Heads Up: CMPs for sale in Austria

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by zemsi

.. yeah, I think that too but can't find the thread about our discussion.

Hanno, his Royal Master Seeker, please

Using the search feature with the words "Narrowed" and "Shortened", I only get 2 responses, the thread you are reading and THIS ONE.

[Alex van de Wetering]

@ Tony



The question comes up in the old thread as well......why did anyone bother to modify this truck to such an extent....

Hanno mentioned the word " Unimog"....wait a minute.....could this be a prototype Unimog? It does show a lot of simmilarities with the first Unimogs when it comes to wheelsbase, width...no cab roof....and a Merc engine!
That would explain why they didn't bother to keep the word "Ford" in one piece on the clip and why they even narrowed the fenders.

Alex

[zemsi]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Hanno mentioned the word " Unimog"....wait a minute.....could this be a prototype Unimog? It does show a lot of simmilarities with the first Unimogs when it comes to wheelsbase, width...no cab roof....and a Merc engine!
Alex

I think too that this is a Unimog Chassis with a Blitz Cab, Blitz Wheels and Engine. But probably a longer wheelbase...

Something like this?

[Alex van de Wetering]

Chris,

Well, the axles and chassis seem to be modified Ford Units as well and the engine is a Mercedes unit according to the Ebay auction. So, an explanation could be that the people behind UNIMOG used surplus military material to build their first prototype Farm tractor.

But, why didn't they change the driving position from right to left.....hmmm, maybe it's got nothing to do with UNIMOG after all......the NATO indicator on the sides also point towards a later modification; First UNIMOG was from 1947(?)


Alex

[zemsi]

... just found some more pics of this little truck on flickr.

[zemsi]

Originally Posted by Tony Smith

Using the search feature with the words "Narrowed" and "Shortened", I only get 2 responses, the thread you are reading and THIS ONE.