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August 13th, 2013.Its that time of year again! I just finished reoiling the cab top canvas on my Swiss Army S404.114 with its new (in 2008) Beachwood Canvas top. I had the top made by a gentleman, Bill Campbell, down in Paris, Texas, and considering that this truck sits out 365 days in a year...

August 6th, 2013. I am trying to calculate a match for the Swiss Army Semi-Gloss OD they used on the 1963 Unimogs, as I have neither a RAL number and I am trying to figure a match to American made OD paints (for our Army's vehicles). The Swiss changed the OD green on the truck from the MB...

:cry: May 2nd, 2013. Apparently the Afghanistan Talibans have developed the means to damage a British built Mastiff MRAP so severely that the three man crew inside died from the effects of the IED. Apparently the British Army (and I suspect our Army) will analyze how the vehicle's defenses...

March 30th, 2013. :twisted: I am not sure how the French managed it, but they ended up with a vehicle even uglier then a Unimog S404.114! This link should take you to a short video, but the front end kinda looks like a Unimog S404.114 rear ended a Ford Louisville L series grille..... Some...

Here's a Good Reason to own an S404.114 Unimog, March 25th, 2013 in Springfield, Illinois before the snow stopped for the day at 17" of wet and slippery:You also have to love the cab heater and defroster, but I could wish that MB had put a defroster head on the passengers side for the...

February 25th, 2013. Dear Spicergear: Clear out your inbox as I have a S404.114 Fuel System question I would like your input on!:driver:

January 4th, 2012. For the latent railroaders on site, where else can you find a railroad rulebook where the brakeman's wearing a helmet and a sidearm in the hand and lantern signals section?:-P

January 3rd, 2012. Truely an intrepid rider was caught on the news clip below in a Blizzard in Indianapolis.... http://youtu.be/tDkLmU0U6D8 I have ridden dirt bikes in blizzards many years ago, but this guy is on tough hombre.....:beer: Probably we should hunt him down an offer him an...

September 1st, 2012. You've got to hand it to the Terminator, when an H-1 Hummer won't do, a U1300L Unimog (new) will. Ahhnold's U1300L was specially modified in Germany to meet current US safety and emissions standards, and at $250,000 it is quite a pickup truck. It just goes to show that...

April 3rd, 2012. My old deuce, "Saddam's Nightmare" and the M105A2 trailer in Blossom, Texas sold yesterday to a man from down near Tyler,TX. I am going to miss her as she was part of the family since October 2007, but I could not get reposted in time back to Texas, and sitting does not help a...

March 25th, 2012. Gents: Before the moderators have a fit, let me tell you WHY I will be looking for some temperate green camouflage netting for the Unimog...... Right now I am not in the wealth to buy it even if it turns up.... But, remember I work at the Lincoln Home National Historic...

January 3rd, 2012. Gents: I have a fellow down in Texas who is a member on here, who needs to locate a copy of the "Pre Trip Inspection Sheet(s) for the M35A2". My copy is probably 4 states away at present, and I can't seem to locate it on here under the TM's for the M35 series...

December 11th, 2011. In case you didn't get to see the video on this one... Chinese military truck shows off its all-terrain chops A pretty interesting truck, wonder who it's daddy was?:?

November 17th, 2011. Dear Chris, Mangus & Co.: I put in my subscription to the premium membership about two or three days ago, so what's it take to place a classified for my M35A2 and M105A2 that are looking for a new home down in Texas? I can figure no way to put in the ad, as the...

October 4th, 2011. Has anyone figured out what civillian snow plow set up would work with a Swiss 1963 S404.114 Cargo Carrier? My truck has no hydraulics and a 24VDC electrical system, similar to just about all other stock S404.114's, and since I moved from Texas to the land of ice and...

April 14th, 2011.:) Gents: I am looking for both the Mercedes-Benz and Monroe or equivalent shocks (Front and rear) for my 1963 Swiss Army Cargo Unimog S404.114, as she has finally blown the original gaskets on all four shocks due to age (1963). I guess 47-48 years are pretty good life...

March 1st, 2011. Gents: :-( Due to my job relocating me to Illinois last summer, my M35A2 "Saddam's Nightmare" is looking for a new home with a MV collector, preferably in Texas or the southland. Please see the classifieds for her advertisement. The laws up here are not all that favorable to...

December 4th, 2010. :-? Gents: What follows is a bad day in mudville scenario back in August 2010 here in Springfield, Il. I had stopped short at a stoplight behind a Dodge Caravan...about 25 or 30 feet short. As I was closing up the gap, at the last and worst possible instance my foot slipped...

September 23rd, 2010. Well, it looks like Saddam's Nightmare just didn't want to leave north east Texas for Illinois!!! I loaded her and the M105A2 up on the last week of August in Reno, Texas for the move to Springfield, IL, and when I left on the 1st of September, I made it all the way to...

September 22nd, 2010. Gents: The Unimog has been doing fairly well here in Illinois until today when it lost fuel feed (gasoline() after filling up. I will be having Mr. Churchill at Eurosports look her over here in Springfield. The trip to bring the M35A2 & M105A2 ended...