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WJ's 4x4 & Offroad Homepage

- Nulla tenaci invia estvia -

For the persistent, no road is impassable.

Slogan on the Dutch Spyker emblem (a propellor), world's first road-going 4x4 in 1904. See: Spyker info

Those who wander are not necessarily lost

J.R.R. Tolkien

....and not all who launder are washed/WJ....;))

"Toyota Land Cruiser D - gelobt sei, was hart macht."....:))
("Toyota Land Cruiser D - praised be, what makes hard."....:)))

German 1983 brochure, see discussion on BuschTaxi.DE

Carpe Viam

(Seize the Road....;))

"Hat der Motor eine Seele?"
("Does the engine have a soul?")

Hans Koeppen, driver in the 1908 rally NewYork->Paris (westbound, through Siberia, in winter(!)), see also The-Great-Races.txt

In Memoriam Pieter de Reuver (3 October 1955 - 6 June 2002)

Contents of these 4x4 pages

Stuff I want to buy (literature, vehicles, parts, trailer): WANTED, DEAD OR ALIVE!....:))

Tech stuff

For a FAQ style summary of LSD's and Lockers, see Frequently Asked Questions about Traction Adding Devices (TAD-FAQ....:))
The official announcement of the Visco Lok from GKN: GKN Visco Lok
A report on new LSD technologies in Wall Street Week Journal: Future LSD's
The announcement of the electric Command-Locker from PowerTrax, with some background info about its delay: C-Locker
About a new traction aiding device: PowerTrax No-Slip
The very first report of the Lexus 4x4, including some notes about the difference between the LX450 and the TLC FZJ-80: Lexus 450
The very first pic's of the new TLC 90 series! TLC 90 series pic's & tech [about 40k total!]
Do's and don't on expeditions, by Henry Cubillan: Expeditions
Brazilian expedition planning, by Robert Hill: Expeditions in Brazil
About the TLC Bible: Das Grosse Toyota Land Cruiser Buch
A FAQ-style document on drive train systems: AWD, 4WD and Full Time 4WD
About the ultimate steel protection: Galvanizing
About the J10/100-series Land Cruiser, the successor of the J8/80-series:
TLC 100-Series Rumours & First Reports
TLC 100-Series Pictures
100-Series Down Under
100-Series on Tokio Motorshow
100-Series Chapter
The high-trim Lexus version: LX470
Lexus site story on LX470
USA 100-Series Land Cruiser
The second Toyota product that will get the new 4.7L V8: Toyota T-150 Full Size Pickup
Why 24 Volt on Diesel Land Cruisers is so nice: Warn 8274 12V vs. 24V
Why running 12 Volt equipment on a 24 Volt system is a Bad Thing (tm): 12 Volt & 24 Volt
Why the 24v/12v switching system on 80-series Land Cruisers can be a nightmare: Switching between 24v and 12v
About the best rim for in the bush: Split rims
Goodbye to a Dear Friend: Eulogy for a Cruiser
Important notes related to catastrophic big end bearing failure on the 1HD-T engine ('90-95) in the Land Cruiser HDJ-80: 1HD-(F)T(E) design problems?
Similar info page on the 80-Series Mailinglist site:
1HD-T bearing failure @ 80scool (I)
additional 1HD-T bearing failure pictures @ 80scool
1HD-T bearing failure updates @ 80scool
1HD-T bearing failure user comments/gratitude @ 80scool
A site about bearing failures in general: Bearing Failure Analysis
My own large collection of bearing-related messages (mostly from the 80-series Mailinglist): Big-end Archive: What Toyota doesn't want you to know about their 1HD-T bearings @A1.NL (update 12/2003: now also including a sample of a HDJ-100!!!! (and also high-mileage 1HZ engines, even without turbo (same bearings!)))
A separate file, based on an email sent to me: What oil companies don't want you to know about the quality of their oil
An Italian site with complaints about the HDJ-100, serious enough that Toyota managed to take the first site down: HDJ-100 problems in Italy (vibrations & active/adjustable suspension)
What Toyota doesn't want you to know about the 100-series IFS!!!! Lower A-arm cracking on HDJ-100/HZJ-100/FZJ-100/UZJ-100! @A1.NL
How to avoid including/attaching MIME-crap to your email: MIME-crap in emails
Various notes on tire sizes for 16" rims: 16" Rims
Why automatic transmissions can never offer the same engine braking as manuals: Lockup Converters in lower gears
Why mounting snow chains on a 4x4 on the front-only can be deadly: Snow Chain Nightmare
About full time 4wd J4 Cruisers (factory!), long before the 80-series hit the market: Full Time 40-series Land Cruisers !
Axle differences on Land Cruisers: Semi- & Full-Floating Axles
The longest Land Cruiser on this planet: Lexus LX-450 Stretched Limousine
Why diesel is inherently so much safer than gasoline: Flash Point of Diesel vs Gasoline
Some misconceptions about anti-sway bars: Anti-Sway Bars
Why a shackle reversal does not have only positive effects on handling: Shackle Reversal Analysis
Why AWD does not equal full-time 4wd; a not so positive report about the new Jeep Quadra-Trac II/Quadra-Drive system, translated from the German OffRoad mag: JGC Quadra-Drive
Why coasting down-hill with disengaged clutch can be catastrophic: Coasting Down-Hill
About (pre)heating engine + interior with a fuel operated coolant heater: Diesel Furnace
Some interesting notes on artic temperatures: Cold, Colder, Coldest
Why even an open diff has a slight torque bias: 'Open' Differential
Why running with open/unlocked hubs in 4wd is not a wise idea: Open hubs & 4wd
Various notes on dedicated & tall/narrow sand tires: Sand Tires
A few notes on snow tires: Snow Tires
Alternative applications for the Toyota Land Cruiser Hand Crank Handle: Hand Crank
The Trac-Tech Gearless Locker explained: Gearless Locker
For an overview of 4x4/auto related Usenet newsgroups: Newsgroups on Usenet
Why electronic brake-traction-control systems can never match a true locker: Electronic Traction Control
All the things you always wanted to know & compare about your dream offroad camper, in size, weight, ground clearance, trackwidth and wheelbase: Specifications of various portal-hub vehicles & a few other camper-base candidates

Miscellaneous Humor Chapters

Electronic Highway? What if the Highway became Internet? Highway=Internet
What happened when Microsoft started to make cars: Bill Gatesmobile
You know you are a gearhead when: GearHead
About tigers, monkeys & 4x4, by Henry Cubillan: A Good Scare
A young boy in Venezuela and his love for 4x4, by Henry Cubillan: The "Artichoke"
About the opposite of a beauty contest: Ugly Truck & Dog Contest
What happens when a gearhead meets a dock, by Rod Croskery: Jalopies
About taking beetles out in the open, by Rod Croskery: Offroad in a Beetle
How to drive on ice, by Rod Croskery: Driving on Ice
About real snake oil, by Rod Croskery: Harry and the Snake
What happens when a gearhead meets a jet engine: 4x4 & Jets
How dog food can ruin your day (and muffler): Dog Meat
The danger of police radar to the police officers themselves: Radar Revenge
About stubborn sticky bolts: Bolts
David Lettermans top 10 Ford slogans: Ford & Ignition
How to use a genuine US military entrenching tool as a portable toilet seat: Private Tool
How to use tools properly: Tools Dictionary
Why it rains sometimes....: Modern Rain Dance
About what happens when you combine a TLC with Beer: Roll-Over or Hang-Over?
Jeep Memorial, by Henry J. Cubillan: Tales of an old Jeep
About nuts....: Nuts
About Moose, tents and rifles, by Rod LaHaise: Moose Hunting
About the best offroad rig ever made, by Mike Graham: Best Rig
How it all started: In the beginning....
How to indentify an Engineer
How to please the God of Offroad, by Glenn Wakefield: Offroad's Prayer
About men with a neck tan: You are a redneck if....
About that stuff to clean yourself with after the job: Soap
Why dogs and dynamite don't mix very well: Soaring Spirits Of The Cherokees
When the worlds of Metric, Anglosaxism and Imperialism collide: Units
Why TLC's and chrome don't mix very well....:
TLC + chrome = Bad Omen

Don't read this if you own a Jeep!

Why gold wedding rings and metal belt buckles don't mix very well: A Sparkling Thought
How to have fun by submerging cars in a lake: Car Dipping
The Proper Warm-Up Procedure For Skiing: Warming Up
The Joy Snow Flakes Bring to Mankind: Enjoying Snow
The origin of the TLC expression "I pulled a Crawford": Crawford
More Crawfordian Proza, by Henry Cubillan:
The Tales of Crawford & Co. @Off-Road.COM/~Beck (old/defunct)
The Tales of Crawford & Co. @Mindspring.COM/~Hulse (current)
Some more Cruiser proza, by Steve Hulse @Mindspring.COM

A site with more goofy incidents: Laura Lemay's site
A scientific approach to goofy incidents: Murphy's Law
More about Murphy: Murphy II
Why you shouldn't eat just any marshmellow bunny, but only the best: Testing Bunnies
Making better use of potatoes than eating them: Vegetable Propulsion Devices
How to rate trails with your antenna: "Jack in the Box" Trail Rating System
The USA constitutional right to bear arms is WRONG!: The right to arm bears
Wanna mix your drinks & ice, but don't have electricity at hand? No problem!: Gasoline powered blender
What some researchers do for a living: Improbable Research
An amazing collection of silly articles, objects, jokes, gifts etc: Stupid.Com
Humor, jokes, bumper stickers: Huge collection of jokes, bumper stickers etc
Redneck-check!: You know you are a redneck if....
If you adore pinguins, then don't look at these two sites!
Pinguin game #1 @Bakje.NL
Pinguin game #2 @Bakje.NL
Original site/author @YetiSports.ORG
If your hand/eye coordination is lousy, here you can cheat up to 600 points....;)) @HenriLuoma.NET
And don't forget to read the background story (political-correct no less(!)....:)) @YetiSports.ORG (German + English)
Russian version, exchanging the pinguins for women.... @Bakje.NL
New version, combining polar bear, pinguin, albatros *and* kangaroo! @YetiSports.ORG
Ever wondered why your truck was never stolen? Wonder no more!: 10 reasons why farm trucks are never stolen @6066GMCTrucks.ORG
You think *your* country has stupid laws?....read what other countries have to put up with!:
Worlds most loony laws, by country @GeoCities.COM
StupidLaws.COM
DumbLaws.COM
A lovely collection of fun pix, video & flash animations: Fun.From.Hell.PL
Alternative approach to Land Rovers: A non-mainstream Land Rover FAQ @Homepage.NTLworld.COM/Cattermole
A rather novel way to ignite your matches: side-wheelie with a Nissan Patrol @N3T.NET
Test & train your parking skills! Virtual parallel-Parking @Adverts.Freeloader.COM

Bizarre & political-noncorrect automotive pictures & video clips:
(some of these might not open directly in your browser; if so: save page and open as separate file)

How to take revenge on the car of a cheating girlfriend @Freakhole.COM
BizarreMag.COM (with a nice section 'only in Africa')
Lotus Omega vs Swedish police @FTP.AndyWhittaker.COM
Trying to demolish a Toyota Corolla, with radio-control operation @Miro.NO
BBC Top Gear tries to demolish a Toyota Hilux....and fail miserably @BBC.CO.UK (Broadband)
BBC Top Gear tries to demolish a Toyota Hilux....and fail miserably @BBC.CO.UK (Narrowband)

More bizarre mechanical horror/accidents:

Survive a 18 inch drill-bit through your head @ABCLocal.GO.COM
Survive a 18 inch drill-bit through your head @Snopes.COM/Horrors
Survive being pierced by a 1.25 inch tamping iron, from your jaw through your head, landing 10m behind your, after an explosion @Deakin.EDU.AU
More goofy & gross movie files @ClappingFetus.COM
Ogrish.COM; most of this falls in the category 'way too gross/sickening/repulsive', but in particular the traffic accidents should be a reminder too all of you, in particular those just learning to drive....show them to your kids, before you hand them the keys!
StupidVideos.COM

Have over-sensitive & prude neighbours? Then try this....:))
BumperNuts.COM
Missile Balloons behind your vehicle @KHstudios.NET

Links to other sites & 4x4 Mailinglists/forums

For an overview of 4x4 related mailinglists: Dean Waters 4x4 Mailinglist Overview
For an overview of 4x4/auto related Usenet newsgroups: Newsgroups on Usenet
For the Mother of all 4x4 Mailinglists: OffRoad Mailinglist & Archives
A good overview of all mailinglists related to Toyota 4x4: Cruiser & MiniTruck Mailinglist Overview
For both the Toyota Land Cruiser Mailinglist and the Toyota 4x4 Light-Truck/Mini Mailinglist, at the off-road.com domain:
TLCA Mailinglists
TLCA Mailinglists II
TLCA Mailinglists III
Direct URL for the above TLC-list:
Toyota Land Cruiser Mailinglist
Toyota Land Cruiser Mailinglist (new home)
Direct URL for the above Hilux/4Runner/Tacoma Mailinglist: Light Truck Mailinglist
The archives of the TLCA Mailinglist:
TLCA Archives
TLCA Archives II
TLCA Achives since February/2002
A search engine for the TLCA Mailinglist: TLCA Search Engine
Mailinglist for owners of the TLC 80/100-series (and desperate wannabees!):
TLC 80/100-series Mailinglist (old/defunct I)
TLC 80/100-series Mailinglist (old/defunct II)
Current home for LCOOL (Land Cruisers Owners Online List)
Mailinglist & archives for Toyota Land Cruiser *Diesels*:
Diesel TLC Mailinglist
Successor of the old DTLC-list @Birfield.COM?
Straight to the DTLC-archives:
DTLC Mailinglist Archives @ Helios.NET
DTLC Mailinglist Archives @ Birfield.COM
For Land Cruiser & other Toyota 4x4 lovers in France: French Toyota 4x4 Mailinglist
Mailinglist for the RAV4/FunCruiser: RAV4/FunCruiser Mailinglist
Japanese discussion forum: Japanese Land Cruiser web-forum @HPCGI3.Nifty.COM
Mailinglist for European Land Cruiser Owners: European Land Cruiser Owner Mailinglist @LandCruisers.INFO
Mailinglist for the Cruiser Wagon of the seventies (aka as Iron Pig):
FJ55/BJ55 Wagon Mailinglist (old/defunct)
FJ55/BJ55 Wagon Mailinglist (current/TLCA) @TLCA.ORG
Actual site of the above link @Birfield.COM
Sites about this 55-series Wagon:

Morgan Fletcher's 55-series Photo Gallery @Birfield.COM
Morgan's Links page @Birfield.COM
High-roof FJ55 (Arabic riot-conversion), on display at Specter OffRoad, @Birfield.COM
Zebra-striped white/grey FJ55 from Evan Jenkins @Birfield.COM
TheIronPig.Com (defunct, domain sold to kitty fodder!....:((
FJ55.CruiserPages.COM (successor of the above TheIronPig.COM)
FJ-55 Wagon in Australia @eBroadCast.COM.AU (previously at 4wd.SofCom.COM)
Jere, Fearless Driver of the Flying None (a driver as nuts as his 55 is ugly)
Peter Sadtler and the 3 FJ55's he owned (Germany) @FJ40-Garage.DE
ATLC (Germany, defunct)
FJ55 pictures from ATLC/Germany, retrieved & archived! @A1.NL
FJ55 from Jochen Kuhbier, Germany @A1.NL
Africa-spec FJ55 (10-seater, AC) from Rijk Verkerk at RV4wd/Harderwijk/Holland, @A1.NL
Austrian pickup conversion & documentation (only 4 FJ55's total in Austria!) @A1.NL
A gathering of Japanese FJ55's, including a stunning dark-blue model (not factory color AFAIK) (and perhaps also including the mysterious BJ55 with 2B diesel?) @Homepage2.Nifty.COM/FJ_Performance
More rare Cruiser shots @ FJ-Performance, including a rusting FJ28V wagon, FJ55 Fire-Tender and FJ24 Fire Tender (click on 'Data Base', and walk through all linked images (hit 'download' within each gallery to be sure you miss none!) @Homepage2.Nifty.COM/FJ_Performance
More lovely Cruiser links @Homepage2.Nifty.COM/FJ_Performance, including factory drawings of Fj45LV!
FJ55 factory(?) military pickup with softtop/fold-down-windscreen @FJ-Performance (I, defunct)
FJ55 factory(?) military pickup with softtop/fold-down-windscreen @FJ-Performance (II, defunct)
FJ55 factory(?) military pickup with softtop/fold-down-windscreen retrieved & archived! @A1.NL (note both RHD & LHD!!)

Japanese discussion about this military FJ55 pickup @HPCGI3.Nifty.COM/Land_Cruiser
Babelfish translation of the above page @HPCGI3.Nifty.COM/Land_Cruiser

More retrieval of the above pages from FJ_Performance @Homepage3.Nifty.COM/Land_Cruiser
Another entry into the 55-series pages of FJ_Performance, @GeoCities.CO.JP/MotorCity-Rally/9527
The first & only anti-inversion shackles for J5? @Homepage3.Nifty.COM/Land_Cruiser
How to mount your tire inside the cargo area @Homepage3.Nifty.COM/Land_Cruiser
Carburator overhaul instructions @Homepage3.Nifty.COM/Land_Cruiser
FJ55 MPEG video mud run @GeoCities.CO.JP
FJ55 MPEG video, piggy in winching stress! @GeoCities.CO.JP
Similar very chique dark-green FJ55 @BlackDiode.COM
A blindingly restored FJ55 with 80-series leather interior! @TLC4x4.COM
4x4Labs.Com, with pictures of a lovely range of open-top FJ55's, a Cummins-powered 55, and a massive single-sided, full-width, rearbumper-mounted tire/cargo-carrier @4x4Labs.COM (old/defunct, gallery gone)
FJ55 with pirate-next on the Burning Man Festival '96 or '97 @4x4Labs.COM (old/defunct)
Same gallery index @4x4Labs.COM, retrieved with the WayBackMachine @Archive.ORG
Conversion/Integration of '76 FJ55 body onto '91 GMC-Blazer core @4x4Labs.COM@Archive.ORG
Same vehicle at Burning Man @4x4Labs.COM@Archive.ORG
Same vehicle, 3 pictures and one gallery (4th thumb, link below) @4x4Labs.COM@Archive.ORG
Same vehicle at PigRun 2001 @4x4Labs.COM@Archive.ORG
Current gallery with Luke's open-top FJ55 @Birfield.COM (I)
Current gallery with Luke's open-top FJ55 @Birfield.COM (II)
Current gallery with Luke's open-top FJ55 @Birfield.COM (III)
FJ55 wiring diagram (.pdf) @Birfield.COM
FJ55 wiring diagram (.ps) @Birfield.COM
FJ55 wiring diagram (.gif) @Birfield.COM
Who needs glass (or even what it seems a functioning rear door?) in a FJ55? @ToyOnTheRocks.COM
Rubicon Pig Run 2001 @Birfield.COM
French FJ55 with 3B-engine transplant and swing-up rear door
More about this French FJ55 with large rooftent & modified upper rear door, from Daniel Amilhau @Perso.Wanadoo.FR/Amis.Yo/Tanezrouft
Dutch FJ55 with 3B-engine transplant travelling in southern Africa @A1.NL
Swiss FJ55 @Bandieri.CH (first Swiss import in 1969/70) (I)
Swiss FJ55 @Bandieri.CH (II)
Land Cruiser FJ55 with Flippac rooftent attached @Birfield.COM
Japanese 55 site @A-Tsuri.HP.InfoSeek.CO.JP
Japanese 55 details @A-Tsuri.HP.InfoSeek.CO.JP
Idem, microfiche rear bench arrangements @A-Tsuri.HP.InfoSeek.CO.JP
Japanese 55 @NKansai.NE.JP/Users/Tomatina
Can Pigs fly?....Yes they can! @Birfield.COM
Cummins 6AT diesel into FJ55 @CollegeInternetSolutions.COM
Trail pictures of the historical PigRun 2001 @HighRidersNW.COM
FJ55 barndoor 1979 in UAE (United Arabic Emirates) @MyBiznas.COM
Original condition of the above UAE-pig @MyBiznas.COM
Plans for restauration/crewcab-conversion of the above UAE-pig @MyBiznas.COM
Complete restauration of the above UAE-pig @MyBiznas.COM
Cover-scan of FJ55 brochure from the UK Pic4.PictureTrail.COM
TBI Fuel Injection on the Toyota 2F gasoline engine @TomQuinn.COM
A few FJ55 projects from Rob McGarty @Bushwick.COM
Rob McGarty's current FJ55 before.... @Bushwick.COM
....and being dissassembled & restored @Bushwick.COM
FJ55 restauration with lots of pictures @ArkansasIronPig.COM
Brian Steen's FJ55 with Volvo-303 portal axles(!) @Birfield.COM
More portal axle pictures from Brian Steen @Prairiedogs.COM
Brian's portal axle'd FJ55 in real action! @Pirate4x4.COM
Brian McCamish' FJ55 page (including a Japanese fire-truck conversion, with the only rear full-floating axle I have ever seen on an FJ55!) @Brian894x4.COM
Power steering: Scout Saginaw steering box into an FJ55 @WeJacks.Cruiserpages.COM
Power steering: FJ60 steering box into an FJ55 @Pirate4x4.COM
More about FJ60 steering box into FJ55 @Pirate4x4.COM
More pix of FJ60 steering box transplanted into FJ55 @ECST.CSUCHICO.EDU/~Bzipp
Airconditioning: Vintage-Air into FJ55
Tons of upgrades/modifications in general, including power steering in FJ55's @IH8Mud.COM
List of FJ55-members & their vehicles @IH8Mud.COM
Brian Steen's conversion to power steering with an FJ60 steering box (not the same as HJ60?) @CollegeInternetSolutions.COM

German 2810kg truck approval (Auflastung/LKW TUV-Brief) for FJ55

FJ55 for sale ads USA on/through Specter Offroad @SOR.COM
Exploded view of body parts, including fiberglass front fenders(!) @SOR.COM
The Iron Pig has a famous reverse counterpart: the Pig Iron Organisation!....:)) @Pig-Iron.COM
4x HJ55 ('HJ45'?) prototypes?!? @Diebo-Teile.DE
Rotten rocker panel? Replace with solid rocker bars, by Mike Fox @YankeeToys.ORG
Rotten rocker panel? Replace with solid rocker bars, by Morgan Fletcher @Birfield.COM
Hunter Arend's topless FJ55 project @JKCustoms.COM (old/defunct)
Same site retrieved with the WayBackMachine @Archive.ORG (first copy/archive)
Last archived copy @Archive.ORG (all pix present, unlike the first one above!)
Andre Shoumatoff's FJ55 restauration project @UVM.EDU
Pig Run 2003 @YankeeToys.ORG/JMylie
Another Pig Run 2003 @Birfield.COM/~Morgan
Early Pig in Finland, military green! @PHNet.FI/Public/Mika.Jussilainen/Vappusafari2003.htm
More Early Pig in Finland! (look carefully near the end, very muddy pix....:)) @PHNet.FI/Public/Mika.Jussilainen/Safari14062003.htm
Same early Pig in Finland, now plus a white doorless & fenderless Pig @PHNet.FI/Public/Mika.Jussilainen/Kuvat/Kalkkinen2003/
More of this green Finnish Pig @Petrisimolin.NET
More of the white doorless Finnish Pig @PHNet.FI/Public.Pahama/Kalkkinen2003
New location of the above Finnish FJ55 pictures @Kolumbus.FI/Offi/VappuSafari2003
Second new location of Finnish FJ55 pix @Kolumbus.FI/Offi/Safari14062003
Spec's from the 2B that came in the BJ55 (Japan-only) @Brian894x4.COM
Brochure from Finland, page 1, by John Holmaas @pic4.picturetrail.com/vol55
Brochure from Finland, page 2, by John Holmaas @pic4.picturetrail.com/vol55
Brochure from Finland, page 3, by John Holmaas @pic4.picturetrail.com/vol55
UZJ-55 (4.7L 2UZ-transplant) @4wdLow.COM
Gallery Moab 2004 with a few shots of a zebra-striped FJ55 @4wdLow.COM
FJ55 with Cummins 4BT transplant @Pirate4x4.COM
Australian FJ55 doing the Canning Stock Route in 1994 @Kempden.ID.AU
Pig's favorite mascotte, PigglyWiggly! @Birfield.COM/~Morgan
PigglyWiggly website @PigglyWiggly.COM
Online store with PigglyWiggly products @BoiledPeanuts.COM
FJ55 gallery @SlowSpeed.COM
Two of the FJ55's in the above gallery are actually one and the same vehicle, an ex-firebrigade Finnish pig from 1972, parked indoors in a heated garage until 2002, with 30k km's....that's 1000km pro year....:)) @CC.Oulu.FI/~THU
FJ55 playing on some nice hills @Pbase.COM/IronPig
German FJ55 used for Sahara travels, by Reinhart Mazur @TLC-Exped.NET
Silver- and goldplated pigs, as hood-ornaments, with wings! (yes, another proof that a pig can fly!....:)) @JCWitney.COM
Pig Ornament @SoCalLandCruisers.COM/2004Pismo
Pig Ornament @Birfield.COM/Modules/Gallery/PigRun2003
Restauration of an FJ55, with very bad quarter-panel rust & side-bars replacements @Pirate4x4.COM
Pix of a bobbed/trayback 55, single-cab! @CascadeCruisers.COM
Another note about the existence of the BJ55 with 2B diesel engine @Brian894x4.COM
Several action shots of FJ55, stock & heavily modified buggies @OverTheHill4x4.COM
Monchrome dull-red FJ55, spring-over-axle @BK.CruiserPages.COM

Japanese site about FJ55 @A-Tsuri.HP.INfoSeek.CO.JP
Babelfish translation of the above Japanese page @A-Tsuri.HP.InfoSeek.CO.JP
Production Quantity of FJ55, including domestic (Japan) vs export! @A-Tsuri.HP.InfoSeek.CO.JP
Babelfish translation of the above Japanese page @A-Tsuri.HP.InfoSeek.CO.JP
Model code differences & vehicle data @A-Tsuri.HP.INfoSeek.CO.JP
Babelfish translation of the above Japanese page @A-Tsuri.HP.InfoSeek.CO.JP
Cover of very first factory brochure in Japan, showing that the first 55 was made in July 1967! @A-Tsuri.HP.InfoSeek.CO.JP
Japanese FJ55 restauration @A-Tsuri.HP.InfoSeek.CO.JP (page 1)
Japanese FJ55 restauration @A-Tsuri.HP.InfoSeek.CO.JP (page 2)
Japanese FJ55 restauration @A-Tsuri.HP.InfoSeek.CO.JP (page 3)
Japanese FJ55 restauration @A-Tsuri.HP.InfoSeek.CO.JP (page 4)
Japanese FJ55 restauration @A-Tsuri.HP.InfoSeek.CO.JP (page 5)
Japanese FJ55 restauration @A-Tsuri.HP.InfoSeek.CO.JP (page 6)
Japanese FJ55 restauration @A-Tsuri.HP.InfoSeek.CO.JP (page 7)

Babelfish translation of the above Japanese site @A-Tsuri.HP.InfoSeek.CO.JP (page 1)
Babelfish translation of the above Japanese site @A-Tsuri.HP.InfoSeek.CO.JP (page 2)
Babelfish translation of the above Japanese site @A-Tsuri.HP.InfoSeek.CO.JP (page 3)
Babelfish translation of the above Japanese site @A-Tsuri.HP.InfoSeek.CO.JP (page 4)
Babelfish translation of the above Japanese site @A-Tsuri.HP.InfoSeek.CO.JP (page 5)
Babelfish translation of the above Japanese site @A-Tsuri.HP.InfoSeek.CO.JP (page 6)
Babelfish translation of the above Japanese site @A-Tsuri.HP.InfoSeek.CO.JP (page 7)

Nice bullbar design-solution for body-lifted FJ55's @CollegeInternetSolutions.COM
Monotone Yellow FJ55 @Home.Bak.RR.COM/TTRees
Japanese FJ55 @www2.NKansai.NE.JP/Users/Tomatima
Details of Japanese FJ56V @www2.NKansai.NE.JP/Users/Tomatima (be sure to click all links in a recent browser (old versions of Mozilla & Explorer don't work!))
Several Japanese FJ55's @www2.NKansai.NE.JP/Users/Tomatima
Japanese FJ55's meeting (showing both flip-up and swing-out doors!) @www2.NKansai.NE.JP/Users/Tomatima
Old nostalgic Japanese scenery pix with FJ55 @www2.NKansai.NE.JP/Users/Tomatima
FJ55 history @WWW.LandCruiser.4wd.RU
Tech tips about door rubbers & window felts @RockyMountainCruisers.COM
Lots of FJ55-related tech links @Olympiafj60.Home.Comcast.NET
FJ55 restauration project @Steve-Karen.COM (lots of detail pix!)
Japanese firefighter FJ56 @RealCruiser.CoM
Commercial FJ55 parts & accessories by Lanc Williams @IronPigOffroad.COM
Perfect shaped rocker bar/panel @IronPigOffroad.COM
Dozens of FJ55's for sale @Cruizers.COM
A very sad FJ55, one of only 3 remaining in Holland, out of 12-15 total originally @People.Zeelandnet.NL/RSchra
Tailgate Window Wire Schematic by Gary Schmauch (slightly edited/reformatted by WJM) @A1.NL
Europe-related VIN-numbers @BuschTaxi.DE (watch the numerical difference between FJ55 & FJ56!)
Nice monotone/dark-color FJ55 owned by Andrew Robinson in Australia (getting pretty rare down under!) @NetServ.NET.AU/Sundance
Perfectly restored German FJ55 from Auto Schiemenz (sold in 2003 to Toyota Europe!) @ToyotaOldies.DE
FJ55.NET
Adding a secondary tank in-line/serial to the main tank, to avoid running dry on steep climbs & with a near-empty tank @Pirate4x4.COM
FJ55 rock-sliders @CascadeCruisers.COM (or see what's inside your factory rocker panel, and wonder no more why it rusts like crazy!)
FJ55 color-scheme from '69 parts catalogue @PictureTrail.COM (page #1)
FJ55 color-scheme from '69 parts catalogue @PictureTrail.COM (page #2)
FJ55 parts for sale @CruiserLand.COM
Restored FJ55 in Japan @RiverSideGarage.JP
Morgan Fletcher's Dual T-case conversion @Birfield.COM
How to prevent coolant-heat entering the cabin totally @Hometown.AOL.COM/WDSHPBIZ
Heaven's Graveyard, with FJ25 & multiple FJ55's and FJ45V's @Forum.IH8mud.COM
Joe Milie's all-green FJ55 offroad @YankeeToys.ORG
Woodstock revival in a Canadian FJ55, from Michel Chenier @Forum.IH8mud.COM
Pictures about this Woodstock revival in a Canadian FJ55, from Michel Chenier @Community.Webshots.COM
Surf&Turf 2004 meeting at Pismo Beach, including 4 FJ55's @LandCruiser.LittleRat.COM
More Pismo-2004 & the same FJ55's @socallandcruisers.com
Nice dull black/white FJ55 from Levon Yengoyan @SteelNthings.COM
Evan Jenkins in Moab 2005 @Birfield.COM
Brian Lingenfelter in Moab 2005 @CascadeCruisers.COM
Cover of very first factory brochure in Japan, showing that the first 55 was made in July 1967! @A-Tsuri.HP.InfoSeek.CO.JP
A new FJ55-specific Cruiser supplier! (including reproduction steel fenders (inside and outside!), and upper-tailgate weather seals @PVcruisers.COM
Japanese UZJ-55 (with the 4.7L V8 from the UZJ-100) @4x4.CO.JP
Two more pix of this Japanes UZJ-55 @Rabuca2005.WEB.InfoSeek.CO.JP (last 2 pix on the bottom)
UZJ-40 @RiverSideGarage.JP
Sad sight of a bunch of FJ55 sitting in a South-African wrecking-yard @ImageShack.US
1978 highroof FJ55, one of only 2 ever made for Japanese riot-control, at Spector museum @SOR.COM
Mounting old ammunition-storage boxes under an FJ55, replacing rusted metal @Birfield.COM
2005 PigRun @SOR.COM
Remanufactured FJ55 parts @SloCruisers.COM
Conversion to a Cummins 4BT and Michelin XZL 9.00x16 @Pirate4x4.COM
Find the location of other J5-owners worldwide on a map! (and join!) @Frappr.COM
FJ55 'ragtop' @4x4Labs.COM
All-white FJ56 with barn-doors in Japan (disregard the chrome....;(( @JFGweb.DE
Styrene 1:10 RC-models FJ55 @IH8mud.COM
Paper models FJ55 @PicasaWeb.Google.COM
FJ55 Styrene model @Forum.BuschTaxi.ORG
Nice sample of an FJ55 with custom-build rear spare tire carrier, including a ladder to the roof @Pirate4x4.COM
2x FJ55 in Finland, 1x 1974 & 1x 1980/firetruck, by Philippe Trottier @Tchiwam.NET
FJ55 with rare PTO-winch @Forum.IH8mud.COM

