Just ran across these. Pretty cool.
Trekol Trophy: http://www.trecol.ru/catalog/cars/trekol-trofi.html
More info on them here: http://www.autoblog.com/2017/03/31/puti ... ssian-6x6/
Perhaps our current pres. can get 'em okayed for import??
Cool Russian Vehicles
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Cool Russian Vehicles
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Re: Cool Russian Vehicles
Looks like a seriously lifted VW bus
But take all that lift then put on puny Axles a wimpy Diff and non-portal don't look real well balanced IMHO.
I'd take a Mog 1300 over this rig hands down.
But take all that lift then put on puny Axles a wimpy Diff and non-portal don't look real well balanced IMHO.
I'd take a Mog 1300 over this rig hands down.
Puller: 71' 710K 2.7L EFI aka Mozo
Follower: Sankey MK 3, 3/4 Tonne
Rescue Pinz: 73' 712MK
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Follower: Sankey MK 3, 3/4 Tonne
Rescue Pinz: 73' 712MK
Driver: Ron // KO0Q
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Re: Cool Russian Vehicles
Not a VW, but the ubiquitous (in Russia) UAZ-452, produced since 1965.rmel wrote:Looks like a seriously lifted VW bus
Jan
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Re: Cool Russian Vehicles
The "VW bus" look is uncanny -- Eh!
A lot of these RU trucks seem heavily rigged for deep Mud
crawling than a general trail situation.
Lots of pig farms? Lots of peat moss swamps? What's up in
the Motherland anyhow??
A lot of these RU trucks seem heavily rigged for deep Mud
crawling than a general trail situation.
Lots of pig farms? Lots of peat moss swamps? What's up in
the Motherland anyhow??
Puller: 71' 710K 2.7L EFI aka Mozo
Follower: Sankey MK 3, 3/4 Tonne
Rescue Pinz: 73' 712MK
Driver: Ron // KO0Q
Follower: Sankey MK 3, 3/4 Tonne
Rescue Pinz: 73' 712MK
Driver: Ron // KO0Q
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Re: Cool Russian Vehicles
Russia is mostly flat and humid, so they boast 1.8 million (444 million acres) square kilometers of wetlands / peatlands (straight from my google search: http://russia.wetlands.org/Home/Wetland ... fault.aspx).
So lots of room for big-tired toys. Not counting the fact that when everything (not just wetlands) is covered in snow and ice in winter, big tires allowing to "float" on top of the surface is a good way to get around off-road.
So lots of room for big-tired toys. Not counting the fact that when everything (not just wetlands) is covered in snow and ice in winter, big tires allowing to "float" on top of the surface is a good way to get around off-road.
Jan
'72 Pinzgauer 710M
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Re: Cool Russian Vehicles
https://youtu.be/fr7hVQ-yrJI
I suspect it is more likely they copied this Commer (UK Chrysler) van, when they styled the UAZ 452 as well as my Pinz and Mog I also have a UAZ 469b......see the you tube vids, not complicated and suprisingly good off road, usually compared with 1970's Jeeps because it was designed from the outset not as a load carrier, but as a people carrier. The chassis is very small compared to say a comparable Landrover .https://youtu.be/A4SrPAc-oKs
I suspect it is more likely they copied this Commer (UK Chrysler) van, when they styled the UAZ 452 as well as my Pinz and Mog I also have a UAZ 469b......see the you tube vids, not complicated and suprisingly good off road, usually compared with 1970's Jeeps because it was designed from the outset not as a load carrier, but as a people carrier. The chassis is very small compared to say a comparable Landrover .https://youtu.be/A4SrPAc-oKs
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