gritineye Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 I bought this vehicle with very low mileage at very good price with the intention of another extended adventure trip, this trip never happened and I sold it on. Any one know what it is? Apart from the obvious that is :n00b: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted April 21, 2009 Author Share Posted April 21, 2009 It was a great vehicle and nice to drive except for body roll. I liked it a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted April 21, 2009 Author Share Posted April 21, 2009 I was going to swap the engine with the Mazda SL 35T from my LR to give it a bit more go.............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreadavide Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 You cannot post a VM90 and say that you have already sold it.... This goes against the Geneva conventions to me... Andrea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Coe Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Very nice :cool2: A chap called Nigel has one - he took it to Mogstock and Mogstock2. Nigel's machine is kitted-out inside (and out) as an expedition vehicle. I know that might upset a few people on here, the thought of all that medical gubbins being discarded, but it is a lovely piece of kit. Looks good too. Nigel had taken his Iveco across the desert in Morocco last time we met, pretty cool stuff. It didn't look out of place among all the Mogs either Pictures here: http://heidilandrover.webeden.co.uk/#/mogstock2/4529625294 Gareth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swill1952xs Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Nice motor.......... and it would make a great mobile workshop if the headroom is sufficient. Wouldn't want all the medical stuff......... I'm a bit too old for playing doctors... :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Nice motor.......... and it would make a great mobile workshop if the headroom is sufficient.Wouldn't want all the medical stuff......... I'm a bit too old for playing doctors... :-D VANDAL!!!:argh: If you want a tin tent go buy a caravan! Gorgeous vehicle fully kitted, oh I wish/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 VANDAL!!!:argh: If you want a tin tent go buy a caravan! Gorgeous vehicle fully kitted, oh I wish/ I think you are being very harsh, it's not as if it is an old rare vehicle and the owner is entitled to do with it as he wishes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Coe Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Nice motor.......... and it would make a great mobile workshop if the headroom is sufficient. Wouldn't want all the medical stuff......... I'm a bit too old for playing doctors... :-D You're never too old to play doctors and nurses. Ask Hattie... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 I think you are being very harsh, it's not as if it is an old rare vehicle and the owner is entitled to do with it as he wishes. Yes , but, if people go tearing the interior out it will become rareer! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Old proverb......He who pays the piper calls the tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gung Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 I think this was built for the germans, or dutch army, as the night-light white cross on the back is only on these vehicles, never seen em on other army ones.... and it was built to do the duty either in britain for an embassy or for a base like malta, cypress sardinien, or somwhere in the Mediterranean Sea! do i come close to it? cheers bastian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreadavide Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Not for Sardinia, we don't go RHD in Italy. Andrea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted April 23, 2009 Author Share Posted April 23, 2009 (edited) Very nice :cool2: A chap called Nigel has one - he took it to Mogstock and Mogstock2. Nigel's machine is kitted-out inside (and out) as an expedition vehicle. I know that might upset a few people on here, the thought of all that medical gubbins being discarded, but it is a lovely piece of kit. Looks good too. Nigel had taken his Iveco across the desert in Morocco last time we met, pretty cool stuff. It didn't look out of place among all the Mogs either Pictures here: http://heidilandrover.webeden.co.uk/#/mogstock2/4529625294 Gareth This was our plan too, :-( Wouldn't want all the medical stuff......... I'm a bit too old for playing doctors... :-D Are you sure? see below VANDAL!!!:argh: If you want a tin tent go buy a caravan! Gorgeous vehicle fully kitted, oh I wish/ Well then I'm a vandal too, took it all out, but I still have the hydraulics to raise an lower the top stretchers in a clever parallelogram sort of fashion. I think you are being very harsh, it's not as if it is an old rare vehicle and the owner is entitled to do with it as he wishes. Quite right Degsy, it was about 6 months old around 6,000 miles You're never too old to play doctors and nurses. Ask Hattie... :shake::shake::shake::shake: Yes , but, if people go tearing the interior out it will become rareer! :-D Was already a bit rare, not noticed the right hand drive? And the non military seat? Old proverb......He who pays the piper calls the tune. Again quite right, Paid around £12,000 ish. Cost you lot around £60,000 when new! I think this was built for the germans, or dutch army, as the night-light white cross on the back is only on these vehicles, never seen em on other army ones.... and it was built to do the duty either in britain for an embassy or for a base like malta, cypress sardinien, or somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea!do i come close to it? cheers bastian You are on the right track there Bastion, built to nearly do duty in Britain. Come on you lot who knows it's history, where's CW got too, he will know! Edited September 16, 2012 by gritineye extra zero in the paid price, just noticed.