Tips & modifications for the F/2F gasoline engine (applies also to the above FJ55):

HEI-conversion in the TLC-FAQ, by David Dannenberg @Off-Road.COM (chapter 19.3!)
Throttle Body Injection (TBI) from a Chevrolet 4.3L mounted on 2F gasoline engines, @TomQuinn.COM
TBI on 2F by Brandon Austin @http://olympiafj60.home.comcast.net
Commercial TBI set up @CustomEFIS.COM
DIY TBI by Floyd Bufkin @FBufkin.Home.Mindspring.COM (old/defunct)
DIY TBI by Floyd Bufkin @What-Wire.COM/~FBufkin (current)
Spectre headers on FJ40 by Neil McCorrison @JillAndNeil.COM
Jeremy's notes on HEI-conversions @Geocities.COM/Calcide
Pertronix notes in German by Peter Sadler @Sadtler.DE
Cam gear failure/replacement @Rzeppa.ORG
Jim Chenoweth about the dozen versions of F/2F distributors @Rzeppa.ORG
EFI, Electronic Fuel Injection for 2F @Waltech.ORG

More general tips & tricks for J4/J5-series:

Drum brake maintenance @Rzeppa.ORG
Staying warm in your J4/J5 @Rzeppa.ORG

Sites about 60-series wagons:

Typpy-R with Unimog portal axles @Beer.ORG
Nice samples of spring-over-axle 60-series (& others) @Burgoyne.COM/Pages/Ferguson
Nice expedition-modified Venezuelan FJ60 (with front/mid/rear sidebars & body-mounted roofrack) @CruiserLand.COM
Nice cargo rack and rear carrier for 1 tire + 2 jerrycans @Pbase.COM/Kai38
Peter Straub's Toyota Land Cruiser BJ60 ('Tippy') on 11.00x16 XCL by using OME 2.5" lift *with* a springover @RMLCA.AB.CA
One stage up, Tippy-R, with 16.00x20 XC on Unimog axles @MonsterPhoto.iWarp.com
More pix from Tippy-R on 16.00x20 XC @Beer.Org
More pix from Tippy-R on 16.00x20 XC @Birfield.COM
TippyR on the articulation test-ramp @PrairieDogParts.COM
Tires from Tippy-R compared @PrairieDogParts.COM
Another small gallery about Tippy-R @PrairieDogParts.COM
Marlin front axle reinforcements @Forum.IH8mud.COM

Sites about the 80-series Wagon:

Instructions for OME castor-correcting bushings (.PDF) @IH8mud.COM

Mailinglist for the Cruiser Wagon of the sixties: FJ45LV Wagon Mailinglist
Other sites about the 45-series Wagon:

K. Kimoto's FJ45LV site @Home.Istar.CA (old/defunct)
K. Kimoto's new site @WWW3.Telus.NET/fj45lv
FJ45.COM (including 45 Troop-Carrier)
FJ45LV wagons in specific @FJ45.COM
FJ45LV Wagon @ TLC4x4.Com
FJ45LV Wagon restauration project @ TLC4x4.Com in detail
Lovely Cruiser links, including factory drawings of Fj45LV, and a military FJ55 pickup softtop/fold-down-windscreen!
J4-LongWheelBase Gallery, including many FJ45V Wagons @Birfield.COM
Separate FJ45LV Wagon gallery @Birfield.COM
An FJ45LV Wagon in Europe?? (@Diebo-Teile.DE/Germany)
FJ45 run 2002, including (6!) wagons & pickups @Bushwick.COM/Rob (probably worlds largest gathering of 45-wagons in modern times!)
Test report in FourWheeler, from CruiserDude @PictureTrail.COM
FJ45LV restauration @StephenRadlPainting.COM
Brent C. Moore's FJ45LV Wagon @Birfield.COM
What angels would drive in heaven, the above meticulously restored FJ45LV Wagon now owned by John Holmaas' @IH8Mud.COM
More about this FJ45LV Wagon owned by John Holmaas @Pirate4x4.COM
All pictures of this FJ45LV Wagon @PictureTrail.COM/CruiserDude
FJ45LV Wagon Restauration @RealCruiser.COM
Grey FJ45LV Wagon @FaultLineFab.COM
Green FJ45LV Wagon @FaultLineFab.COM
Red FJ45LV Wagon @Users.Qwest.NET/~Salto
FJ45LV Wagon Restauration @Geocities.COM/DWM300
Technical drawing @Geocities.CO.JP/MotorCity-Rally/9527
FJ45LV restauration @YourLandCruiser.COM
Interesting thread about reproduction-parts @Pirate4x4.COM
A similar thread, about the early-style cat-eye tail-lights @Pirate4x4.COM
FJ45 Gallery @Birfield.COM
FJ45LV Galleries, documents, manuals & literature @Root45.COM
Fully restored FJ45LV for sale, US$39.000 @Bringatrailer.COM
FJ45LV restauration by Studio Time Capsule, for Toyota Museum (HQ/Brussels or NL/Raamsdonksveer?) with a the note that only 5080 units were made (1500 sold in USA, see FJ35v link section below), and priced twice as high as a Porsche 911S in Europe! @StudioTimeCapsule.COM
FJ45LV restauration @ColinsClassicAuto.COM
A lovely touching story about the restauration of an FJ45LV, as youth-remembrance, back into 'original' rust-bucket looks @ChromatographyOnline.FindAnalytichem.COM

The mother of all Cruiser Wagons, the 5-door FJ28LV and FJ35LV Wagon of the 50's, so rare today that it might as well be a ghost:

FJ28LV scan from brochure @Birfield.COM
Brochure overview from late 50's @Birfield.COM
Japanese-only brochures@Birfield.COM
Graphical chart of the Toyota history, suggesting that the FJ45(L)V Wagon was born in 1960, and not in 1963 (and the FJ55 in 1960, not 1967):
FJ45LV starting in 1960? History chart @Birfield.COM/~Morgan (from '50 years anniversary' book) @Birfield.COM
Cruiser history chart @ToyotaLandCruiser.DK
More early J2 & J3 nomenclatura @ToyotaLandCruiser.DK (adding an FJ38 to the stable?)
Is it real? An FJ28LV Wagon? With ambulance doors? It sure is rusting away, most likely somewhere in Japan....:(( @HPCGI3.Nifty.COM/Land_Cruiser (previously @HPCGI2.Nifty.COM/FJ_Performance!)
FJ35V 4-door Wagon @Birfield.COM (I)
FJ35V 4-door Wagon @Birfield.COM (II)
Look how closely the 3-door FJ28 matches the Willy's Wagon of that time:
FJ28 3-door @Birfield.COM
Willy's Wagon of that time @MvpImages.NET
More Willy's wagons @MvpImages.NET
FJ28 2-door in Venezuela! @Birfield.COM
Picture of FJ35LV plus more interesting notes about the early BJ and J2 series @Brian894x4.COM (and the most fascinating detail: *all* J2x numbers were used, from FJ20 to FJ29!!!! (possibly the 2wd models??))
Tech drawing of FJ28 @Biran894x4.COM
Another rare J2-exponent, the FJ24 firefighter @Homepage3.Nifty.COM/Land_Cruiser (I)
FJ24 firefighter @Homepage3.Nifty.COM/Land_Cruiser (II)
FJ28/35 discussion @Pirate4x4.COM (note the last posting on 08/11/2005: total production of FJ35V is 60 units, FJ45V is 5080, of which 1500 were sold in the USA)
Discussion about another striking resemblance, the Mitsubishi Jeep @Pirate4x4.COM

More old Cruisers:

Oldest Cruisers @ToyotaLandCruisers.Com
First FJ25 in Australia, rescued & restored in 1972, 14 years after import in 1958 @eBroadCast.COM.AU
FJ25 from 1959 @eBroadCast.COM.AU
AK10, BJ, J2 & J3 nomenclatura @ToyotaLandCruiser.DK
Land Cruiser Heritage, a fascinating Flash-animation @Toyota.COM
FJ25 discussion @Pirate4x4.COM
A South-American attempt of local production, years before the Bandeirante, the Toyota Koromo, a fiberglass body on an FJ25-series frame, 6 units made @Geocities.COM/AutoSuruguayos (also the first-ever Toyota production outside Japan!)
Babelfish translation of the above site @Geocities.COM/AutoSuruguayos
Sites about 40-series Land Cruisers:

Restauration of an old FJ40: '62 FJ40 @ThereIsNoArizona.Dndns.ORG from Robert Furman (note the folding upper hatch!)
Nice 'zippy' rollbar design on BJ42, plus flip-up hood @Car4x4.COM
FJ45 pickup with Unimog axles from Rob Ruttledge @Buschtaxi.ORG
More pictures of this FJ45 pickup with Unimog axles @Buschtaxi.ORG
Another gallery with this portal-axled FJ45 pickup @CalgaryJeep.COM
Nice 'US-Army' 12" lifted FJ45 pickup @Cruiserland.COM
Tech drawing of FJ40 (1) @Geocities.CO.JP/MotorCity-Rally/9527
Tech drawing of FJ40 (2) @Geocities.CO.JP/MotorCity-Rally/9527
Tech drawing of FJ40 (3) @Geocities.CO.JP/MotorCity-Rally/9527
Resurrection of the J4-series in a modern dress, including an all-aluminium body, by Jonathan Warden/TLC @Icon4x4.COM
German review of the Icon Classic @ClassicDriver.COM

One of the earliest Toyota 4x4 trucks?: Toyota 4x4 in 1950 @Olive-Drab.COM
Military Cruisers:
Early military Cruisers @Olive-Drab.COM
A rebuild military Cruiser @TheNetLab.NET
Brian's Military Cruiser Page @Brian894x4.COM
Site for the Cruiser 70-series Wagon of the nineties: HZJ77 Wagon @Poporo.NE.JP
Cruiser talk in Spanish!: Spanish Land Cruiser Mailinglist @Illusionart.COM
Toyota RAV4/Funcruiser sites:
Windsor Toyota
Scott Cummings RAV4 Home Page
Ken Lee's RAV4 Home Page
RAV4 World
For the Toyota Land Cruiser FAQ, see:
TLC FAQ v1.1/4-November-'95 (html) @Off-Road.COM
TLC FAQ v2.0/15-March-'98 (plain text) @Off-Road.COM
TLC FAQ Mirror Site @Birfield.COM
Most recent TLC FAQ (v3.0) @Birfield.COM
USA/CA model codes @Off-Road.COM
About the history of Toyota Land Cruisers:
Model Hierarchy at Toyota Japan
Toyota Museum
Land Cruiser Overview in Russia
Cruiser history @Diebo-Teile.DE
Historic archives of Land Cruiser brochures & advertisings:
Historic Land Cruiser brochure/advertising archive by Mark DeWit
Modern Land Cruiser brochure/advertising archive
Land Cruiser brochures by Morgan Fletcher @Birfield.COM
Land Cruiser brochures by Morgan Fletcher @ThereIsNoArizona.dyndns.org:26000
Land Cruiser history, time-line & series-details, plus scenic pictures ('Adventure'), an online version(summary?) of the 50th Anniversary Book:
Land Cruiser history from online version of the 50th Anniversary Book @ TLC.Toyota-Europe.COM
Cruiser history chart @Birfield.COM/~Morgan (from '50 years anniversary' book)
Cruiser history chart @ToyotaLandCruiser.DK
Full page of the 50th Anniversary Book @ToyotaLandCruiser.DK
Swedish language version of the online 50th Anniversary Book @LChistory.Toyota.SE
ToyotaLandCRuisers.COM
Interactive Land Cruiser history site @Toyota.COM
Japanese history site @Homepage1.Nifty.COM
Cruiser history & engine data by Thomas Ulich @CC.Oulu.FI/~THU
Cruiser history, including interviews with the respective engineers of that time @Toyota.COM.KW
Offroad Driving FAQ's:
Mike Graham's Offroad Driving FAQ @Beeline.CA (I / old & defunct)
Mike Graham's Offroad Driving FAQ @OffRoaders.COM (II)
Water-crossing driving FAQ @4x4Magazine.COM
For a good start on Toyota Land Cruisers, and also one of the first Cruiser web-pages ever, see:
Ian Staines (probably defunct now)
Ian Staines TLC page, second home
For another TLC site, see: Mike Sveda's TLC page
For the homepage of the Toyota Land Cruiser Association, see: TLCA Homepage
Want to see the bulletproof base model Cruisers that Toyota USA & Europe refuse to import/sell, because they are too cheap?: Toyota Gibraltar Stockholdings LTD
Another listing of base-spec Land Cruisers, including a HDJ-100 with the old 12-valve 1HD-T and rear drum brakes!: Toyota-Africa.COM (-> 'news!' -> 'Africa Showroom' (bottom of page))
Another large Land Cruiser exporter, this time in northern Europe: Autocar International
A large export-company of used Japanese vehicles: Japanese Vehicles Ltd.
About the Japanese made improvement on the Humvee/Hummer, the Toyota Mega Cruiser, internal code BXD-20:
Gerald Luiz @ArcoMix.COM/Gerald
MegaCruiser @eBroadCast.COM.AU (previously @4wd.SofCom.COM)
Owens-Export.COM #1
Owens-Export.COM #2
Owens-Export.COM #3
SUV.COM
Offroad.COM (quicktime videos!)
Toyota.CO.JP
ToyotaOffroad.COM
GreatSouthEast.COM (rare 'at speed' shot)
MegaCruiser.COM
Online video fragments @MegaCruiser.COM
CrusherWorld.COM (including picture from dash!)
MegaCruiser video (format might not be recognized by your browser, simple save file and reopen) @Cruiserheads.ORG

Report on the MegaCruiser at AutoHaux Nix in Germany, @BuschTaxi.DE (German)
Babelfish translation of the above German report @BuschTaxi.DE into English
More pix around this story @BuschTaxi.DE
Several very interesting notes on the similarity of the geared-hub-assembly of the MegaCruiser vs the Toyota Dyna200-4wd & Coaster MiniBus-4wd @BuschTaxi.DE
More notes on the similarity between MegaCruiser hub-assembly and Dyna200-4wd & Coaster-4wd @Buschtaxi.ORG
The table that triggered this conclusion @Torsen.COM
For more info about Dyna-4wd & Coaster-4wd see even larger section of links further down (several pages)

A bunch more MegaCruiser pix collected @BuschTaxi.DE (including military versions!)

Japanese site with police version MegaCruiser, including interior details @KRWD.ORG/Kuro
Babelfish translation of the above police version MegaCruiser @KRWD.ORG/Kuro

Japanese military versions MegaCruiser @MilitaryRoom.Chips.JP
Babelfish translation of the above military versions MegaCruiser @MilitaryRoom.Chips.JP

Japanese military parade including softtop MegaCruiser @FMCM6.HP.InfoSeek.CO.JP/Album/BousaiKunren
Babelfish translation of the above military parade @FMCM6.HP.InfoSeek.CO.JP/Album/BousaiKunren
Break-down of serial-numbers over the years @ToyotaClub.RU (most likely only civil versions (no large batches!)
MegaCruiser exploded views in the online Electronics Parts Catalogue @Elcats.RU

German driving report on the MegaCruiser @VierMalVier.DE
Babelfish translation into English of the above German article @VierMalVier.DE

Military MegaCruiser @Strange-Mecha.COM (I)
Military MegaCruiser @Strange-Mecha.COM (II)
Military MegaCruiser @Strange-Mecha.COM (III)

Professional photographs of the military MegaCruiser @JDA.GO.JP (including high-res screen-saver formats)
Babelfish translation of the above military MegaCruiser page @JDA.GO.JP

Japanese generic military equipment site @Sphere.NE.JP
Babelfish translation into English from the above Japanese generic military site @Sphere.NE.JP

Chapter about the military MegaCruiser @Sphere.NE.JP
Babelfish translation into English from the above military MegaCruiser (HMV) pages @Sphere.NE.JP

One size smaller, a military Mitsubish 4x4....:)) @Sphere.NE.JP
Babelfish translation into English from the above military Mitsubishi 4x4 @Sphere.NE.JP

More details & pix about this military Mitsubishi 4x4 @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP
Babelfish translation into English from the above Mitsubishi 4x4 site @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP

Previous generation of Japanese military Mitsubishi 4x4 @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP
Babelfish translation into English of the above old Mitsubishi 4x4 site @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP

More details & pix about the military MegaCruiser @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP
Babelfish translation of this military MegaCruiser page @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP

More Japanese military pix, including MegaCruiser & Mitsubishi 4x4 (both old & new!) @IMPC-JP.NET
Babelfish translation into English of the above Japanese military gallery @IMPC-JP.NET

Main entrance to Japanese military ground forces @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP
Babelfish translation into English of the above Japanese site @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP

One more Toyota military vehicle, the P11 Radar-Carrier @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP
Babelfish translation of the above Toyota P11 Radar-carrier @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP

Softtop version of this Toyota military truck @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP
Babelfish translation of the above Toyota softtop version @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP

Ambulance version of this Toyota P11 @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP
Babelfish translation of the above Toyota ambulance version @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP

And the real hammer: the *military* version MegaCruiser is not even made by Toyota, but by Mitsubishi(!!); complete text-story @A1.NL

Air-defense SAM version military MegaCruiser @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP
Babelfish translation of the above SAM version @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP

Several military versions @MilitaryRoom.Chips.JP
Babelfish translation of the above page @MilitaryRoom.Chips.JP

Grey civil MegaCruiser @Sorceress.Raindrop.JP/Siryou (I)
Grey civil MegaCruiser @Sorceress.Raindrop.JP/Siryou (II)

Another page with data & picture of the lightweight military Mitsubishi @Geocities.CO.JP/HeartLand-Sumire
Babelfish translation of the above military Mitsubishi page @Geocities.CO.JP/HeartLand-Sumire
Visual Proof that the military MegaCruiser also has 4ws (4 Wheel-Steering)! @Msada.Zero-Yen.COM
Nice rear view of military MegaCruiser @Msada.Zero-Yen.COM
Rear hydraulic supports of military MegaCruiser @Msada.Zero-Yen.COM
MegaCruiser hanging under helicopter @Msada.Zero-Yen.COM

Data & pictures of the military MegaCruiser (here again claimed to be made by Toyota Motor Corporation!) @Geocities.CO.JP/HeartLand-Sumirex
Babelfish translation of the above site @Geocities.CO.JP/HeartLand-Sumirex

Military MegaCruiser @Homepage2.Nifty.COM/Yoyotoru
Babelfish translation of the above site @Homepage2.Nifty.COM/Yoyotoru

Interior pictures from military MegaCruiser @Geocities.CO.JP/HeartLand-Sumirex
Babelfish translation of the above site @Geocities.CO.JP/HeartLand-Sumirex

Text & pictures from military MegaCruiser @Msada.Zero-Yen.COM
Babelfish translation of the above site @Msada.Zero-Yen.COM

Rear hydraulic supports of military MegaCruiser @Msada.Zero-Yen.COM
Babelfish translation of the above page @Msada.Zero-Yen.COM

Some more detailed (interior!) pix of military MegaCruiser @WWW6.Tok2.COM/Home2/Tankguy
Type93 SAM-launcher military MegaCruiser @WWW6.Tok2.COM/Home2/Tankguy
One more picture proving the 4Wheel-Steering concept on the military MegaCruiser @WWW56.Tok2.COM/Home/Pekepoppo
White UN-version of military MegaCruiser @WWW56.Tok2.COM/Home/Pekepoppo
Black MegaCruiser sold to Holland @Monkys.JP
MegaCruiser Forum (both French & English!) @MegaCruiser.COM
Exact year/month of production, for both MegaCruiser and Coaster-4wd @Toyota.CO.JP
Military MegaCruisers @WWW15.TOK2.COM/Home/lttom
Missile version MegaCruiser @WWW15.TOK2.COM/Home/lttom
Japanese car trade platform @TradeCarView.COM
15B-FTE engine mounted in J4 & J6 @Forum.IH8mud.COM
Above thread, pointing at different 15B/15B-T/15B-FTE and even 15BFP LPG-version! @Forum.IH8.COM
14B in FJ55! @Forum.IH8mud.COM
13B-T & 14B-T engines @Forum.IH8mud.COM (from 3.4 to 3.7 to 4.1L on the 15B-T only by increasing stroke)
14B into BJ73(Portugal/VM-engine) @Forum.IH8mud.COM
Picture of 15B-FTE in J6 (plus secondary rear airco unit!....:)) @ImageShack.US
Notes on the BB55 (100 units ever made?) & BB58 (1000 units ever made?), neither with low-range @Exploroz.COM
Manuals @Forum.IH8mud.COM

What happens if you want the reliability of Toyota, with the looks of a Hummer: Hummer body on Land Cruiser drivetrain/running-gear @RhinoBuggies.COM.AU
For the site of worlds largest TLC dealer (30.000 sqm stock): Specter Offroad
Another large one: MAN-A-FRE
A shop restoring lots of TLC's: Cool Cruisers of Texas
A lovely exotic collection of Cruiser pictures (including 6x6 conversions!) & old documentation: Morgan Fletcher's Cruiser Site/Gallery
4x4 not enough? Land Cruiser not enough? Then this might be your solution!:
6x6 Land Cruisers @6x6Australia.COM.AU (450mm axle travel) (old/defunct)
Brief mirror-host @4wdOnline.COM
Same mirror-host @eBroadcast.COM.AU
Different mirror-host @4wdWorld.COM.AU
Copy of 6x6Australia.COM.AU @Web.Archive.ORG
Archived copy of the product description, including sealed disc-brakes(!) and the viscous connection between 2nd and 3rd axle @Web.Archive.ORG
Some notes on the Cruiser 6x6 in relation to the military Land Rover 6x6 (Perenty) @ExploreOz.COM
J75 CrewCab 6x6 & other conversions from Polan's Truck Refinishers PTY LTD @4wdWorld.COM.AU
Description of the 6x6-system used by 6x6Australia @ABC.NET.AU
Interesting comments @BuschTaxi.DE (German, including copy of an article from the German Offroad magazine #7/1990, about the amazing non-tandem 6x6 from Frank Parson, with 50cm wheel/axle travel!)
Another Australian 6x6 manufacturer, part of the Kinetic conglomerate (including CITS (=CTIS?)) @MultiDrive.COM.AU (only 210mm total wheel/axle travel!)
More data on the MultiDrive Land Cruiser 6x6, including 2 drawings @VarleyGroup.COM (old/defunct)
Copy of the above page @WebArchive.ORG
Nissan Multidrive 6x6 @Patrol4x4.COM
The first-ever 6wd Land Cruiser in Australia was made by Amesz Design Pty Ltd @Amesz.COM.AU
J7 6x6 MooreEngineering @YouTube.COM
MooreEngineering @MooreEngineering.COM
J7 6x6 MooreEngineering @MooreEngineering.COM
HiLux 6x6 by ArcticTrucks @YouTube.COM
HZJ79 6x6 with leaf-sprung bogie-tandem @Forum.IH8mud.COM
More Cruiser conversions:
CrewCab J7 & tray-back J10, wheelbase stretched up to 40cm (and even a 6x4/lazy-axle model!) @CreativeConversions.COM.AU
80cm stretched HDJ-100 Camper conversion @Oko.WohnMobile.DE
RWVconversions.COM (crewcab J6/J7/J8/J10 (and in the past they did about 150 J4 Crewcab conversions!))
80-series pickup/tray-back/ute conversions @OuterLimits4x4.COM (I)
80-series pickup/tray-back/ute conversions @OuterLimits4x4.COM (II)
Meano Conversions South-Africa @MeanoConversions.CO.ZA

Site devoted to the Land Cruiser 75-series:
Jan Schille's 75-Series Site
BuschTaxi.DE (German)
VierMalVier.DE (German)
The-Heavy-Duty.NET (German, including a 75 transformed in a towing vehicle!)
75-series DIY print-out paper-model! @The-Heavy-Duty.NET
Dominique Stoesser's HZJ-79 Safari long-body 4-door stationwagon @Kavandje.Cruiserpages.COM
HDJ-78/79 in Australia (factory direct injected turbo diesel, 1HD-FTE (without intercooler)) @WinToy.COM.AU
Engine spec's of Australian HDJ-78/79 with 1HD-FTE (showing the detuned nature of this engine, 380Nm, but at 1400rpm! (the last Cruiser that had such a low torque peak was the second generation Brasilian Bandeirante, with 14B engine!)) @WinToy.COM.AU
HDJ-78/79 @LC78.Toyota.COM.AU
My own notes on this engine
HZJ-78 camper on 9.00x16 Michelin XZL
The ultimate traction tire on a J7, yet still getting stuck @ToyotaLandCruiser.DK
Extra side door on J75/78, and dual-cab/crew-cab 6x4 & 6x6 conversions by @4wdworld.COM.AU
Coil spring conversion for J7 @DreamTeamCar.FR
J79 *factory* crewcab high-roof version! @Forum.BuschTaxi.ORG
Rear-body-extended HZJ76 @Forum.BuschTaxi.ORG
Euro-5 homologation for J7 @Forum.BuschTaxi.ORG
Ad-Blue Euro-5 homologation for J7 from JYC/Canada @Forum.BuschTaxi.ORG
European sales-partner for Euro-5 J7's @SK-Handels-AG.DE
Actual manufacturer/distributor of this Pirelli(?) emission system/concept @FeelPure.DE
Another source of Land Cruiser compatible engines (like 14B, 13B and nowadays 1HZ): Toyota Coaster/Bus HZB30 @Coaster.Toyota.COM.AU
Interesting sites & galleries about 45-series Land-Cruisers:
Danish FJ45 Camper (with twin-tire/single-pivot carrier!) from Michael Nielsen @
Danish FJ45 Camper II @UK.Michulla.DK
Lots of series-specific TLC links: Trey's TLC Links
A nice Japanese TLC site: Shu Iwakata
Another Japanese TLC site: Bekkoame
Want to check every known problem for a specific type of Cruiser?" Japanese Cruiser Problem Library
Toyota in South Africa:
Toyota SA
Toyota SA II
Heaps of Toyota related links, dealers, accessories etc: Daryl's Toyota Web Links
TLC Diesel specialists down under: Berrima Diesel Web Page
More Land Cruiser Diesel info:
Ian Bragg's Diesel Site
German diesel inspection service for 10 euro/injector @Offroad-Forum.DE
About BigFoot Land Cruisers on Iceland:
Runar Sigurjonsson (HDJ-80 SAR-vehicle)
40-series (rare picture, never seen this model as BigFoot before!)
HDJ-100 (I) [even though title/text suggest it's an 80!]
HDJ-100 (II)
Ever seen a 60-series with a max weight of nearly 2 tonnes (2000kg!) over stock maximum weight? (yes, that's 4.5 tonnes!): FJ-60 World Record Tour
About one of Japan's largest Land Cruiser clubs:
Mt Fuji Cruiser Club Site
Mt Fuji Cruiser Fest pictures
About that unique one-off FJ45LV/UZJ100 Wagon, custom-made by Rod Millen, ordered by Toyota USA for the 50th anniversary celebration:
Petra&Sven's Cruiser Site
Woytovich's Cruiser Site (Gallery One)
Popular Mechanics Report
AutoWorld's Report
Toyota's Pressroom Story
Interiorshot @Birfield.COM/~Morgan
RodMillen.COM
Something similar, J4 bodies on J8 drivetrain:
HDJ44@Picasaweb.Google.COM
A new concept Cruiser from Toyota, based on the FJ40:
FJ40 Concept Cruiser @LSLC.ORG
FJ40 Concept Cruiser @Motorcities.COM
FJ40 Concept Cruiser @RockCrawler.COM
Utopia in Cruiser rust-prevention: HJ60 with all-aluminium body, made by NewCruiser! @NewCruiser.CA
Officially recommended item to tow behind a Land Cruiser: OEM Toyota trailer! @Birfield.COM
A lovely overview of foreign (to the USA), exotic & military Cruisers: Foreign Cruisers @Brian894x4.COM
Did you know Toyota supplied Land Cruisers with 2 different safety belt mechanisms, one of them not locking up at standstill?: Safety belt differences with UN-spec Land Cruisers, brown versus grey (only locking when driving versus also at standstill!) @Forum.BuschTaxi.ORG
A FAQ about Toyota's smallest 4x4: RAV4 FAQ @ZipLink.NET
A huge site about 4Runners & more: Chris Geiger @Off-Road.COM
For the Godfather of all 4x4 sites, see: Dean Waters 4x4 page @Off-Road.COM
A direct overview of several hundreds(!) of other 4x4 sites: Heaps of Links @Off-Road.COM
Another general site, with online reports (Camel Trophy etc), and some commercial links: 4x4 4U Video Magazine @4x44u.COM
Searching the archives of the Offroad Mailinglist: Offroad Mailinglist archives @Tiffany.Indirect.COM
A European 4x4/car site: Auto-Option @Auto-Option.CO.UK
About worlds most famous rally:

