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bryanmckenzie
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Biggest, Bestest, Baddest Baja Rig Ever!
Driving towards Gecko Camp in LA Bay, I snapped this picture of a Mercedes Unimog (???) going the other way doing about 25 miles per hour along this
awful stretch of dirt road.
Feel free to post your own biggest, bestest, baddest Baja rig photos. Larger image HERE if it helps identify the vehicle.
[Edited on 2010-12-10 by bryanmckenzie]
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Bob H
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It looks very similar to a Unimog... however, this one does not have a Mercedes logo on the front, as all Unimogs display. Maybe it's a Swiss version
of the German Unimog.
Check out this video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DPUfIBVkwk&feature=fvw
Check out this Swiss Military vehicle link. Maybe the one you saw was a STEYR-PUCH PINZGAUER
http://www.staufferclassics.com/pinzgauer.html
Here are some for sale... pretty reasonable:
http://www.buypinzgauer.com/
[Edited on 12-10-2010 by Bob H]
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David K
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Pinzgauer is Made is Switzerland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinzgauer_High_Mobility_All-Ter...
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jbcoug
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unimog
IS THAT VIDEO INCREDIBLE OR WHAT?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
John
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jbcoug
IS THAT VIDEO INCREDIBLE OR WHAT?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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At my age, that is what I need to climb Mt. Whitney!!!! Youuuuu Haaaaa!!!!!
Barry
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Taco de Baja
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I saw that guy a number of years ago on the Pacific side north of punta blanca. Very cool rig. 
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Ken Cooke
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MBenz Unimog - Camp Gecko - Bahia de los Angeles
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Ken Cooke
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Spotted NORTH of the border!
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Apparently, this guy get's around! My wife Leidys and I spotted this pristine Baja vehicle on the beach in San Diego! 
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bryanmckenzie
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Great spotting, Ken! Thanks. I guess he's So Cal local, somewhere.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.”
-Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910)
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bryanmckenzie
Great spotting, Ken! Thanks. I guess he's So Cal local, somewhere. |
I believe so. That is the couple with the tall black dog. I drove around looking for parking in Mission Beach (at the dog beach, there), and I was
blown away by this massive Unimog.
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woody with a view
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i'll guess. north beach in OB? right near dog beach?????
[Edited on 12-18-2010 by woody with a view]
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
i'll guess. north beach in OB? right near dog beach?????
[Edited on 12-18-2010 by woody with a view] |
Not sure. Here are some pictures of us with lots of scenery. This was a dog beach, though.
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bryanmckenzie
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Great links. Thanks, Bob. That rock climber is a monster!
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.”
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910)
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snowcat5
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Hi Folks, I have a Unimog and I think the vehicle in Bryan's photo is not a Unimog- I think it is a Mann truck ( English) or maybe an Iveco truck.
Volvo is also a possability. My 2004 U500 Mog has 8 forward and reverse gears with Hi/low locking diffs and tranny slip (from the cab). GVW is
33,000 lbs. and my tires are 46" tall. It can ford 60" of water- I haven't tried it out to be certain but the Ops. manual claims this. In low range,
any gear, I can leave it in gear, moving, get out and walk faster than it travels. It does attract alot of attention when I drive it- I am still
amazed that so many people actually know what a Unimog is, when they see us. Mog On!
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durrelllrobert
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how about this for your next baja off road trip?
http://www.musicacristiana2.com/videos/rip-saw-tracked-atv-e...
[Edited on 12-20-2010 by BajaNomad]
Bob Durrell
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hdn2mx
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Biggest, Baddest....
Saw this rig last summer in 2 different places. First in San Jaunico (Scorpion Bay), then a couple weeks later further south at Los Cerritos, just
south of Todos Santos.
If I remember correctly, it was a couple from Switzerland that had the rig shipped over, I think into US, and were on holiday cruising USA and Mexico.
Fairly young couple who had cumtomized it special for this trip. I thought he said they were going to sell it before heading home.
Killer rig but it wasn't a Unimog. RT
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David K
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I already posted a brand name above... It is Swiss, not German (note the flags on the truck).
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racheldarlin
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Next time I have $600,000 in loose change I'm getting one.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by snowcat5
Hi Folks, I have a Unimog and I think the vehicle in Bryan's photo is not a Unimog- I think it is a Mann truck ( English) or maybe an Iveco truck.
Volvo is also a possability. My 2004 U500 Mog has 8 forward and reverse gears with Hi/low locking diffs and tranny slip (from the cab). GVW is
33,000 lbs. and my tires are 46" tall. It can ford 60" of water- I haven't tried it out to be certain but the Ops. manual claims this. In low range,
any gear, I can leave it in gear, moving, get out and walk faster than it travels. It does attract alot of attention when I drive it- I am still
amazed that so many people actually know what a Unimog is, when they see us. Mog On! |
Is your MOG registered in Calif. ? If so how are you dealing with the SMOG issues? Also isn't a MOG considered a "grey vehicle" and not importable
into the US? Is you MOG a 24 volt system ?
I knew a guy who owned a MOG in San Diego but had a AZ regis. The cops were constantly pulling him over checking his regis. against his drivers lic.
address.
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Fairbanks47
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Also saw in San Juanico last summer. Very nice couple!
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