[Eastcountypride]

Hey everyone! The names' Travis and I am a local native to the beautiful San Diego. My good friend Thomas turned me on to the Unimog years ago. I grew up camping outdoors with my family and have been off-roading since the age of 12. Needless to say the Unimog won my heart and nestled a sweet little spot into my dreams. In 2009 (Thomas 21 and I 20 yrs old) planned a trip to Germany for the planets largest heavy metal festival Wacken Open Air! A week or so from our departure Thomas did his daily "Unimog" search on craigslist and bam the Dominos Unimog 404 TLF was for sale down the street for $1500! It had only been hours since the original post was added but it was 11PM so we waited till morning to call. Damn there was 1 fella ahead of us already...we were utterly crushed to say the least.

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So we traveled to the mother land of the mog and had the time of our lives . We got to see plenty of working mogs and there were even quite a few attending the festival!

A few weeks ago I did the usual mog search on CL and up poped a 65 404 radio truck....in pieces :/ . I didn't have the cash and the posting was a couple days old but I gave the guy a ring anyways. "Sold" so he said to a guy in the Nevada area. Not again! The next day he calls back and says to come and check it out and that the original buyer was not coming through. The front of the truck had been dismantled because of transmission issues and was never put back together. All the parts are scattered around and in the Mog. Everything seems to be there and extra parts as well! There is 2 transmissions a seal and shim kit, tire chains, new or rebuilt carb, new starter, and a nice little stack of manuals that were included! It was taken apart 3 to 4 years ago and was under a giant chicken coop turned workshop so the elements were not so damaging to the vehicle. This is a nice Cali mog with very very minimal rust and a clean title (just a few years of back registration for the DMV). I have payed for the truck but I am having a very difficult time trying to get this thing home as I do not own a trailer big enough for transport. The plan is to re-paint, re-seal, and refurbish all the odds and ends before we put it all back together. Nothing over the top but to have a nice solid dependable rig for another 40 years to come. I am going to have many questions and really looking forward becoming a part of the Unimog community!

 

[krisinak]

eastcounty, welcome to the forum. its an awesome resource. if you dont already know the san diego community of moggers, you are in for a treat. dont miss mogfest next month. i would be there this year, but my truck will be wintering in montana not mexico. cheers, kris

 

[Eastcountypride]

I know of the community and the history from reading all I can but never have meet anybody. I will definitely try to make it out but it will most certainly not be in the mog

 

[Bug_Sweden]

Welcome and good luck with your truck! We need more young moggers in the world : )

 

[Dreadnought]

Welcome from a U1300L mogger in Poland......can you not bolt some kind of tow point to the front of the chassis, load all other parts aboard and get some big truck/other mog to tow your mog home? that,s what I would attempt. You have to get that precious machine under cover at home and start work on it.

 

[Simon4x4]

Hi and congratulations on your purchase. Make sure to take lots of pics and keep us updated with the build.
Well done.

 

[Eastcountypride]

Thanks fellas. I have a trailer lined up for next weekend! I am most likely going to fabricate a front tongue to push it around my yard/driveway to where we can tear it down further. Will keep updated with pics!

 

[kschlege]

That domino's truck is almost as ugly as the pepsi 404

 

[raabta01]

Man, you sure have a lot of work ahead of you! At time it will be very fun and other times very flustrating, but in the end you'll have a sweet ride. You are very fortunate to live in a area where there is a "mog community", plus having a good friend in for the long haul should make for a lot of good times!

Keep us posted!

 

[Eastcountypride]

Hey guys quick question. While moving this truck around the rear wheels will be turning the drive shaft inside the tube. Should I remove it in fear of damaging it or is it pretty safe inside the torque tube?

 

[sdo]

I think it just pulls out (off the splines) if you are just pushing it around the yard it should be fine to leave it in, if you plan to tow it at speed I would pull it.

 

[Eastcountypride]

Finally picked her up from the chicken coop. The truck is at my shop for a few days so I can get a tongue welded up then I will be taking it to my house. Got the engine, drivers cab, front axle, body parts and a bunch of misc. items to Thomas' house for some major de cob webbing and cleaning. I think my little brother Tanner was the most excited!