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Great work Ian, your updates are allways very impressive, and to me they are allso a great source for inspiration regarding the camper buildt I am about to tackle my self!:-)

I agree! :-)

As far as I know all LWB G's (both W460, w461, w462(!) and w463) are rated for a roof load of 200kg. I myself have a w460, and the registration papers did not have any info about the roof load. But after contacting the Norwegian Mercedes importer they confirmed that it straight out of the...

Are you happy with the Outbound roof window? They seem to be well made and of good quality, I only ask since I am considering using Outbond windows and roof hatches on the camper buildt I'm about to start.

It's time to close this chapter, and start a new one, the journey continues here:): http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/143276-Norwegian-Unimog-U1700L-camper-build

Some more pictures from the trip back to Norway: testing on the Danish beaches:-) The plan now is to do some minor repairs and get it registered on Norwegian license plates. After that i will strip the chassis from it's crane and supportframe, and I will do a complete repaint of both the...

Mercedes bought the Hanomag Henschel factory in the late 60's. For some time they had a parallel production of some trucks at both the Mercedes and Hanomag factory, both versions identical except from minor details like logo on the steering wheel and grill. My fathers truck is one of very few...

This was my thought also! Hopefully it will be ok, but I got a good prize, so even if I need to do an overhaul, I think it will be worth the prize.

More pictures will come soon!

So, time has finally come to our own build thread for the Unimog camper that propably will take shape over the next 2-3 years:) Thngs are still on an early stage and nothing is written in stone yet, so plans may (and most propably will) change along the way. But the basic idea is ready; we (I...

Thanks again Iain, I will check the gasket, it would be great if this was the reason for the oil consumption!

Thank you Iain for the thoroughly answer, on my trip back from Germany earlier this week my newly acquired U1700L with OM352A and 168 Bhp had an average fuelconsumption at 19L/100km, the weight of the truck was then 8600kg including the crane and quite massive support-frame. Oil consumption was...

I am happy to say that everything went alright with the purchase o f the Unimog and that the 1650km returntrip from Germany to Norway went allright.:) No mechanical issues at all!:sombrero: The Unimog is now safely parked at home, and I am looking forward to start my camper build! Pictures and a...

Wow Ian, this is great! Your truck gonna be one amazing machine when it's finnished! Looking forward to the movie of the engine rebuild! May I also ask what kind of budget we are talking about for a complete engine reebuild ike you are doing now? (I only ask since I may be tempted to do a...

My fathers Hanomag F55 with OM 314 (basically a OM352 with four cylinders) burns aprox. 1L = 3000km I think the workshop manual say that it is acceptable that those engines burns use up to 1L /1000km, also straigth out of the factory.

Hello Mike, Thank you for informative comments:-) I myself live in The southern part of Norway (Lyngdal). My father will be traveling together with me in his camper (1972 Hanomag Henchel F55 with OM314, better known as Mercedes 508), so you could say that we are quite used to long distance...

Great comparison Ian, I see how it could be quite useful to have the working gears in some situations.. But still, I think that for my intended use (remote distanse travel on rough or bad roads, not so much off-roading) it wont be needed for 98 % of the time. The last 2 % of the time i just have...

Status update: Decided to go for it and spend some extra time on getting it back into the condition it deserves to be in! I am picking it up in the middle of May and driving it back to Norway. I can then happily inform you all that I am soon to be the proud owner of a U1700L Unimog! :-):sombrero:

Very interested indeed!:wings: