Unimog Club UK

NOW SOLD!!!!

Hi all!

It's time for our lovely ambulance to be off.

She is a 1969 Mercedes Unimog 404.1 Ambulance. She is ex Belgian army and is completely original with all stretchers and benches still included. She only has about 6000 miles on the clock and was inported and registered in the UK about 4 years ago. She was shown at the Goodwood Revival and a few other places and then we bought her 2 years ago for travelling.

She would make an ideal vehicle for shows or overland expeditions or just playing around on weekends. The ambulance box is 3mx2m and so can easily be converted to a camper. You could do this without damaging the original interior by using the rails that run the length of the sides and ceiling that would have been used for hanging medical stuff.

She has 6 forward gears (2 of which are low ratio - you start in 3rd on the road) and 2 reverse. Selectable 4x4, diff locks all round, everything can be selected while on the move. Portal axles give Unimogs much higher ground clearance than other 4x4s and a flexible chassis and coil springs mean they can trundle along over almost anything - have a look at unimog 404s on youtube. But then, if you're looking at this site then you probably know all that!

She has a 2.2L low compression petrol engine that starts easily, can run on low octane fuel, and gives 59mph. The engine is very similar to lots of old mercedes cars so parts are easy to find around the world and you could fit the high compression head or the 2.8L if you want a bit more power. The chassis can take almost 2 tonnes off road so you could also fit LPG if you want to cut down on fuel costs without worrying too much about overloading her. She isn't perfect with bits of rust which could do with sorting (you can see these in the pictures on the website) but the box is mainly aluminium and the chassis just needs taking back a bit and repainting if you want to get rid of the surface rust.

I've fitted a brake servo as my girlfriend is smaller than the average Belgian soldier, (some had originally air over hydraulic, some a brake servo and some neither) but that has started leaking from a seal, so either needs overhauling or taking back out again for her MOT which has now lapsed due to this. She is stored 1.5 hours away from where I live so it's a bit difficult for me to sort this out at the moment. This also means that the photos I took before looking at this site don't have my username etc. on a peice of paper - sorry moderator! I'll find one with a picture of my small lady so you know what we look like?!

We have made a blogspot website with lots more information and pictures which is at unimogforsale.blogspot.co.uk

If you type unimog 404.1 ambulance for sale into google it should appear..

Thanks very much for looking,

Egg and Marcus

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Hi Brian,

Thanks for that, to be honest, with the amount of scammers we've had from other sites where she's for sale, I'm starting to think that I would insist on the buyer actually coming to look at her before buying anyway! Also she's not insured at the moment because Footman James won't insure her fire and theft only unless she's under cover, well, shes a bit big for a garage, though she would fit in the warehouse if i could convince my brother and dad to move their (slightly less complete!)projects outside. So lets just say for the moment that she's in North Somerset, and anyone is welcome to come to view her once they've got in touch and sound more interested in Unimogs than obscure methods of payment!

We'll be very sorry to see her go, but she must be off..

Thanks again,
Marcus