair cab than fit crane and body
If you want to do shows an ex military truck ideal as you can get into any of those also truck shows and many classic car shows a Mog it will look like you are the farmer driving through
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I have got a Unimog 406, and the wiring really isnt a problem, there is hardly any !
Like most vehicles of the era (1972) rust is going to be a problem, as just like cars of the time, they were painted on the outside only !
Cab is rusty, rest of it isnt
Like most vehicles of the era (1972) rust is going to be a problem, as just like cars of the time, they were painted on the outside only !
Cab is rusty, rest of it isnt
