I’ll start by saying, I am an idiot. There is no logical explanation for a lot of the things that I do, but that hasn’t stopped me in the past.
I saw that 1970 Unimog 404 pop up on here listed by
@xGROMx for his buddy. I just so happened to have $1000 and had already taken Friday off work. So I made a pilgrimage back to the coastal plain of NC from the foothills. It was a solid day of driving at 3.50 a gallon for diesel in my 7.3. Between fuel and a bottle of additive, 200$ there and back.
Deal with the mog is: cab is exceptionally well rusted. Frame and drive train appears to be complete and in good shape. It was an adventure tour vehicle in the OBX before it was purchased by the previous owner. So I imagine it will take work and a lot of rare and expensive parts to undo what the salt environment did. Oh well, I’m in it now.
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I brought her home and gave her a once over at the spray and wash car wash. Rust and paint chips everywhere. Still waiting on a cease and desist order from that business.
Pulled what was left of the original plywood floor out of it, cut the exploded , rusted muffler off, removed all the trailer air brake parts. Soaked the cylinders in marvel mystery oil and cleaned the plugs. Sat back, admired my work and wondered what I had gotten myself into.
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