This is the first in a series of car restoration posts on this fabrication, please check back for updates on the build! Also, you can join our monthly mailing list for more information. The inner structure design was done by The Metal Surgeon.īuilding of the body structure begins with the aid of our templates and measuring box. This panel skin was completely created scratch (from a piece of flat sheet metal). Unimog car restoration: panel fabrication beginsĬar restoration Module 2 side panel structure in progress. Templates are taken off the cab profile and then transferred to the measuring box. View of the rear cab panel that will be removed and utilized as a tailgate.īegin Unimog car restoration fabrication: Measuring Boxīeginning our measuring box construction. View from back the of the Unimog cab before we operate. The Mercedes Unimog cab as it arrived in our shop. Unimog car restoration before fabrication begins The exterior panels were designed and crafted to continue the styling details of the cab through out the body modules. This first batch of car restoration photos show the Unimog before work commences through our ‘datum measuring box’ and Module 2 side structure and panel fabrication. With the these major criteria in mind, we set to work with a base concept of our build strategy and we honed the finer details as the build progressed. The cab and modules would sit on a platform of four body to chassis mounts in a diamond formation for maximum flexibility. The idea is to swap out the modules for different types at an ‘interchange station’. The criteria we had to work with was: the custom rear body would be 8 feet in length, divided into two 4 foot modules each bolted together, and also bolted to the rear of the cab. We only had an artists impression of the final concept to start with. Onto the build: the Unimog body had to be designed and built within 4 months of delivery. The Metal Surgeon completed the custom design and fabrication of the rear of the body, including the structure, rear doors, floor, roof, and tailgate. We worked on this build through Couch Off Road Engineering, who specializes in Unimogs and custom mechanical/engine setups. This vehicle is ultimately going to the East Coast with a land mine investigation company! The idea is that this concept build will house their products and services to display to the government at Military Trade Shows. This part of car restoration covers the custom metal fabrication at its first phase. They are equipped with high visibility driving cabs to enable the operator to see the terrain and more easily manipulate mounted tools. Genuine front power-take off shaft transmission for Unimog implement carriers. Use the PTO of your Unimog to ensure even more efficient operations. Genuine retrofit solutions for the mowing season. Unimogs also feature a flexible frame that allows the tires a wide range of vertical movement to allow the truck to comfortably drive over extremely uneven terrain, even boulders of one metre in height. Extended field of vision with the Mercedes-Benz mowing door, mowing seat and mowing mirror. Unimogs have very high ground clearance made possible by portal gears that allow the axles and transmission to be higher than the tires’ centers. The Mercedes-Benz UNIMOG is a four-wheel-drive, all-terrain vehicle.
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