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gung Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 HMMMMMMM... now it gets hard.... The seat i recognized, but i never been in any of these vehicles, so i thought fiat/iveco only do 2 models - the right seat, and the left seat.... :-) okokok - its not a panda 4x4... but am i right with the white cross, or have u dismounted it from your iltis and put it onto the iveco? british army veh. always have a white painted axle but never this cross, right? but if the cross is original, it has to be an original mil.veh........ now i know!: If the Dutch Queen Beatrix wants to visit your Queen Mom this vehicle always comes with the normal limos, just in case the steak and kidney pudding she eaten was not proper, and it was parked on the british side of the tunnel wating for the visit..... RIGHT??????? - and with the price - you are kiddin! I give u twice the money and by next weekend i gonna make a journey over the channel and ring on your door! DEAL?! :-) I AM SERIOUS! and i dont belive u sold it!!!! you still got it! You are only trying to raise the price..... SO - Quest done? :-) bastian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84KB11 Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 I passed Ashchurch the other day and spotted a load of trucks with these white crosses with convoy light in the centre (exactly the same as on the Iveco), so the british army do use them. A friend had one of these ambulances, and I am sure the convoy cross had an NSN, but cannot remember what country code it was. It had a hella type plug on the end of the light lead it that helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Coe Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 I am sure the convoy cross had an NSN, but cannot remember what country code it was. It had a hella type plug on the end of the light lead it that helps! Yep: my Dutch Laro has one and my Belgian Mog also. There is a corresponding Hella socket on the underneath of each vehicle. When not needed there's stowage space for it behind the passenger seat on Heidi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 A guy local (ish) to us, Gritineye, had one, for a while,........think he's Newhaven way, with a Reo, now......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Were'nt these Iveco ambulances trialled by the UK military, against the Land Rover 130 ? (and Land Rover won the contract) :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted April 23, 2009 Author Share Posted April 23, 2009 Were'nt these Iveco ambulances trialled by the UK military, against the Land Rover 130 ? (and Land Rover won the contract) :confused: Quite right Richard, it is one of 6 evaluation builds, They didn't fair too well, from what I remember only one was reckoned to have survived unscathed, one had a bent chassis (a downwards kink just behind the cab) one had transmission problems, one was robbed to repair the others, mine seemed Ok but the starter motor packed up due to being full of wet sand, replaced from the donor. After I sold it I heard the transfer box chains and sprockets gave up and had to be replaced (£300 + in parts) most had worn out tyres and I had to haggle for a good set off the donor. http://www.lrm.co.uk/Archive%20Index/Military/Singin%27%20the%20Blues/singintheblues.html The ambiance :rofl:inside was well suited to a camper and I still regret selling it but, but as my wife would have had to use it for work sometimes visiting and running clients about, (she works in a solicitors office), it was sold to finance a more conventional camper van. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Quite right Richard, it is one of 6 evaluation builds, Thanks Bernard, in my cluttered up memory, I thought that was what they were. There was one at the shows several years ago, owned by someone from around Gloucestershire area I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted April 23, 2009 Author Share Posted April 23, 2009 Last I heard of mine was it was going to Scandinavia with a team of competitive sled dogs aboard, as good a use as any, it would be well suited to the job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARTIN CROSS Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Hi, That was me.Got it from Glos area.Sold it locally and borrowed it for Beltring last year. Now have a Reo. M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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