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Date:         Sun, 19 Nov 2000 21:02:32 -0800
Reply-To:     Zoltan <zol@FOXINTERNET.NET>
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From:         Zoltan <zol@FOXINTERNET.NET>
Subject:      Re: Unimog
Comments: To: James Creech <jacreech@VISUALLINK.COM>
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I remember down in South Africa they used to collect guys for trips across the Sahara, going up to Europe on these units. Kind of suicide. That continent though it's next to Europe- the center of the World-yet even today they have not even a reliable railway from Cape Town to Cairo, what Cecil Rhodes was dreaming about. Zoltan

----- Original Message ----- From: "James Creech" <jacreech@VISUALLINK.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 5:57 PM Subject: Re: Unimog

> Wow, I thought my Vanagon was funky til I saw this. Where is the canon > turret? Not that I doubt the glowing reports of its functional glory! I'm > not a soccer mom or dad, but neither do I need to drive across the Sahara. > But I'm glad those adventurers are taken care of with this animal. > > > This is a 4x4 truck made by mercedes benz. See http://www.unimog.net for > a good run down on these beasts! > David Marshall > > > It is not my ignorance. I just never came accross a Unimog. What is it? > > Zoltan > > > > I cannot believe that anyone who ever saw a Unimog work would doubt > their worth... I spent a number of years working in the Sahara and would not > spend 5 minutes thinking about going back without a Unimog... Their > performance in conditions that are unimaginable in North America was > stellar... they are not for soccer moms


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