MB 917 AF in Norway

[skjohans]

Hi All.
Greetings from southwestern Norway.
I've been browsing around this forum for some time now.
Fantastic source of information
I've also read (and re-read) Ulrich Doldes book from cover to cover.
Just bought a 1987 917AF short cab / short wheelbase fire truck
with 22000km on the clock..
Plan is to build a camper on it - eventually...........

 

[Geo.Lander]

Nice truck! Glad to have someone else on the forum attempting this in Norway as well! Welcome!

 

[DiploStrat]

Welcome to the madness! I, too, have a short cab/short wheelbase.

The short cab can be hard on the knees and the short wheelbase gets exciting in mud and snow!

 

[Sitec]

Hello and welcome! Some fun and challenging times ahead!

 

[RoamIt]

Welcome to the MB Firetruck owners club

 

[Vegard_S]

Hi All.
Greetings from southwestern Norway.
I've been browsing around this forum for some time now.
Fantastic source of information
I've also read (and re-read) Ulrich Doldes book from cover to cover.
Just bought a 1987 917AF short cab / short wheelbase fire truck
with 22000km on the clock..
Plan is to build a camper on it - eventually...........

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Welcome to the madness
Feel free to stop by if you need some inspiration, we live in Lyngdal, so maybe not to far away?

-Vegard

 

[skjohans]

Thank You.

"Madness" eh......
I would argue that the people in here most certainly "are in the know."

I'm located just south of Stavanger.

BTW - Found out that the truck was delivered with option A20,
i.e. the fastest axles (43:10 (4.3)) available for a 917 4x4.
The standard gearing for the 917AF was 39:8 (4.875)

 

[Sitec]

I'm located just south of Stavanger.

Stavanger is beautiful! I was there in 2017, with a works trip, and fell in love with the place. Such a great place and the surrounding countryside is beautiful. We headed north from Stavanger on a boat and I could lave lost weeks up there, taking in the scenery.

 

[skjohans]

Since we're not getting any younger and have purchased a fully
built 1994 Scania P93MK 4x4 we have decided to sell the our
Mercedes Benz 917AF fire engine chassis.
Link:

1987 Mercedes Benz 917AF chassis for sale. Low kilometers. Location Norway.

Location Norway - 18 000 EURO We are selling our 1987 Mercedes Benz 917AF. Since we have purchased a fully built Scania P93MK 4x4 we have decided to sell our fire engine chassis. We have owned the truck for about a year. The fire engine body from Ziegler has been removed and temporary rear...

forum.expeditionportal.com

 

[RoamIt]

Congrats!, let the adventures begin!

 

[Wazak]

Looks like a very nice compact rig