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"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike) 02/29/2020 at 17:16 • Filed to: DOTS

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Spotted this awesome beast on my travels today....must be a recent import as it has relatively new Nova Scotia ‘Camper’ plates for RVs!

Very cool old Magirus-Deutz German RV! Spotted it outside a German cuisine restaurant between Mahone Bay and Lunenburg. Hard to say what year, but research says they were built in various places at various times from ‘77-’91.

Apparently they are originally a FIAT design, but were sold as OMs, Zastavas, Saurers, Ivecos, Otoyols, Magirus-Deutzs (though when sold as those in Germany, they had German Deutz air-cooled diesel engines installed) and FIATS, variously with different configurations!

This RV-bodied one would be based on a Magirus-Deutz 90D/90M. Loving that steel plate front bumper with all the fog lights!

***UPDATE ADDED - Did some research! Turns out they are visiting from Germany and staying in Canada for a year living out of their cool old van with their dog Freya (hence the name of their blog) ! I was right - it is a M-D 90D from 1977...top speed of 75kph! :D

They have a blog and Instagram, just search up ‘Travel with Freya’! :)

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 02/29/2020 at 21:46

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Cool! Always love your obscure trivia.

I recently saw some cool cantilevered tractors I think you might like

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 03/01/2020 at 09:23

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Thanks! :D

Oh, cool! There are definitely not many of those around...at least not here in Nova Scotia. Then again, there isn’t a lot of good farmland here - some in the Annapolis Valley, but that’s about it!