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Messages - Tim Shettle

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Introduce Yourself / Re: A round of beers for one and all.
« on: February 23, 2013, 05:27:21 pm »
Rear linkage bought in Germany from the guy who makes it. Its not a bad copy of the original which i guess is a hard item to find here in the UK






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Unimog build threads / Re: The Westfalia 411 project: Worlds slowest!
« on: February 23, 2013, 05:15:06 pm »
You may need to speak to the guys who had these cabs for sale, to see if they have the late style 411 cab that you may need. I'm sure that it will cost you more to rebuild your cab with new panels rather than buy a good cab to start with.


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Mog Spotting / Re: Spotted in the south West last summer.
« on: February 23, 2013, 04:58:21 pm »
I don't know. being a mog owner and on holiday, I had to go back and take a photo of it when I spotted it outside of the garage/yard where it was sitting. It was down in Cornwall, so quite a few hours from me in Bristol.

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Introduce Yourself / Re: A round of beers for one and all.
« on: February 22, 2013, 11:51:59 pm »
The rims on the photo of my 411 are 16 inch, but the original wheels are 18 inch. These will be fitted in the next couple of weeks now that they have been sandblasted and painted in the original red.

Any advice help on sourcing metal pipes would be of great help right now. I'll be keeping an eye on any for sale stuff that will help me finish my project.

And Yes I did meet you while over in Germany at the 60 year celebration. I hope to catch up at some other shows in the future. I did take a few pictures while in Germany and will post some up if there is a place to add random pictures.

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Mog Spotting / Spotted in the south West last summer.
« on: February 22, 2013, 11:40:11 pm »
While out and about on holiday last summer I spotted a couple of mogs that may belong to people on here,






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Introduce Yourself / Re: Hello from new member
« on: February 22, 2013, 11:29:15 pm »
It seems that most unimog owner seem to own the big stuff which they use for their daily work and they are not the types to get into forum natter, while there has never been a UK forum for owners of the old stuff and I hope that this UK unimog forum will bring the owners out of the woodwork to create a good community both on here and out at some shows later this summer at both end of the country. There have been a few old mogs changing hands on ebay over the past few years and there are always story of people who know for other unimogs dotted about the country on farms working hard or rotting away.
A friend of mine, a fellow 411 owner (whom I'm sure will be along soon to introduce himself) suggested that getting a few old mogs together for the Great Dorset steam fair would make for quite a spectacle. One of the best show of its type that would be a great show case for some old unimog, that goes on for about a week or so.

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Introduce Yourself / Re: A round of beers for one and all.
« on: February 22, 2013, 11:16:55 pm »
This is pretty much what my 411 was like when I got it, but I have just spent some time and money getting the original wheels shot blasted and painted in the original red and shod them in a new set of 7.5 x 18 agri tread tyres. I'll be so glad to see this set of wheel removed from the little 411 to make room for the proper thing.
This will be very much a rolling restoration, at least most parts can be removed for painting, such as roof doors, bonnet, rear drop sides and rear body.

Just for you my 406, battle weary, but a good work horse.

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Hello from new member
« on: February 22, 2013, 11:00:44 pm »
For sure it's great to see a uk forum for mogs. Lets hope that there will be some space for owners of the older classic mogs and not just the heavy weights.

I'll do my best to spread the work to keep this forum growing. As show or 2, even if part of a tractor rally would be a great idea, a chance for like minded mog owners to get together and show off their rides.
After such a wet summer last year, I am really looking forward to getting my mog out to some of the agricultural shows and hope to meet up with some of the members from here. By the way I'm down in the south west of england.

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Introduce Yourself / A round of beers for one and all.
« on: February 22, 2013, 10:48:32 pm »
I guess that it's good manners to get a round in as I'm new here.
Hello all. I'm the owner of an agri 406 and an ex Rolba snow blower, soon be be agri spec.
I have been collecting parts for the 411 for a few years and slowly getting it ready to put to work.
As an ex snow blower, the unimog came with no agri parts fitted so I've managed to source items such as a new non genuine (but very good copy) rear 3 point linkage, a tipping cylinder, hydraulic control block with levers and tank, but I still need to find a set of metal pipes that attach it all together. If you know where I can get some, new or used I'd be glad to hear from you.


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Unimog Pictures, Vids and Brochures! / Re: Unimog Pics (started 05/11/2012)
« on: February 22, 2013, 10:10:56 pm »
My 411


Tim.

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Hello, I'm the admin of this site :)
« on: February 22, 2013, 09:26:11 pm »
A nice collection of vehicles you guys have. I'll have to post up a picture of my 411 soon.
The black 406 looks like one I spotted in Germany a few years ago.

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