Re the price: mine and his were $125k new with nearly identical options (which added up to $30k of the total). They stopped selling them in North America at end of 2006.
If I were looking for a chassis for a large expedition camper, $ not an issue, I would look now at an Acela renewed FMTV with additional $25k 2 speed transfer case (at least $125k), or a renewed Steyr 12M18 by a German firm (similar $, up to 2 years wait), or a near new U500NA.
Current US legal offerings are less appealing. Complex troublesome emissions (getting rapidly harder to reprogram and delete), usually enormous hoods occupying lots of length. Front diff locks, CTIS and super low offroad creep speeds more or less unavailable.
I’d fantasize about the U500NA “stored in the barn” for 15 years.
This is apparently it. I consulted with another Anchorage neighbor who bought one recently that had been used by the USAF to plow snow on a remote Aleutian runway for 15 years. It lacked the desired options, wasn’t pristine, and has some problems. He still paid a lot for it.
Virtually all Unimogs purchased new by private individuals are ordered, not bought off the lot like a F150. The options make the vehicle and Mike ordered everything correctly. Except like me he didn’t order VarioPilot (switchable controls) for use in RHD countries. Wish I had.
