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Mistral New Camper 26-01-2024, 05:40 PM
Trout 5000k on the clock,near brand... 26-01-2024, 05:54 PM
nevereadyfreddy Wicked job there Mistral.... 26-01-2024, 06:34 PM
Mistral Yep, I'll slap a few of the... 26-01-2024, 07:18 PM
Barry the hunter needs a camo paint job to... 26-01-2024, 07:00 PM
Mistral In Queenstown, at the start... 26-01-2024, 07:34 PM
XR500 I looked at one of... 26-01-2024, 07:27 PM
Mistral Hey XR, yep they're cool.... 26-01-2024, 09:59 PM
XR500 Just seeing the electricery... 27-01-2024, 08:34 AM
Mistral And there's the biggest... 27-01-2024, 02:21 PM
Mistral Quick test of the concept, a... 26-01-2024, 07:40 PM
Rushy Let’s just camp on the other... 26-01-2024, 07:41 PM
Mistral Yeah factory wading depth... 26-01-2024, 09:44 PM
Savage1 Mistral Very jealous, I... 26-01-2024, 07:51 PM
XR500 They can tow 12 tonnes. Just... 26-01-2024, 08:16 PM
Mistral Yeah the discussion of... 26-01-2024, 09:54 PM
Mistral OK let's get serious, grinder... 26-01-2024, 08:44 PM
Mistral Cleaning up & epoxy coating... 26-01-2024, 09:33 PM
Mistral Bike lockers, 1 each side at... 26-01-2024, 09:35 PM
Marty Henry The only bit of kit I've got... 27-01-2024, 10:31 AM
Mistral Ha, that's not me, that's my... 27-01-2024, 02:23 PM
Mistral Wanted a bigger fuel tank,... 26-01-2024, 09:41 PM
makka Nice! How many berth? 26-01-2024, 08:52 PM
Mistral Just 2 berth. If I had kids I... 26-01-2024, 09:34 PM
makka Lucky you went with 2, any... 26-01-2024, 10:07 PM
Mistral It's COF'd for 6 passengers,... 26-01-2024, 10:19 PM
Mistral Need to get Engineer involved... 26-01-2024, 09:30 PM
Mistral Wife checking it for size.... 26-01-2024, 09:46 PM
Gkp I wondered where those ended... 27-01-2024, 07:05 AM
Mathias Awesome thread mate, keep us... 27-01-2024, 08:55 AM
Jim\'z This is looking like a great... 27-01-2024, 09:49 AM
Flyblown You are going to have to take... 27-01-2024, 10:01 AM
MB Mate, that's not a camper,... 27-01-2024, 10:13 AM
Savage1 That is epic! Very impressed.... 27-01-2024, 10:53 AM
Barefoot You better talk to XR500 on... 27-01-2024, 12:16 PM
Mistral XR500 Hey XR, how deep did... 27-01-2024, 02:30 PM
XR500 The wheel was buried... 27-01-2024, 05:13 PM
Barefoot What is the Mog going to... 27-01-2024, 03:35 PM
Mistral Yeah was more thinking of the... 27-01-2024, 04:36 PM
Barefoot Yes, had a quick look at them... 27-01-2024, 05:41 PM
XR500 Don't be put off by the Class... 27-01-2024, 05:31 PM
Savage1 I'd love to convert one of... 27-01-2024, 05:15 PM
Barefoot I was talking to a guy... 27-01-2024, 05:35 PM
Savage1 Be interested to know what... 27-01-2024, 06:43 PM
Hunteast Wonder what happened to Swazi... 27-01-2024, 07:03 PM
XR500 The guys still in the Army... 27-01-2024, 05:36 PM
Mistral Yeah a good mate of mine has... 28-01-2024, 11:35 AM
erniec Went up 90 mile beach in Cape... 27-01-2024, 05:32 PM
XR500 He sold the business, must be... 27-01-2024, 07:19 PM
XR500 The prime reason the NZ Army... 29-01-2024, 09:05 AM
Savage1 So what your saying is that I... 29-01-2024, 10:08 AM
Barefoot No he's saying I need to get... 29-01-2024, 10:15 AM
Flyblown Personally I wouldn’t be... 29-01-2024, 01:00 PM
Savage1 I’m a pretty big fan of... 29-01-2024, 01:25 PM
XR500 As Thar has alluded to, it... 29-01-2024, 02:26 PM
308 Man that looks farkin great -... 18-02-2024, 01:18 PM
erniec This is the ex spreader I... 29-01-2024, 10:14 AM
Micky Duck DO NOT TOUCH an ex... 29-01-2024, 12:30 PM
XR500 For those interested, I... 29-01-2024, 02:35 PM
Mistral It's out of the shed!! 17-02-2024, 02:20 PM
paremata love it. Well done 18-02-2024, 09:03 AM
Rushy Nice. 17-02-2024, 03:00 PM
ROKTOY I try not to be the jealous... 17-02-2024, 03:08 PM
john worthington when you get down south . if... 17-02-2024, 03:34 PM
Mistral I may well do that thanks, I... 18-02-2024, 04:14 PM
Micky Duck looks a bit tricky for the... 17-02-2024, 04:29 PM
Proudkiwi Yea, that’s cool! 17-02-2024, 05:43 PM
Black Rabbit This is something... 26-02-2024, 08:09 PM
Savage1 I'd be tempted to build one... 01-03-2024, 02:33 PM
Mistral This version, the U530, swaps... 01-03-2024, 04:07 PM
Mistral Getting pretty frick*n... 02-05-2024, 05:12 PM
Mistral Here's a few shots of the... 02-05-2024, 05:16 PM
Bobba Holy shit. Flasher than my... 02-05-2024, 06:20 PM
Mistral Flasher than mine too! ... 02-05-2024, 07:03 PM
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    Quote Originally Posted by XR500 View Post
    I looked at one of those....They were wanting stupid money for them.

