check out today's post from George on an incredible custom RV he saw in Loreto.BajaGeoff - 2-12-2007 at 02:17 PM
I saw a similar vehicle down in Baja last year, although it was silver, not green.
Pretty impressive though!
What do you think.....maybe three miles to the gallon???? Or less???FARASHA - 2-12-2007 at 02:21 PM
Looks like a UNIMOG??Hook - 2-12-2007 at 02:24 PM
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Originally posted by BajaGeoff
What do you think.....maybe three miles to the gallon???? Or less???
No way......gotta be diesel.
i'll be it gets AT LEAST 8, probably more.
Green?
[Edited on 2-12-2007 by Hook]Hook - 2-12-2007 at 02:26 PM
How does one get a vehicle past the Canal? Are there ferries that cross?comitan - 2-12-2007 at 02:34 PM
Hook
Its my understanding that on the other side of the canal its a Nomans land, So they have ferries from Columbia to Panama.Hook - 2-12-2007 at 02:39 PM
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Hook
Its my understanding that on the other side of the canal its a Nomans land, So they have ferries from Columbia to Panama.
Thought I read that, too. Bad hombres!burro bob - 2-12-2007 at 03:13 PM
Farasha
Its a lot bigger than a Unimog. They use those for support in the Dakar rally.
That no mans land between Panama and Columbia is called the Darian Gap. For a real interesting story about it read "Obsessions Die Hard" by Ed
Culberson. It is his account of riding across it on his BMW R80 GS.
burro bobvandenberg - 2-12-2007 at 03:25 PM
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Originally posted by FARASHA
Looks like a UNIMOG??
Yes Farasha, that's what it looks like. Have seen several here in Baja over the years. Usully owned by Germans or Austrians traveling the world.
Those things go about anywhere. However, they aren't nearly as comfy as the 40 ft monstrosities we produce.motoged - 2-12-2007 at 03:32 PM
Nomads.... ....I
am envious...it's God's way of saying you have way too much money...
burro bob - 2-12-2007 at 03:39 PM
Vandenburg
Look at the pictures again. I quite clearly says on the grill "MAN". It is made in the Netherlands. It is twice the size of a Unimog.
burro bob
man trucks
pacificobob - 2-12-2007 at 08:59 PM
are german...as for the relitive size to the unimog there are many models of each....thay actually have many interchangable parts
BajaBruno - 2-13-2007 at 11:18 PM
If I need that monstrosity to get where I'm going, then I'm not going.DavidT - 2-13-2007 at 11:49 PM
thats the point of such a truck.....most people arnt going where im going. im sure not driving it for the comfort or speed!Hook - 2-14-2007 at 11:18 AM
Maximog with the optional UAV for spotting dorado paddies out ten miles.
Hey, the Minutemen would love this setup for border interdiction.Rainer - 2-14-2007 at 12:22 PM
MAN - Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg ===
That would make it a German Company, just like Unimog.
Other than that you guys are right - just a little bit ouside of my monetary comfort zoneDesertbull - 2-14-2007 at 07:38 PM
and...interesting sidenote is that the first ever American team to complete the T-4 class at the Dakar Rally did it in a MAN L90 last month. No other
American team in the 29-year history of the Dakar Rally had ever finished in the T-4 Big Truck Class...until the MONSTER team did it.
The team comprising of a driver/navigator and mechanic were all SCORE off road racers providing support on the race course to Robby, of course racin'
the H3 all the while racing the MAN L90. Driver was 5-time Baja 1000 co-driver of Larry Ragland, Tom Geviss and the navigator was Class 10 racer -
Will Higman while Robby Gordon team member - Paul Mischel handled the mechanic duties...
Those MAN L90's are cool stuff for us diesel geeks...that camper MAN is sweet!
....I
am envious...it's God's way of saying you have way too much money...