Dakar.COM
French Paris Dakar WWW Site
Toyota & Dakar
Araco & Dakar
Team Kruisselt/TerHorst in a HDJ-100 (2002)
Parijs-Dakar.NL (including a Honda powered buggy & a Jaguar XJ with Range Rover frame/drivetrain)
VW Touareg in Dakar (Tarek 2wd buggy in 2003)
Volvo V70XC in Dakar 2003 (portal axles!) @v70xc.COM
Volvo V70XC in Dakar 2003 (II) @V70XC.COM
Volvo III in Dakar 2003 @Dakar2003.NU
Video of V70XC test-session in Morocco, june 2003 @Feddet.DK (18MB)
Volvo V70XC in Dakar 2004(!) @VolvoOffroadKlub.DK
Guestbook around the Volvo V70XC in Dakar @Dakar2004.NU
Volvo V70XC in Dakar 2004 @Dakar2004.NU
Volvo in Dakar 2005 @InventorDakar.COM
BMW X5 from X-Raid
Team DeRooy (DAF heavy truck)
Team Kamaz Master (Kamaz heavy truck)
Team Kamaz Master II
Team Sugawara (Hino heavy truck)
Team Loprais (Tatra heavy truck)
GinafRallyPower.COM
Hans Bekx Teamsport (Ginaf-Daf)
Eric Verhoef (KTM)
A-D Sport with K. Wouters and A. van Ierschot in a Ginaf
Hutten Rally Team (Kia) Bob ten Harkel en Herman Hutten
Marcel van Vliet en Marc Wams (Toyota)
Bertus Schoonebeek
Team Vaanholt-Leyds (Bowler)
Team Tomas Tomecek (Tatra)
Team Petrobras Lubrax (Tatra)
Team Martin Macik (Liaz)
Hino (Toyota heavy trucks) & Dakar (not frequently updated)
Buy yourself a Dakar-ticket for 99k euro @Rallye-Raid-Concept.COM
Which TV-/Satellite-Channel to choose for the most Dakar footage! @Dakar.COM
Ginaf Team with 18.0L inline-6 950hp/3260Nm (2397ft-lbs) engine @TravelManiacs.NL
All details about the above Ginaf truck @CatRallyPower.COM
Mercedes Gelaendewagen @G300.NET
Italian Scam @G300.NET
Dakar history 1979-1985 @DakarDantan.COM

Tons of Cruiser images worldwide, plus factory literature:
Henry Cubillan's Amazing Cruiser Album
More old factory Cruiser literature @IT.Geocities.COM/EpoqueClub
Servicing the hubs on your Land Cruiser (officially needed after every water crossing!): Repacking Cruiser Hubs
Lots of Toyota Land Cruiser links:
Toyota Land Cruisers Assocation
ToyotaLinks.Com
IH8MUD
Erich Bibelheimer
How to determine the age of your Land Cruiser frame and engine by its serial number (40/45/55): TLC Frame & Engine identification
Pictures of a lovely range of open-top Land Cruiser FJ55's, a Cummins-powered 55, and a massive single-sided, full-width, rearbumper-mounted tire/cargo-carrier for several other Cruisers: 4x4Labs.Com
Your entire Cruiser has been eaten away by rust?....forget about replacing it with steel!: Gozzard Glassfiber 40-series body & 60-series rear door
Ever seen a TLC 75 Crew Cab?: Buffalo Camper conversions
Crewcab Land Cruisers and other extended J45/J75's, from days past and present:

FJ45 CrewCab @eBroadCast.COM.AU (previously @4wd.SofCom.COM)
Bandeirante 2-door CrewCab @eBroadCast.COM.AU
FJ45 Crewcab's based on the Brasilian Bandeirante @ TLC4x4.COM
Slide show of the above two FJ45 Crewcab's @TLC4x4.COM
FJ45 Crewcab @ Andre Shoumatoff
J75 Crewcab @Buschtaxi.DE (I)
J75 Crewcab @Buschtaxi.DE (II)
J75 Crewcab @Buschtaxi.DE (III)
J75 Crewcab @Buschtaxi.DE (IV)
J45 Crewcab @Birfield.COM (on the bottom, beige/tan color)
J45 CrewCab @Diebo-Teile.DE (I)
J45 CrewCab @Diebo-Teile.DE (II)
CrewCab/bobbed UZJ-100 in Moab @The-Shed.NET (I)
CrewCab/bobbed UZJ-100 in Moab @The-Shed.NET (II)
More about this UZJ-100 CrewCab, including pictures @Forum.IH8Mud.COM
CrewCab J7 & tray-back J10 @CreativeConversions.COM.AU (old/defunct?)
Photopage of the above site @CreativeConversions.COM.AU
Archive-copy of the above site @
Bandeirante 2-door crewcab converted to 4-door @Toyoteiros.COM.BR
J7 CrewCab in South-Africa @Home.ComCast.NET/~DTay
Review article of South-African J7 CrewCab @4xForum.CO.ZA
Stretched J40's in Pakistan, as bushtaxi @Pirate4x4.COM
Several more incarnations of J7 crew-cabs @Forum.IH8mud.COM
J7 crew cab with extended body/bed (not frame) @Forum.IH8mud.COM

More Bandeirantes, the J4-clone entirely made by Toyoda do Brasil:

Toyoteiros.COM.BR
Main photo galleries @Toyoteiros.COM.BR
Armoured HDJ100's in the Danish army, for military duty in Afghanistan @ArmyVehicles.DK (winter 2004/2005)
HDJ100 specification @ArmyVehicles.DK
How to prepare against rolling your Cruiser: Toyota Internal Safety Cages/Rollbars
To go beyond where Cruisers can go: Toyota Airplane
Very interesting axle modification for 80-series Land Cruiser, plus lots of Aussie links in their links section: Axle-twisting 80-series @ OffRoadRigs.Com
What do you get when you combine the widest Cruiser with the widest pictures? Panorama photographer in a huge Cruiser on Iceland! @Arctic-Images.COM
Always got stuck on the choice between a side-step and a rock-slider?: Rock-sliders with removable steps on 80-series
Nice German shop/site, dedicated to Land Cruisers, also including the waterproof Goodwinch (also retro-fittable to other brands!): Power-Trax.DE (Germany)
Did you know that Mercedes cars were once assembled by Toyota?: Toyota-assembled Mercedes vehicles!
Cruiser site with a lot of Cruiser ad's: CrusherWorld
Put your sunglasses on, and click for this dazzling Cruiser: Purple/yellow FJ40
German Toyota Museum, including a 'frozen' workshop of that time, and a firefighter FJ55 ('Panorama Showroom2', in the shadow):
Auto Pichert's Toyota Museum @Auto-Pichert.DE
German TV-docu about this Toyota Museum from Auto Pichert @Redirect.Streaming.SZM.DE (RealMedia streaming)
Story on Auto-Pichert's Toyota Museum @Celica-Supra.Team.CH
Picture of the museum's firefighter FJ55 @Celica-Surpra.Team.CH
Toyota Oldtimer Meeting/Treffen 2004 (17 july) @Auto-Pichert.DE (.PDF document)
Very nifty suspension components for 80- and 100-series coilsprung Land Cruisers: Outback Suspension Components @SleeOffroad
A similar nifty design for leaf sprung Land Cruisers:
Orbit-Eye spring-eye joint @AOR4x4.COM (old/defunct)
Orbit-Eye @AlcanSpring.COM
Similar product Baja-Bushing @DeaverSpring.COM
Some notes on wear/maintenance for this eye concept @Race-Dezert.COM
Amazing video with turbo'ed FZJ-80 driving on a trail section, full of rocks & tree logs:
Whiplash on purpose in a turbo'ed FZJ-80 @Home.Attbi.COM (old/defunct) (ex-Darren McRae!)
Whiplash on purpose in a turbo'ed FZJ-80 (new/functioning)
More amazing video's about Cruisers & others @YourLandCruiser.COM
Why use tires on your Cruiser when you can mount tracks?:
UZJ-100 on MatTrack's, in a Gulf-state desert, @Gecko-Multimedia.COM
Tracks on a FZJ-80 snow taxi by Drexx Laggui @Pbase.COM/Drexx
Manufacturer @ Mattrack.COM
Similar concept on ATV's (Quad's), @ LiteFootATV.COM
FJ40 on MatTracks, during WinterFunFest 2003, by Cal4Wheel, in Grass Valley/CA @Homepage.MAC.COM/AlvaRob
One more shot of this MatTrack'ed FJ40 @Pirate4x4.COM
Mattrack discussion & Cruiser samples @BuschTaxi.ORG
Modern Cruiser samples + instruction-sheet @NLCK.Toyota.NO
Delta Crawlers from Japan @Ramadbk.COM
Tracks at North-West-Co @N-West.COM
More tracks from North-West-Co @Homepages3.Nifty.COM/N-West
JT-Mobilis.RU
French site with extensive info about 80-series: My80isFantastic.FR.ST
Were you also told you would never get your hands on the original Toyota Electronic Parts Catalog? Wrong!:
Toyota Electronic Parts Catalog (EPC) for download! @YankeeToys.ORG
Instructions how to install the Toyota EPC on your computer @Geocities.COM
A similar product, scanned from original microfiches: Commercial offer for more specific parts catalogs (PDF scans from microfiche) @IgnotumInc.COM
French site with parts-catalog and repair-manual for several diesel Cruisers in JPEG & PDF format:
LJ70, BJ42/46, BJ71/73 and HJ61 parts-catalog & repair-manual/Adherence4x4 @Membres.Lycos.FR
Same French site, different page-entrance @Membres.Lycos.FR/Adherence4x4
And another entrance to the same above pages @Membres.Lycos.FR/Adherence4x4
New French site, same content @Perso.Wanadoo.FR/Adherence.4x4
Complete original Toyota repair manuals downloadable in Acrobat/.PDF format!:
Cruiser repair manuals (I) @Birfield.COM (old/defunct)
Cruiser repair manuals (II) @Birfield.COM (new)
Parts catalogs:
Cruiser parts microfiche's 1969-1980 @ThereIsNoArizona.Dyndns.ORG
Index to these microfiches @ThereIsNoArizona.Dyndns.ORG
A summary of the most common service parts for Land Cruisers: Cruiser 'Fast-Mover parts catalog' @JeffZepp.CruiserPages.COM
Toyota Electronic Parts Catalog (EPC) online in Russia!:
Online-EPC @Elcats.RU (Russian)
Babelfish English translation of the entrance page @Elcats.RU
Babelfish French translation of the entrance page @Elcats.RU (note that a direkt Russian->French option does not exist at Babelfish!
Babelfish German translation of the entrance page @Elcats.RU (note that a direkt Russian->German option does not exist at Babelfish!
Babelfish Spanish translation of the entrance page @Elcats.RU (note that a direkt Russian->Spanish option does not exist at Babelfish!
Babelfish Chinese translation of the entrance page @Elcats.RU (note that a direkt Russian->Chinese option does not exist at Babelfish!
Babelfish Italian translation of the entrance page @Elcats.RU (note that a direkt Russian->Italian option does not exist at Babelfish!
Babelfish Japanese translation of the entrance page @Elcats.RU (note that a direkt Russian->Japanese option does not exist at Babelfish!
Babelfish Korean translation of the entrance page @Elcats.RU (note that a direkt Russian->Korean option does not exist at Babelfish!
Babelfish Portugese translation of the entrance page @Elcats.RU (note that a direkt Russian->Portugese option does not exist at Babelfish!
More .TIFF & .PDF manuals: TLC B/IIB/3B/13B-T repair manual (English/1994) and TLC J4 & J6 owners manual (French/1981) @IT.Geocities.COM/LandCruiserit
Manual about the axle that is mounted under the Venezuelan FJ60 Land Cruiser: D60 Dana axle maintenance manual @ColoradoK5.COM
Other online (scanned) owners- & repair-manuals:
Spanish online microfiches about the BJ42 with B & 3B diesel engine @Members.FortuneCity.ES/Galilei9
French 80-series owners manual & body&frame repair catalog (.TIFF) plus 1HD-T @My80isFantastic.Free.FR (not complete anymore)
Additional & current URL for the above 80-series repair manual, now as ZIP-file @LandCruiser.Free.FR
1993 Toyota Pickup Service Manual @Personal.Utulsa.EDU/~Nathan-Buchanan
Exploded views for Toyota, Suzuki & Daihatsu @AsaTraction4x4.CL
Those elusive Special Service Tools (SST's):
Overview of Toyota SST's (PDF) @Toyota.SPX.COM
Selection menu for Toyota SST's (HTML) @Toyota.SPX.COM
Several articles in addition to the official repair manuals, for various brands/models, including Toyota:
Supplemental repair-articles @AutoShop101.COM
Interesting starter-diagnostic document @AutoShop101.COM
Finally Toyota joins the online crowd too: OEM Toyota manuals online @TechDoc.Toyota-Europe.COM (payware, but not only 2400 euro pro year, hence just 16 euro pro day!)
How to analyse the vehicle identification (VIN) number on your Toyota, including year-by-year & month-by-month production numbers!:
Framenumber/time-table @Toyota.MCN.RU
Input-form @Toyota.MCN.RU
A similar input form @ToyotaClub.RU/VIN
Or this long listing of all Toyota models with their respective break-down of VIN/year/month @ToyotaClub.RU
Parts/Price catalogue for several brands of vehicles & accessories, including Toyota & Webasto @Exist.RU
Babelfish translation of the bove parts/price catalog site @Exist.RU
VIN-decoder @4crawler.COM
VIN-checker @AutoBaza.PL
VIN-checker @FramNo.Narod.RU
Europe-related VIN-numbers @BuschTaxi.DE (watch the numerical difference between FJ55 & FJ56!)
An overview of Toyota engines, past & present, gasoline, diesel and even racing versions, including : Toyota engine codes @GeoCities.COM
USA statistics: Number of Land Cruisers imported to the USA, '73-'97 @Store.Yahoo.COM/CoolFJ40
Nice trick to avoid loosing the gastank- cap & radiator-cap on your Cruiser: Attach gas-tank cap & radiator cap to your vehicle
Girrrrrl-power in a Cruiser!: Clothing for Cruiser Chicks!....:))
About the annual International Land Cruiser Meeting in Karenz, Germany: LandCruiser-Meeting.NET
Alternative gearing options & crawler box upgrades for Land Cruisers....from overdrive to low-low to super-low gear!:
Gearmaster T-case over-/underdrives & Cruiser Crawler additional gear-splitters, plus several other upgrades for transmission & drivetrain @Marks4wd.COM
Direct link to Gearmaster replacement T-case gears (0.92/2.81 & 1.08/3.05) @Marks4wd.COM
Direct link to Cruiser-Crawler add-on gears with 3.05 & 6.16 total low range ratio @Marks4wd.COM
Direct link to Gearmaster add-on overdrive-only (0.77) @Marks4wd.COM
Orion low gear T-case announcement @AdvanceAdapters.COM
Cruiser Crawler Rock box @AdvanceAdapters.COM
More about the Orion non-split low-gear T-case replacement
Low gears, crawler boxes & other drivetrain upgrades @MarlinCrawler.COM
My own collection of mailinglist reports & discussion about the above gearing options
Notes from Slee Offroad on a 120:1 crawler in FZJ-80 @Forum.IH8mud.COM
More notes & pix @SleeOffroad.COM
Look what happens if you let customers wait too long for the new Orion crawler box @Pirate4x4.COM (& they get creative with PhotoShop....:))
How to mate a GM 6.2/6.5L diesel to a NV4500 transmission: GM 6.2/6.5L TD & NV4500 transmission @High-Impact.NET
How to cure the clunk in your J6/J8 transfer-case when the input-shaft splines are worn:
Discussion about worn splines @Pirate4x4.COM
McNamara extended-spline input-gear @AllProducts.COM
Stronger (and greaseable!) alternatives for the Birfield (front-axle joint) in your Cruiser:
Longfield @ToyotaSuperAxles.COM
Marfield @MarlinCrawler.COM
My own collection of mailinglist reports & discussion about Birfield/Marfield/Longfield
D60 joint & hub (from a Ford F-450) attached to a Land Cruiser axle/diff
Current status of the Longfield @Pirate4x4.COM (sounds bad at first, but read it through till page 3!)
LongFieldSuperAxles.COM
Smurfield @Members.Shaw.CA/Smurfield
Greaseable Birfield for J7-series @GearingDynamics.COM
About servicing the steering knuckles & birfields on your Cruiser:
My own collection of information/list-mail
Knuckle service @Birfield.COM/~morgan
Knuckle service @80sCool
Knuckle service @Geocities.COM/George_TLC
Knuckle service @SOR.COM
Knuckle service @Membres.Lycos.FR/adherence4x4
Greaseable Birfield for J7-series @GearingDynamics.COM
Greaseable split-rubber boot/cover for your J7-series steering knuckle! @GearingDynamics.COM
A cheap trick to get rid of the clumsy C-clip retainer on the Birfield inner axle: The Marlin Tack @Off-Road.COM
Other cheap tricks for Cruisers on the above site: More cheap Cruiser tricks @Off-Road-COM
Where to find full-floating rear axles for several models/generations Land Cruiser:
Full-Floating axles @Man-A-Fre.COM
Tutorial on FF vs SF's @Off-RoadWeb.COM
Tutorial on FF vs SF's @CS.ODU.EDU/Chris
How to grease the rear wheel bearings on a full-floater: Rear full-floater maintenance @IluvRocks.COM
German discussion about the Mercedes Gelaendewagen versus Land Cruiser....don't read this if you own a G-wagen!....:))
G-Wagen trashed (I)
G-Wagen trashed (II)
Cruisers & Toyota's modified into trail-dedicated rigs, beyond recognition:
4-Runner revisited @OffRoadSolutions.COM
FZJ-80 revisited @SleeOffRoad.COM
The HZJ-78, HZJ-79 and HZJ-105 have been brought back to life for Europe in 2003!:
German supplier @Extrem-Mobil.DE (Fahrzeuge/Toyota)
German supplier @LandCruiser-Toyota.DE
French supplier @SealandSafari.COM
Dutch supplier @All-American.NL
Austrian supplier @HR-OffRoad.AT
Better headlights for your J7 and J4 Land Cruiser? (similar to the Hella FF (Freie-Fl�chen) concept)):
Computer-calculated reflectors for J7 & J4 @LandCruiser-Toyota.DE
Computer-calculated reflectors for J7 & J4 @All-American.NL
You hate that creaking noise of the backdoor on your J7 Land Cruiser? Grease nipple on J7 rear door hinge @LandCruiser-Toyota.DE
Ever wondered what kind of stock steel rims were available from Toyota? Current range of steel rims @LandCruiser-Toyota.DE
Magazine about Land Cruisers, in French and Italian: TLC-Magazine.COM
Interesting upgrades for automatic transmissions, including the A440/A442F 4sp that comes in '85-91/'92-02 Land Cruisers:
A442F Extreme Transmission @AutomaticTransmission.COM.AU
Questions&Answers @AutomaticTransmission.COM.AU
Stage II Shift Kit for A442F @AutomaticTransmission.COM.AU
Full Manual conversion of the US-made 4L80E 4 Speed @AutomaticTransmission.COM.AU
New Extreme A440F 4 Speed Toyota Land Cruiser Valve Body @AutomaticTransmission.COM.AU
Automatic Transmission Temperature Gauge Kit @AutomaticTransmission.COM.AU
Manual Control Lock-Up Unit For Nissan Patrol & 80/100 Series Land Cruisers @AutomaticTransmission.COM.AU
Manual control (aka TipTronic) for the A340E/A341E/A342E transmission that comes with the 1UZ-FE (4.7L V8 UZJ-100 and some other high-end Lexus & Toyota Crown models), created by K_Dog @Lextreme.COM
A340E/A341E/A342E TipTronic conversion FAQ by K_Dog @Users.Bigpond.COM
AutoCrawler, manual shift mode for your US-made TH700-R4 transmission, plus the AccuSump oil pressure accumulator @4WheelOffroad.COM
Update on the above AutoCrawler @4WheelOffroad.COM
Why choosing the TH700-R4? (more or less limited to US-related V8 conversions btw) @4WheelOffroad.COM
Discussing 'manual valving', including the AutoCrawler @Forum.IH8mud.COM
A few interesting notes on dynamometer-readings with high-stall torque-converters @Converter.COM
The AccuSump oil pressure accumulator, for steep hills & even push starting! @AccuSump.COM
Why you don't want Independant Front Suspension on a Cruiser Ramp-articulation differences between FZJ-105/stock, HZJ-105/OME & HDJ-100/stock+OME @Users.Bigpond.COM/G.Goulden
How to get rid of windup in your parttime-4wd drivetrain?: Autolocking center-diff upgrade for parttime4wd J7 Cruisers! @GearingDynamics.COM
Ever wondered about the subtle differences of the smaller differentials in Toyota Hilux/Tacoma/etc? 7.5"/8" Toyota diff's explained @Home.4x4Wire.COM/Erik
(also a nice bunch of Toyota links here )
Nice range of Australian-made Poly-Urethane (PU) bushings for various vehicles, including Toyota's (and best of all: in more than one grade/density/stiffness, even for an FJ55!):
Dutch distributor of SuperPro PU bushings (with nice online overview) @ES-International.NL
Manufacturer @SuperPro.COM.AU (only has large .pdf catalogue online!)
Article from 4-Wheel & Off-Road magazine about Cruiser T-cases: Earlier T-cases explained & analyzed @Kinzers.COM/Don
Exhaust extractors (headers) for diesels, including Cruisers (mainly non-turbo):
Pacemaker Headers @SpeedShop.COM.AU
Pacemaker Headers @Pacemaker.COM.AU
Genie Extractors @GenieTurbo.COM.AU
US/CA distributor of Genie Extractors @Marcor-Genie.COM
European distributor for Pacemaker/Genie @All-American.NL
How to overcome the wandering steering of your Land Cruiser with only 2 pennies: 2-penny fix for sloppy steering systems @TLCA.ORG
Want the exact same tire on your Cruiser that came stock around 1977? Yes you can!
Dunlop Roadtrak Major (RTM), 7.00x16 (in Japan also available as 7.50x16) @Ecom.Toyota-Gib.COM
Direct link to larger picture of this Dunlop Roadtrak Major @Toyota-Gib.COM
Dunlop Roadtrak Major (RTM) @Dunlop.CO.JP (-> pulldown menu 'Light Trucks')
Sources for rebuild Land Cruiser diesel engines in Europe:
MotorenKoeln.DE Germany (note that 2H, 12H-T, 1HD-T and 1HD-FTE each differ only 500 euro from eachother!
BolsMotor.NL Holland
MotorenSuche.COM (Germany)
You thought Toyota made only cars, and no boats? Wrong!....:)) EpicMarine.COM
About two interesting larger brothers of the Land Cruiser, the Toyota Dyna-4wd and Toyota Coaster-4wd:
Thread about the similarity between MegaCruiser portal-hub-assembly and Coaster-4wd (BB55/'95-97; BB58/'99- ) even a similar Dyna200-4wd (BU-297/'95-97) seems to exist! @BuschTaxi.DE (German)
The relevant range of Coaster models @Elcats.RU
Exploded view of the geared-hub assembly (front+rear) from the Coaster-4wd (BB55-ZRPNU/'95-97) in the online-ElectronicsPartsCatalog @Elcats.RU (Russian)!
Exploded view of the geared-hub assembly (front+rear) from the Coaster-4wd (BB55-ZRPMU/'95-97) in the online-ElectronicsPartsCatalog @Elcats.RU (Russian)!
Exploded view of the geared-hub assembly (front only!, rear solid leafsprung axle) from the current Coaster-4wd (BB58-ZRPMU/'97-99) in the online-ElectronicsPartsCatalog @Elcats.RU (Russian)!
Exploded view of the geared-hub assembly (front only!, rear solid leafsprung axle) from the current Coaster-4wd (BB58-ZRPDU/'97-99) in the online-ElectronicsPartsCatalog @Elcats.RU (Russian)!
Exploded view of the geared-hub assembly (front only!, rear solid leafsprung axle) from the current Coaster-4wd (BB58-ZRPDZ/'99- ) in the online-ElectronicsPartsCatalog @Elcats.RU (Russian)!
Exploded view of the geared-hub assembly (front only!, rear solid leafsprung axle) from the current Coaster-4wd (BB58-ZRPNZ/'99- ) in the online-ElectronicsPartsCatalog @Elcats.RU (Russian)!

'Ordinary' Dyna-4wd Camper @Hiranaka.CO.JP
Babelfish translation of this Dyna-4wd Camper page @Hiranaka.CO.JP

Coaster-4wd @Rimanit.CO.JP
Babelfish translation of this Coaster-4wd page @Rimanit.CO.JP (note the 'fulltime-4wd' remark, congruent with MegaCruiser theory!)

Another Coaster-4wd, with nice interior shots @Towa-Motors.COM
Babelfish translation of this Coaster-4wd page @Towa-Motors.COM

Okay, no 4wd, not even Toyota, but a too fun minibus to leave out....:)) @Towa-Motors.COM
Babelfish translation of this Mitsubishi minibus fun page @Towa-Motors.COM

Original note about the Coaster-4wd in the Japanese CCV-magazine volume 28 @Valley.NE.JP/~EmiSusawa
Babelfish translation of this Coaster-4wd comment in the Japanese CCV-magazine volume 28 @Valley.NE.JP/~EmiSusawa

Exploded view of the electrical actuator between high- and low-range in the Coaster-4wd @Elcats.RU

Aftermarket conversion of Coaster 2wd to 4wd by OutOfTown @4wdWorld.COM.AU

Finally, a picture of the elusive Dyna 200 4wd with portal axles! (BU297-PKPLW3) @Tkudanesya.FC2web.COM/Arubamu3.htm
Babelfish translation of this Dyna200-4wd @Tkudanesya.FC2web.COM/Arubamu3.htm

The BU297-PKPLW3 listed in the online parts catalog @Elcats.RU (look down the list for the red 'Automat' entry)
Final proof, exploded views of the front & rear hub-assembly listed @Elcats.RU

More pictures of the Dyna-Portal-4wd @Homepage3.Nifty.COM
Babelfish translation of the above site @Homepage3.Nifty.COM

Only 9 of these portal-axled Dyna's BU297-PKPLW3 ever build?!? @Toyota.CO.JP
Babelfish translation of the above Toyota recall page, suggesting only 9 of these Dyna's were ever build @Toyota.CO.JP

Similar break-down of BU297 build models, month-by-month (only '97) @ToyotaClub.RU
Similar break-down of the BB55 Coaster-4wd (portals front+rear/'95-97) @ToyotaClub.RU (only 44 units made!)
Similar break-down of the BB58 Coaster-4wd (portals front-only/'97-) @ToyotaClub.RU (704 units total; 14 units '00', 99 units '01', 590 units '50', and one(?) unit '90')
Dyna200-4wd brochure @Village.InfoWeb.NE.JP/~Yasto
Toyota Firefigher brochure, including Dyna200-4wd @Village.InfoWeb.NE.JP

Another firefighter Dyna200-4wd @Nagoya.Cool.NE.JP
Babelfish translation of the above firefighter Dyna200-4wd @Nagoya.Cool.NE.JP

And finally some pix from the elusive Coaster-4wd BB55, with both front and rear portal hubs! @A1.NL (only 44 units ever made!)
Dyna-4wd BU297 factory brochure! (plus brochure of Toyota firefighers, including BU297 and normal Dyna-4wd) @A1.NL (only 9 units ever made!)
Pix of the second-generation Coaster-4wd BB58, with front portal hubs only (rear solid leaf sprung axle, dually) @A1.NL (hurray, an abundant 704 units made!....:))

Emission & mileage data for all types of Coaster @Toyota.CO.JP
Babelfish translation of the above Coaster mileage data @Toyota.CO.JP

The same Coasters also sold as Hino, suggesting the 4wd-version is still in production? @Hino.CO.JP
Babelfish translation of the above Hino Coaster page @Hino.CO.JP

Second page about Hino Coasters @Hino.CO.JP
Babelfish translation of the above Hino Coaster page @Hino.CO.JP

More documentation of the Hino range of Coasters @Hino.CO.JP (Japanese .pdf; also watch the nice detailed corner-space requirments, and the cute version with tiny seats, for kids-only....:))
HTML-version of the above .pdf through Google @Hino.CO.JP (might require a larger font in your browser!)
Babelfish translation of the above HTML-version @Hino.CO.JP

Hurray, the BB58 Coaster-4wd is still being made! @Toyota.CO.JP
Babelfish translation of the above page @Toyota.CO.JP

Overview of Coaster models @Toyota.CO.JP
Babelfish translation of the above Coaster overview @Toyota.CO.JP

Exact year/month of production, for both MegaCruiser and Coaster-4wd @Toyota.CO.JP Babelfish translation of the above site @Toyota.CO.JP

Other Dyna-4wd's, with regular/non-portal axles (both IFS (light-duty, LY151/152/161/162) & solid axles (heavy-duty, BU162/172/182)!):
Exploded view of IFS front axle center @Elcats.RU
Exploded view of IFS front axle half shafts+joints @Elcats.RU
Exploded view of IFS front suspension @Elcats.RU
Exploded view of front solid axle diff @Elcats.RU
Exploded view of front solid axle @Elcats.RU
Exploded view of front solid axle knuckle @Elcats.RU

Normal Dyna 4wd BU212 @Toyota.CO.JP
Babelfish translation of the above page @Toyota.CO.JP
4wd Dyna's @eBroadCast.COM.AU

Another 'ordinary' Toyota 4wd, the Toyotace:
Toyoace, medium-duty passenger van, same platform as Dyna @Toyota.CO.JP

Rout Van KK-LY290V @Toyota.CO.JP
Babelfish translation of the above KK-LY290V page @Toyota.CO.JP

4wd Dump, cab-chassis PB-XZU368D @Toyota.CO.JP
Babelfish translation of the above PB-XZU368D page @Toyota.CO.JP

