Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread! Part 2

Silvera

What makes you say the Unimog is a '79?
Afaik, Unimogs are still in production.

Nekarsulm

My neighbour has a UniMog quite like that. He tows a low loader with it, carrying either a Hitachi, a County Super Six with a Highland Bear timber grab or another County Forward Control with a big double drum winch. Has a chipper on it when required as well. His is Ex. Belgian Army. Amazing the way people-carriers pull in to the side when they meet an apparently driverless Camo. truck coming.....:D

Capri

Silvera wrote: »

What makes you say the Unimog is a '79?
Afaik, Unimogs are still in production.

AFIR the reg was 79D, maybe the OPW imported a s/h one for some reason

Silvera

Capri wrote: »

AFIR the reg was 79D, maybe the OPW imported a s/h one for some reason

Fair enough, I thought it looked more modern than a '79.

Nekarsulm,
Thats a cool set-up your neighbour has! I dont recall ever seeing a Unimog towing such a large trailer?! I suppose it's no different than a land tractor towing a trailer like that!:)

Nekarsulm

The air braking system with matched trailer let's him tip along at fifty mph safely. The tractor isn't actually all that heavy., perhaps six tonnes.if you search youtube you will find his setup winching a 20 ton excavator that was lost back in the early 1990's up near ballyconnel.
He has a ten ton ghydraulic winch on the front of the Mog, it plucked a tractor of mine out of a bog, like it was only a toy!

also those Mog rear bodies can tip 3 ways, pull a few pins and you can tip to the left or right. So you don't have to remove the rear chipper to empty the body.

Type 17

Nekarsulm wrote: »

...if you search youtube you will find his setup winching a 20 ton excavator that was lost back in the early 1990's up near Ballyconnell.

Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAwyUj3XeaA

Silvera

Nekarsulm wrote: »

The air braking system with matched trailer let's him tip along at fifty mph safely. The tractor isn't actually all that heavy., perhaps six tonnes.if you search youtube you will find his setup winching a 20 ton excavator that was lost back in the early 1990's up near ballyconnel.
He has a ten ton ghydraulic winch on the front of the Mog, it plucked a tractor of mine out of a bog, like it was only a toy!

also those Mog rear bodies can tip 3 ways, pull a few pins and you can tip to the left or right. So you don't have to remove the rear chipper to empty the body.

They are a great pice of kit...it's surprising there arent more Unimogs in use in Ireland?! I wouldnt mind one of my own someday!:cool:

Nekarsulm

Silvera wrote: »

it's surprising there arent more Unimogs in use in Ireland?

Entirely down to Price, I would imagine. Only State bodies could afford the outlay.

hamburg

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Silvera wrote: »

it's surprising there arent more Unimogs in use in Ireland?

Entirely down to Price, I would imagine. Only State bodies could afford the outlay.

the army used to use one in the glen of imaal for driving around the range area, it was banana yellow for some strange reason.i think maybe because it might have been leased and not owned by the army. the lads down there told me it was an animal to go up mountains,nothing would stop it.but its gone now and they have a new ford ranger which is ****e. i was down there about 2 weeks ago and 1 of them told me they asked could they get proper offroad tyres fitted to the one that they have in the glen and they were told ford said it would invalidate the warranty if the army fitted them,also none of them are to be fitted with towbars cos the engine ,a 2.2 is not powerful enough to pull trailers or the gearboxes would be wrecked.

Blue850

Spotted this beast at Terenure in 2011

Slideways

I used to DoE test trucks for a living and the ESB had a pretty big collection of these.

They are pretty agricultural to drive and parts are off the charts for them iirc..

There was a Dutch guy over in Belmullet had the smallest one I've ever seen. It was an orange left hooker and he used it for taking boats out of the water I think.

hamburg

now that i think about it the army one in the glen of imaal was more esb yellow than banana.

Nekarsulm

They come up for sale from time to time, up here in Cavan. Irish Car Auctions, Moynehall, dispose of fleets of ESB, Telecom vehicles. usually trucks with Cherry Pickers attached. Its amazing the way nothing is removed from these trucks and vans. Insulators and wire cable wraps and all sorts of connectors and spare stuff.

Diabhalta

boxy Starlet on old plates in Youghal



Cortina and Mini in Castlemartyr



Merc in Midleton

kev1.3s

Series 1 Land Rover in amongst the new range rovers in Fulham yesterday.

Greg81

Sandyford. Friday

gammygils

^^^^^^^^


Now that's a Classic!!

tc20

please excuse the crappy pic of a 97 S6 - I love this model A6, and the S6 is very subtle.

And a regular spot around Greystones - W123 230CE

jca

Diabhalta wrote: »

boxy Starlet on old plates in Youghal



Cortina and Mini in Castlemartyr



Merc in Midleton

That Cortina is lovely, they hold great sentimental value to me, having been driven around in one as kids for years:)

Duke O Smiley

Not great photos, sorry. My mother took these in Santry toady. "it looked like an old Rover your grandad had, the colour, I thought it was one of them"
She said the owner was lovely when she explained why she was taking the pics, allowed her look inside etc.

Nekarsulm

I have a set of Tartan seats, that colour, out of a Chevette, if anyone needs them.................

gctest50

shed somewhere

Silvera

Looks like a 70's or 80's scene ...De Lorean factory in Belfast?

gctest50

Jaguar ? - have a few more, will post them up if you want

Kenny Logins

They're excellent photos. Where did they come from?

Diabhalta

Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread?

SpitfireIV

Diabhalta wrote: »

Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread?

Today I saw a classic pic of a classic car and put it on a classic car thread.......thread? :P


Seen a nice 81 reg BMW (dont know what make or model) in town last weekend, got a few snaps, lovely looking thing, very clean! Just have to put the pics up...

Kenny Logins

Diabhalta wrote: »

Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread?

"Today I went to a classic car show and (gasp) saw lots of classic cars". :pac:

Dades

"Today I started a new thread because now we have to have a new thread for everything (like bargains from different countries because I hate having to scroll past 2 posts per day)"? :P

Duke O Smiley

A few over the last few days.