"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
03/21/2016 at 11:00 • Filed to: None
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"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
03/21/2016 at 11:00 • Filed to: None | 3
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This isn’t the first time I’ve encountered a German-plated expedition vehicle in Nebraska. Last year I found a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! exploring the wilds of a Whole Foods Parking lot. However, it would appear that it is possible to find a vehicle even larger than the Unimog. This MAN 4x4 also matches the ‘Mog’s off-road capability tit-for-tat, despite not being of the three or four axle variety. How it ended up in Omaha’s Old Market district, I don’t know. Maybe they felt like the hundred year old brick streets warranted such a vehicle. The website on the truck is for !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , and yields no clues (or maybe it would if I understood German). Still, I don’t need to know why such a beast as this is here to be able to appreciate its awesomeness.
I actually passed the truck once without even noticing it. I’m brilliant.
I practically had to cross the street to get it into the shot.
The license plate and corporate website, if that will help our resident sleuths.
JustAnotherG6
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
03/21/2016 at 11:10 |
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It’s from Germany... and nothing suggests this but could it have been brought over by someone at SAC?
Awesome, nonetheless.
HammerheadFistpunch
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
03/21/2016 at 11:37 |
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MAN, that’s a sweet truck.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> JustAnotherG6
03/21/2016 at 11:39 |
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Plate is German.
Cé hé sin
> JustAnotherG6
03/21/2016 at 11:39 |
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It’s from:
PS - Pirmasens & Südwestpfalz, Rhineland Palatinate.
Southwest, on the French border.
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sm70- why not Duesenberg?
> HammerheadFistpunch
03/21/2016 at 11:40 |
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I was wondering when you would show up. Can you tell us anything else about the truck itself?
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sm70- why not Duesenberg?
> JustAnotherG6
03/21/2016 at 11:40 |
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It’s possible.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
03/21/2016 at 11:43 |
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Its a MAN double cab chassis cab conversion. I’ve seen this house module before on some other trucks, other than that I can’t tell you much other than its expensive and its probably part of an around the world trip. Continentals traveling to the US is getting popular for whatever reason.
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JustAnotherG6
> JustAnotherG6
03/21/2016 at 11:46 |
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Just to clarify: I meant, it is registered in Germany (apparently Pirmasens & Südwestpfalz). And that there is nothing to suggest it was brought over by a service member (no parking tags for military base for example) but that could explain how it made it into the country. Considering there is a large Air Force base (used to be known as Strategic Air Command) south of Omaha (Bellevue to be exact) and the HQ for Central European Command for the US is based in Stuttgart (southwest Germany, a short train ride to the French border), I thought it was plausible.
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Cé hé sin
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
03/21/2016 at 11:46 |
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Well, it’s not a contemporary one.
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sm70- why not Duesenberg?
> Cé hé sin
03/21/2016 at 12:21 |
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How old? 90's?
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Cé hé sin
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
03/21/2016 at 12:46 |
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The internet says it’s an L2000 and that it’s 1990s or 2000s.
As per
this
MAN were a major tank maker during WW2 and trace their origins back to 1758.
Stef Schrader
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
03/21/2016 at 13:22 |
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Waaaaant. There’s a few of these floating around the country, and yes: want.
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sm70- why not Duesenberg?
> Stef Schrader
03/21/2016 at 13:25 |
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Same
415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
03/21/2016 at 13:35 |
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I see a Unimog with a huge camper container every now and then, one had NZ plates. I saw another with Euro plates, huge new Mog.
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sm70- why not Duesenberg?
> HammerheadFistpunch
03/23/2016 at 12:50 |
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We have an interesting country, I’m told ;)
Katsumoto
> HammerheadFistpunch
03/26/2016 at 18:26 |
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German plates are irrelevant. When you import, if it has plates you can use them temporarily, like a 30 day tag until you get your DMV paperwork done.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> Katsumoto
03/26/2016 at 19:09 |
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Based on my experience with people with rigs like this then, 2 germans, 1 dutch couple and 2 french couples.