KK-LY290V Root Van @Osaka-Hino.CO.JP
Babelfish translation of the above page @Osaka-Hino.CO.JP

Darn, no 4wd, but a Toyota/Hino coach too cute to miss:
Classic Hino coach/van @Osaka-Hino.CO.JP
Babelfish translation of the above classic coach site @Osaka-Hino.CO.JP

Guess what, even the old Toyota medium-size truck Type-73/P11(/BXD-30??) (military-only, see also earlier MegaCruiser section) has now moved from solid axle to portal hubs!:
Site with pictures & data about this Type-73 with portal hubs @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP
Babelfish translation of the above T73 page @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP

P11 Radar-version @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP
Babelfish translation of the above P11-radar page @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP

Text suggesting that the model code is BXD-30 (with the Toyota MegaCruiser being BXD-20, and the (preceeding!) *military* version (made by Mitsubishi!) is called BXD-10)! @Warbirds.JP/ANSQ
Babelfish translation of the above text about BXD-10/20/30 @Warbirds.JP/ANSQ

Interior picture of this military truck @Geocities.CO/JP/Heartland-Sumire
Babelfish translation of the above pictures @Geocities.CO/JP/Heartland-Sumire

Another page with picture & data from this portal type-73 @Homepage2.Nifty.COM/Yoyotoru
Babelfish translation of the above page @Homepage2.Nifty.COM/Yoyotoru
Picture @WWW15.Tok2.COM/Home/Lttom
Picture @Jieitai3.Fc2Web.COM/Fujigakko2003
Cargo version (rocketlauncher?) @Msda.Zero-Yen.COM
Ambulance version @Infoseek.Livedoor.Net/~Yoyotoru
Open troop carrier @MilitaryRoom.Chips.JP

Radio-version P11 @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP
Babelfish translation of the above radio-version site @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP

A few more detailed pix @WWW66.Tok2.COM/Home2/Tankguy
Picture of T73 on parade @Jieitai3.FC2Web.COM
Picture of T73 on parade @Jieitai3.FC2Web.COM
Ambulance version of T73 @Jieitai3.FC2Web.COM
Ambulance version of T73 @WWW56.Tok2.COM/Home/Pekepoppo
T73/BXD-30 @IMG125.EXS.CX (ImageShack)
BXD-30 @WWW15.Tok2.COM/Home/lttom

But wait, Mitsubishi once also made a portal-axle cab-forward truck!:
Mitsubishi 2W400 @www13.Plala.OR.JP/red_na6ce
Babelfish translation of the above site @www13.Plala.OR.JP/red_na6ce

Mitsubishi 2W400 @TS800.HP.Infoseek.CO.JP
Babelfish translation of the above site @TS800.HP.Infoseek.CO.JP
Mitsubishi 2W400 @NeoStreet.CO.JP
Mitsubishi 2W400 @Plala.OR.JP

A few more ordinary Cruisers in semi-military/emergency service:
FJ80G-GNPEE 3-door/wide-body rescue-vehicle @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP
Babelfish translation of the above FJ80 site @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP

FJ62 3-door/wide-body rescure vehicle @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP

Military FJ62 radio-version @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP
Babelfish translation of the above military FJ62 site @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP

Military UZJ100 @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP
Picture of military FJ62 @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP
FJ80G-GNPEE 3-door/wide-body rescue-vehicle @Atlas-Web.COM

And neither Cruiser nor Toyota, but Japanese & armoured, and with portal hubs: Komatsu armoured 4x4 @WWW15.Tok2.COM/Home/Lttom
Your Cruiser is too heavy? Strip some weight!:
80- & 100-series Carbon-fiber body parts, including hood, doors & even an entire body!, from RALLY RAID & CLASSIC CO. S.R.L. @RRCC.IT
More pix of carbon parts & bodies
HDJ100 carbon body prototype @RallyRaid.COM
Deeper link on the same page (English) @TinteUnite.IT/RallyRaid_Storia/Inglese
Deep linked page about the HDJ100 prototype (English) @TinteUnite.IT/RallyRaid_Storia/Inglese
You thought a Toyota light-truck 4x4 was light?....what about a 1100kg featherlight Africa-build contraption, designed around only the barest (Toyota-Hilux-2wd/4wd) essentials? Namibian Uri 4x4 buggy
And even the military knows how to re-use Toyota Hilux components:
Jankel Desert Iris @Jankel.COM
Jankel Desert Iris at the IDEX 2005 show @ArmyRecognition.COM
How to avoid loosing crucial parts from your Cruiser!: Bolting fueltank-cap & coolantfiller-cap to your vehicle @Membres.Lycos.FR/Adherence4x4
About seat comfort in your 60-series Land Cruiser....seat-suspension....OEM from Toyota no less!:
Discussion on 60-series seat-suspension on the LCML @Birfield.COM
EPC-listing from the suspension seat @Elcats.RU
Proof that it can still be ordered new @HQ.TTVA.RU
Want to see a Cruiser-related photo album from more than 3 decades ago? Brian McCormish' old family album of Cruisers @Brian894x4.COM
The nifty tricks from Toyota to create heat in cold climates with 'too' efficient direct injected diesels:
Viscous heat-generator in the HDJ100 and KZJ120 Land Cruiser @BuschTaxi.DE
Combined airco & heat-generating heat-pump in the Corolla Verso 2004! @BuschTaxi.DE
Babelfish translation of the above German site @BuschTaxi.DE
About the first medium size trucks & buses from Toyota, late 50's, with the old F-engine:
Toyota FA5 (gasoline), DA66AA (diesel) and DB70 (diesel bus) @Asahi-Net.OR.JP/%7Erf7k/Denkai
Babelfish translation of the above page @Asahi-Net.OR.JP/%7Erf7k/Denkai
Forum about Toyota diesels: ToyotaDiesel.COM
Radical converted FZJ-80 with Ford-9" diff's, Hummer portal hubs (and CTIS): Drexx Laqui's ultimate 80 @Pbase.COM/Drexx
Do's and don'ts involving tuning of electronic regulated diesel pumps: Electronic diesel tuning, and how not to @Lcool.ORG
What size of tire on what rim, for 70/80/100-series Land Cruisers?: J7/8/10 tire/rim combinations @Carmaeleon.DE (German)
Nice supplier of Cruiser diesel parts & foreign alternatives in Canada: 4WheelAuto.COM
Toyota's expansion into China: Land Cruiser, Prado & Lexus made in China! @Toyota.CO.JP
About those who like to preserve Toyota's in general: T.O.R.C. (Toyota Owners Restorer Club) @ToyotaClub.ORG
How to make your Cruiser stronger, even its body panels!: 3/16" (5mm!) thick body panels for 40-series @BudBuilt.COM
What happens if you mix a Toyota Dyna with a Land Cruiser: DynaCruiser @EbroadCast.COM.AU
Extensive 4x4 web-forum in Australia, with lots of very interesting Land Cruiser topics: OuterLimits4x4.COM
How you can get a 6000kg tow rating for your Land Cruiser in Switzerland:
6000kg Cruiser tow rating (airbrakes) from Emil Frey AG KarrosserieWerk & FahrzeugBau (Toyota-Switzerland-subsidiary?) @CarrosserieWerk.CH
More about this Swiss 6000kg tow rating @SwissMotor.CH
Related thread about European tow ratings & regulations @BuschTaxi.DE
How to fight rust on oldtimers, inside wheel wells, including J5 & J6 Land Cruisers:
J5 & J6 listing @Lokari.DE
General description @Lokari.DE
More info & recommendations in printed media, past & present @Lokari.DE
Forum about Toyota Hilux: Hilux-Freak.DE
Very nice set of Land Cruiser spec's, past & present, including frame-diagrams & seat-configurations!: X-rayed Cruisers @Kilometr.COM
Why the world altitude-record for cars is not held by a VW Touareg, but by a Land Cruiser KZJ-90....TWICE!: Discussion about the altitude-record @BuschTaxi.ORG
New Toyota 4x4 Magazine: 4wdToyotaOwner.COM
Did you know Toyota once mounted the 1UZ 4.7L V8 to the HiAce, both 2wd and 4wd?:
HiAce V8 @Tau-Net.CO.JP
UZH-132s & UZH-138s @LExtreme.COM
Original Japanese recall-list, including both HiAce models @Toyota.JP
English version of the above recall-list @Toyota.JP
Pictures of such a V8-powered HiAce @Victory-Corp.CO.JP
About Traction Aiding Devices, AKA lockers, locking differentials, TorSen and LSD (limited slip differential):

ARB AirLocker @ARB.COM.AU
Eaton Posi Locker @TorqueControl.Eaton.COM
Auburn ECTED & limited-slip diff @AuburnGear.COM
NoSpin, Detroit Locker/Soft-locker/EZ-locker/C-Locker and TrueTrac @TracTech.COM (owned by Titan Wheel International Inc.)
PowerTrax Lockright (once called 'LA Locker') & NoSlip, made by Richmond Gears @PowerTrax.COM
Powr-Lok and Trac-Lok @Dana.COM
Toyota electric locker, OEM & transplants @ToyotaOffroad.NET
McNamara vacuum lockers @McNamaraDiffs.COM.AU
Kam Differentials @NetComUK.CO.UK (I)
Kam Differentials @KamDiffs.COM (II)
Aussie Locker made by TorqMasters Technologies Inc. @OffRoadLockers.COM
Interesting notes about the Aussie Locker @Pirate4x4.COM (I)
Interesting notes about the Aussie Locker @Pirate4x4.COM (II)
Interesting notes about the Aussie Locker @Pirate4x4.COM (III)
Interesting notes about the Aussie Locker @Pirate4x4.COM (IV)
Torsen-diff with recirculating balls(!) @Dak4x4.COM
Above page in English @Translate.Google.COM
Russian Torsen-like LSD for trucks & tracks @Ezsm66.RU
Ferguson limited slip center differential @4wdOnline.COM
Jeffrey Quad truck in 1913 the first 4-wheel-steer, first geared-hub *and* Torsen-like limited slip (Meuhl) differentials? @4wdOnline.COM
Interesting RC-scale applications of TAD's @RClineForum.DE
RC-scale TAD's with elektromagnetic activation @Harm-Racing-Products.COM
Better explanation of the above electro-magnetic TAD by looking at the spare parts @Harm-Racing-Products.COM

Magnificent & gear-wise baffling 'cross-type' multi-geared-LSD drive-train concept from China:
Discussion about this Syhuayang / LiMing 'X-drive' multi-differential configuration @Forum.Off-Road-Forum.DE
@56.COM/U75
@Syrmqc.COM
@56.COM/U14
@V.KU6.COM
Video @V.Youku.COM (#1)
Syhuayang.COM
Video @Google.DE
Discussion @Club.Autohome.COM.CN
Patent (# DE 000010229862 B4) @Syrmqc.COM
Patent @Depatisnet.DPMA.DE
Pictures @BBS.FBlife.COM
USA-patent @Google.COM/Patents
Continuation of discussion @Forum.Off-Road-Forum.DE
Video @V.YouKu.COM (#2)
Video @V.YouKu.COM (#3)
Sample @HebiTV.COM
What to do with your HDJ100 if the AHC-suspension keeps giving you headaches?
Citroen-designed spare hydraulic accumulators @Forum.IH8mud.COM
PDF-document for the above accumulators @BoschRexroth-US.COM
Related products @McMaster.COM
Similar system, problems & solutions in BMW-context @BMWe32.MassCOM.NET
Related products from AccuMight/Accumulators-Inc @GlobalSpec.COM
The Dynatrac site (US axles, gears etc.): Dynatrac
The first online 4WD accessories site in Australia: MotoCare
A site with Unimog info: Unimog @CRL.COM/~CS
Another (official?) Unimog site: Unimog.ORG
Yet one more Unimog site: Patrick Tuffs Unimog Site @CS.Brandeis.EDU/~Zippy
About the NV4500 and other nice drivetrain stuff: JB Conversions
About the Land Rover Mailinglist and related sites:
Land Rover mailinglists #1 (my own collection of info)
Land Rover mailinglists #2
About lean & mean derivates from Land/Range Rover, utility & fun-cars:
Dakar @Dakar.CO.UK
Dakar @Dakar4x4.CO.UK
Dakar vehicle gallery @Dakar4x4.CO.UK
Foers Ibex @Ibex4x4.CO.UK
Several pix of the extreme long wheelbase 6x6 firefighter @Ibex4x4.CO.UK
Video's of several Foers Ibexi @Ibex4x4.CO.UK
Dozens of Pix in 3 more galleries @Ibex4x4.CO.UK
Complete register & spec's of all Foers Ibexi ever build @Ibex4x4.CO.UK
Firefighter versions/conversions of Ibex/Defender/Range-Rover 4x4 and 6x4/6x6, new & used! @FireVehicles.CO.UK
More notes on the super-long-wheelbase 6x6 Firefighter @eBroadcast.COM.AU
Foley 6x6 Defenders, stretching from 130" to 180" @FoleySpecialistVehicles.CO.UK
A 130" Defender hearse!....:)) @FoleySpecialistVehicles.CO.UK
More 130" Defender wagons @FoleySpecialistVehicles.CO.UK
Rotrax @RotraxCars.8k.COM
Bowler Wildcat @Bowler-Offroad.COM
Santana Anibal PS10 (made in Spain) @LandRoverClub.NET
Santana Anibal @Camp-Tours-DE
Santana Anibal @TIConsole.NL
Santana Anibal @Autohaus-Daub.DE (German distributor)
Santana Anibal press story @AutoExpress.CO.UK
Santana Anibal @Hase-Productions.DE
Dutch Santana S10 distributor @Santana4x4.COM
Austrian Santana distributor AllRadChrist @Santana-Motor.AT
Santana history @Arrakis.ES (Spanish)
Santana history @LandRoverClub.COM.AR (Argentinian)
More details on the Santana 1300/1.300 ForwardControl version @Users.Tebenet.NL/~Mul-Ter-ZG (I) (Dutch & English)
More details on the Santana 1300/1.300 ForwardControl version @Users.Tebenet.NL/~Mul-Ter-ZG (II) (Dutch & English)
Another picture of a Santana 1300 ForwardControl @Anguera.COM
ForwardControl Land Rovers, including Santana @Retro.CO.ZA
Santana S10 Annibal @MQC.TeleCinco.ES (Spanish, with pictures & video(!))
Santana-Gelaendewagen.CH
Santana PS10 with ZF-automatic as fulltime(!) 4wd @Santana-Gelaendewagen.CH
6x6 Land & Range Rovers & Discoveries @LR-Mad.CO.UK
6x6 Land and Range Rovers @Album.SixAppealWheel.ORG
SixAppealWheelGroup @Groups.MSN.COM
Imagine a Land Rover made 20cm wider than standard, add a 3rd driven axle, and voila:
Land Rover Perentie 6x6
Perentie 6x6 @eBroadcast.COM.AU
Perentie 6x6 data @LandRoverClub.NET
But even standard sized Land Rovers can be had with 6x6: A normal/non-widened Land Rover 6x6 @eBroadcast.COM.AU
Range Rover 6x6 conversions: Vantagefield 6x6 & other stretched conversions
Adding 37 inch and 2 doors to a Land Rover 110:
Defender 147 @ LandRover.CO.SA
Defender 147 @ LandyOnline.CO.SA
The most bizarre & unique Land Rover conversions/modifications: Land Rover Specials
Why pull an idle trailer along if you can power it!....:))
Land Rover 101 Forward Control with PTO-powered trailer @4wdOnline.COM
Same PTO-powered trailer @eBroadCast.COM.AU
The complex transmission of this PTO-powered trailer @eBroadCast.COM.AU
A large site with tons of info about strange Land Rover & other 4x4/6x6/8x8's, by Lloyd Allison: Lloyd Allison's 4x4 & Rover pages
Add a third axle to your Defender!: Defender 150 6x6 @FoleySpecialistVehicles.CO.UK
All about the various Land Rover Forward Control (FC) models:
First&Second generation SIIA & SIIB FC109/110 @eBroadCast.COM.AU
Third generation FC101 @eBroadCast.COM.AU
Last generation, prototype Llama @eBroadCast.COM.AU
First&Second generation SIIA & SIIB FC109/110 @csse.monash.edu.au/~lloyd
Third generation FC101 @csse.monash.edu.au/~lloyd
FC101 FAQ @FourFold.ORG
FC101 Sales brochure @FourFold.ORG
FC101-site @101FC.CO.UK
6x6 FC101 conversion @101FC.CO.UK
More details of this 6x6 version (yes, a true 6wd!) @Admin.RedSys.NET/Staff/Martyn
More FC101 content & links @Admin.RedSys.NET/Staff/Martyn
FC101-site @fp.fccr101.f9.CO.UK
Sahara expedition with 4 new/prototype FC101's, also including two very nifty ways to spot sand dunes & sudden deep drops! @ebroadcast.com.au
The story & history about one of the Rubery-Owen powered-trailer prototypes @FourFold.ORG
Dutch site about the FC101, conversion of military ambulance to camper with many detailed pix (including a nifty solution for the dilemma between raised roof and pop up roof, to create more head room, plus more indoor cargo room; and also a roll-door between cabin and camper) @101FC.NL
Dutch site with collection of pix & stories about the FC101 @Paniek.ORG
And another Dutch FC101 page, including V8 diesel conversion & FC101-forum @AeWare.NL
Tons of links about the FC101 @Links.Solis.CO.UK/Geek
TDi diesel conversion of a FC101 with tons of pix @101FC.ORG/~Tonka
Very nice & tall FC101 camper conversion (including shower it seems!) with Nissan diesel @Staffi.Lboro.AC.UK/~Copal
Several FC101's in Africa, including the largest pop-up rooftent I have ever seen! @Staffi.Lboro.AC.UK/~Copal
Series II 109 Forward Control site & FAQ @Retro.CO.ZA/Landy
Series II 109 Forward Control Camper @Retro.CO.ZA/Landy
Series II 109 Forward Control FAQ @Retro.CO.ZA/Landy
Mike Isley's Series II 109 Forward Control @Retro.CO.ZA
Series IIB Forward Control camper @LROC.ORG.ZA
Spec's & dimension of both GS & Ambulance(!) model FC101
FC101 owner site & travel reports @LandyMan.CO.UK
Camper versions of Land Rover and Range Rover, including military & flip-up tents!: Land Rover CaraWagons @Cruzers.COM
More customized Land Rovers: Special conversions of Land Rovers, including ambulances, safari/tour & film-platforms @Safari.ORG.UK
News from the SEMA show I: SEMA I
News from the SEMA show II: SEMA II
A nice & extensive Australian 4x4 site: 4x4 in Ozzieland @eBroadCast.COM.AU (previously @SofCom.COM/4wd)
Latest news on 4x4's in the USA: Petersen 4WheelOffroad.COM news site
Aussie supplier of engine/tranny adaptors and stuff: Marks 4WD Adaptors
About those thingies to shovel snow: Snow plows
About joining Glasnost and 4x4: St.Petersburg Off-Road & 4x4 Club home pages
About land use and road closures in the US: RS2477
About an organisation fighting road/trail closures: Land Use Network List
About those odd boxy 4x4's: Hummer
About old military rigs: Military Vehicle Preservation Association
About the 4x4 Walhalla: Rubicon
About Isuzu's:
ITOG (Isuzu Trooper Owners Guild)
Isuzu Performance Tuning Homepage
More Isuzu resources
About what happens when your baby gets deformated:
Crash info site
Crash info site #2
The most elegant way of braking, using your engine (and a butterfly-valve in the exhaust, just like a large truck):
Exhaust brake @ATSDiesel.COM
Engine-brakes (jake-brake) and exhaust-brakes @JakeBrake.COM
'Silent Partner' muffler @Donaldson.COM, to avoid the 105-110dB noise from jake-brakes
Exhaust brake @DriveTrain.COM (old/defunct link)
Exhaust brake @DriveTrain.COM (updated/current link)
Exhaust brake & converter-lockup @TSTProducts.COM
Exhaust brake @GearingDynamics.COM
Electro-magnetic drive-shaft brakes (retarder), 420-3300Nm @Kloft.DE
Indication of exhaust brake power (71kW with 96kW engine power of OM352) @UniMurr.DE
Axle-mounted retarder for (semi-)trailers @Frenelsa.ES
Regular drivetrain-mounted retarders 400-3500Nm @Frenelsa.ES
Using the variable-vane system of a turbo to give you 150 more brake horsepower! @ProPickupMag.COM
About offroad in the UK: Green Laning
About GM V8 diesels: GM 6.2/6.5L diesels
A similar site for Ford: Ford diesels (Navistar 7.3/7.4L)
Automotive bookshops:
Chater's Bookstore
4X4NOW Bookstore
About Austrian 4x4 hill goats: Steyr Haflinger @eBroadCast.COM.AU (previously @SofCom.COM/4wd)
About those things hard to undo:
Knots #1
Knots #2
Knots #3
A range of very 'cool' sites:
Airconditioning.COM
Patrick Parish's Airco Site @BDSnet.COM/~PParish
MaxCool.COM
USA government airco site @EPA.GOV
AutoFrost.COM
The dangers of R134a @AutoFrost.COM
Why some R12-substitutes are downright *evil* in the context of lubrication @Autofrost.COM
FRIGC� FR-12T Refrigerant @FrigC.COM
Isceon 49 / Rhodia Ltd. @Isceon-Refrigerants.COM
AutoRefrigerants.COM
Compressor pump-spec determination (also very useful if you want to convert it to an aircompressor!) @Heco.NET
Compressor clutch-spec determination @Heco.NET
Interesting range of 12v/24v DC airco units @RVanLaere.COM
More 12v/24v/48v DC airo units (including wall-mounted, sourced from telcom/UPS-fed applications!) @DCAirco.COM
US-distributor of DCAirco products @DCAirSales.COM
DCAirco products for sale @Power-Sales.BIZ/DCAirco.COM
Red Top airco units for various applications, including recreational @RDAC.COM
Interesting evaporation-valve replacement from Natron Corporation, to improve AC performance at idle (3-7C better) @Aircondition.COM
Listing of AC companies worldwide @Directory.NET
Listing of AC companies worldwide @BizEurope.COM
Large listing of AC systems & components for various vehicles & applications @Industel.COM (German)
How to convert from R12/freon to propane/LPG(!) @PreLube.COM
More notes on propane conversion in Budget-AC-repair-FAQ @FirstFives.ORG/FAQ/AC (also deminishing the perceived danger of propane!)
Usenet discussions about propane AC-conversions @Groups.Google.COM
One of many claims that R134 is one of the largest industry-scams ever @Groups.Google.COM
Copy at Web.Archive.ORG of one of George Gobble's sites mentioned in that posting (but taken offline) @GHG.ECN.Purdue.EDU
Note about repeating the scam, now phasing out R134a in 2012, this time even *without* having an alternative! @Airconditioning.COM
Keep-It-Kool.COM
RefiMax.COM
Freon facts & more @FridgeDoctor.COM (including a note about the complete non-toxic nature of R12/Freon, in heavy contrast to R134a)
ACkits.COM
Webasto Compact Cooler 4/5/8, the only roof-mounted units worth considering, with 4/5/8kW power (1kW=3400BTU), and even 7500W heating power(!) @Webasto.COM.AU
Dutch analysis of CO2, being *not* suitable for hot climates @AMT.NL
Ever wondered how much power/BTU/Watt an average vehicle airconditioning takes? @HVAC-Talk.COM
About not just a terrific alternative for AC, but definitely a mandatory addition/augmentation: cooled seat(cover)s!
Ventilated seats in relation to AC @PgwGlass.COM
Research paper "Cooling with Augmented Heated and Cooled Seats" @Citeseerx.ist.psu.EDU
About batteries:
Battery FAQ I @Nyquist.EE.Ualberta.CA
Battery FAQ II @UUhome.DE/William.Darden
Battery FAQ III (also covering interesting 12/24/36 volt permutations) @4Qd.CO.UK
Battery FAQ IV @Buchmann.CA
Battery FAQ V @MagnaCharge.COM
Solar Battery FAQ VI @Bart.CCIS.COM
A very elaborate & detailed document dealing with batteries & electrons:
Dutch Battery & Electricity FAQ written by Reinout Vader @VictronEnergie.NL
English translation of the above document! @BoatElectric.COM
About those containers full of electrons, the good, better & amazing:
OptimaBatteries.COM
OdysseyBatteries.COM
FireFlyEnergy.COM
Large supplier of batteries, dozens of brands, with very nice explanations & background info, including military spec's: DCbattery.COM
Battery related products, how to let those electrons flow or have them blocked:
Colehersee.COM (one of the rare suppliers of a latching(self-locking) solenoid of 110A continuous, 25A/25A when making/breaking; #24200, see 'product-catalog' -> 'Solenoids')
Hella waterproof disconnect & anti-theft switch with removable key (12v/1000A-10sec) @OdysseyBatteries.COM
WayTekWire.COM
Slotted water-draining & ventilated wiring loom @WayTekWire.COM
Battery-post mounted disconnect switches @Order.WaytekWire.COM
50v/400-2000A disconnect switch @Order.WayTekWire.COM
Several high-amp related switches *and* solenoids @BoatFix.COM (check their entire .pdf-page 105!)
Marine electrical products @BlueSea.COM
Direct link to high-amp solenoid @BlueSea.COM
Interesting comparison table between BlueSea, Colehersee, Hella, Guest and Perko @BlueSea.COM
Hella 100/1000A switch @SusqueHanna.COM
180A & 400A battery isolators/switches @4wdSystems.COM.AU
Connectors for auxiliary charging/power, with automatic decoupling when turning the ignition-key, both electrically & mechanically! (as used for emergency vehicles) @Stem.IT
Interesting notes on FIA-approved battery switches, that also cut/short the ignition circuit! @HehlHans.DE
Other theft deterrants & related ponderings:
Windscreen can be the weakest spot, even without fracturing! @Forum.BuschTaxi.ORG
Battery conditioning by a high-voltage pulse generator:
PulseTech.COM
Pulse generator desulfator explained + DIY-instructions @Shaka.COM
PDF-version of the above article @HomePower.COM
New projects from the author of the above articles? @Shaka.COM
Discusion Forum about Desulfation @P198.EzBoard.COM/bLeadAcidBatteryDesulfation
Dutch DIY-project, pulse generator circuit-diagram from Elektuur @Home.Wanadoo.NL/PeterVanHaandel
Complete kit with board&parts for the above device, 30 euro ('akku-revitalisator') @DIL.NL
MegaPulse.NET
EuroPulse.COM
PulseTech.COM
Reviving automotive batteries by adding a chemical powder??
Battery revival by replenishing with Edta-powder @HomePower.COM
Discussion Forum about Edta-powder treatment @P198.EzBoard.COM/fLeadAcidBatteryDesulfationFRM6
About the relation between voltage and battery capacity, during both charge & discharge!: Voltage vs battery condition @HomePower.COM
Ever thought about adding another multi-switch, controlling several flash/horn functions with one stick?....add another indicator-stalk to your steering collumn....:))
(the older (read: more bare) your steering collumn, the better)
Electrical layout for various Bosch indicators (5/8/11-contacts, 0341 181 series) @Automotive-Tradition.DE (PDF)
Electrical layout for the most simple version of Bosch indicators (3 contacts, 0341 600 series) @Automotive-Tradition.DE (PDF)
How to feed 12v accessories from a 24v battery, Battery Equalizers cq Charge Balancers:
RedArc.COM.AU
SolarConverters.COM
SurePower.COM
PDF-document @SurePower.COM
4unique.COM
Forex.HU
100A factory equipment @GMfleet.COM (page 54)
PowerCheq @PowerDesigners.COM
Very interesting document discussing the use & benefits of battery-equalizers/charge-balancers, suggesting +300%(!) lifecycles @PowerDesigners.COM
How to feed 24v accessories from a 12v battery, Step Up converters & Battery-to-Battery Chargers:
OmvormerWinkel.NL
12v->24v converters @Omvormer.NET
Top-Systems/Victron @StroomWinkel.NL
Top-Systems/Victron @Omvormer.NL
BatterieLader.DE
How to modify the Statron 12v->24v/10A unit into a continous/stable 24v @DL7AWL.DE
Battery-to-Battery Chargers @Sterling-Power.COM
PDF-document of Sterling-Power products, including UK-pricelist @NovaMarine.CO.IL
Initial discussion, about the Lidl/Aldi version (Tronic T4X) & other derivates/rebrands of the CTEK 3600, including CT AL-36 and Gys(Tech) 3800 @Forum.BuschTaxi.DE
Discussion about the Benton BX-1 and BX-2 @4x4community.CO.ZA
Similar discusion @Hilux4x4.CO.ZA
An interesting alternative-wired design, both 230v & 12v cables exiting at the same side, allowing easier 'drop-down' mounting in the engine bay @WorkShopping.CO.UK
750mA/3.8A/7A/25A charger models @Cleanaboat.COM
25A charger model @Cleanaboat.COM
Same range of 750mA/3.8A/7A/25A charger models, from PowerTech Plus @JayCar.COM.AU
750mA 6v/12v wall-plug model @JayCar.COM.AU
PDF manual for 750mA 6v/12v wall-plug model @JayCar.COM.AU
3.8A 12v model @JayCar.COM.AU
PDF manual for 3.8A 12v model @JayCar.COM.AU
7A-12v/24v-3.5A model @JayCar.COM.AU
PDF manual for 7A-12v/24v-3.5A model @JayCar.COM.AU
25A-12v/24v-12.5A model @JayCar.COM.AU (note that all sites show the same error in amperage, being for the 7A model!)
PDF manual for 25A-12v/24v-12.5A model @JayCar.COM.AU
An overview of automotive mailinglists (FTP): Automotive Mailinglists
The official Jeep site: Jeeps
About old and even amphibious Jeeps: Vintage Jeeps
About Jeeps with the steering wheel in front of the front axle: Forward Control Jeeps
A Suisse site with Africa info: Africa Travel
Latest news from Mercedes-Benz: Mercedes Benz Press Releases
About Mercedes 4x4's, including a test with the ML320 on the Rubicon: Harold Pietschmann's 4x4 site
About one of the most amazing suspension systems in automotive history:
Kinetic Suspension Systems Ltd (I)
Kinetic Suspension Systems Ltd (II)
Kinetic now owned by Tenneco-Automotive.COM (USA)
Kinetic intro @Tenneco-Automotive.COM
Same name, totally different company/product/application!....:-)) Kinetics Ltd Israel
Other slick suspension systems:
Airock airsuspension @OffroadOnly.COM
'Load-sharing' concept for increased IFS articulation on Isuzu VehiCross @Forum.PlanetIsuzoo.COM
More about 4WD, AWD and Full Time 4WD: Eliot Lim's AWD FAQ
Sites with extensive GPS info:
The GPS Resource Library
Peter's GPS Site
Joe's and Jack's GPS Site
GPS-Garmin.NL, Dutch supplier with lots of info & reviews
ExpanSys, a cheap Euro-map GPS supplier
Fugawi map software
A Dutch site with Dodge 4x4 information: Dutch Dodge Homepage
About Ford 4x4 V8 diesel Van's: Steve Best's 4 Wheel Drive Ford Van Page
Have you ever heard about a company dealing *only* with water, wind and dust leaks? Me neither, but it exists!: Water Doctors International
More about AWD, Full-Time 4wd and Part-Time 4WD: Eliot Lim #1
Eliot Lim #2
Sites about turbo's:
Allied Signal (Garrett)
Counterparts Turbo Page
Ray Hall Turbocharging
Safari Turbo's
Dynamic Turbochargers
AXT Turbo's
Turbo Dynamics
AVO turbo's @210.15.220.239
Denco turbo's & intercoolers (air/water/air!) @DencoDiesel.COM (and one of only 7 Bosch service centres in Australia)
About the alternative to a turbo charger:
Sprintex Superchargers #1 @NecroTech.COM
Sprintex Superchargers #2 @PowerHouse.FAN.NET.AU
CAPA Superchargers @Capa.COM.AU
Belt-driven turbine (not the (heavy) gear-based pump as on normal superchargers!) ProCharger.COM
Claw-compressor, the interesting symbiose of Roots-compressor (ease of manufacturing) and the compression of a Lysholm @Rietschle.CO.UK
Rotary Claw Vacuum Technology @Maple-Leaf.CA
Rotary Claw compressor @GeoTechEnv.COM
HTA, Hydraulic Turbine Assisted, from Kapich Engineering @TheCarConnection.COM
More about this Hydraulic Turbine Assisted @CTTS.NREL.GOV (page 25)
What happens if you join a compressor with a transmission? Antonov automatic & Rotrex compressor combined @Antonov-Transmission.COM
How to cool & lubricate your turbo after engine-shutoff:
Several electronic turbo timers @2Kracing.COM
Non-electronic solution: AccuSump Turbo-Oiler @AccuSump.COM
About a very interesting additional turbine on 2-stroke diesels: Giesel turbo compound engines @Cre8tivenergy.COM
A site about 4x4 events in the Middle-East: Middle-East Off-Road Events
About differentials & other drive train components: Drive Train Page
About driveline joints and geometry: CV/Cardan/Double-Cardan by Roger Brown
About Ford diesels: Ford Powerstroke Diesel
A few more MB ML-class links:
ML-class #1
ML-class #2
About smart-plastic bull-bars, regaining shape after a crash:
Team Poly
Smart Bar
About world's largest 4x4/offroad show, in Muenchen, Germany: IOR Messe
About a very exotic 4x4, once born in Italy as Rayton Fissore Magnum (2.5L V6 '86-90, 2.4L VM TD '90-92), entire plant sold to the USA, with Ford and VM components:
LaForza 4x4 SUV
Rayton Fissore Magnum
Current model, including an armoured version @CarAndDriver.COM
Rayton Fissore Magnum at speed pulling a caravan/mobile-home
A sparse general note about Fissore
The actual designer of the Rayton Fissore Magnum, Tom Tjaarda @PanteraCars.COM
Rayton Fissore Magnum @AutoCatalogue.COM
A site about car hydraulics, suggesting the Rayton Fissore Magnum shared parts with the Fiat (Turbo) Daily (see 'F341')
A fellow Dutchman, with a rare list of all non-car-derived wagons worldwide, from Israel to China, including both Monteverdi Safari (see section below) and Rayton Fissore Magnum @XS4All.NL/~mjs
Lots of pictures about both Rayton Fissore Magnum and LaForzam, plus future designs(!) @OmniAuto.IT
Several Rayton Fissore Magnum's for sale in Switzerland
LaForza @Automotive-Technology.COM
LaForza @eBroadcast.COM.AU
Rayton Fissore @Communities.Zeelandnet.NL/Data/Panda4x4Club
A company related to Fissore, Monteverdi (Swiss), with a just as exotic Monteverdi Safari 4x4 & Sahara 4x4 (based on an IHC Scout):
Monteverdi @Movit.DE
Montiverdi notes @AllPar.COM
Monteverdi @TobiasUllrich.DE
Some design studies, including Subaru & Toyota @TobiasUllrich.DE
Rare detail pictures of a Monteverdi Safari (restored) @TobiasUllrich.DE
Monteverdi Safari 4-door prototype @TobiasUllrich.DE
Monteverdi Sahara (IHC Scout rebadge/modification) @TobiasUllrich.DE
Monteverdi military vehicles @TobiasUllrich.DE @TobiasUllrich.DE
The lovely majestic High Speed 375/4 4-door saloon @TobiasUllrich.DE
Pictures of an Australian High Speed 375/4 @TobiasUllrich.DE
Monteverdi Mailinglist @Yahoo.COM
Monteverdi @Monteverdi.NET
A few more odd & rare European 4x4's, from days long gone:
Weird/exotic European 4x4 history @JipeMania.COM
Weird Land Rovers in specific @JipeMania.COM
Technical info & do's and dont's about snow chains:
Steve Best's Snow Chain Page
Trey's Cable & Snow Chain Pages
Automatic snow chains as instant/temporarily traction assistance (with the interesting note that they can be mounted on the spring-perch bolts of a leaf spring!) @OnSpot.COM
A site about Mitsubishi Pajero/Montero & Dodge Raider: Pajero/Montero/Raider
Several more Mitsubishi sites:
Pajero/Montero #2
Pajero/Montero #3
Pajero/Montero #4
Pajero/Montero #5
Pajero/Montero #6
Pajero/Montero #7
Pajero/Montero #8
You thought bolts were simple things, eh? Forget it:
Bolts #1
Bolts #2
Bolts #3
Bolts #4
Torque settings for Bolts
Suspicious fake Bolts
Proof that all the hype about most oil additives is simply scam: Snake Oil & Additives
More ins and outs about engine oil:
Oil analysis
V8 Diesel in a Cruiser
Morphologic history overview of Cruiser Wagons: Cruiser History Animated GIF
Offroad on the very south of the African continent: 4x4 Site in South Africa
About travelling in the very north of the African continent: Sahara Travel Tips
A nice 4x4 site down under (great cover shot!....:-)) : 4wd Encounter
Small 4x4's in a small country: Suzuki 4WD Club Holland @Dit.Is/Suzuki
Another nice FJ-55 site: FJ-55 LandCrusher Site @Hahaha.ORG
One of the better indestructable & bulletproof 4x4's, made in Portugal: UMM @Geocities.COM/Baja
Some very interesting links about the techology/patents behind tire siping:
International Science & Technology
Sipe Consolidation in Tire Design
U.S. Patent info on pneumatic tires
How to sipe your tire without a fancy sipe-cutting machine, and other tips & tricks: Roger Brown's Tire Siping pages
If you want more than 4x4: Poncin 8x8
4x4 site in the very south of Africa: South African 4xForum
A diagram that pretty neatly sums up how the "Toyota Group" is laid out: 'Toyota Group' structure
A pretty interesting history of the Japanese automotive industry: Japanese Automotive History
About a tough 4x4 made in Brasil: Engesa
And a Brasilian 4x4 magazine as well: Brasilian "4x4 & Cia" Magazine
How to mount your spare tire on the rear of your vehicle: Kaymar rear bumper wheel carriers
How to analyse failure of big end bearings: Bearing Failure Analysis
Exploring the most beautiful part of the USA in winter time: Alaska by Snowmobile
A nice French site about expeditions/rallies: Phillip Bourgine's Expedition Site
A site dealing only with stuff to extract yourself from the dirt: Recovery Gear Inc.
All you ever wanted to know about split rims and how to use them: Nigel Buxton's Split Rim FAQ
About some very nice drive train upgrades for Land Cruiser and Hilux/4Runner: Marlin's Site
About the VolksWagen T3 bus/vanagon Syncro:
VW Syncro I
VW Syncro II
Steve's Syncro Site
Dutch T3-Mailinglist
A new mailinglist for German offroaders, and for German 4x4 vehicles:
German 4x4 Mailinglist @IstDa.COM (old)
German 4x4 Mailinglist @Langschwert.DE (new)
Info about the Russian UAZ (Ulyanovsk Auto Zavod (zavod=factory)), the Russian equivalent of the (willys) jeep:
Russian UAZ site
German UAZ site
Info about the Russian Lada Niva:
Niva I
Niva II
Niva III
French site about the Lada Niva, with many tips & tricks @Membres.Lycos.FR/Adherence4x4
Lada Forum @Lada.CO.UK
Mike Baxter's Temple of Niva @LadaNiva.CO.UK
General Russian 4x4 site: Russian Offroad
New developments about Russian 4x4's: New Russian 4x4 (prototype)
4x4 clubs in Russia:
St. Peterburg 4x4 club
Moscow 4x4 club
An basic-level tutorial on differentials, with nice graphics: Diff's For Dummies
The On-Line Off-Road Magazine for the Gulf Middle East Off-Roader
Site and mailinglist for Daihatsu's 4x4's: Daihatsu Rocky/Feroza
About the risks of using cellular phones in moving vehicles: Phone & Car is not a safe combination!
A nice site about diesel engines in general, and fuel filters in specific: Racor diesel/fuel filters <./A>
About the best way to clean your oil, by centrifugal force:
My own collection of info/messages about cyclone-filters in specific (including the one that was available as OEM on Land Cruisers with H and 2H engines!)
Another file in my collection, bypass in general (not just cyclone) @A1.NL
Centrifugal/Cyclone Oil Filters @DieselProducts.COM
Centrifugal/Cyclone 'Spinner' oil filters @TFHudgins.COM
Franz bypass filters @WeFilterIt.COM
www.Trabold.DE (axial flowing filter)
NTZ-Filter.COM (radial flowing filter)
German discussion about bypass oil filters @BuschTaxi.DE
Another German document about bypass oil filters (do not click this link for viewing, but 'save-link-target-as' with right-mouse-button!)
Spinnerii.COM (cyclone filter)
Cleaning diesel fuel by centrifugal force!
Racor turbine fuel filters @Maesco.COM
How to increase battery cranking power in winter:
Kim Hotstart battery warmers, electrical pads & blankets @Maesco.COM
PDF-catalogue with Kim Hotstart battery warmers spec's @Maesco.COM
KimHotStart.COM
Arctic-Fox.COM
Sites about the smallest 4x4:
Izook Suzuki
Asakatana Suzuki
Off-Road Suzuki
Ever expected to find a modern Land Cruiser diesel in a boat, rebadged as Yanmar? Me neither: Marine 1HD-FT
You thought the Junkers airplane around 1930 was the last one with a diesel engine? Wrong, aero diesels are alive and kicking!:
Zoche Aircraft Diesels
NASA / GAP (diesel)
SMA (diesel)
Deltahawk (diesel)
Dynacam (completely different concept!)
Wilksche Airmotive (CITEC diesel)
Eric's Aircraft Engine Directory
About compressor fridges & freezers, the best way to keep your food & drinks cool or even frozen:

