Re: Who was looking for a Pinzgauer, After oil or..?
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 3:50 pm
by Jaz
Not a Pinzgauer, but I'm sure that these capabilities would come in handy when fleeing the bandits in South America
Re: Who was looking for a Pinzgauer, After oil or..?
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 5:21 pm
by FalcoColumbarius
I suspect that motor vehicle is not equipped with air bags.
I wonder what the shock to the driver was? I wouldn't want anything less than a complete harness if I knew I would be making stops like that...
Re: Who was looking for a Pinzgauer, After oil or..?
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 1:57 pm
by josh
and back we go to the marvelous Pinzgauer...
Josh.
Re: Who was looking for a Pinzgauer, After oil or..?
Re: Who was looking for a Pinzgauer, After oil or..?
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 7:04 pm
by after oil
i missed this thread as i was away on my trip. it is me looking for a pinzgauer.. but not really looking for one. i just got a school bus in fine shape for $200.. if a pinz falls in to my lap in the same way, ill take it!
i saw this a few weeks ago in telluride colorado
Re: Who was looking for a Pinzgauer, After oil or..?
My father worked with Carl Hunter; he was a very thorough engineering manager at his company. He did some research before setting out over the Silk Road and found that worldwide, Mitsu Fuso parts are even more widely available than Mercedes/Mog parts. Apparently he put it together in 60 days for around $80K, logged 78,000+kms of very rugged roads, then got a substantial chunk of change back when he sold it a few years later.
One of their Silk Road group did take a Mog, and although it was the recovery vehicle of choice when others got stuck, it's short gearing meant it topped out at around 80kph, and the ride was much harsher on the occupants than the Mitsu. To top it off, apparently the Mitsu was the one other vehicle that never actually needed the Mog's extraction services.
Re: Who was looking for a Pinzgauer, After oil or..?
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:30 pm
by Jensen
I once saw a Fuso RV, but it was alot more square and boxy than that one. I don't think I'll ever actually own an offroad vehicle that big. Unless I was retired and driving all the time I wouldn't need it (where do you park something that big?) I've always drooled over the big MAN and Osh-Kosh extreme duty offroad trucks. If I made an RV I'd use one of those! It doesn't help when I check out stuff like the German offroad show pics on the Project Dino-Evo blog. Some people get all the toys...
Re: Who was looking for a Pinzgauer, After oil or..?
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 8:04 am
by jessef
FalcoColumbarius wrote:I suspect that motor vehicle is not equipped with air bags.
I wonder what the shock to the driver was? I wouldn't want anything less than a complete harness if I knew I would be making stops like that...
That's nothing !
Have you seen the Top Gear episode where they slam a smart car into a concrete median ? Wow impact shock !