    Bloody fantastic cab/chassis for a go anywhere camper.

    Having driven these for many years for the Queen, and owned one myself for 8 years all I can suggest is a winch can be a saviour. It may take you a while, but with a power winch and some nouse you can always extract yourself.
    Hey XR, yep they're cool. These ones are a bit different than the 1700's, air con, air seats, cruise control, and you can even listen to music or talk to the passenger! Very similar off-road capability though, full cross locks, super low range etc. Putting winches front & rear, just need 4 patrols or cruisers to anchor to? or a 20 tonne digger?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mistral View Post
    Hey XR, yep they're cool. These ones are a bit different than the 1700's, air con, air seats, cruise control, and you can even listen to music or talk to the passenger! Very similar off-road capability though, full cross locks, super low range etc. Putting winches front & rear, just need 4 patrols or cruisers to anchor to? or a 20 tonne digger?
    Just seeing the electricery on the fuel gauge sender sent a shiver down my spine!!!

    The Army's fleet of 1700's is now 40 years old...and still going strong. I would hope that your new version still uses lots of air valves to undertake the major functions of park brake, main brakes, diff locks, high/low gear shift, and pressurising the gear train when in 4WD?? Having stripped the Mog down that far you should have found that the 4 way valve permits the air to be used to inflate the tyres. Dropping the tyres from 85psi down to 30psi gave them a whole new level of traction.

    We showed the young guys how to use the Mog's spare tyre to get us out of the shit. Even withstood a snatch block pull. But it did require a bunch of young guys to dig the hole and place the spare in it!!!

    And some where I do have a photo of four civvie 4x4's snatching a Mog out of mud.

    Water a third of the way up the windscreen is as far as I have taken a Mog wading. But there's no electrons in a U1700L to upset

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    Quote Originally Posted by XR500 View Post
    Just seeing the electricery on the fuel gauge sender sent a shiver down my spine!!!

    Yep, it's sealed in an ally tube, with a magnet floating up & down on the outside of the tube, but it still seems counterintuitive to put an electric stick in a fuel tank!

    The Army's fleet of 1700's is now 40 years old...and still going strong. I would hope that your new version still uses lots of air valves to undertake the major functions of park brake, main brakes, diff locks, high/low gear shift, and pressurising the gear train when in 4WD?? Having stripped the Mog down that far you should have found that the 4 way valve permits the air to be used to inflate the tyres. Dropping the tyres from 85psi down to 30psi gave them a whole new level of traction.

    Yes air for all of that, & all the gear shifts. No working group on these, but 4 really low gears, then the next 4 are high. Same in reverse.
    I've fitted an ARB compressor as well but yes it comes with an attachment for inflating tyres, plugs are both sides down the back as standard.
    And yep, pressurizes all the running gear, diff's, portals, even the tail lights to keep water out.


    We showed the young guys how to use the Mog's spare tyre to get us out of the shit. Even withstood a snatch block pull. But it did require a bunch of young guys to dig the hole and place the spare in it!!!

    And some where I do have a photo of four civvie 4x4's snatching a Mog out of mud.

    Water a third of the way up the windscreen is as far as I have taken a Mog wading. But there's no electrons in a U1700L to upset
    And there's the biggest difference, this thing is chocka with electrics. I had a good talk to the service guys at Truck City before I pushed the button on it, coz I was nervous about how precious it might be. They work on a lot of commercial Merc 4x4's, and pretty much laughed at me being able to upset it much.
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