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Thanks for putting the photos up John, I had a long chat with the owner before the truck was delivered. We are going to visit him one weekend soon :)

Chassis stretching is possible on a Unimog - but fairly difficult to do. On a "normal" truck, to get an 8m long bed, you have a considerable stretch of the chassis - the rules are normally something like 60% of wheelbase or 3.7m whichever is the lesser (at least that's what it is in Australia)...

We trial fitted most of the internal cabinetry this weekend. The there are a few minor "adjustments" but nothing serious and all going well, the basic cabinets will be fitted in a week or two. The lockers around the bed need to be installed before the others can be fitted - one of the...

Hi, drop me a pm if you want to have a chat - I've done a lot of research into Unimogs and I'm currently building my U1250 into a expedition truck for a round Australia then round the world trip. http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/37349-Unimog-Camper-under-construction U1300/L37s...

Unimog Sound Systems Just started playing around with various bits of the sound system for the cab of my truck. I have an Eclipse 8200 12" subwoofer which works with a relatively small enclosure. I chopped up the old box I had in my Jaguar XJ-S for a trial fit. On the Unimog forum, guys from...

Nice video - and great roof rack - looks familiar :)

That's strange - my wife just bought another two chairs today from them, they emailed back in an hour. PM your email address to me, and I'll send you Raj's gmail address.

This is where we bought the chairs from: http://www.jandrguram.com/ We had great service from them.

Quick up date for this month. Most of the time has been spent on the heavy duty cabling between the battery banks and the rest of the truck. This is one of the main battery bank - two 75AH Optima 31A batteries. I have 200A fuses on the + terminals of each battery. The thing at the back of the...

Sound like you did what I did :) I told my wife I was going to build a camper and showed her photos like this And this is what got dropped of at my house a few weeks later; Needless to say she was not very impressed :) Three years later on she has more than forgiven me. Tell her not to...

I have two Facet electric pumps for my twin tanks so I can transfer fuel between the two through water traps and filters. It will also makes bleeding the fuel system a breeze. I have the same set-up on my Discovery, when I change the fuel filters, i just switch on the pump, open up the bleed...

Why has it taken two years to get the mog is the first question I'd ask - I know I would not have wait more than two months before complaining. Did you pay in full or just a deposit. If you have paid in full - any refund should include interest on the money as well. Have you actually seen...

That looks great - so where is you off to first?

Now we know what the bugs see for their last few moments when they get splattered over the bash plate/bumper. How did you mount the camera - once it came loose it looks like it was quite a distance in front of the truck

It is a lot of effort stretch a Unimog frame - the torque tubes enclose the propshafts made it very difficult. The chassis is made out of heat treated steel, and you will need a place with proper MB certification to cut and extend the chassis, it's not something your average truck builder can...

Some of his tips are good (I recognized some of them from Tom Sheppards book) but some I would seriously question before putting into practice.

Welcome aboard - look forward to lots of photos :)

Regarding the tyre, if the puncture is in the tread - then it can be fixed - all you need is a patch on the inside provided the hole is not too big. If it is in the sidewall - then you have to put it in the trash I'm afraid, the flex with open up the hole very quickly and suddenly and if you...

Well done - weight has been my biggest concern since finding out what other people's campers have weighed in at - nothing worse than doing all the work only to find out you need to buy a bigger chassis just to carry your camper.

Hi Ian, we got our from: http://www.jandrguram.com/ We looked at various manufacturers. http://www.britishcampaignfurniture.com/products?id=11346 http://www.original-furniture.co.za/ http://www.melvillandmoon.com/roorkhee_instructions.html The guys in India were by far the most helpful...