The sun is shining and thoughts turn to getting away from it all in the old camper. I’m not the only one, and from the looks of it, this guy likes to get even further away from it all than anyone else. I can relate, except for the fuel bill.
CC Outtake: Getting Away From It All
– Posted on April 23, 2011
That truck has a multi fuel white engine, a turbo charged 6 with a dual range transmission. They will go through anything that’s for sure. With 6×6 drive you can truly get away from it all. No radio but they do have air powered windshield wipers. How may vehicles will run on diesel, gas or kerosene?
Top speed is 60 – 65 MPH on a good day. And you need to wear ear protection when driving it. But no airbag is needed since anything you hit will get out of the way.
Fuel wouldnt be a problem this will run good on anything stop at any Mcdonalds and demand a fill of cooking oil or youl mash his food stand,Any thing that will stop this should be worth a look,I remember the ww2 6WD 21/2 tonners they went anywhere you pointed em.
WANT!
Though it would be utterly absurd on Scottish roads…
It certainly has its appeal but I’ll bet after a hundred miles or so on the open road you’d long for the relative luxury of something like my old ’72 Revcon — the FWD Toronado drivetrain and low-slung chassis really do make a world of difference. A friend of mine has an Allegro, based on the GM P30 chassis. It’s beautifully built and in excellent condition, but as soon as you hit the road you can feel how crude and rough it is underneath. Scary, even.
I lucked out, blundering into the Revcon. I was actually in search of a Clark Cortez at the time… Never did find one so I can’t say how they
drive, but the Revcon drives very much like a Toro/Eldo pulling an Airstream. Which technically, it almost is. 🙂
“A friend of mine has an Allegro”
Now, see I read that and pictured something VERY different
Wish I could find one for the cohort but suspect they’ve all since rusted away…
Austin Allegro? There is no valid reason to have 1 in going order
Sorry for the confusion, I meant Allegro Motorhome, like this. I’d’ve thought the reference to the P30 chassis might’ve tipped you off, though here in GA an Austin Allegro on a P30 chassis would probably be considered merely “eccentric”. Gotta love the South. 🙂
I saw this today in Willsonville
I can’t imagine being in this on the highway for any length of time, but I’d sure like to try! It would be a blast to drive this behemoth, as it has always been a dream of mine to actually own a tank – either an M3 Stuart or an M4 Sherman! This is the next best thing. At least you’ll go over or through any barrier! Is there an AR-15 rack handy?
When I was in high school a friend bought one of these at an Army surplus sale for about $1200, which would have about right for a fair used pickup at the time. He used it to haul logs for the annual Christmas bonfires, which is a very big deal along the Mississippi River upriver from New Orleans, and at the time was a very big size competition among the various beer-drinking, weed-smoking, bonfire-building syndicates of the area. Just how big it became, literally, is illustrated by the fact that the Army Corps of Engineers had to step in and limit the bonfires’ size because their sheer weight was beginning to endanger the structure of the Mississippi River levees.
Regardless, the Jimmy could fulfill its mission: it could penetrate further into the woody swamps between the river and Lake Maurepas, carry a bigger load of chainsaws and operators, and haul far bigger logs out, than any combination of 4X4 Ford, Chevy, or Toyota pickups. (Datsun, Dodge, and Jeep never had much following therabouts.) It also, tragically, got 4MPG of diesel. So, after the Corps of Engineers decree, it lost its strategic mission and was sold off.