Check:
http://www.4wdonline.com/Unimog/Unimog.html
Rumor is this will be a Dodge truck soon.
12,000 lbs, 9 feet tall and 7 feet wide. Probably not the model you saw Steve.
Larry Hoy
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
>Behalf Of Dodd, Kelvin
>Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 5:09 PM
>To: 'Steve Morris'; MG List
>Subject: RE: What the heck was that vehicle! (No LBC Content)
>
>
>Sounds like a Unimog.
>
> There are two for sale at a dealer that I pass every week. One is a
>military with canvas top, the other has what looks like an camper with a pop
>up center. Being an ex-Land Rover owner, I'm a sucker for these kind of
>trucks.
>
>Kelvin.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Steve Morris [mailto:smorris@en.com]
>> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 4:00 PM
>> To: MG List
>> Subject: OT: What the heck was that vehicle! (No LBC Content)
>>
>>
>> Way off topic here, but this is the list with the most European auto
>> enthusiasts that I belong to, so I thought I'd ask here.
>>
>> Coming home from work today, I passed going the other way one really
>> bizarre (for northern Ohio, at least) vehicle. It looked like
>> a military
>> version of the cartoon Scooby Do's Mystery Machine. Really!
>> It was about
>> the size of a VW Vanogen, or maybe shorter. Very high chassis
>> with large,
>> but narrow knobbys, 4WD, olive drab green, OD canvas top,
>> spare on the
>> tail gate, blunt, square nose, and no emblem that I could see
>> in passing.
>> I thought it might be some variation of the G-Wagen, but they
>> all have a
>> hood instead of blunt nosed, I think. Worst part was, that it
>> had some
>> yuppy mom driving it with a bunch of kids. Go get a minivan,
>> soccer mom!
>>
>> Sorry, I can't help myself sometimes...
>> Steve
>>
>> Steve Morris Avon, Ohio
>> 1958 MGA 1500 Red/Black
>> NAMGAR #5987 BuckAyes Ohio Chapter
>> LoCo Brits <mailto: MGA1500@mac.com>
>> http://www.en.com/users/smorris/mga/
|