My 1968 Unimog 404S - Purchased April 2000This is some of the the story of the end of an obsession - to own a 60's Unimog. I found my Mog through the Mogml discussion list and drove her home from Wildemann, Germany to West Limerick, Ireland in just over two days in May, 2000, with my friend Adrian Kelly riding as navigator, chief photographer and chief assistant oiler.
View a map of the route See the camper conversion read the whole story...(text only). Links The Voyage Home... .
Saturday morning, 6th May.. Unimog experts will see the speedo on 90kph (54mph) in this shot, taken by Adrian, on the autobahn - that's as fast as it gets in a Mog on the flat. Only 1200 miles to go.. A Mog at speed is quite noisy, but with the door panels off it was bearable. Visibility through the perspex side panels is not brilliant, so I found it easier to drive confidently with the panels off. For some reason, we celebrated crossing the Rhine, westbound, with a photo...
At the Dutch BorderLunchtime found us crossing from Germany to Holland at Venlo, and we pulled in here in a disused customs post to take a rest and check the Mog for vital fluids - a small leak of gear oil can be a big problem on a Mog.
Sunday, 7th May We crossed England from Maidstone, Kent where we slept the previous night to Fishguard, Wales for the car ferry to Cork - Ireland's southern port. Home on Monday morning...8th May At last, we are arrived at Adrian's house in Adare, in County Limerick..yes, we know the photography is not the best, but the early-morning contrasty light was too much for our little digital camera.
Unimog Discussion List - The full story with all details of this journey was originally posted in instalments on the Unimog discussion list hosted on Topica.com. This is an unmoderated discussion on all things related to Unimogs and I recommend it - but join in 'digest' mode if you don't want 300+ e-mails every day. To receive an invitation to join (you can leave anytime) click here: Join the Unimog list Click here to read the whole story... of driving the Mog home; it's just over 3000 words long.. Contact Me...I'm willing to discuss Mogs, Old Mercedes's, The Burren, old mechanical cameras, whatever! (If we've corresponded before, please note my email address has changed -Nov '01) Click here to contact me by email Mog Links: The Rocky Mountain Moggers site: This is Ron de Pugh’s site, in my opinion probably the best Unimog resource on the web. Ron has kindly given permission for this link – check it out, and you will find an endless collection of Unimog links to information, dealers, owners, collectors, and experts of every kind, as well as pictures of every conceivable kind of Mog - frequently updated. Unimogmagazine.com Brad Beesley's excellent site - not updated as often as the RMM site above, but still one of the essentials if you're on the learning curve. Brad was probably the best known Mog expert on the web when there were only a handful of mog-related sites. My reccommended mog-related links:Most of these have a link back here - if it fails, use your browser's back button. Details of the camper conversion - this is a popular option with Radioboxes. A trip to the Burren In June, 2000, completed & uploaded March 2001 Converting the brakelights to red-red operation - March 2001 Some pictures of my Mog in the snow which we had in Ireland for three days in early January, 2001 - giving me a rare chance to try out those fascinating snowchains. Nothing much else apart from a Landrover was moving in my area on the day, but the Mog felt like she was on dry concrete. I had chains on the rear wheels, so examine the picture of the wheels to see the extra grip in the tyre tracks behind the Mog. Camping in the Burren - August 2002 - three pages of description and photos.NEW (Sept 02) A restoration project completed by a friend in New Hampshire, who brought an old airport Unimog 421 snowblower back to life as a snowplough. This Mog is on Diesel, and the 'restored' picture makes a great wallpaper file.Jeff Lenzner's Mog Site - a great guy to deal with if you need Mog bits, in the USA or in Europe. Tell him I sent you. The 404 Mog Picture list hosted on Yahoo! Groups - a great collection of Unimog pictures, many sent by Dutch and Belgian Moggers who are not on the English-speaking lists, unfortunately it is also a great way to get viruses, so read on the web only, and don't open any dodgy-looking messages, and NEVER open or download .exe files. Worth a look despite the risk. The Unimog Technical list - a moderated list STRICTLY on technical topics, you must be approved to join, but most of the best on-line Mog experts are there. Preface your posts with your model number in brackets thus: "[404] transmission oil" Andy Coudyser's Site where I buy parts (Belgium) - highly reccommended - tell him I sent you ;-). The UK Unimog discussion list - friendly, but not very busy - seventy five members, most on-line Irish moggers are on this list. www.padraig.de has to be the most unusual mog site on the web. Padraig runs an all-Irish site, in Germany, dealing with his love of unimogs, inter alia...a great guy, a great site. You gotta read Irish, though. Unimog Pictures on Google - this is the simplest way to get pictures of anything, if you've never found it, it will amaze you. The word you are seeking must be in the filename, though. Buch und Bild - German site where you can buy Mog literature, in English if you like Highly reccommended by most moggers. Ron's links and Brutus's links - all the mog info you'll ever be able to read.
www.fanore.com This site seems to have been abandoned by its owners, but it gives a taste of the fun to be had in Fanore. There is a pic of my friend John D's 1959 Mercedes 'Ponton' 190D. Don't expect a reply to an e-mail, this site was put up for fun as far as I can judge. www.burrenwildlife.com the resource if you want to come and visit the Burren for an informal educational weekend, information from info@burrenwildlife.com Copyright information, I’m not worried whether you copy something
or not, I would, however, like to hear about it - send a link.
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