KeepiKool Refridgerators @Spinifex-Creations.COM.AU
Twin freezer/fridge, 44+30L, @4x4Warehouse.Com
Waeco.COM
Waeco mono-block/wall-mount unit, with fan @Waeco.COM
Small & shallow wall-fridge/-stove, 7L & 246mm(!) deep @Waeco.COM
PDF-document for the above 7L wall-fridge/-stove @Waeco.COM
Waeco CS-SC 26L/11L Fridge/freezer drawer combination for Scania R trucks @SVG-SH.DE
Specifications of Waeco CS-SC 26L/11L fridge/freezer combo @Waeco.COM
Instruction manual for Waeco CS-SC @Waeco.COM
Picture of the Waeco CS-SC in open position @TruckerShop.NL
Similar concept of fridge+freezer box, 44L, for Scania R @Marlen.AlphaPlanWeb.DE
Truck shop showing a wide range of truck-specific fridges hardly seen elsewhere @Jonas-Trucking.COM
Data about the hard to find older truck-models RHD-85/RHD-085 & RHD-60/RHD-060 @GMT-Kuehlbox.DE
Danish truck catalog 2010, one of the few still listing the RHD-085 @Waeco.COM
Waeco RHD-085 @Waeco.SE
Archived copy of the Norwegian truck catalog, showing all 3 RHD-models (RHD-050/RHD-060/RHD-085) @Archive.ORG
Detailed pictures of the build-in battery in the Waeco CF-32 @TruckerBazaar.NL
Waeco CoolFreeze FF70 & FF90 use the larger/stronger Danfoss BD50F (also applies to CF80 & CF110) @GMT-Kuehlbox.DE
Minus40.CO.ZA
EvaKool/IndelB (up to 130L!) @Evakool.COM
IndelB.IT
Engel @EngelInternational.COM
Two-Zone add-on 'extensions' for Engel 29/39/60L units, expanding it by 21/21/40L @DiscountCamping.COM.AU
TwoZone manufacturer, including other nifty fridge/freezer accessories @TwoZone.COM.AU
The only (aftermarket) supplier who modifies the Engel fridges with eutectic cold-storage elements @Woick.DE (German expedition outfitter)
Engel Ice Box Conversion Kits, split- and monoblock-units @EngelAustralia.COM.AU
Vitrifrigo.COM
Not 12/24v, but interesting small/narrow coffee-milk fridge-cabinets nonetheless, 225 and 185mm wide @Vitrifrigo.com
Vitrifrigo 41L model @4wdWarehouse.COM.AU
NovaKool.COM
AutoFridge @Quirks.COM.AU
AutoFridge PDF brochure @Nimbus.NET.AU
Bushboy @Portable-Engel-Chescold-More.COM.AU
Bushman.NET.AU
ColeCool (used to have 50 and 80L *upright* models as well) @Portable-Engel-Chescold.More.COM.AU
TrailBlazer (up to 100 or even 200L!) @Spinifex-Creations.COM.AU
Trailblazer manufacturer @NorCoast.COM (note the lovely range of patterns & colors!....:))
Explorer (including fridge/freezer combo's of up to 95L!) @ExplorerFridgeFreezer.AUNZ.COM
Explorer @ExplorerFridgeFreezer.COM
Slider mechanisms for easy vehicle access of various types of fridges @Aus4wdStor.COM
National Luna @Heine.Nusa.CO.ZA
National Luna @NationalLuna.COM
Kissmann.NET (including up to 380L freeze-trunks, plus sliders/drawers, and eutectic cold-storage)
Kissmann sliding drawers @Kissmann.NET
FridgeFreeze.COM (USA)
Some historical details about Engel (created 39(!) years ago in Germany) @OasisMontana.COM
German site about all kinds of 12v/24v fridges & freezers @12v-Kuehlgeraete.DE
Same site, different server @KuehlGeraete.51n.DE
Good (& rare!) explanation about the difference of hermetic vs half-hermetic Danfoss compressors @WomoBox.DE (German)
Hermetic vs half-hermetic compressors explained by one of the few (only?) manufacturers who supplies both types @Kissmann.NET
Stirling-cycle based refridgerator prototypes (down to -70C!!!!) @GlobalCooling.NL
Stirling-cycle based refridgerator prototypes @GlobalCooling.COM
Document about 40W portable Stirling-Cooler @GlobalCooling.COM
TwinBird products @GlobalCooling.COM
TwinBird Fridge/Freezer/Deep-Freezer applications in Japan @FPSC.TwinBird.JP (note the delta-T of 65C with the 25L deep-freezer, -40C at +25C ambient!)
Coleman Stirling Cooler (no longer in production?) @Coleman.COM
Coleman instruction manual (25 liter, temperature settings from +10C to -18C) @Coleman.COM
one of the few remaining sites showing a price (US$419) @ComfortHouseAnnex.COM
Announcement of the Stirling Cooler, with reports of US$299-250 prices @MetaEfficient.COM
More discussion about the Coleman Stirling Cooler, including a note that it should be leveled within 12 degrees horizontal? @CruisersForum.COM
Second page of the above discussion forum contains a note from J. Edwards, from the compressor manufacturer Global Cooling! @CruisersForum.COM
Third page, specifying the max power draw of 48W, with +40F (+5C) box temperature, only if ambient is +150F (+65C!) @CruisersForum.COM
Comparison data between different types of fridge-boxes @CruisersForum.COM
Stirling/Twinbird pricelist @CruisersForum.COM
Fridgebox comparison table, including Coleman & Twinbird @CruisersForum.COM
Now the fun part, dismantling the Coleman Stirling Cooler @CTLNY.COM
Research-paper on the Stirling cycle, nicely explaining the efficiency benefits over thermo-electric/Peltier & compressor/Rankine @GlobalCooling.COM
Discussion about the Coleman Stirling Cooler @WanderTheWest.COM
Dutch retailer of 12/24v fridges/freezers/microwaves @RKG-Rijkevoort.NL
Several bus/coach-dedicated fridges @TMtech.DE
Water-cooler @TMtech.DE
Overview of the TM CoolFix series, including the interesting slender upright model Coolfix Mini @El-Cab.PL
All TM Coolfix models with prices @TM-OnlineShop.DE
TM Coolfix Mini @TM-OnlineShop.DE
Up to date model overview, including very shallow wall-fridges/-freezers/-stoves for ambulances @TMtech.DE
Fridges & freezers for Bus/Coach/Ambulance @TMtech.DE
Lovely combinations of watercookers, microwave and fridges, all inside a shallow wall cabinet @TMtech.DE
Interesting solitary Danfoss compressor configurations, starting from 145mm width! @TMtech.DE
And my all-time favorite, a tap-water-chiller, 15L, using a Danfoss BD80F @TMtech.DE
ViboCold.DK
A combination of a thermo-electric/peltier element with liquid coolant from MultiCool @Sterling-Power.COM
Fridge/freeze boxes @EZetil.COM (German-made, 3 models, 25/35/45L)
TruckCool @AAV.DE
Nice sturdy home-made box around regular (Kissmann KB 40 IPEN) fridge components @Getuem-Mobil.DE
Truckstar Europa fridge & box, with 70W(!) compressor @Karibu.NL
AutoFridge, Westinghouse, Fisher&Paykel and Kelvinator DC fridges/freezers @Conergy.COM.AU
Glacierbay, including interesting notes on eutectic 'cold-storage' elements, being different from ordinary anti-freeze @GlacierBay.COM
Isotherm, a new joint venture from Indel-B (Italy), Webasto (Germany) and Thermoprodukter (Sweden), including twin-door fridge/freezer combo's, drawer-type units, and ripe-free freezers @Isotherm.COM
Drawer-type fridge @Isotherm.COM
Isotherm products catalogue @IndelWebastoMarine.COM
Large range of 'stationary' fridges, using the larger Danfoss BD50 and BD80(!) compressors @SolaZone.COM.AU
Fridges & more for bus/coach @Frenzel.DE
Tall & narrow fridge-box with coin/dispenser system to purchase cans or bottles in the bus @Frenzel.DE
Another model with coin/dispenser system @Frenzel.DE
Another interesting product, a seat-lift for less mobile people, to get into a tall bus @Frenzel.DE
Super low-profile satellite-dish with dynamic tracking for mobile applications @Frenzel.DE
Waeco Coolfreeze professional/industrial fridges/freezers (up to 2x Danfoss BD50 units, 110W!) @Waeco.COM
Range of older(or non-EU?) professional/industrial Waeco Coolfreeze (Cargo) freezers (Danfoss BD50) @Waeco.COM (actual samples/pictures only on the page itself, the menu itself only points to the current ('equivalent') models!)
EurEngel (=EuroEngel=Waeco-Pro?) with pricing @ColdVink.NL
EuroEngel manufacturer in Italy @EuroEngel.IT
Nice 915(!) liter twin-door coolbox, filling the entire back of a small van @EuroEngel.IT
German pricing for EuroEngel units (search on 'EuroEngel') @Adfunture.DE
One of the few remaining documents about the older 18L EuroEngel FP020 (exploded view & parts list!) @Larude.IT
EuroEngel FP020 @Kuehlbox.AT (note that the detail 'schwingkompressor' (relating to the Engel Sawafuji) is not correct!)
EuroEngel FP015, 14L/-18C/12v+24v/320 euro(!) @RicambiDiscount.COM
EuroEngel FP015 (note different width-specification than above, 280mm instead of 208mm (picture looks distorted though; 208mm looks more plausible) @ECS-Marine-Equipment.CO.UK
Complete FP0xx EuroEngel range @ECS-Marine-Equipment.CO.UK (note that the FPxxx series only goes down to -18C, not to -24C as the larger models in the T0xxx-series (also shown at EuroEngel.IT, but unlike the EurEngel @ColdVink.NL and the Waeco CoolFreeze professional models)) @ECS-Marine-Equipment.CO.UK
Some more EuroEngel FP0xx models @RicambiDiscount.COM
Waeco Coolfreeze Cargo 500 (horizontal) @EltesanMobil.COM.TR
Waeco Coolfreeze Cargo 500 (vertical) @EltesanMobil.COM.TR
OzeFridge marine fridges/freezers, including eutectic options @MarineDirect.COM.AU
Explicit mentioning of the contiously optional water-cooling feature, parallel to regular air-cooling @MarineDirect.COM.AU
More eutectic tutorials, including a note that the thermal energy needed for a temperature rise of 1 degree near it's melting/freezing point is 80(!) times larger than at any other temperature range (for water; for ice it is even 160 times larger!) @MarineDirect.COM.AU
OzeFridge.COM.AU (almost same info as above, but a heavily Flash-loaded page layout) @OzeFridge.COM.AU
Interesting notes on using passive watercooling (no pump, hull-/keel-mounted freshwatertank) @SetSail.COM
Marine-style fridges/freezers, including engine-driven compressors & eutectic plates/blocks @SeaFrost.COM
Finally, a site confirming my theory that eutectic plates can (and must) be designed for either freezing or refridgeration! @SeaFrost.COM
Interesting concept for creating icecubes, vertically mounted, directly to evaporator or eutectic block @SeaFrost.COM
12v/41Amp compressor....:)) @SeaFrost.COM
Historical note about the connection between Riemac, Reefer and OzeFridge (bottom posting) @Exploroz.COM
Tons of marine-related fridge tutorials @Kollmann-Marine.COM
Interesting notes on insulation materials, improving continuously @Kollmann-Marine.COM
Fascinating tests to falsify/confirm some myths about refridgeration @Kollmann-Marine.COM
Test showing the differences in eutectic solutions (glycol/brown brine) @Kollmann-Marine.COM
Some basic tech differences between old & new Danfoss compressors @Kollmann-Marine.COM
Danfoss BD/Solar Tutorial, with interesting data about the cold-capacity of eutectic elements (92.9W pro liter water! (note that this is a *thermal* energy rating, not *electric* (normally about 3:1 effiency/leverage)) (although the 'sample' given in this document rates it as electric-only?) @RA.Danfoss.COM (PS: also note the solar-direct control unit!)
Another solar tutorial/manual @DE.RefrigNet.Danfoss.COM
Good overview of all available control-units for Danfoss BD35F/BD50F, including solar/softstart 10-45V (101N400), 12/24v + 100-240V AC (101N500), plus two versions 'automotive applications' (101N600/standard & 101N630/plug&play) (both AC & automotive have 2 extra contacts for a 'compressor running' indicator-lamp!) @RC.Danfoss.COM (dated 1/2008)
Supplier for the Danfoss/Vitrifrigo 101N500 control unit 12/24v + 85-240V AC @PenguinFrigo.CO.UK
Interesting notes on the electronic noise caused by Danfoss compressors, requiring EMI-shielding @EletronicsPoint.COM
*Updated* version of the above mentioned Danfoss document (dated 1/2008), this time dated 4/2009, including several more electronic controllers, including AEO/EMI-shielded (101N0320), Regular/Extra-EMI-shielded (101N0900), Regular/Speed-Start (101N0230) and Regular/High-Speed (101N0290) @RA.Danfoss.COM
Interesting note on the 'AC-preference' of the combined 12/24v + 230v controllers: *above* 27v DC, AC will be ignored! @RC.Danfoss.COM
Solar-freezer sample on the island Vanuatu, mentioning that the Danfoss controller 101N0500 also has soft-start functionality for 230V (only 1A) @Polari.COM
Cold-plate tutorial from the book 'Refrigerations for pleasureboats' (144BTU energy stored pro pound water (=317BTU pro kilo) @Books.Google.COM
Another note on this 144BTU energy stored pro pound @Tpub.COM
Latent-fusion-heat in metric context (80 calories/gram (334,88 Joules/kilo), compared to 1.0 cal/gr-degree for water, and 0.5 cal/gr-degree for ice, or 80x & 160x more!) @Sol.SCI.UOP.EDU
Some more heat data points @Inspect-NY.COM/Aircond
Heat conversion tutorial @TheMeter.NET
Rules of thumb for fridge & freezer, 600BTU/SQF vs 1000BTU/SQF @Kollmann-Marine.COM (and with latent heat being 144BTU/lbs-water = 317BTU/liter = cold storage of 1/2 day per SQF (+/- 36L) with 1 liter water.
More discussion about eutectic 'holding-plates' @CruisersForum.COM
Similar discussion @Refrigeration-Engineer.COM
Good tutorial on problem-solving with both old & new Danfoss compressors @Refridgeration-Engeineer.COM
More scientific approach to eutectic physics @ChemGuide.CO.UK (with the interesting note that the minimum freezing point of salt-solutions is -21.1C at 23.3% salt (beyond that it *very* rapidly deteriorates!))
Here it says a minimum freezing point of -21C at 21% salt solution @DE.Wikipedia.ORG
Even more science/physics about salt-solutions: Raoult's Law @ChemGuide.CO.UK
Eutectic tutorial, suggesting more than a factor 2(!) difference in efficiency @MarineDirect.COM.AU
FAQ on eutectic elements, claiming only 15% efficiency gain @Kollmann-Marine.COM
Energy specifications for Autofridge, 240Wh/day for eutectic cycle, 288Wh/day for regular cycle (=20% difference!) @EnergyMatters.COM.AU
Interesting notes on different types of glycol @Rparts.COM
Graphical display of glycol antifreeze properties @Rparts.COM
More discussion about eutectic solutions @Rparts.COM
Eutectic properties of sugar/dextrose/maltrose @JDS.Fass.ORG
Eutectica in different context: de-icers @Grounds-Mag.COM
Interesting research/application PDF document about eutectica, comparing it to batteries in both weight & volume @SolarChill
Complete PDF-version of the above document, including pictures @SolEnergi.DK
Vacuum insulation panels (VIP), with almost 6(!) times higher insulation than ordinary foam @Rparts.COM
Another supplier/manufacturer of vacuum panels @AcuTemp.COM
Vacuum panels @Vaku-Isotherm.DE
German Discussion about building a fridge/freezer box yourself @Forum.Yacht.DE
Vacuum Insulated Panels (VIP), including ready-made boxes! @VA-Q-TEC.COM
A lovely range of eutectic cold (and heat!) storage elements, from +37C to -32C @VA-Q-TEC.COM
Extensive details about the Danfoss BD80F/BD50F/BD35F @Rparts.COM
Raw directory overview of all available files, including older ones @Rparts.COM
A few more notes on hermetic vs half-hermetic compressors @Maggie-Deutz.COM
Why a 230v/stationary fridge is no match for 12-24v/mobile @ExporeOz.CoM
Indel-B TR825EN @CaraccioloFrigo (with NASA-relevance remark!)
German discussion about Waeco problems with warranty/thermostats, in particular since the takeover by Elektrolux? @Forum.Off-Road-Forum.DE
Interesting German discussion about the difference between the Engel swing-kompressor and Danfoss, in particular its piston-inefficiency at higher temperatures @Boote-Forum.DE (old models Engel just took much more amperes, modern models Engel limit current, hence loose cold performance)
Supporting German note in the above context ('Schwing-Kompressor') @12v-Kuehlgeraete.DE
High-end fridge-/freeze-/heat-boxes, down to -28C(!) @Thermocon.DE
Professional-series RC40-/RC40+/RC70+ @Thermocon.DE
-28C model RC40- @Thermocon.DE
Some notes on the Danfoss 101N0220 electronic module for BD35F/BD50F, including a picture of the internals @ExtremeCooling.NET
German PDF documentation for Danfoss BD35F/BD50F, including interesting notes about wide-voltage modification (solar!) with a 220 Ohm resistor @Refrignet.Danfoss.COM
English instructions for Danfoss BD35F/BD50F @NovaKool.COM
Repair address for the older Danfoss BD2.5 electronics @PlcCenter.COM
More discussion about Danfoss electronic units @Rparts.COM
Maximum off-camber angle for Engel compressors is 60 degrees (30 with stock Danfoss, 45 with Kissmann-modified Danfoss, any position with Kissmann half-hermetic compressor) @Maurelma.CH
12/24v DC and -45C/-60C AC freezers @VestFrostSolutions.COM
Complete PDF-overview @VestFrostSolutions.COM
Finally, a good 'aftermarket' source for the older discontinued 4-pin Danfoss control units (and lots of other lovely fridge-control items, like a 'spill-over' fan/thermostat!) @PenguinFrigo.CO.UK
Direkt link to these 'legacy' aftermarket controlers @PenguinFrigo.CO.UK
And are the later Danfoss compressors really that much more efficient? True or false? @Kollmann-Marine.COM
Smart Speed sophisticated aftermarket add-on control units for the Danfoss BD35F/BD50F @FrostLine.BIZ
Smart Speed aftermarket controller @BoatElectric.COM
Temp-Tech aftermarket controller, including spill-over fan & holding-plate sensing @Great-Water.COM
Aftermarket 4-pin controllers for older Danfoss BD2.0, BD2.5 and BD3.0 @Great-Water.COM
How you can recognize pre- and post-2006 generation Danfoss compressors/controllers (heat-sink coating!) @RA.Danfoss.COM
Extension cable between Danfoss compressor and controller @RA.Danfoss.COM
Interesting discussion about overload-scenario's for Danfoss compressor/controller @Kollmann-Marine.COM
Do Danfoss controllers *need* a separate cooling fan themselves, when selecting higher RPM's? (>2000rpm, by connecting a resistor) @Kollmann-Marine.COM
Discussion about Electro Magnetic Interference (EMI/radio-noise) with standard Danfoss controllers @Newsgroups.DerKeiler.COM
Similar discussion in German language @Forum.Yacht.DE
PDF-tutorial on EMI with Danfoss controllers @Freenet-Homepage.DE
EMI/SSB-noise in the context of the Danfoss controller 101N0500 @ElectronicsPoint.COM
First-generation Danfoss controllers shorting out when reverse-polarized, because of marginal printboard layout @RC.Danfoss.COM
EdgeStar fridge-boxes (USA) @EdgeStar.COM
Changing the hinges on Engel/ARB boxes from short to long side @Forum-IH8MUD.COM
Complete kit to change the hinges like above @WagonGear.COM
A relatively 'flat' & long 25L model fridge-box, Mercedes-truck-specific (fridge+freezer combo?? (see left-side content in picture!)) @Matro.INFO
One of the *very* few notes warning for immediate running after significant off-camber position! (#2.2; *more* than just in the context of a tipped truck-cab!) @Waeco.COM
Another of these rare notes, this time 35 degree for Danfoss @WEMO.CH
A range of truck-style fridges, including relatively deep & narrow models @TruckStyle.CH
WEMO mobile fridges, freezers and super-freezers (down to -35C!) @Wemo.CH
VM Cooling @VM-Europa.COM
Discussions about using R404 with Danfoss compressors, in the context of PC-tuning/cooling(!) @DevHardware.COM
Some notes about the extra load on compressor & electronics with R404 @Forums.Overclockers.COM
Discussions @Mod.Vault9.NET
Discussions @XtremeSystems.ORG
Note about gas refilling weights @Forum.Vapochill.COM
Interesting discussion on using R404 or R502 with Danfoss BD35/50 compressors in the context of PC-processor cooling (including a nice gas-type comparison chart!) @XtremeSystems.ORG
Discussion #1 @Forum.VapoChill.COM
Discussion #2 @Forum.VapoChill.COM
PDF document about PC-cooling differences @Home.Zonnet.NL
Chinese DC-compressors, same coding-system as Danfoss? @Refigeration-Supplier.COM
Vapochill Lightspeed performance diagram @HotHardware.COM
Universal flexible eutectic elements, single-use & multiple-use @TechniIce.COM
PMC-MobileKaelte.COM (including picknic-baskets/champagne-coolers with integrated compressor fridge!)
GMT-Kuehlbox.DE
ENDA digital thermostats for low voltage DC applications (multi-range 9-30v!) @TRM-Systec.DE
English manual for ETC1311-series @Sintebros.COM.SG (old version, without the later RT (was R), K & SSR model designations)
Later version of English manual, including model designations RT, K & SSR @Suran-GmbH.DE
German manual @Suran-GmbH.DE
Price list for CAL/ENDA digital thermostats @Vynco.CO.NZ (NZ$ prices!)
CAL ETC1311 for 7-24Vdc / 9-30Vac @UK.Farnell.COM (price about 50UKP)
Eliwell digital thermostats, including 12/24v models @Eliwell.IT
Eliwell digital thermostats @ThermoFrostCryo.CO.UK
Overview of permissible food storage times, refridgerated vs freezing @HGIC.Clemson.EDU (old/defunct)
Archived copy of the above page @Web.Archive.ORG
Sunny Fridge (no longer in production, previously Transsolar, now DCairco) @DCairco.COM
12/24/48v DC airco's, roof- & wall-mounted, high efficiency (CO(S)P value 4 or more (normally 2-3)) (360W-1400W/4400BTU & 600W-3000W/9000BTU) @DCairco.COM
Interesting notes on Autofridge power consumption, in 3 different modes (eutectic/cyclic/freezing; 20Ah/24Ah/40Ah pro day) @AroundOz.COM
Inverter airconditionings explained @Wikipedia.ORG
A few more notes on inverters and why R410a leads leads to good heating-pump combinations @OrionAir.CO.UK
Another efficiency factor: digital scroll compressors @DigitalScroll.COM
Scroll compressor at Wikipedia.ORG
A few notes on DIY fridge-door-catches @CaravanersForum.COM
Overview of Waeco power-supplies, including picture @ObriensCamping.CO.UK
Table listing which Waeco power-supply fits which type of fridge/compressor @Waeco.CO.UK
(attention: their note about both MPS-50 *and* EPS-100 accepting 110-240v is wrong; only the MPS-50 does, TTBOMK)
(further an interesting note about the Emergency Switch on the Waeco CF50 fridge, bypassing all electronics (or only the thermostat?))
One of the very few sites mentioning that the Waeco 24v power supplies can be used in combination with 12v battery systems as well @Marinestore.CO.UK
A note on the Waeco EPS-50, with a bad first generation? @CaravanersForum.COM
More about eutetic materials in heating context (similar to the salt-solutions used in the early 90's!) @DE.WikiPedia.ORG
Lovely narrow (570 x 360+22 x 204mm) 26L fridge-box @Reimo.COM
12/24v Steca PF 166 fridge-/freeze-box, 166L, with eutectic cold-accumulator & 'StopFrost', -20C @+43C @Prevent-Germany.COM
German spec-sheet for Steca PF 166 (note the symbol 'vehicle/RV'!) @Prevent-Germany.COM
German owners manual (note the discrepancy between R600a (only stationary use!) & R134a!) @Prevent-Germany.COM
Steca PF 166 @RvanLaere.NET
Norcold DC3984/DC7341 (Volvo S/N: ?) side-skewed fridge+freezer Installation+Owners Manual @Thetford.COM
Norcold DC851 (Volvo S/N: 20538212) tall&narrow fridge+freezer Installation+Owners Manual @Thetford.COM
More Norcold documents & manuals @Thetford.COM
More Norcold refridgerator models @Thetford.COM
Thermo-electric water-cooled marine unit, for 85 & 20L boxes @OzMarine.SE
Interesting application of eutectic cold-storage, in a Minibar, energyclass A, for silence at night in the hotelroom! @E-Effe.COM
Dutch user/installation instructions for Waeco Coolmatic fridges @Compromis777.NL
Interesting document about PTC/NTC units, also used in refridgerators @Murata.COM
OstCool, a new Russian brand with swingcompressor (SawaFuji?....but 24v-only), 42L, surplus/200-euro @WEMO.CH
Interesting energy-calculations; cooling down 1L water from +25C to +5C requires 24W, or about 1W pro degree/liter @WEMO.CH
Dometic/Electrolux fridges & freezers, peltier/absorber/compressor (coding note: EK = Electricity + Kerosene(!) (absorber) / EG = Electricity + Gas (absorber) / DC = Direct Current / AC = Alternating Current @Dometic.COM
FCW20EK, smallest EK-sample, 20L @PolestarCooling.COM
Entire Dometic product range @PolestarCooling.COM
FCW20EG, gas, 0.6L/hr @Dometic.COM
FCW20EK, kerosene, 0.65L/hr @Dometic.COM
FCW20EK @Supply.Unicef.DK
Dometic range for Healthcenters, PDF-document @4CI.COM
Dometic product range (page 1-8 stationary units, page 8 boxes, page 9-10 mobile refridgerators/freezers) @Europages.CO.UK
Another Dometic mobile consumer/recreation PDF brochure @Dometic.COM
Refridgerator Tutorial WHO @WHO.INT
WHO/Blood/Vaccine cold storage related documents for download @SanicaSystems.CO.KE
Overview of documents @SanicaSystems.CO.KE
Download documents related to biometical refrigeration @SanicaSystems.CO.KE
Download documents related to cold-chain transport @SanicaSystems.CO.KE
Download documents related to absorption refrigeration @SanicaSystems.CO.KE
Download documents related to compression refrigeration @SanicaSystems.CO.KE
Download documents related to ultra low temperature refrigeration, including cascading heat exchangers & auxiliary water cooling @SanicaSystems.CO.KE
A (rare) price indication within this product range, the Dometic TCW3000 (AC) @Apps.WHO.INT
Document overview @Apps.WHO.INT
Interesting document related to declining monopolies & price deflation on the refrigerator market @Apps.WHO.INT
Equipment Specifications and Test Procedures @Apps.WHO.INT
Overview of documents @Apps.WHO.INT
Phaesun catalog (stand alone solar solutions), including Dometic & super-isolated & offgrid/10-day-holdover fridges page 172-177) @Phaesun.COM
History of Refrigeration, from the stone age until today @NPtel.IITM.AC.IN
Neither mobile nor 12/24v, but still quite interesting; Chilla, a wine cooler for cooling 2-3 bottles directly @VinChilla.CO.UK
Manufacturer of the Chilla bottle-cooler @Icebox.IT/Icebox-Refrigerators.COM
CVT-unit for PTO-driven 400V/3-phase generator, powering cooling systems on van & truck @Goverset.NL
Note about tax-compensation when using the truck-engine to power the cargo-cooling system @Goverset.NL
Commercial size & grade refrigerator/freezer boxes & DIY-panels @ColdBox.IT
Interesting overview of which old gas to exchange with which new gas (R12 with R437a) @Hattink-Heesch.COM
Very interesting German discussion about quality shifts in the Waeco/Dometic/DSS merger-production, in particular CF vs CDF-series with Chinese compressors @BuschTaxi.DE
Adler-Barbour fridges & freezers, including custom-made designs for boats & campers, based on Danfoss compressors @RaycoTechnologies.ORG
German fridge discussion changing to the topic of body-/garment-cooling @BuschTaxi.DE
Cool Cop Body Armor Air Conditioning @SayNoToCrack.COM
Cool Cop Body Armor Air Conditioning @Galls.COM
VERY IMPORTANT WARNING NOTE AGAINST *L*E*T*H*A*L* GAS-POWERED CAMPING REFRIDGERATORS (GERMAN LANGUAGE) @Bild.DE

