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Mogfest Pictures

Post by NotAMog » Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:53 pm

For anyone who is interested here are some serious off road adventure vehicles that were at the Calico Mogfest last weekend -

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A Unimog 404 hard cab off road motorhome with kayaks and a dirt bike. I'm not sure how they get the dirt bike on the rack since it's about 4' off the ground.

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Here is another Unimog 404 based motorhome. The second owner of this unit lived in it full time for about 12 years.

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A more recent Unimog motorhome conversion on a U1500 chassis.

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A home built modified Alaska camper on a 404 hard cab open bed truck.

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Here is a Swiss military trailer.

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How about a Volkswagen Syncro 4x4 van. The drive trains for these vans were designed and installed by Steyr Puch at their factory in Graz Austria. I ran Odessa Canyon with one of these a couple of years ago. It did surprisingly well considering the relative lack of ground clearance and a single speed transfer case.

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Ever see one of these? It's a Volvo C303. They are very rare in the U.S. They look very much like a Pinzgauer 710K. The C303 uses portal axles and a conventional exposed drive train.

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Here is something probably even more rare, a nicely restored Swiss military Steyr Puch Haflinger. This was the predecessor to the Pinzgauer. The drive trains are very similar except that the Haflinger uses a 2 cylinder air cooled engine in the back where the Pinzgauer has a mid mounted 4 cylinder and is scaled up over all. Both have sealed drive trains, fully independent suspension, and front and rear lockers.

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Even more rare is a U.S. spec Steyr Puch Haflinger. They were sold commercially in the U.S. in the '60s and into the early '70s. Note the larger 7" sealed beam headlights.

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Last but not least is a Pinzgauer 710K. The "K" model is the hard sided 5 door version. Most of these were used as radio trucks.

Sorry I didn't get an shots of off road action. I had a cold so I stayed back in camp to rest.
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Post by raYGunn » Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:02 pm

Sorry about your cold! These vehicles look amazing, I have not actually seen any of these in person but would like to check them out someday.
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Post by Cnynrat » Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:40 am

Love those Mog based RV's - definitely some cool expedition vehicles. We'll have to try to get out there next year to check them out in person.
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Post by BorregoWrangler » Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:46 am

Wow! Very interesting indeed. Thanks for sharing those. 8-)
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Post by OLLIE » Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:42 pm

THanks for sharing those pics. I want one sooooo bad.
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Post by cruiserlarry » Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:12 pm

NotAMog wrote:Last but not least is a Pinzgauer 710K. The "K" model is the hard sided 5 door version. Most of these were used as radio trucks.
So, you think we can set one of these up as a BorregoFest comm truck ? :mrgreen:
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Re: Mogfest Pictures

Post by martyr » Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:48 pm

Cnynrat wrote:Love those Mog based RV's - definitely some cool expedition vehicles. We'll have to try to get out there next year to check them out in person.
X2, cool rigs, great pics and descriptions, thanks for sharing!

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