http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-Unimog-Unimog-1966-Mercedes-Benz-Unim...
So cool. Soooo soooo cool
I love the way the "roll back" works with the pivoting axle. Gotta love unimogs as well.
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Nov. 6, 2008 8:09 p.m. ignorant UberDork
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Nov. 6, 2008 8:19 p.m. EastCoastMojo HalfDork
Aw that thing is SWEET!
I always loved my Tonka. 
And that pivoting axle thing is very cool.
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Nov. 6, 2008 9:02 p.m. ArthurDent New Reader
Very cool. With the title I thought of this picture I took a while back.
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Nov. 6, 2008 11:09 p.m. evildky Dork
oh how I want that, the second one is pretty cool too ;)
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Nov. 7, 2008 1:34 a.m. thatsnowinnebago Reader
I don't think it gets much cooler than that
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Nov. 7, 2008 7:11 a.m. nickel_dime HalfDork
That's awesome. Show up at the track with that and you'd be "that guy" (in a good way).
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Nov. 7, 2008 7:13 a.m. ignorant UberDork
I love how they took out the rear drive axle and used the transfer case to make the truck front wheel drive.
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Nov. 7, 2008 8:18 a.m. Ian F Reader
I've seen pictures of similar haulers built out of FWD cars... (actually on this forum, IIRC).
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Nov. 7, 2008 9:36 a.m. DMSentra New Reader
That idea is at least 35 years old, cause Pop and I were going to do that. I'm sure we weren't the first to think of it though, right?
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Nov. 7, 2008 1:41 p.m. evildky Dork
looks like ti's based ont he unimog which I believe has gear reduction units in the wheels for added ground clearance like the hummer, that would allw for the wheel pivot as shown
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Nov. 7, 2008 1:53 p.m. ignorant UberDork
evildky wrote:
looks like ti's based ont he unimog which I believe has gear reduction units in the wheels for added ground clearance like the hummer, that would allw for the wheel pivot as shown
it is a unimog. There is no rear drive axle. Check it out.
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Nov. 7, 2008 3:21 p.m. Keith UltraDork
DMSentra wrote:
That idea is at least 35 years old, cause Pop and I were going to do that. I'm sure we weren't the first to think of it though, right?
Given that the truck was built that way back in 1966, I think it's fair to say the idea's at least 41 years old
And here's what I saw at the Targa. The Car Camel! The story of the build
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Nov. 8, 2008 10:03 a.m. donalson UltraDork
that caravan hauler is SWEET...