The size & type of connector you need when ordinary automotive plugs are not sufficient, for multiple high-power fridges or even starting:

A 3/1 splitter for Anderson high-current connectors by Kimberley campers/trailers @Eco-Camper.COM

Onboard/auxiliary airconditioning systems:

Interesting range of 12v/24v DC airco units @RVanLaere.COM
12/24/48v DC airco's, roof- & wall-mounted, high efficiency (CO(S)P value 4 or more (normally 2-3)) (360W-1400W/4760BTU & 600W-3000W/10000BTU (note that some of their cooling-Watt/BTU data is a bit inconsistent)) @DCairco.COM
Older generation 12/24v DC4400 airco @DCairco.COM
Sun Power Energy Cube, a compact frame-mounted unit for semi-trucks @SunPowerTech.COM
Webasto Compact Cooler 4(electric)/5/8, the only roof-mounted units worth considering, with 4/5/8kW power (1kW=3400BTU), and even 7500W heating power(!) @Webasto.COM.AU (but with 24v/68A (1632W) -> 3500W/12000BTU, COP is much less than with the DCairco models above)
More about the Webasto Compact Cooler 4/5/5-lite/8 (including the note that the '8' can be had with optional fresh-air intake, a rather uncommon feature for roof-airco's) @Webasto.COM
Webasto Compact Coolers in the context of Ural 4x4/6x6 trucks, including notes & prices for the recommended engine-driven compressors @AvtoUral.RU (Google-Translated)
Ever wondered how much power/BTU/Watt an average vehicle airconditioning takes? @HVAC-Talk.COM
Interesting concept of airconditioning combined with hot-water supply @Airco.CO.ZA
PDF-document about the above concept @Airco.CO.ZA
Indel-B Sleeping Well 12/24v unit 450W/1100BTU @AES2.CO.UK
Indel-B Sleeping Well 12/24v unit (this seems to be the oldest document, showing a 300W/1100BTU unit, instead of 450W/1600BTU) @ArcticAircon.CO.UK
Dutch user/installation instructions for Webasto heaters @Compromis777.NL

Info about worlds first road-going, full-time 4x4, made in Holland in 1904:
Spyker 4x4 @4wd.SofCom.COM (old/defunct)
Spyker 4x4 @Ebroadcast.COM.AU
A few more Spyker details @MTdemocrat.COM
Worlds first serial-produced 4wd-car, although in very low numbers, and also worlds first car with anti-lock brakes (mechanically!):
Jensen Interceptor FF brochures @British-Steel.ORG
Jensen Interceptor FF @CanadianDriver.COM
Jensen Interceptor FF @AutosWalk.COM
Worlds first mass-produced & best-ever-sold 4wd-car:
Subaru Leone 4wd in 1972 @Subaru-Global.COM
A derative, the Subaru Brat 4wd pickup in 1977 @Subaru-Global.COM
More info about going fast with the earliest 4wd's:
4wd racing history @8w.Forix.COM
Mailinglist for another Japanese 4x4 (based in Australia):
Nissan Patrol @Groups.Yahoo.COM
Nissan 4wd @Off-Road.COM
Nissan Patrol @Forum.Patrol4x4.COM
About filtering the blood in your vehicle:
Oil Filter Analysis by Russ W. Knize @MiniMopar.SimpleNet.COM (old defunct)
Oil Filter Analysis by Russ W. Knize @Members.Xoom.COM/MiniMopar (old defunct)
Oil Filter Analysis by Russ W. Knize @Members.NBCI.COM/MiniMopar
Oil Filter Analysis by Russ W. Knize @FrankHunt.COM (might be down due to spam)
Oil Filter Analysis by Russ W. Knize @People.MSOE.EDU/~YoderW (mirror of the above site)
Oil Analysis (old page) @NBCI.COM
Oil Filter Overview, test results @FrankHunt.COM (might be down due to spam)
Oil Filter Overview, test results @People.MSOE.EDU/~YoderW (mirror of the above site) Tutorials on engine oil qualifications & specifications:
Engine oil tutorial @BuschTaxi.DE (German)
Engine oil tutorial @Chris-Longhurst.COM
How to clean the valves on your engine with an usual but very effective method: Pooring brake-fluid into the air intake @BuschTaxi.DE (German)
Several very slick tow-hitch products (ball, pintle/NATO, lunette):
My personal collection of information & data on NATO hooks @Markerink.ORG
Dixon-Bate's tow hitches (including the ShockLink vertical shockabsorber!) @DixonBate.CO.UK
Dixon-Bate product page @TowItAll.CO.UK
Dixon-Bate tip, about finding them cheap in Dutch military dump shops, by Tjalf Bloem @Chello.NL/~T.Bloem (Dutch text)
Dixon-Bate @Parts.Grade.DE
Rockinger @Parts-Grade.DE
Rockinger, including the nice convertible Variobloc concept, plus horizontal shock absorbers ('buffers'), @Rockinger.Jost-World (waring: browser-dependant site, Mozilla might not work, Firebird does!)
Otherwise, try this more direct link from Rockinger (->"Rockinger Catalogue"; I can't even repeat finding this particular link from their mainpage!)
The Rockinger RO-232, a rotating NATO/pintle hook *with* rubber suspension! @Jost-World.COM (attention: Java menu, does not work with older browsers/Java-versions!)
Alternative site @Rockinger-Katalog.DE (but be careful: the Java application seems hostile to some older browsers! (update/2008: and even newer ones, including recent versions of Firefox)
Direkt link to the RO-232 @Rockinger-Katalog.DE
Easier to navigate Rockinger/Jost site, also showing the larger & protruding models side by side @Jost.CO.ZA
Rockinger + TrailerStop (electro/hydraulic brakes for trailers!) on HDJ-100 @Bandieri.CH
TrailerStop electro/hydraulic brakes for trailers, including ABS(!) @Zbinden-Posieux.CH
Wabco ABS & pneumatic/hydraulic trailer brake systems (part of the TrailerStop system) @Wabco-Auto.COM
Fixed pintle/ball combinations @Peterlea.COM (old/defunct)
Rotating Nato pintle, military application on a LR Lightweight, front and rear bumper @MilitaryRover.34sp.COM
Combined Nato pintle plus ball unit on a LR SIII, @RonBolleboom.NL
Interesting notes about an 'in-pintle' construction for the ball unit(?), by Robin Craig @D-90.COM/FAQ
Pintle hooks (fixed & rotating) @MultiTech.20m.COM
Brief info on the Rockinger RO-232, a pintle hook with rotating and suspension mechanism build-in @Hirschi.COM (old/defunct)
Copy of the above page on the WayBackMachine @Web.Archive.COM
Rockinger Variobloc, including rotating/dampened RO232 @Hirsi.COM (old/defunct)
Copy of the above page on the WayBackMachine @Web.Archive.COM
Current Variobloc overview, showing that the RO232 is still compatible @Hirschi.COM
Variobloc @Jost.CO.ZA (not showing the combination with RO232!)
Large 80mm-diameter ball hitch for heavy trucks @Hirschi.COM (old/defunct)
Copy of the above page on the WayBackMachine @Web.Archive.COM
Current page with large 80mm-diameter ball hitch for heavy trucks @Jost-World.COM
Adapter to mount trailers with eye-coupling to a ball hitch (sadly only for the Swiss-typical 35/40/50mm diameter eye, not for 76mm Nato) @Auto-CH.ORG
Direkt link for the above eye/ball adapter to the matching PDF-page/price-list @Auto-CH.ORG
Another eye->ball adapter, but again from Switzerland (hence most likely limited to 35/40/50mm eyes, not for military/NATO/76mm) @AmboFix.CH
Pintle-hooks, including a suspension-version and 120x55mm bolt pattern(!) @AmboFix.CH
Stronger version of the above suspension pintle-hook, now for 6 ton instead of 3.5 @AmboFix.CH
Ball hitches, including the Swedish 60mm, and ball/pin combinations @AmboFix.CH
More 60mm ball hitches, plus triple combinations (eye/50mm/60mm) @AmboFix.CH
Heavy truck-level pintle hitches & hitch suspensions @EuroHitch.DE
Sweden-typical tow configurations, plus bolt-pattern adapter plates(!) @Brink.SE
Swedish military jaw- and pintle-couplings @Uniphon.SE
More Sweden-typical tow combinations, including 50mm, 60mm and pin @MonoFlex.SE
Several Swiss-typical couplings & adapters @AGL.CH
Several otherwise hard to find couplings, including Rockinger-RO232 and the Swedish triple-hitch @AHK-Preisbrecher.DE
One of the rare few (European) suppliers of the trailer-side coupling for 60mm ball head, matching both 50mm beam diameter ('cross' type bolts) and 70mm (vertical bolts) @Slapvagnshuset.SE
Another supplier of the trailer-side coupling for 60mm ball head (only showing the 50mm-beam version) @Tiab.SE
Swedish supplier of both cross & vertical type, only listing their (steep!) price in one of the PDF-documents @Slapis.COM
German supplier for both types @Bremsen-Schoebel.DE
Another rare supplier of 60mm ball heads @Fahrzeugbau-Shop.DE
Type #1, WW 300-H (for 50mm diameter beam-tube) @Fahrzeugbau-Shop.DE
Type #2, WW 300-W (for 70mm diameter beam-tube) @Fahrzeugbau-Shop.DE
Actual PDF-catalog page for WW 300-H @Suer.DE
Actual PDF-catalog page for WW 300-W @Suer.DE
Ringfeder pintle hook Typ 65 cq G/125-150, with rubber suspension! @PDF.DirectIndustry.COM
Details of Ringfeder NATO/pintle hook Typ 65 G125-150, including the G/135 with 120x55mm boltpattern, and an alternative larger eyesize as well (95x50mm, instead of 76x41mm, possibly allowing larger pitch(up/down)-angles?!?) @BPWtranspec.COM.AU
Ringfeder Typ 65 Mounting Instructions @BPWtranspec.COM.AU
Ringfeder Typ RUwg (automatic latching) @Ringfeder.DE
Datasheet for Typ RUwg @Ringfeder.DE
Ringfeder Typ K5 DV (automatic, largest model) @Ringfeder.DE
Ringfeder Typ 663 (automatic latching) @Ringfeder.DE
Ringfeder Typ 65 (manual latching) @Ringfeder.DE
Ringfeder Typ K6 NATO-hook (towing, rigid, largest size (boltpattern like RU K5) @Ringfeder.DE
Much better, single-page, overview of Ringfeder NATO couplings @Masterhak.COM.PL
Similar overview @Hyva.COM.PL
Truck & agriculture couplings, including a combined ball/pintle (and a range of 80mm ballhead units) @Sparex.COM
Several ball/pintle hitches, including interesting Swiss-legal limitations (non-suspension pintle only max 40km/h!) @HRBanhaenger.CH
Bradley Doublelock ball+jaw combinations, including lock/theft-prevention @BradleyDoubleLock.CO.UK
Hitches & couplings @SAFholland.COM
SAF-Holland hitches & couplings @EuroHitch.DE (old/defunct?)
Another combination of ball + pintle (products -> recovery/towing equipment) @ScorpionRacing.CO.UK
Rare set of pictures showing the Dixon-Bate pintle in combination with the Rockinger Variobloc @Forum.IH8mud.COM
PDF showing mostly Rockinger, but also interesting Wallace Forge pintles @Luystyems.COM.AU
Wallace Forge rigid mount pintle hooks @WallaceForgeCompany.COM
Wallace Forge swivel mount pintle hooks @WallaceForgeCompany.COM
Wallace Forge swivel+spring pintle hooks @WallaceForgeCompany.COM
Wallace Forge dual purpose hitches (ball+pintle) @WallaceForgeCompany.COM
If you want to know the gory details about the NATO-eye specification, VG74059 @Beuth.DE
The NATO-coupling system specified by the military itself @NATO.INT
V.Orlandi NATO hitches @Orlandi.IT
French/Italian military ring-eye size 68x42mm & 45x31mm! @Orlandi.IT
Orlandi catalog 2004 @JupoJosTechnika.EU
For comparison, the pathetic small freedom of movement of a ball coupling @SPP.NET.PL
German legal regulations about pintle-couplings @Bundesrecht.Juris.DE
More legal details about pintle-couplings in German/European context @PinzForum.Kiruna.DE
Generic tutorial in German language on trailer couplings (including the note that the 50mm ball coupling was invented by Westfalia Van Conversion in 1932!) @Computerbase.DE
Another interesting trailer-topic in German context, towing more than one trailer @VerkehrsPortal.DE
Previous Dutch legislation for pintle couplings @Wetten.Overheid.NL (#1) (apparently only for truck/van, no restrictions whatsoever for cars!)
Previous Dutch legislation for pintle couplings @Wetten.Overheid.NL (#2) (apparently only for truck/van, no restrictions whatsoever for cars!)
Previous Dutch legislation for pintle couplings @Wetten.Overheid.NL (#3) (apparently only for truck/van, no restrictions whatsoever for cars!)
Previous Dutch legislation (until 30/4/2009), category cars @TDekkers.NL
Previous Dutch legislation (until 30/4/2009), category van/truck @TDekkers.NL
Interesting Dutch legal verdict involving a pintle hook, using the loophole that only 1 particular coupling was listed, defined by a drawing (showing a typical OEM Japanese coupling, rigid/non-rotate) @Jure.NL
Dutch vehicle legislation starting 1/5/2009 @Overheid-OP.SDU.NL (2a -> Zoek/Titel 'Regeling Voertuigen', Staatscourant #81, 30MB, 385 pages)
Very elaborate & detailed EU-document covering all types of couplings, including NATO pintle (haakkoppeling/Haken), including the note that *manual* pintles are only allowed up to 3500kg! (see Chapter 10.1.2./page38!) Corrigendum to Regulation No 55 of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UN/ECE) � Uniform provisions concerning the approval of mechanical coupling components of combinations of vehicles ( OJ L 373, 27.12.2006 )
(multiple languages, check option box 'all languages' / 'Beschikbare talen en formaten' & menu button 'GO'!)
(note that the PDF-version contains pictures, the HTML-version does not!)
(also note that there is no Class/Category mentioned for the boltpattern 45x85mm, only 90mm & 56x83mm and larger! (Chapter 10.5)
HTML-version, Dutch @Eur-Lex.Europa.EU
PDF/Dutch (PDF bevat ook tekeningen @Eur-Lex.Europa.EU
HTML/German @Eur-Lex.Europa.EU
PDF/German (PDF umfasst auch Zeichnungen!) @Eur-Lex.Europa.EU
HTML/English @Eur-Lex.Europa.EU
PDF/English (PDF also includes drawings!) @Eur-Lex.Europa.EU
Same document, earlier version, preceeding? Regulation No 55 of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UN/ECE) � Uniform provisions concerning the approval of mechanical coupling components of combinations of vehicles Official Journal L 227 , 28/08/2010 P. 0001 - 0061 @Eur-Lex.Europa.EU
(multiple languages, check option box 'all languages' / 'Beschikbare talen en formaten'! & menu button 'GO')
Dutch law(1) about towing a non-registered *foreign* trailer behind a Dutch vehicle @Wet-Online.NL (Wegenverkeerswet 1994 / Hoofdstuk IV. Kentekens en kentekenbewijzen / Artikel 37)
Dutch law(2) about towing a non-registered *foreign* trailer behind a Dutch vehicle @Tdekkers.NL (VoertuigReglement / Hoofdstuk 5 Permanente- en Gebruikseisen / Afdeling 18 / Artikel 10)
Russian pintle specification Gost 2349-74 @Teksert-NTB.Gubkin.RU
Same document, individual pages/links @Protect.Gost.RU
Same document, enlarged PDF @GosStandart.GOV.BY
Ukrainian document with more references to the old/original GOST 2349-54 (1954?) @UkrReferat.COM (4 pages total!)
Link to the above document in .DOC format for downloading @UkrReferat.COM
Construction of tow hook on URAL 4320 (similar to Ringfeder/Uniphon 663 & ZIL-131, single-axle damping (lateral-only (pull/push)) @UralImpuls.Miass.RU
Translation of the above page @UralImpuls.Miass.RU
EU-document allowing tow hooks to be mounted *higher* than the official 350-420mm, on offroad-vehicles (paragraph 2.1.1 / page 56) @Eur-Lex.Europa.EU (German)
EU-document allowing tow hooks to be mounted *higher* than the official 350-420mm, on offroad-vehicles (paragraph 2.1.1 / page 56) @Eur-Lex.Europa.EU (English) (PS: also note page 2.4.2 / page 61, demanding a load-sharing bogie-axle construction, on tandem-trailers over 3.5t!)
Interpretation by German KBA of the above regulation (apparently the angle of freedom is also larger for offroad vehicles!) @KBA.DE Discussion about legal issues in German/EU context @Maggie-Deutz.COM
And finally, after looking for years, a multi-size anti-theft lock for pintle-eyes! @Worktruck-Outfitter.COM
Bolt-locks M10 & M12 to match/complete the above pintle-eye anti-theft device @Locex.SE
A genious 5th-wheel camper-trailer coupling concept, allowing 360 degree rotation of the tow vehicle (VW-beetle)....:)) @YouTube.COM
Source article for the above YouTube video @Jalopnik.COM
Overview of various Australian offroad couplings (I) @Lets-Getaway.COM
Overview of various Australian offroad couplings (II) @CamperTrailers.ORG
New trailer coupling design @Exploroz.COM
Clever trailer coupling @TheLand.FarmOnline.COM.AU
Hitchmaster DO35 self-centering drop-on coupling, fully articulated @VehicleComponents.COM.AU
Early model Hitchmaster DO25 (more simple locking mechanism) @VehicleComponents.COM.AU
Hitch construction resulting in a conical zero-play NATO/eye coupling! @VehicleComponents.COM.AU
More pictures of this Hitchmaster VC-018 'conical ball' NATO-eye damping construction @VehicleComponents.COM.AU
Instruction sheet for Hitchmaster VC-018 coupling @VehicleComponents.COM.AU
Ant-theft locking device for NATO eyes, even allowing connection with a chain-lock to a more rigid/heavy object @VehicleComponents.COM.AU
More images of this NATO eye-bolt-lock @VehicleComponents.COM.AU
Various pintle rings & hooks @VehicleComponents.COM.AU
70mm, 95mm and 2-5/16" ball couplings @VehicleComponents.COM.AU
More images of the above 70mm, 95mm and 2-5/16" ball couplings @VehicleComponents.COM.AU
Some interesting rules of thumb for multi-axle trailers in the context of max-wheelbase vs load-sharing suspension @VehicleComponents.COM.AU
Free moving Hyland ball coupling @Google.COM
More discussion about this Hyland ball coupling @Exploroz.COM
Warning for using this Hyland coupling in combination with load sharing sub-couplings @Forum.Australia4wd.COM
Why having a cross-link set of heavy 'catch' chains (keeping the hitch off the ground *and* centered in case of an unlocked coupling!) is much better than the European concept of a brake-snag-cable @KedronOwnersGroup.COM
Extra safety lock for Hyland coupling @KedronOwnersGroup.COM
Notes about the McHitch Uniglide coupling (using an U-joint for unlimited articulation!) @Patrol4x4.COM
UniGlide Manufacturer @McHitch.COM.AU
Australian rules regarding tow hitch height (only regulated for 50mm ball! (350-460mm)) @VehicleComponents.COM.AU
NATO-eye 'shoe'-type anti-theft lock @eTrailer.COM
NATO-eye 'shoe'-type anti-theft lock @RadAuto.COM
NATO-eye 'shoe'-type anti-theft lock @Hitchmart.COM
NATO-eye 'bolt'-type anti-theft lock @HannarvandTrailers.COM
NATO-eye 'bolt'-type anti-theft lock @Amazon.COM
NATO-eye 'bolt'-type anti-theft lock @Amazon.COM

