Hi Keith:
Interesting it was, essentially a grossly modified Volvo Taxi body mounted on a 3/4 ton light truck chassis.
And, it was a Sugga (pig) in all respects as far as driving it was concerned. It was used as a chase car for our Volvo powered dune buggy in two Baja 1000 races in Baja California (Mexico) and covered over 2,000 kilometers down there with only a broken fan belt. And...that was interesting, as I had finished the chase duties and had my three children with me, no wife, and we took off to see a bit of Mexico. The fan belt broke in the middle of a huge dry lake miles and miles from anywhere.
I looked in the boot and sure enough, there was a brandy new spare belt still wrapped in plastic.
A half an hour with a universal spanner and a screwdriver and we were back in business.
When I moved to Atlanta in 1989, I left the Sugga and several other MVs that I owned with an employee/friend who had a large farm and several old barns. I have not been back since but imagine they are all still there, never to be recovered I guess.
BTW, the others were a postwar Ford Taunus ambulance ex Dutch, a Nekaf Jeep ex Dutch and a Land Rover ex Dutch.
All were procured through Bart Vanderveen when he ws working for Autodump Sindorf in the 70's. The Sugga I got through a retired Swedish army officer for free!!! Only had to pay about $2K in ocean freight.
Bill
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