Gordon volunteered to share images of his unusual Unimog 401, which he calls ‘Grog’. It’s a pretty cool vehicle. Gordon got it from Cold War Remarketing in Colorado; in turn, he got it from the Swiss Army
Gordon writes,”Grog is completely street legal, I had him licensed and insured for a while. Top speed with its behemoth 25HP OM636 is 35 mph. (Probably far short of that here at 6000’ elevation). I have a few other 636 engines and have toyed with the idea of trying to turbocharge one of them, but that’s pretty far down on my list. Mercedes also used the 636 in the early Ponton cars (180D).”
You’d think with all that wind cheating streamlining this Unimog would be able to race to 40 mph. I like it and I’ve long wanted to own one but my wallet tells me to keep playing with my Willys.
Those things are mean machines!
I met a guy in NC that has mows his yard with a 401 exactly like this one. Very cool.