Superduper ball coupling lock 'Blaylock-Industries Universal Trailer Lock TL33' @Amazon.COM
Strange ball couplings (rotating?) @Amazon.COM
Weight distributing hitch, typical for USA & AUS @Amazon.COM
Electric powered tongue jacks @Amazon.COM
30mm & 55-75mm Eye-Lock plus Spiderlock to lock multiple eyes/trailers together! @TLD-International.COM
A third type of modular tow-hook adapter plates @ATB-Tuning.DE (only for DIN-boltpattern (83x56mm), not Japan/UK (85x45mm))
Why even a nominal NATO coupling (only +/- 45 degrees up/down angle required, common with the automatic version ('jaw' instead of 'pintle')) is often not sufficient @C303.DE
Heck-Pack Clamp-on unit for 50mm ball @HeckPack.Wabo-Copy.DE
Cate frame-mounted cargo/platform unit @Steinhaus-Shop.DE
DIY/Homebuild lock for NATO-eye @Forum.Difflock.COM
A few interesting ball/pintle hybrid-combinations @HitchCorner.COM
Why Germans can legally tow 2 trailers @VerkehrsPortal.DE
German road regulations for tracks! @VerkehrsPortal.DE
No detailed regulations in Germany for entering a vehicle? @VerkehrsPortal.DE
Max width = 250cm/car - 255cm/truck for German trailers @VerkehrsPortal.DE
German rules for unbraked trailers and when to carry 1 or 2 additional tire-brake-logs for parking (vehicles >4t and trailers >750kg!) @VerkehrsPortal.DE
German rules for max towing weight; more than 3500kg only for van/truck, not car @VerkehrsPortal.DE
German regulations for building trailers yourself including the weird fact that non-100km/h trailers need an 80km/h sticker @TUV-Nord.DE
Interesting Dutch rules about trailers behind a motorbike: a single-wheel trailer with permanent coupling makes it a 3-wheeler, and legal 100/120/130km/h! @Forum.FJ-ownersclub.nl
More strange regulations in Europe for motorbike + trailer @VanEngelenHoven.NET
Very interesting thread about downhill overheating of overrun brakes @CaravanTrekker.NL
Several other very interesting tow hook concepts, including ball/pintle combo's, flexible 'roll-a-hitch', and even *cushioned* 2"-square systems @eTrailer.COM
Holland air-cushioned heavy duty NATO/pintle coupling @eTrailer.COM
More cushioned hitch systems @SchuckHitches.COM
Cushion Tow Hitches Test for aircraft towing vehicles @Standards.SAE.ORG
An even wider range of cushioned tow hitch concepts, including air suspension on both vehicle & trailer side @ShockerHitch.COM
DMI Quic�n Easy', Cush�n Combo' & Quic-Cush'n @RigidHitch.COM
More about these DMI cushioned hitch products @BarnYardProducts.COM
Actual manufacturer of DMI cushioned hitches @UnitedTruckParts.COM
Gooseneck/5th-wheel cushion system @CodyHitch.COM
A much stronger, wear-free, ball/pintle combination @ProPickupMag.COM
Another interesting multi-ball/pintle combination @TeleSwivel.COM
Many interesting couplings & tow accessories @AllMetalSupply.COM
Several NATO/pintle related products, including a very cheap anti-theft lock @Couplemate.COM.AU
Interesting design of a zero-wearing ball/pintle combination @CoupleMate.COM.AU
Same product, much lower price (but also more pictures) @CoupleMate.COM
Interesting waterproof axle-bearing upgrade @eTrailerParts.COM.AU
Trailer-side beams & couplings:
Non-brake trailer beams, ball & pintle @Knott-Anhaenger-Shop.DE
Trailer-beams with overrun brakes, eye & pintle @Knott-Anhaenger-Shop.DE
EU/TUV certified NATO eyes for 45/50/60mm beam diameters @Knott-Anhaenger-Shop.DE
Trailer beam constructions with variable height, from 750kg to 3500kg @Knott-Anhaenger-Shop.DE
Overrun brake unit for height-variable trailer beams @Knott-Anhaenger-Shop.DE
Various trailer couplings, including NATO-eye, spring- and hydro-dampend @BradleyDoubleLock.CO.UK
BPW trailer-side couplings (bolt-pattern 'cross', 3 shaft diameters), plus a 77mm French (disk?) coupling @BPW.DE (page 131/156)
BPW trailer-side coupling-beams, including the 68mm military ring eye (page 52/64) @BPW.DE
NATO eye with 45mm internal shaft diameter (and 12.5mm/M12 bolt holes) @Hogi99.DE
Drawing of the above NATO eye @Hogi99.DE
A total of 5 different NATO-eye's, only differing by internal shaft-size (45/50/60mm), and bolt size (both 12.5mm/M12 & 14.5mm/M14!) @Hogi99.DE
More interesting trailer products:
Nice compact trailer for transporting up to 8(?) bicycles @Zbinden-Posieux.CH
Electronic brake-activating anti-swing systems @Steinhaus-Shop.DE
How to improve the brakes on your trailer:
Electric & load-sensing trailer brakes @BooPark.NL
About the Swedish-typical 60mm ball coupling (in the old (non-EU) days allowing 3500kg trailers, instead of just 2500kg with 50mm ball coupling!):
Winterhoff WW 300-H & WW 300-W (PDF-catalog, page 14 (or second-last entries under 'couplings'); partnumbers 7145 and 5195) @Bremsen-Schoebel.DE
EU type-approval document (German/BKA) @FordonsMateriel.SE
Winterhoff catalog, listing a tow rating of 3500kg @Kompass.COM
Aussie & other manufacturers of springs & bullbars/tirecarriers for Land Cruisers:
TJM products @TJMProducts.COM.AU
ARB products @ARB.COM.AU
New very slick rear ARB tirecarrier 2004/2005 for J100 Land Cruiser @4wdMonthly.COM.AU
IronMan Suspension
OldManEmu (OME) from ARB Australia @ARBUSA.COM
OldManEmu Land Cruiser applications @ACME-Outfitters.COM
PDF Catalog 2010 @4x4parts.FI
4WaySuspension (Tough Dog) @4WaySuspension.COM
4WaySuspension @RockyMountainSusp.COM
Dobinson Springs @DobinsonSprings.COM
Dobinson's kit for Land Cruiser FJ55(!)
Alcan Springs @AlcanSprings.COM (USA)
Terrain Tamer @UQ.NET.AU/~ZZDiesel
Belton @BeltonGroup.COM
KingSprings.COM
SmartBar.COM.AU
More SmartBar samples @CarScene.COM.AU
Interesting gas-strut 'hold-open' concept on Suburban tire-carrier @Fastlane.COM.AU
Same gas-strut concept now also available for J6/J8 Land Cruisers! @SOR.COM
Very slick snorkels @RocaSilva.COM (Spain)
Bullbars that ran out of control @TuffBullbars.COM
NoltecSuspension.COM
Source for clamps/locking-handles to fabricate your own tire-carrier @Destaco.COM
J8 rear-bumpers @SleeOffroad.COM
J4/5/6/8 rear-bumpers & side-bars/rocker-bars @IronPigOffroad.COM
J8 rear-bumpers @HannaQuality.COM
Gon2Far.CO.UK (with swivel-points spring-eyes, like the Orbit-Eye concept! (see elsewhere on this page)
Nudge-M bullbars from South-Africa @Nudge-M.CO.ZA
And one of their sub-contractors: Safari Products
Ozzi Cruiser interior accessories:
BlackWidow4wdStorage.COM
About parabolic leaf springs:
Rocky Mountain Parabolic Springs (USA/Land Rover only) @ParabolicSprings.COM
TI Console B.V. (Netherlands/Land Rover site) @TIconsole.NL
TI Console B.V. (Netherlands/expanding to Land Cruiser (40/60/70-series) & Jeep!) @ParabolicSuspension.COM
A good parabolic example on the Italian Bremach light-truck 4x4, @AllRad-Christ.COM
Interesting notes about parabolic leaf springs @ChrisPerfect.COM (old/defunct page @Web.Archive.ORG)
Current notes about parabolic leaf springs @ChrisPerfect.COM
Safety notes about fitting parabolic leaf springs @ChrisPerfect.COM
Fitting instructions for parabolic leaf springs @ChrisPerfect.COM
Comments & discussion about parabolic suspension on Land Cruisers @Forum.BuschTaxi.DE
Air suspension systems:
DriveRite LTD (Ireland) @DriveRiteLTD.COM
MAD Interactive Suspension @MAD-Tooling.COM
VB-Techniek.NL (Dutch)
Painting your leaf springs with stuff that stays slippery, to reduce inter-leaf friction: SlipPlate.COM
About alternatives for rubber bumpstops:
Hydraulic bumpstops @TeraflexPlus.COM (use 'search' function on top of their page)
A nice site with info about automotive lights: Daniel Stern Lighting FAQ & tips @Lightning.MBZ.ORG
A web ring about diesels: Tom's All Diesel Web Ring @Pub25.EZboard.COM
About a remarkable Austrian-made 4x4 & 6x6:

Steyr Puch Pinzgauer (interesting seat detail of 710M troop carrier
Pinzgauer 712K interior pictures (6x6, 5-door hardtop)
Pinzgauer 712AMB Ambulance pictures, interior and bare chassis
Armoured Pinzgauer 6x6 (and 80-series Land Cruiser)
Real4x4 Pinzgauer Gallery, including pix of a factory visit 2000 (with army-refurbishing project 710/712!) and a sample of the high-roof 718 conversion formerly used by RheinBraun AG
German comments on the incredible abuse these Pinzgauers (and other vehicles like Unimog, Bremach, Land Cruiser & Defender) must endure at mining-sites from Rhein-Braun AG @VierMalVier.DE
Real4x4 Pinzgauer web forum
Yahoogroups Pinzgauer Mailinglist
Yahoogroups Pinzi File-archive (secondary)
Yahoogroups Haflinger Mailinglist (4x4 predecessor of Pinzgauer)
Australian Pinzgauer site by Peter Farrer with lots of info, pictures & links @Users.Bigpond.NET.AU/ProfPinz
List of video fragments @Users.Bigpond.NET.AU
712DK (DoppelKabine; German for crewcab) @ Pinny's Site
Austrian ex-military 712k 6x6 hardtop
Pinzgauer History plus Tips & Tricks for older 710/712 models
Rocky Mountain's Unimog & Pinzgauer links @Home.Att.NET (old/defunct)
Rocky Mountain's Unimog & Pinzgauer links @RockyMountainMoggers.COM (new)
Swiss ATV (including pictures of a 712 drive train, a 712K in military action, a 712 cannon-platform, and a rare civilian 712DK (double-cab)
Swiss surplus sales of 710M
Pinzgauers at SwissArmyVehicles (including special parts)
Pinzgauer Gallery @SwissArmyVehicles.COM
Pinzgauer 710T with tilt-bed @SwissArmyVehicles.COM
Pinzgauer 712W Camper (based on custom troop-carrier/highroof van by RheinBraun AG!) @SwissArmyVehicles.COM (old/defunct)
Pinzgauer 712W Camper (based on custom troop-carrier/highroof van by RheinBraun AG!) @SwissArmyVehicles.COM (current)
Pinzgauer 710M with VW 1.9TDi diesel conversion @SwissArmyVehicles.COM
Pinzgauer Treffen 2000 in Germany (lots of camper-conversions!)
Automotive Business (macro economical report)
Bernhard Schober's Site
TV-broadcast vehicle from WBS (Austrian)
ProMedic (6x6 medical rally support vehicle/ambulance)
Press release about production ending in Austria
Automotive Technik LTD UK (current manufacturer) @Pinzgauer.UK.COM
Rare picture of the brain-cracking inside of a Pinzgauer differential & other constructive details @Pinzgauer.UK.COM
More Puch history (German) @ Gelaendewagen.AT
Modern military 718-Carrier @ Russian site
Archive of German OffRoad Magazin
Factory Video @ SpanishTrailRovers
Rally 712M in the Croatia Trophy
Report @ Defence-Data about new VW 2.5L 5-cyl TDi engine (including the note that with the new engine it is as fast loaded as the old one was unloaded!)
Report @ Defence-Data about armoured 718
Report @ DiffLock about Pinzgauers, and picture of armoured 718
2002 ReportI from Jane's Defense @Janes.COM
2002 ReportII from Jane's Defense @Janes.COM
Brief video of 718M & 718T @Janes.COM
UK-military Pinzgauer in Afghanistan
Pinzgauer pictures from the Pinzgauer Mailinglist
Most recent models of Pinzgauers in the British military forces @BDEC-Online.COM
Pinzgauer Factory video @Alive-Awake.COM
Hard-top 716K converted to soft-top 716M @SWPinzgauer.ORG
More very cool Pinzgauer stuff from Southwest Pinzgauers Association @SWPinzgauer.ORG
Pinzgauer-Germany.DE
Pinzgauer-Service.DE
Video: Impressive water-crossing & an even more impressive obstacle-climb of a 718/6x6 (watch how that boogie rear axle keeps pushing, while the middle axle climbs!)
SDP-Pinzgauer.ORG (German)
PinzgauerUS.COM
Pinzgauer.AT
718K (5-door CrewCab) test report @DiffLock.COM
Nico's Pinzgauer site (with nice pix/video gallery, including 6x6 SAR-vehicle on Iceland!) @Pinzgauer.FreeUK.COM
Gallery @EuroTruck-Importers.COM
Inspiration for mounting a solar panel on a Pinzgauer @OutbackPower.COM
Haflinger 6x6 & 8x8 (with 3(!) steering axles) @Users.BigPond.NET.AU/ProfPinz
A 6x6 Haflinger in milder dress @Users.BigPond.NET.AU/ProfPinz
Larger picture of one of the above Haflinger 8x8's @Route6x6
Armoured 718 @ChrisHodgeTrucks.CO.UK
Rast-ArmeeFahrzeuge.CH
Camper conversion of a Pinzgauer 712 by the owners of Action Mobile themselves @Staffi.Lboro.AC.UK/~Copal (I)
Camper conversion of a Pinzgauer 712 by the owners of Action Mobile themselves @Staffi.Lboro.AC.UK/~Copal (II)
Private advertising section for Pinzgauers & Haflingers @Puch-Haflinger.AT
Pinzgauers @AdriansSlotCarWorld.CO.UK (including a nice 718 camper and UK-military samples) [note that the thumbs need Javascript to enlarge, and only seem to work in Explorer, not in Mozilla!]
Henry Schleupner's Pinzgauer 712 site @Schleupner.Bei.T-Online.DE
Site devoted to Pinzgauer campers & alternatives @PinzTrek.COM
PinzTrek Mailinglist @Groups.Yahoo.COM
Decapitated Pinzgauer 710K @GeoCities.COM/WillieGuapo
Heated discussion about Pinzgauers (old & new) on BuschTaxi.DE (German text, sorry!) 0
Interesting thread about Pinzgauers @Gelaendewagen.AT (German text)
Camperconversion of a 716 UK-Ambulance prototype, with very nice rear entry concept @Home.Iprimus.COM.AU/ProfPinz

Nice artistic drawings of 716/718, plus a rare schematic of the overall drivetrain concept! @VoenAvto.AlmanacWHF.RU
Babelfish translation of the above Russian site @VoenAvto.AlmanacWHF.RU

And if you still wonder whether the necessary half-shaft off-set is maintained at wheel-level, check this Tatra T805 (similar drivetrain) @Veteran.Plivnik.CZ
More technical graphics from the Tatra T805 @Veteran.Plivnik.CZ
Stefan's Steyr Pages @DE.GeoCities.COM/Haflingerpage (check the 'Gastebuch' too)
716/718 brochures @RMpinzgauers.ORG
Pinzgauer @PanzerBaer.DE (I)
Pinzgauer @PanzerBaer.DE (II)
Pinzgauer 712M with 'rooftent' on the cargo-deck @Uulibrary.Free.FR
A nice range of low-profile open-top/desert Pinzgauers & Mercedes-Gel�ndewagens @AdvancedVehicleSystems.COM
Long Tall Sally, one of 3(?) Pinzgauer 712W-Ambulances, build for Rhein-Braun-AG @PhotoBucket.COM (password: 'pinzgauer'!)
Pinzgauer Treffen 2005/Austria @GGWC.AT
Site about the civil/utility Haflinger 703 APK (Allrad Platform Kommunal) @Home.Arcor.DE
German site with purchase-advice about Pinzgauers @Pinzgauer.Kiruna.DE
French Pinzgauer Forum @FR.Groups.Yahoo.COM
A rare 712DK (DoppelKabine) @Expedition-Imports.COM
1 of only 5 prototype/concept Mustang Pinzgauer's 716K, designed by Dick Nesbitt, this one previously owned by Arnold Schwarzenegger, now at a museum/restaurant in Japan @PS-Cars.COM
Babelfish translation of the above site @PS-Cars.COM
Conversion of the first generation Pinzgauer gasoline to MB-diesel by Continental-Utility-Vehicles @C-U-V.CO.UK
Pinzgauer 6x6 firefighters @TheSixAppealWheelGroup@Groups.MSN.COM
Interesting discussion about different generations 716/718 & paint color codes @Real4x4Forums.COM
How to decipher VIN-codes for 716/718 models @SDP-Pinzgauer.ORG

