Great Unimog Read....

[spencurai]

A great read about the history of the Unimog on TTAC

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/20...-pictorial-history-of-the-unimog/#more-399369

 

[iamsparticus]

that was a good read i did not know they were made in 1945 thats almost as old as the willys

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Great read!

 

[roverrocks]

Wow, an impressive article! I had no idea about any of this. What a history! I'll have a totally new appreciation of Unimogs from now on whenever I see one which isn't very often.

 

[Greg]

Love the use as a switching engine & for re-railing cars.

I'd love to own a beater 404 at some point. :freak:

 

[Tacoma]

Love the use as a switching engine & for re-railing cars.

I'd love to own a beater 404 at some point. :freak:

I know a guy or two, you let me know when you're ready.

One of those guys I know has an ex-railroad Mog. Had all kinds of ridiculous attachments and hydraulics... and everything weighed a trillion pounds as we took it off LOL

Wish they went faster. :/

 

[SAMI]

Very cool. I almost bought a 404 when I was 16... I still kick myself for not doing it.

 

[Stephen]

That's a fun little writeup. Love the "mad flex" advertisement!

 

[Rot Box]

Cool One day I might be able to afford one :-\

 

[iamsparticus]

just checked ksl no unimogs for sale thought that would of been so cool to find one on there. I did see a guy with a bunch of unimog406 parts

 

[SAMI]

^ No, but theres a Pinzgauer which I would be plenty happy with.

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=0&nid=443&tab=list/view&ad=3712741

 

[Unimog]

Very cool, short read!

 

[SUPERFLY]

404s are cool... Until you own one Haha mine was a royal pita.. it was still really fun but some days I questioned the logic of it.. Top speed was like 40, no power steering, 37 inch German rock hard tires, it felt like it had no suspension, and when you would/could find/order parts for it they would come shrink wrapped in crazy old German packages. But if you could get it steered in the right direction it would prettywell out crawl any truck I've ever seen

 

[Rot Box]

There was a pretty cool Unimog 416 Doka in the Lewiston City parade today! :chris: I think this guy owns quite a few Unimogs, Volvo's and Pinz... jealous!

 

[bryson]

Way cool. Had a roommate that owned a '64 404... was super fun to cruise around town in!