4x4 fever can be pretty contagious, but ooh so costly. The modern Unimogs are real status symbols. Nice toys for millionaires. But if one really needs something like that, why not get a used mitsu fuso 4x4. Put a nice used camper shell on the back, and you got a real economog. Even makes a great freeway runner. Imagine a 4x4 with: 235 hp turbo intercooled diesel, 5 speed tranny, 2 speed high low transfer case, and a limited slip differential. And what I find most important, one can still sit up front, just like in the vanagon or VW LT. I never could figure out why they don't make any camper conversions of those here in the U.S. Check it out: http://www.camperworld.com.au/images/offroad.jpg Harald 90 westy Hermann wrote: > Two years ago while camping in snow at the North Rim/ Grand Canyon I spoke > with a Belgian traveljournalist driving a similar looking off-road camper > on a Unimog basis. He said that he,his wife and son had been traveling the > world for four years, crossed seven deserts, and were on their way to Tierra > del Fuego. Their truck was a white 4x4 Diesel Unimog long-wheel-base with a > custom made slide-out camping unit, and a Kawasaki dirtbike attached to a > derrick in the rear. When asked how much this cozy vehicle cost him he said: > several Ferraris and a Porsche. Humbled, I returned to my freezing cold > 5000$ Westy. > > Hermann de Boer > 87 GL Westy |
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