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DAV!D
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 Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 8:03 pm Post subject: What is this? (4wd rv) |
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I randomly came across this picture on google image search.. Any idea what this is or if there is more info out there?
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 8:17 pm Post subject: Re: What is this? (4wd rv) |
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| Looks like a vanagon on top of an LT chassis? |
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DwarfVader
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 8:17 pm Post subject: Re: What is this? (4wd rv) |
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Well... I'm going to go out on a limb and say it was made by Land Rover or someone who is a big fan of Land Rover.
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DAV!D
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 8:28 pm Post subject: Re: What is this? (4wd rv) |
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| tjet wrote: |
| Looks like a vanagon on top of an LT chassis? |
I was thinking this as well, as it seems the most logical set up. However how could this thing go un-noticed out in the wild, with no pictures or info.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 8:57 pm Post subject: Re: What is this? (4wd rv) |
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Looks like a unimog 404 hiding under there. The landrover sticker is a decoy.
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DwarfVader
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 9:32 pm Post subject: Re: What is this? (4wd rv) |
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| syncrodoka wrote: |
Looks like a unimog 404 hiding under there. The landrover sticker is a decoy.
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The front is all wrong for a 404
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syncrodoka
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 9:34 pm Post subject: Re: What is this? (4wd rv) |
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Yeah, because it has a vanagon cab in under the camper top.
All of the green parts, front bumper and wheels look like a mog including the radio box.
This isn't a real production vehicle that they bought off of the lot. |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 10:37 pm Post subject: Re: What is this? (4wd rv) |
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dual rear wheels??
the sticker is hard to read - maybe it really says LAN Drover
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 10:45 pm Post subject: Re: What is this? (4wd rv) |
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| Definitely a 404 and it's also from a page called benzworld.org |
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DAV!D
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 11:21 am Post subject: Re: What is this? (4wd rv) |
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| syncrodoka wrote: |
Yeah, because it has a vanagon cab in under the camper top.
All of the green parts, front bumper and wheels look like a mog including the radio box.
This isn't a real production vehicle that they bought off of the lot. |
Yea, I knew it was a self build, just amazed there is no info around for it. I figured something like that would have attracted some attention.
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tjet
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 12:19 pm Post subject: Re: What is this? (4wd rv) |
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Could be a photoshop.
When I first saw that pic, it reminded me of this monster 
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 8:27 pm Post subject: Re: What is this? (4wd rv) |
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Don't know what it is, but it looks like fun!
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canasync
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| Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2016 7:04 pm Post subject: Re: What is this? (4wd rv) |
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I found it on a German site a few years ago and it is indeed a 404 Chassis and a custom camper build draped around a T3 cab.
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DAV!D
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| Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2016 8:44 pm Post subject: Re: What is this? (4wd rv) |
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| canasync wrote: |
| I found it on a German site a few years ago and it is indeed a 404 Chassis and a custom camper build draped around a T3 cab. |
I actually found a second picture of it but lost the link. The 2nd picture showed it in pretty bad disrepair. Makes me think perhaps it's dead and sitting behind some one's barn or in the scrap yard.
Seems to be a old build so maybe that's why not much is known of it. I'd suspect if this thing were still on the road somewhere there would be some random pics or info about it somewhere.
Looks like a pretty neat build though.
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