ID this vehicle??
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 7:06 pm
Can someone tell me what vehicle is this?
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Re: ID this vehicle??
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 7:08 pm
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Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 8:01 pm
Looks to me like a "Movil", but taller somehow.
Re: ID this vehicle??
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 8:11 pm
*wins the internets today*
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Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 8:12 pm
That's funny!totaljoint wrote:Looks to me like a "Movil", but taller somehow.
The front somehow resembles a Land Rover front, IMHO, and the Camel Trophy (I believe) badge on the front would perhaps point that way too. ??
Re: ID this vehicle??
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 1:39 am
Seeing as it is from South America, i would say it uses a Landrover forward control chassis with a locally produced body on top.
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Re: ID this vehicle??
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 6:00 am
It looks like a Swiss MOWAG.
Produced 1945 +, Dodge 6 cylinder.
Produced 1945 +, Dodge 6 cylinder.
Re: ID this vehicle??
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:25 am
Certainly loos like a Mowag!! That Camel Trophy Badge may indicate that truck was used when the Camel Trophy came to south america in 1994, i couldnt talk to the owner but i bet there is a story behind this truck
Re: ID this vehicle??
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 2:10 pm
Interesting. The Swiss had a team there in '94, but I only found LR's running in any photos. Maybe it was a support truck? I did find a photo of a Swiss Camel Trophy support truck here, no info on dates but it's not a Mowag; http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/t ... phy/page16
Or maybe somebody just pasted that Camel Trophy badge there...
Or maybe somebody just pasted that Camel Trophy badge there...
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 2:47 pm
Camel Trophy is just a brand. The stickers and badges are a dime-a-dozen in many countries. I seriously doubt that truck has anything to do with the "race" given the age and homemade look of it.
Re: ID this vehicle??
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 3:33 pm
Looks like we have a winner.Profpinz wrote:It looks like a Swiss MOWAG.
Produced 1945 +, Dodge 6 cylinder.
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C397270
Re: ID this vehicle??
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 4:18 pm
this bodystyle looks pretty close..ID this vehicle??
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 4:20 pm
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Re: ID this vehicle??
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 3:43 pm
It is a MOWAG, well spotted by Profpinz.
Pinzgauer 710K's predecessor in the role of radio truck in the Swiss army (at least for the version in the background of the "museum" picture above, without the raised roof. I wonder whether the raised roof one could be a repair shop version).
Why would anyone think they can race one beats me, though. Slow, heavy, and thirsty are the three "qualities" that spring to mind when remembering these. Not exactly the best attributes of a vehicle to be entered in an endurance race.
On the other hand, as an often-overlooked quirk of the "roomy" design, there's enough space to hide six-packs behind the front headlights (ask me how I know...)
Pinzgauer 710K's predecessor in the role of radio truck in the Swiss army (at least for the version in the background of the "museum" picture above, without the raised roof. I wonder whether the raised roof one could be a repair shop version).
Why would anyone think they can race one beats me, though. Slow, heavy, and thirsty are the three "qualities" that spring to mind when remembering these. Not exactly the best attributes of a vehicle to be entered in an endurance race.
On the other hand, as an often-overlooked quirk of the "roomy" design, there's enough space to hide six-packs behind the front headlights (ask me how I know...)
Re: ID this vehicle??
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 11:43 am
I never thought that could be a race truck, maybe a support vehicle?, first came to my mind "ice cream truck", but discarted when i saw the "camel sign" could be a "gift shop too LOL..!!