saw the perfect 'winter' car today

[Top Banana]

apologies for the poor quality phone pics, but I saw this awesome beauty
outside of work today - really looked like the perfect vehicle for coping
with the snow





would love to have this alongside my W124 300CE coupe as a winter hack - imagine turning up at a mercedes dealer in it !

cheers - Tb

[Ullevi]

Who said these Mercs were crap in the snow?

Gee, has your phone been taking viagra?

[Top Banana]

not sure whats going on with the colour on my phone pics - maybe i'll check
the white balance.

anyway, back to the 190 - i thought the rear spoiler was a little over the top. would have preferred it to have a small bootlip type one !

it looked like the chassis/running gear was a hilux or similar, but whoever has built it has gone to the trouble to graft the complete 190 dash in as well (nice attention to detail)

cheers - Tb

[hornetrider]

Garlick will have a trouser accident when he sees this.

[edo]

hornetrider said:

Garlick will have a trouser accident when he sees this.

[jr123]

Looks amazing, I take it this is still a RWD, At least he has some proper tyres

[Shaw Tarse]

hornetrider said:

Garlick will have a trouser accident when he sees this.

Someone photochop a camper motor homeback on to that

[nonplussed]

hornetrider said:

Garlick will have a trouser accident when he sees this.

I suspect he's already had one, before he even had time to post

That is ALL kinds of awesome.

[TooLateForAName]

Is it real or a rebodied toyota or something?

[TheLurker]

swerni said:

Not as good as this Merc.
It was at MB world for the Sunday service.

That is horrible

[hornetrider]

TheLurker said:

swerni said:

Not as good as this Merc.
It was at MB world for the Sunday service.

That is horrible

[Top Banana]

as nice as the new g-wagen is, I think i'd rather have the classic lines of the 190 any day



regards - Tb

[Shaw Tarse]

swerni said:

TheLurker said:

swerni said:

Not as good as this Merc.
It was at MB world for the Sunday service.

That is horrible

are you mad???

It's a Unimog.

Awesome bit of kit

It isn't pretty!

[Platinum]

Shaw Tarse said:

swerni said:

TheLurker said:

swerni said:

Not as good as this Merc.
It was at MB world for the Sunday service.

That is horrible

are you mad???

It's a Unimog.

Awesome bit of kit

It isn't pretty!

Or fun when one is coming towards you on a narrow country road.

[Timberwolf]

I did like the "winter car" I saw this weekend:



My definition of "perfect" does have quite a wide margin of error though - approximately equal to dressing up warm, putting on a silly hat, and getting a snowball in the kisser every so often.

[mybrainhurts]

jr123 said:

Looks amazing, I take it this is still a RWD

front diff says no...

[Doniger]

Top Banana said:

That is the coolest god damned car I have ever seen.

This week, at least. It's awesome though

[snuffle]

mybrainhurts said:

jr123 said:

Looks amazing, I take it this is still a RWD

front diff says no...

[LMC]

That thing will have an Ncap rating of about a hundred !

[Big Rod]

Currently in the build phase.




Take a clapped out Vitara chassis and a Civic shell and a cobbled together drivetrain. Place in garage for an undetermined amount of time with some electric glue and orzum skillorz.

Build thread here.

I hope the owner doesn't mind me posting this.

ETA:- Give yourself a while to read through it all.

Edited by Big Rod on Monday 20th December 21:23