A cross-over prototype, the Steyr Daimler Puch Noriker, VW LT(van) body, with rigid portal axles and fulltime-4wd(!), only 20 ever made:
SDP Noriker @ZuckerFabrik24.DE/SteyrPuch
SDP Noriker @LT-4x4.DE
More pictures from SDP Noriker @LT-4x4.DE
Pictures of drivetrain & frame from SDP Noriker @LT-4x4.DE
About the VW LT 4x4 itself:
VW LT 4x4 forum @LT-4x4.DE
Technical data @LT-4x4.DE
Lots of VW LT data/spec's of the various models in general @LT.MKMueller.DE
LT 4x4 forum @F50.Parsimony.NET
The big brother of the Pinzgauer concept, with up to 8x8 independant suspension:
Tatra video portal, including a bastardized 4x4 and a 8x8 demo-run @TatraPortal.SK
Another highly interesting 6x6, this time made in Switzerland, the Bucher Duro, (Mowag Duro since 2003, now also with Cummins 5.9L & Allison 5sp, instead of VM 4.0L & ZF 5sp transmission), with fulltime 4wd or 6wd and a very nifty DeWatt-stabilisation linkage (and like the Pinzgauer also with portal hubs, independant suspension and a fixed-mounted diff (hence similar very low floor height!):
Elmer's Bucher Duro site (Polish)
Bucher Duro (original manufacturer)
Bucher Duro production sold to Mowag (press release 1 @Army-Technology.COM)
Bucher Duro production sold to Mowag (press-release 2 @Mowag.CH)
Bucher Duro production sold to Mowag (press-release 2 @BucherInd.COM (.PDF)
Current manufacturer of Bucher Duro @Mowag.CH
Duro Photo gallery @Mowag.CH (including the rare 6x6 (2 more pages on the bottom!))
Duro .PDF fact sheets @Mowag.CH
Military version Mowag Duro @BDEC-Online.COM
Bucher Duro camper version @Unicat.NET
Duro.CH
Expedition versions of the Duro 4x4 & 6x6 @Duro.CH
Desert-cruiser Duro 6x6 @Duro.CH
2001 Note about an Iveco/Fiat-modified low-profile armoured version of the Duro, for the UK-army @Janes.COM
Another report of this low-profile prototype, for the Canadian army @SFU.CA
Duro @ChrisHodgeTrucks.CO.UK
Notes on the old Bucher Duro @4x4Mag.CO.UK
Actual driving report of the Mowag-Duro, from a batch of 82 for the UK-military @Cummins.COM/EU/PDF/EN (large PDF-file, page 34!)
Historical notes on the Duro, once started its life as 'Puma' @Arnoldweb.CH
Bucher Duro spec's & drawings @StaveMaskin.COM
Duro 6x6 @BundesWehr.DE
.PDF-article & discussion about the Duro @Desert-Info.ORG (German)
Another/earlier Duro discussion @Desert-Info.ORG (German)
Latest thread involving Duro @Desert-Info.ORG (German)
Duro 4x4 camper @RL-Mobil.CH
Armoured Duro for the German army! @PanzerBaer.De
Duro in German army @RheinMetall-Detec.DE
Unicat second-hand 6x6 camper (150k euro) @Unicat.NET
4 different Bucher Duro conversions (camper & bus/touringcar) @ActionMobil.COM
Duro 4x4 @Safari-Centre.COM (and 3x surplus/overhauled 6x6 for sale!)
Duro 4x4 firefighter @HauserFire.CH
Dutch MOWAG club @GvanKeulen.NL
Discussion forum for Duro owners @DuroOwnerGroup.COM
Graf Nutzfahrzeug AG, official spare part supplier for (older?) Duro's @Graf-DAF.CH
Interesting article on the difference between Duro I and Duro II/III @Battle-Technology.COM
Interesting note about the Yak, an armoured cab+body supplied by RLS (Rheinmetall Land Systeme) onto a Duro 6x6 core @DSEI.CO.UK
An almost 'car-like' Duro 4x4 firefighter conversion, by Delgro Comfort Engineering Singapore @Fire-Engine-Photos.COM
Same Duro 4x4 fire-car (LightFireAttackVehicle), from behind @Flickr.COM
Duro 4x4 LFAV, original and 1/18 scale model @Flickeflu.COM
The actual manufacturer of this Duro conversion, Delgro Comfort Engineering Singapore (page 41) @Issuu.COM
East-European medium-size truck with portal axles:
Praga Golden @Praga.CZ
Ross 6x6 R210 with Renault 6.5L diesel @Rossas.CZ
Picture of Ross 6x6 R210 @Tatra.CZ
Press release: Tatra take-over of Ross patents & technology (2004) @Tatra.CZ
Online-Translator translation of press release @Logistic.RU
Prage main site @Praga.CZ
First generation of Praga portal axle 6x6, the V3s, including rear duallies! @Praga.CZ
Praga history site @M43.Narod.RU
Babelfish translation of above Praga history site @M43.Narod.RU
About a French military vehicle with portal axles, concept identical to the German Unimog:
Marmon/Simca SUMB MH 600BS @R2087.Free.FR
SUMB '1500kg' @PMulcahy.COM
SUMB '3000kg' @PMulcahy.COM
Some notes on the Ford V8 engine in the SUMB @BTC-BCI.COM
A few notes on this portal axle in the context of aftermarket conversions @Forums.LR4x4.COM
East-block portal axle military vehicles:
Tatra T805 @Veteran.Plivnik.CZ
And if you still wonder whether the necessary half-shaft off-set is maintained at wheel-level, check this Tatra T805 (similar drivetrain as Pinzgauer) @Veteran.Plivnik.CZ
Praga V3s @Veteran.Plivnik.CZ
One of the most extreme portal axles, with bevel gears on a vertical driveshaft between half shafts and wheel hub: (also making it much easier to design the steering knuckle/joint....just a bevel gear pivot!))
Minsk Tractor Plant Belarus @Belarus-Tractor.COM
Kubota portal front axle with bevel gear steering knuckle @YotaTech.COM
Old Ford tractors even had rear axles designed like this @TractorByNet.COM
Various Russian snow/swamp vehicles with Belarus portal axles @ZGT.RU
Matching trailer @ZGT.RU
And in the category 'square & functional low profile' camper candidates (but no portal axles):
TAM 110 T7 BV (4x4) @Community.Webshots.COM
TAM 110 T7 BV (4x4) Firefighter @Zgrs-Sezana.SI
TAM 110 T7 BV (4x4) Firefighter @Geocities.COM/Zantic_Slo
TAM 150 T11 BV (6x6) crane @Avto-Garbajs.SI
TAM 150 T11 BV (6x6) military/tanker @Modely.CZ
TAM 150(?) military with M63 rocket-system @Naoruzanje.Paracin.CO.YU
Armoured TAM 150 @Jed.Simonides.ORG
Want to sell or buy a 6x6, any brand?: 6x6 advertising section (German)
About the Alvis Stalwart HLMC Amphibious 6x6:
Stalwart Main Site @Stalwart.ORG
Raatone's civilian modification (camper?) @Raatone.COM
Bermar's Mobile Mining Vehicle @Bermar.CO.ZA
AustinDucks.COM
A sneaky cheap way to create 6wd on a previously 4wd (including Land Cruiser):
OxO-drive I
OxO-drive II
OxO-drive III
A Swedish-made portal axle'd 4x4 and 6x6:
Swedish club with lots of Volvo Valp/Lapplander/C202's @Surf.TO/Westridge
Volvo Valp history, by Peder Spendrup (ex-Volvo employee, currently residing in Brazil(!)), edited/photographed by Rickard Bergius @User.TniNet.SE/~Koo873v (old/defunct)
Archived copy of the above history site @User.TniNet.SE/~Koo873.v
New site of the above Valp history (see 'History page in English' or 'Historiesidan' for Swedish) @Web.Telia.COM/~u86013251
Volvo C303 @ 4wdOnline
Volvo C303/306 in Malaysia @Geocities.COM/LandyShah
Ponderings about using the portal axle on other vehicles @Geocities.COM/LandyShah
Volvo C303 Mailinglist! @Groups.Yahoo.COM
C303 restoration project @Real4x4.COM
C303 site/gallery in Estland, with a crewcab(-modified?) version @HOT.EE
C306 firefighter vehicle @W1.316.Telia.COM
Several Land Rovers with C303 portal axles in Malaysia @LROM.COM.MY
C303/304/306 in Malaysia @LROM.COM.MY
C303/304/306 Gallery from Volvo303-Mailinglist @Photos.Yahoo.Groups.COM
Explaining the C303/304/306 nomenclatura @Groups.Yahoo.COM
C303 Gallery from the Valp-Mailinglist @Photos.Groups.Yahoo.COM
Amphibian C304/TGB-12 with OTIS and other prototypes (including an 8x8!) @come.to/Tgb-sidan (old/defunct)
New site @TGB-Sidan.SE
Historical info, including several(!) Dakar teams @TGB-Sidan.SE
C3-series gallery, including inside view of a cargo-door version @TGB-Sidan.SE
Direct link to list of model/type/code (civil & military) @Come.TO/TGB-sidan (old/defunct)
Archived copy of the above site @Come.TO/TGB-Sidan
One of five prototype Amphibious C304/tgb-12 (only two remaining, 1 museum, 1 private) @Groups.Yahoo.COM
Volvo Lapplander Forum @DiscServer.COM
Nice detailed pix of C303 & C304/306 (including pix of the rear 6wd drivetrain, quite rare!) @Stiletti.Wipsl.COM (2 pages!)
Volvo V70XC in Dakar 2003 (portal axles from Volvo C303!) @v70xc.COM (I)
Volvo V70C in Dakar @V70XC.COM (II)
Video of V70XC test-session in Morocco, June 2003 @Feddet.DK
Volvo V70XC in Dakar 2004(!) @VolvoOffroadKlub.DK
Guestbook around the Volvo V70XC in Dakar @Dakar2004.NU
Shortlist of spec's for this XC70 @Forza.SE
Summary of previous Dakar participation ('83, '86 and '89) @VolvoOffroadKlub.DK
More & better pix of this XC70 in the preparation stage @Forums.SwedeSpeed.COM
Nice overview of military types TBG11/13/20 (=civil C303/304/306) @Wendel.SE (old/defunct?)
Archived copy of the above site @Wendel.SE
A few German notes, mostly early/military models @Gunnar-Scheibe.DE (old/defunct?)
Archived version of the above page @Gunnar-Scheibe.DE
C306 firefighter, 6x6 with long wheelbase @Laholm.SE/Brandkar
Several pictures of Volvo C303, C304 and C306 @Granfoss.NET/Arne
Several pictures of Volvo C303, C304 and C306 @Soldf.COM
More info & pictures on the rare TGB20/21/22 (= civil C306) @Soldf.COM
C306 LWB open-bed pickup 6x6 from Keith McGibbon @Community.Webshots.COM (I)
C306 LWB open-bed pickup 6x6 from Keith McGibbon @Community.Webshots.COM (II)
Same C306, now painted dark-blue, first time offroad (but without proper vacuum, so no lockers, hence easy getting stuck) @Community.Webshots.COM (III)
C304 Pickup with Nissan 3.3L TD diesel conversion (very rare C304, LWB pickup 4x4, not 6x6!) 'urban-offroad', from Keith McGibbon @Community.Webshots.COM (IV)
C304 Pickup with Nissan 3.3L TD diesel conversion (very rare C304, LWB pickup 4x4, not 6x6!) real offroad, from Keith McGibbon @Community.Webshots.COM (V)
More pix of this C304 Pickup in action @Community.Webshots.COM (VI)
More pix of this C304 Pickup in action @Community.Webshots.COM (VII)
More pix of this C304 Pickup in action @Community.Webshots.COM (VIII)
More static pix of both C304 & C306 @Community.Webshots.COM (IX)
More pix of both C304 & C306 in action offroad @Community.Webshots.COM (X)
More images of this C306 @Garrow.ORG (notice the custom coil springs on the C304!)
Several more Malaysian C304/4x4 photo-albums @SCL402a.COM
Original state of a green/yellow C304/4x4 softtop version @SCL402a.COM
Restauration of a green/yellow C304/4x4 softtop version @SCL402a.COM
Restauration of a black C304/4x4 softtop version @SCL402a.COM (no, wait, it's the same vehicle!)
More pix of the Malaysian blue C304/4x4/coil-spring in action @Garrow.ORG
Whole bunch of various Volvo C303/C304 pix, including many firefighters @Gavle.TO/~Jillis/Offroad
Further details on all military codes, including TGB 1111, 1112, 1113, 1312, 1313, 1314A/B, 1315, 1317, 1321, 20 (21, 22, 221, 211?) @Home8.SwipNet.SE/~w-82613
Increasing cooling capacity on Volvo C30x (both coolant/radiator, oil and air related) @ABC.NET.AU
Pictures of C202 (old model), C303/TGB1111 & Volvo Sugga/RAPTGB-915 command car @Drive.TO/WMSOffroad (see pull-down menu 'Bilder 200x' on the left)
A few manuals & parts catalogs for the older military Volvo's (Sugga/903; see -> Tecknik) @Poff.ORG
More about the Sugga/RAPTGB-915, the old radio command car @4x4.MS
Trailer-plug & -socket electrical coding for Swedish military vehicles @4x4.MS (more info & sources about this NATO connector near the bottom of this page!) / WARNING: This table is *wrong*, making the easy error of listing the 12 pins in full alphabetic order, while the letters 'I' and 'G' should be absent! (but M & N should not!)
Site dedicated to the Volvo Sugga @Suggan.OvikOffroad.SE
Sugga @User.TniNet.SE
Swedish military including Sugga Registry @Soldr.SE
Paper fold model @Hem.Fyristorg.COM
Sugga in the UK @Sugga.CO.UK (watch the French article in 'Documents translated'!)
The uproar in Sweden when a previous generation of military vehicles (4x4's & tracks) was scrapped @MultiMedia.Campus.Luth.SE
More media details @MultiMedia.Campus.Luth.SE
Pictures of the earlier military auction of TGB11/1111/13/20 in March 2003 @MultiMedia.Campus.Luth.SE
Another series pictures of the March 2003 Auction @MultiMedia.Campus.Luth.SE
Inside of a C303/TGB11 @Real4x4.COM
Lots of C303/TGB11-details/spec's from a factory brochure @Real4x4.COM
Nice restored C303/TGB11 @Real4x4.COM
Volvo C30x-FAQ @VolvoC303.COM
Lots of interior pix @VolvoC303.COM
C303 spec's (engine & body) @VolvoC303.COM
Volvo C30x sales/service by Linda & Dennis Williams @LinDenEngineering.COM
TGB21 @Go.To/The_Swede
TGB20/21/22 6x6 @Medlem.Spray.SE/TheSwede (4 pages, but might not work in Mozilla/Netscape, only in Explorer, see also below!)
Raw version of the above site, with larger pictures(!) (note that 'view image' in your browser strangely does the same) @MedLem.Spray.SE/The_Swede
Volvo Laplander Tech Forum @Disc.Server.COM
Volvo Laplander Market Forum @Disc.Server.COM
Volvo C202 & C303, including a very interesting German book on Volvo offroad-vehicles @Laplander.CH (German & English)
Manufacturer of the PTO-winch on civilian Volvo's @Sepson.SE
Volvo C303's @VolvoOffroadKlub.DK
Volvo & Pinzgauer forums @Real4x4Forums.COM
Notes on ease of service & parts-compatibility @Real4x4.COM
Complete overview of all equipment used in the Swedish military, including various TGB-versions @FMUHC.MIL.SE
A rare TGB1314 pickup from Lennart Ericsson @GTV.SE/TGB13 (site/frames might not work with non-Explorer browsers)
Alternative URL of the above TGB1314-pickup for non-Explorer browsers
Hilux body on C303 core, with coil springs! @Hem.Passagen.SE/WHJK
Danish note that about 8000 units were build @HJME.Get2Net.DK
Details on the portal axle, including exploded views from the repair manual @ItsaJeep.ORG
Pictures of various TGB's, exterior and interior, by Stephen Cahill @Photos.Yahoo.COM/Toskynary
A few interesting notes on Volvo portal axles, including their centrifugal drum-venting seal(!) @OuterLimits.4x4.COM
Swedish sell/buy/trade site with frequent Volvo literature, including TGB/C3 @Tradera.MSN.SE
Volvo C3 @Volvo.COM
Disk-brake conversion @XtremeAxle.COM (spin-off from mounting Volvo portal axles under other vehicles)
Actual brake (& adapter?) manufacturer @Wilwood.COM (XtremeAxles is claimed to be out of business?)
Disk-brake conversion & stronger portal gears from GCD @TeamPurple.NET
Disk-brake conversion kits @Portal-Tek.COM
Range Rover on Volvo portal axles (more than one sample, pix & video, click all 3 pages!) @Stiletti.Wipsl.COM
A few more pix of the dark Range Rover @OuterLimits4x4.COM
Swedish shop that did the above conversion @Offivaruste.COM
Swedish tips about drum brake components & Land Rover compatibility @HotChallenge.SE
Same above site in English @English.HotChallenge.SE
A few C303's in Estland (plus a Lada Niva on Volvo portal axles?) @4x4Offroad.EE
International Volvo Register @Home.Online.NO/~Tor
Volvo Lapplander meetings in Europe, including other Volvo's @Wilhelma-Adventures.DE
Sorin Grigore's site @Angelfire.COM/Extreme3/Sgrigore
All TGB-manuals online as PDF! @Angelfire.COM/Extreme3/Sgrigore
Danish/European mirror-site for the above manuals @Koesters.DK
One more mirror for the above site @Sorin-Having-Fun.COM
Dozens of factory manual-sections @Scout.1g.FI
Top directory for lots of info & manuals @Scout.1g.FI (click 'parent directory' to see other folders)
Start directory for lots of info & manuals @Scout.1g.FI
British TGB1317 (SWB-6x6 ambulance/radio-box) converted to camper @UK.GeoCities.COM/John.Roddam
Swedish Marine Trading AB, diesel-conversions for Volvo TGB & Lapplander @SMT.NU
TGB13 6x6 in offroad action in Finland @SLCK.NET/Tapahtumat/Vuosikokous2004
Very rare C306 Firefighter, LWB-6x6/5-door! @VolvoAdventures.COM
More pix of this C306 Firefighter and another one! @Clatskanie.COM/BAT
Civil C303 with factory PTO-winch @VolvoAdventures.COM
TGB1317 Radiobox advertisement @MilWeb.NET
Online C303/TGB11 manual (PDF, Swedish) by Taavi @Kodu.Neti.EE/Taavi14 (1)
Online C303/TGB11 manual (PDF, Swedish) by Taavi @Kodu.Neti.EE/Taavi14 (2)
Online C303/TGB11 manual (PDF, Swedish) by Taavi @Kodu.Neti.EE/Taavi14 (3)
Online C303/TGB11 manual (PDF, Swedish) by Taavi @Kodu.Neti.EE/Taavi14 (4)
C303 from Dirk Dekens in Belgium @Users.Pandora.BE/Laplander
Tips & Tricks including spare-parts cross-reference @FreeWebTown.COM
More online manuals, owner- & service-, @Volvo4x4.COM
TGB/C3 history @Volvo.COM
Manuals @VolvoC303.CO.UK
Restauration of a TGB13 @Tired-Iron.MouNet.COM (I)
Restauration of a TGB13 @Tired-Iron.MouNet.COM (II)
Same TGB13, now on Michelin 11.00x16 XL's (with size/weight/fit data!) @Tired.Iron.MouNet.COM
The above TGB13 in action @Tired-Iron.MouNet.COM
Details of above TGB13 @Tired-Iron.MouNet.COM
More details after painting & interior diamond-plating @Tired-Iron.MouNet.COM
All image galleries @Tired-Iron.MouNet.COM (including very impressive ramp-angle pix!)
Ramp-angle pictures in the above gallery @Tired-Iron.MouNet.COM
Video of the above TGB13 @Tired-Iron.MouNet.COM
C303 Firetruck @RockyMountainMoggers.COM
TGB13xx radio-box from Teppo Rapo @Scout.1g.FI/Files/Volvo/Images
Same site with thumb-gallery @Scout.1g.FI/Kuvat/Volvo
Another tour through Finnish forests @Tiki.1g.FI/Kuvat/Raajarvi
TGB13 & TGB20 tow-ratings @4-InsatsPluton.SE
More images of TGB13 & TGB20, spread over several pages @4-InsatsPluton.SE
TGB1111 from Greg Baker at Hollister Hills @Iltis.US
TGB13xx with wide 39/18 tractor tires, in a Trans-Sibirian rally (in front of a J40 Land Cruiser, for a nice comparison of sizes!) @Scout.1g.FI/Kuvat
Further updates on this rally @Salehard.4x4.EE
A few more pictured, gathered from www.offipalsta.com @Scout.1G.FI/Kuvat
4x4 tours in Estonia, including TGB11 and TGB13xx @4x4.EE
B30-engine family @WWW3.BC.Sympatico.CA
Specifications of the Volvo B30-engine family @VLVworld.COM
Direct link to table of B30-engine family in particular @VLVworld.COM
TGB13xx from Teppo Rapo in action in Finland 2005 @Scout.1g.FI
More about this TGB13xx in action @OffRoad.SevenNet.NET (I)
More about this TGB13xx in action @OffRoad.SevenNet.NET (II)
More about this TGB13xx in action @Stiletti.Wipsl.COM
Video of 2 modified C303's playing in the dirt @C303.PointClark.NET (I/55.6Mb)
Video of 2 modified C303's playing in the dirt @C303.PointClark.NET (II/86.9Mb)
Video of 2 modified C303's playing in the dirt @C303.PointClark.NET (III/18Mb)
Video of 2 modified C303's playing in the dirt @C303.PointClark.NET (IV/10.7Mb)
Video of 2 modified C303's playing in the dirt @C303.PointClark.NET (V/118Mb)
Pix of a chop-top C303 and a C304/4x4 pickup @C303.pointclark.NET
TGB11 with original military extraction-winch @Mohr.SE
The proper(?) name for the flip-up windscreens @TheSamba.COM
Site about the later, Yugoslavian-made, C202 @Magyarteher.Freeweg.HU
Several C303 galleries, including clutch-replacement/removal of transmission @PictureTrail.COM/Tall_Backpacker
How to mount a navigation laptop to the center console of the Volvo @Scout.1g.FI
Blue ex-Vattenvall C303 from Sweden to UK and back to France, with very nice 7-door/panel layout! (plus pix of aftermarket power-steering, and a French strip-story sample!) @Gallery.Solexine.FR
TGB11 prototype from 1968(!?!) @Poff.ORG
Best article about the TGB20/8x8x4 prototype thusfar! @Poff.ORG
Photo-gallery of C303/TGB11 and TGB13 @VolvoC303.CO.UK
Modification of T-case to prevent front-wheel drive in low-range @Scout.1g.FI
Separating box from frame, and PTO-winch installation @Scout.1g.FI
More winch inspiration, perfect for mid-frame mounted winches; based on the 'vector-system' from the Foers Ibex Land Rover @Red-Ibex.COM
More about the vector-system from Foers/Ibex @4wdOnline.COM
Field report on the vector-system @4wdOnline.COM
And for the ultimate temptation/inspiration: Rotzler winches @Rotzler.COM
Patent about a similar 'dual-side' setup @Patents.IC.GC.CA
Only minor differences between Volvo and LR109 drums @PG.Photos.Yahoo.COM/PH/VintageSpeed
Mystery 6x6 version, LWB *civil* 6x6, with extra-cab, toolbox and pickup-bed @XtremeVehicles.COM
More pix of this C306 ex-firefighter/rescue-/emergency-vehicle, Extra-Cab pickup! (also note the very first picture, of a TGB11, with *no* safari-windscreen, and headlight-protectors) @Web.Telia.COM/~u21702421
More TGB stuff from DJ Klabbe @Web.Telia.COM/~u21702421
PTO-winch mounted on TGB1111 @Web.Telia.COM/~u21702421
Details on the Danfoss power steering conversion @AmanFamily.SE
Interesting camper-box candidate for the TGB20, the 'Dornier Leichtmetall Kabine', 4250x2200x2075mm(2199mm?(external?)) @BuschTaxi.DE
More notes, tips & tricks about this cabin (search for 'dornier', after registration/log-in) @Maggie-Deutz.COM
Details & specifications of this 'FM Shelter' from the manufacturer @Zeppelin-Systeme.DE (I)
Details & specifications of this 'FM Shelter' from the manufacturer @Zeppelin-Systeme.DE (II)
German manufacturer of flashlights used on some Volvo firefighters @PintschBamag.DE
PDF-brochure of the 3-Glass-Lens-Optics series KLF, the type that was mounted on the Volvo's @PintschBamag.DE
Pintsch-Bamag oldtimer lights in a true flashlight museum @TulpenLakritz.DE
Swedish manufacturer of exhaust pipes for the military C3-series, both normal metal & stainless steel(!) @Ferrita.COM
A few brief PDF-files describing some TGB-versions & other military equipment @Grossh.SE
TGB13xx in Finland 6/2005 @Tiki.1G.FI/Kuvat/Raajarvi (I)
TGB13xx in Finland 6/2005 @Tiki.1G.FI/Kuvat/Raajarvi (II)
TGB13xx in Finland 6/2005 @Tiki.1G.FI/Kuvat/Raajarvi (III)
TGB13xx in Finland 6/2005 @Tiki.1G.FI/Kuvat/Raajarvi (IV)
TGB13xx in Finland 6/2005 @Tiki.1G.FI/Kuvat/Raajarvi (V)
TGB13xx in Finland 6/2005 @Tiki.1G.FI/Kuvat/Raajarvi (VI)
TGB13xx in Finland 6/2005 @Tiki.1G.FI/Kuvat/Raajarvi (VII)
Pictures & video of a the same TGB13xx, now bare (6x6 without box) @Scout.1g.FI/Kuvat
Swedish forum about Valp/C2/C3-series (with English section) @VolvoValp.iFocus.SE
FZJ80 Land Cruiser with Volvo portal axles @Tired-Iron.MouNet.COM
Pictures & video of this portal'ed J8 in action @Tired-Iron.MouNet.COM
Manufacturer of the original Boge shock-absorbers @Sachs-Boge.DE
Pictures of a camper-converted C303 firefighter (actually a military TGB11 put into civilian/firefighter use, see 24v & military green interior!)
Some notes on the portal axles @JonFund.COM
Nice set of TGB20 pix, showing a bare truck bed (no canvas planes, neither side nor roof) @off-road.PL
Nicely detailed German/English site, by Michael Bunse (with buying/TUV-instructions & forum!) @C303.DE
Pix & video of TGB13 in the UK @SQ3.CO.UK/LandRoverings
Locations of C3-series owners worldwide @Frappr.COM
German notes on the B18/B20/B30 engine family @164-140club.de
Hydraulic (Sepson?) winch on TGB11! @AlanAuto.COM (scroll down, put cursor on picture, and select 'view image' with right-mouse-button)
Interior size measurements of the TGB11 @C303.DE
Mounting an air-compressor on the Volvo B30 engine, by adding a second crank-pully! @Web.Telia.COM
Drawings & parts listing for the above project @Web.Telia.COM
Nice articulation pictures of a TGB13/6x6 @Forum.Difflock.COM
TGB13-box with Westfalia pop-top tent @PhotoBucket.COM
More pictures of this TGB13-box with Westfalia pop-up tent @Photos.Yahoo.COM
Instructions for the snow chains on Volvo's @TerrangBil.NET
TGB11 that entered & won the Dakar Rallye 1983 (light truck class, sneakily at a minimal 3600kg....:)) @Offrd.SE
What *not* to do with one of the rare C306/firefighters @Kmonkey.COM (part I)
What *not* to do with one of the rare C306/firefighters @Trog.US (part II)
Iveco Daily 4x4 compared to Volvo C3-series @Forum-Off-Road-Forum.DE
Volvo Car Paintcodes (perhaps identical to truck colors?) @VolvoClub.ORG.UK
Magazine Article in Classic Driver, with another price-reference (CHF 54.000 CHF in 1976), plus a link to Peter Monteverdi(!) @ClassicDriver.COM
RC-model version of the Dakar C303 @RCcrawler.COM
Video #1 of the above RC-model @YouTube.COM
Video #2 of the above RC-model @YouTube.COM
Interesting 'semi-softtop' conversion of a TGB13, with canvas sidewalls @Hooniverse.COM
Want similar axles as on an Unimog? Then get aftermarket portal axles/hubs!:
Avalanche Engineering Portal Axles @AvlancheEngineering.COM (defunct-URL/vanished-product?)
Above page archived @Archive.WEB
Volvo derivate portal axle @ExtremAxle.COM (defunct/vanished)
Above page archived @Archive.ORG
Unimog derivate portal axle @KillerAxles.COM
Even OTIS/CTIS for Unimog 401/404 axles @KillerAxles.COM
Land Rover portal-conversions from Tibus Ltd Offroad Engineering, in both 1.16x and 1.6x ratio @KillerAxles.COM
Land Rover 130 with portal-conversion by Tibus Ltd Offroad Engineering (about 10.000 euro) @RallyeWerk.COM
A few more notes on this Land Rover kit, plus also Jeep, Mercedes-G and Toyota (at the end of the PDF also a note about a different Land Rover kit, for only 6000 euro) @BBL-Gruppe.DE
Mercedes-G portal-conversions from Tibus Ltd Offroad Engineering @KillerAxles.COM
Portal axles for Mercedes-G @ORC.DE
Portal axles for Mercedes-G @ORC.DE
Nice picture of Hummer, stock Mercedes-G/Wolf and ORC portal-converted Mercedes-G pickup @Mercedes4x4Store.COM
More discussion about Mercedes-G portal conversions @PointedThree.COM
Sample of Mercedes-G converted to Unimog axles @Pirate4x4.COM
Mercedes-G portal axles @Lennarz-Technik.DE
Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ78 with Killer Axles portal conversion @Forum.BuschTaxi.DE
Photo gallery of the above portal-converted HZJ78 @KillerAxles.COM
Land Rover compatible add-on portal-hubs from KillerAxles & Maxi-Drive @ExpeditionPortal.COM
Add a portal-box to a normal axle! @TKOjeeps.COM
Portal-Tek.COM
Interesting thread about LR/Volvo portal axles @VierMalVier.DE (German)
MaxiDrive @RoverWorld.COM MaxiDrive @4wdWorld.COM.AU
A symbiose of independant suspension & a solid axle @OverkillEng.COM
Aftermarket portal hubs for VolksWagen T5 4Motion @Seikel.DE
Seikel portal hubs @Youtube.COM
Portal hub replacement with Nissan GQ & Nissan GU @Marks4wd.COM
History of the portal solution @Marks4wd.COM
Unimog portal axle conversions @Exaxt.CA
Truck-size portal axles, 3500kg & 7000kg @AxleTech.COM
A lovely compact prototype van with portal axles from Japan:
Daihatsu Mud Master-C @WorldCarFans.COM
Daihatsu Mud Master-C @Automoviles.AOL.COM (keep clicking on 'next photo' in the gallery, there are more actual pictures than shown as thumbnails, including a drawing with basic measurements!)
More discussion about portal axles, car & truck:
17 pages of portal axle discussion @VierMalVier.DE
Rockwell portal axles on French military vehicles @Pirate4x4.COM
Another prototype with portal-axles:
Jeep Forward Control with portal axles @AutoBlog.COM
A tiny portal-axled vehicle from Russia:
Luaz portal incarnations @Luaz-Photo.Narod.RU
Ever wondered whether any truck would exist with a *front* bogie-tandem axle, just like the above Volvo TGB & Pinzgauer have a *rear* bogie-tandem axle?
Russian Ural truck "AZ 8x8 532Xx" & "542Xx" with *front* bogie-tandem @img142.exs.cx (ImageShack)
Same Ural series @4320.RU
Ural 8x8 @Uralst.RU (SWB, 140+275+140cm)
Ural 8x8 @Uralst.RU (LWB, 140+345+140cm)
Ural 5323 plus the NAMI-058C @Legion.Wplus.NET
NAMI-058S 8x8 with semi-trailer (non-driven?) @TechStory.RU
The FWD MM-1 Teracruzer (front-wheel drive only?) @Quixnet.NET
Oshkosh HEMTT 8x8/10x10 @OshkoshTruck.COM (but not a true front bogie?)
Ford military XM453 8x8 @Jedsite.INFO
Ford military XM656 @Jedsite.INFO
PDF document about Ford military XM656, mentioning multi-fuel capability! @WWW-Tech.MIT.EDU
Camper version of Ford XM656 @Balmoralgreen.COM
Ford military XM757 @SteelSoldiers.COM
Ford XM656, also showing samples of other versions of the XM757 @JedSite.INFO
Interesting PDF-document about the military design-requirements of this type/configuration of vehicle @Stinet.Dtic.MIL
Direct link to above PDF-document @Stinet.Dtic.MIL
MAN F2000 8x8; not a true bogie-tandem construction, but it is an attempt of loadsharing @4wdOnline.COM
Romanian DAC 8x8 with front bogie-tandem @MyCity-Military.COM
Picture of Romanian DAC 8x8 @MyCity-Military.COM
Same page also showing a Serbian FAP 3232 8x8 with front bogie-tandem (and MB-1117 cabin?) @MyCity-Military.COM
TAM 110 & FAP 2026/6x6, 2832/8x8, 3232/8x8 and 1117/4x4 @MyCity-Military.COM
FAP 2832 8x8 @MyCity-Military.COM
About the Ural 4320, fulltime 6x6, rear bogie-tandem axle, with Kamaz diesel:
Ural 4320 @Kerzendorf.NET
Ural 4320 @Osterlitz.DE (watch the very interesting camper-container, with dual swing-out side-tents!)
More huge trucks, an 8x8 tank-tractor, pulling two tanks on a semi-trailer, and another tank hooked on behind:
8x8 tank-tractor with 2 trailers and 3 tanks @ArmyRecognition.COM
Various 8x8 configurations @ABW.BY
Same 8x8 with 3 trailers @ABW.BY
Manufacturer site @MZKT.BY (click on M3KT - 74135+99942+837214)
Further, ever wondered about that famous picture of a huge desert-truck?
Berliet (Renault) T100-Series desert super-trucks @BernisTrucks.FR
One more picture of this Berliet T100 dumper @MonsterBagger.DE
Video of an arctic version, the Kenworth 8x8 @AllWheelDriveEquip.COM
A nice overview of 6x6 vehicles made in the USA, including very interesting concept vehicles and components to fabricate your own 6x6: usa6x6.COM
More 6x6 vehicles:
6x6 samples @4wdOnline.COM
Desert Raider, a lightweight/airborne military 6x6 with H-drive rear bogie from Automotive Industries Ltd @AIL.CO.IL
Same vehicle also known as the Rhino Scorpion from Labock? @Labock.COM....
....with also a way cool type of one-way(!) bulletproof glass for armoured vehicles @Labock.COM
Oto6.Free.FR
Interesting Nissan Pickup 6x6 with steering rear-most axle @YouTube.COM
German made 6x6's:
Discussion about the MB Gel�ndewagen 320GDi 6x6 @Benzworld.ORG
MB Sprinter 6x6 from OberAigner @Sprinter6x6.COM
Dedicated site for this NCV3-6x6 @OberAigner.COM
More OberAigner offroad vehicles @OberAigner.COM
OberAigner 6x6 video's @YouTube.COM
Sprinter 6x6 discussion @VierMalVier.DE
Discussion about Sprinter 4x4 from Iglhaut & Oberaigner @VierMalVier.DE
Sprinter 4x4 discussion @VierMalVier.DE
Russian smaller 6x6's:
GAZ 6x6 pickup @Cardesign.RU
About the smallest 6x6 & 8x8 vehicles, amphibious no less: Route6x6.COM
About one of the more bizarre European 6-wheel vehicles....not 6x6, but 6x2, and *front* wheel drive!....plus even an 8x2 car-trailer!:
Citroen 6x2 @home.planet.nl/~d.e.jansen
Citroen 6x2 & 8x2 @home.planet.nl/~janse715
That's it, I quit, this stuff is driving me nuts....10x?x4....10-wheels spinning, 4 steering, mystery how many driven, in the Michelin Mille Pattes tire-test vehicle....8-)) @Citroen.MB.CA
Shit, Volvo did the same trick^2....8-))
Volvo S60 6x2 car trailer loaded with S60 pickup
Well, again not a true 6x6, but very well for offroad purposes if my guess is correct (sand-dune racing, either up or down, to 'catch' the steep hill angle on some dunes on the bottom, at full speed (up or down)):
Nissan Patrol 4x4 converted to 6x4 by a *front*(!) lazy axle, with lift and push down hydraulics, by Sheikh Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan @CarSession.COM
What if you want to creep very slowly with a big crane?
Hydrostatic 6x6 crane-carrier with IFS @LinkBelt.COM
Why pull a semi-trailer if it can be self-propelled?....:))
MultiDrive 4x4+4x4 articulated semi-trailers (plus a 4x4x4 support vehicle) @BDEC-Online.CO.UK (2001 catalog) (old/defunct)
Archived copy of the above page @Web.Archive.COM
MultDrive 4x4+4x4 articulated semi-trailers (plus a 4x4x4 support vehicle) @BDEC-Online.CO.UK (2002 catalog) (old/defunct)
Archived copy of the above page @Web.Archive.COM
Okay, battle tanks are heavy, but what about putting a 10x8 wheeled rescue vehicle on front *and* rear? Or a 12x10 articulated vehicle?
MultiDrive 10x8+10x8 (and a track inbetween....:)) @BDEC-Online.CO.UK (old/defunct)
Archived copy of the above page @Web.Archive.ORG
More of these nifty multi-drive cargo trucks:
MultiDrive.CO.UK
Background story on the MultiDrive company @Sovereign-Publications.COM
A few pictures of various Multidrive concepts, from 4x4 to 8x8 @ChrisHodgePhotos.CO.UK (do a text-search in your browser on 'multidrive')
Discussion about Multidrive @MilitaryPhotos.NET
Unitrans-Multidrive, SA license production with 4x2+4x4+6x0 configurations @UniTransSugar-Agric.CO.ZA
6x 4x4 trailers behind a 4x4 tractor....:)) @UniTransSugar-Agric.CO.ZA
Another self-propelled trailer/tractor, effectively a(n articulated) 6x6, made in Switzerland (along with some other interesting Swiss agricultural machinery): Swiss Aebi Transporter TP97 FT 6x6 (and a Mercedes powered 4x4 with (DAF) Variomatic, plus 'jointless' (geared) front hubs!) @SwissMotor.CH
How to build your own rear tandem axle, or a PTO-drive for a trailer: Drive-through differentials @DifferentialEng.COM
Why engine up front and rear wheel drive if you can do it the other way? Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion, rear-engine & front-wheel drive contraption @Standford.EDU/Dymaxion
Some interesting sites selling drivetrain components:
SB-Driveline
CV-Unlimited
The HowStuffWorks site on the topic of gear(boxe)s: Gearboxes explained
In the same context, an indepth explanation of reverse-cut gears: Reverse-cut gears
You thought 4x4 was cool, and 4x4x4 (4wd & 4wd) even better?....what about doubling that concept, add a symmetic gearbox for full-speed reversing, plus a second driver on the rear?....:)) 8x8x8 (8wd & 8ws!)
Okay, any fool can drive a slushbox, but how do real men handle real gears (including G-spot!....:)): How to drive a stick
How to find out which type/ratio of diff you have on your Toyota 4x4 light truck: Toyota Diff Identification
Video + photopresentation of the brand new GINAF-TRUCK. PARIS - DAKAR 2001: Dutch truck in Dakar
Tons of info about diesel; injectors, fuel pumps and turbo's: Diesel Resource Page
About 4x4's from India: Jeep Mahindra
You think you have everything money can buy? Wrong!: Buy a Tank!....;-))
A nice tutorial about coolant thermostats: Thermostats
Lots of engine data, including Land Cruisers: EngineAustralia
A nice overview of US-made axles & diffs: FourWheeler Axle Tutorial
Same site, about US-made transmissions: FourWheeler Transmission Tutorial
Same site, about 4wd systems used in most brands: FourWheeler 4wd-System Tutorial
German generic expedition/outdoor outfitters, some with very nice catalogs, some with Cruiser specific stuff:
Woick.DE
D�rr.DE
AMR-OutdoorWelt.DE
Parts.Grade.DE
4Buy4.DE
Power-Trax.DE
Thomas Schettler @McTrip.DE
Trucks-Trucks.DE
NordTruck-Deutschland.DE
Extensive table with tire-pressure recommandations related to load, tire size and type of terrain: Tire Pressure
Lovely French site with info & links for various 4x4's, including Pinzgauers, Haflinger and Ilitis: Denis Decoster's 4x4 site
Want to check whether your vehicle is applicable for a recall service under warranty?: European Recalls
Ever thought about doing 300km/h with a Cruiser?: Worlds fastest Cruiser
Thorough study on the safety of SUV's, in both active and passive context, falsifying the myth that SUV's cause more, and more severe accidents: SUV's are safer than cars @Cato.ORG
Australian insurance research leading to a similar conclusion: 4wd's cause fewer crashes @TheAge.COM.AU
German traveler sites:
Camp-Tours.DE (including Spanish road maps)
Expedition- & Trucklinks @Dirk-Schuette.DE
German portal about offroad camping @Discovery2010.NET
ExplorerMagazin.DE
Magnificent camper-conversions, including Land Cruisers, Land Rovers, Unimogs and even larger trucks (6x6, 8x8):

Innovation-Campers.DE
LangerUndBock.DE
All-Terrain-Mobil.DE
UniCat.NET
Unicat's 6x6 Unimog with 525hp rear engine, full body armour and a night-vision system (watch that huge & lofty bed!)
Unicat's MaxiMog with powered trailer on display at the NewYork Museum of Arts
More details & spec's on both Maximog & powered trailer @MaxiMog.COM
Another Unimog 6x6 camper, with 4 separate beds high above the floor! @UniCat.NET
Unimog 4x4 with slide-out side section @UniCat.NET
Unimog 6x6 with slide-out side section @UniCat.NET
Nike Footbaltruck on an Unimog 6x6 @UniCat.NET
Unimog 6x6 camper climbing a 45 degree slope! @Unicat.NET
Bucher Duro Camper @UniCat.NET
Quad-garage in/under a 4x4 Unicat Unimog! (and yet another huge & lofty bed (pix on the bottom of the page!)) @Unicat.NET
Same huge & lofty bed, this time on a MAN 6x6 @Unicat.NET
Unicat's Volvo project, with the most beefy IFS you have ever seen!
More pictures about this Volvo @UniCat.NET
Used campers @UniCat.NET
Very nice vertical-swing-out side-section on a 6x6 Bucher Duro @Unicat.NET
UniCat's 6x6 Unimog @Kontext-gmbh.DE
Another story & picture of this 6x6 Unimog @Spiegel.DE
More truck samples from the IOR98 (German 4x4 show) @Members.AON.AT
Likewise report @TruckWorld.COM
Another impression of the IOR98 @UniMogWhereHaus.COM
German discussion @LeerKabinen-Forum, about how to design the interior of your empty camper hull
ActionMobils.DE
Worlds largest offroad camper, 3m wide, hull expandable to 5m, and a fridge-compartment you can stand in!....:)) @ActionMobile.AT
One of the most efficient camper-interior designs I have ever seen, on the new Star TGA 2005....think assymetric! @ActionMobile.AT
Desert-Tec.DE (including rare shots of 70-series on 9.00x16 Michelin (aka 255/100x16))
70-series/9.00-Michelin gallery in specific @Desert-Tec.DE
TourFactory.DE
OrmoCar.DE
Carmaeleon interior storage elements/modifications @Carmeleon.COM
Extrem-Mobil.DE
ProActiv4x4.DE
Woelke.DE
DustDevil by Uben @Dustdevil.DE
Camper4x4.DE
Special-Mobils.COM
Scholz-Fahrzeugbau.DE
ProCab.DE
Lyndi Spezial-Fahrzeuge @Lyndi.AT (note their unique(?) use of Sympatex for pop-up roofs!)
GeoCar @EasyTouch.COM (old/defunct?)
Ex-Tec.DE (note their traverse-sleeping 110/130!)
Extrem-Mobil.DE
Bimobil.COM
Alu-Star.COM
The most lovely scenic overnight location ever, @Alu-Star.COM (don't look if you suffer from fever of heights....:))
TerraCross.COM (by Klaus D�rr)
AeroPlast.DE, German info site about offroad camping with lots of articles & links
Der-Fentjer.DE, bare/empty camper hulls
FF-Expedition.DE
RL-Mobile.CH (including picture of Duro 4x4, and said to be building a Duro 6x6)
Taratuga.CH
Rob Gray's ultimate 6x6 offroad truck camper & other WORT's (weird off road trucks) @RobGray.COM
Watch the lovely balcony-platform at the rear of the above camper @RobGray.COM
Lindi.AT
FoleySpecialistVehicles.CO.UK
Dormobile @EastCoastRover.COM
Dormobile.UK.COM
Dormobile @Cleveland.CO.JP
Expedition versions of the Duro 4x4 & 6x6 @Duro.CH
Desert-cruiser Duro 6x6 @Duro.CH
ASG 4x4 Maximum Mopar Voyager @AlpineSurvival.COM
Foremost.CA
Unimog campers, including a very nice expanding side-flip tent construction, @Unimog.NL
Hmm....okay, it's a camper, but I don't think you want to drive very fast with it....:)) @Unimog.NL
Conversion project of a MAN 4x4 40-ton semi-trailer tractor into a camper @Landscaper.DE (lots of nifty design features, very extensive photography of the entire buildup!)
Same site, new name @Africano.INFO
Okay, 2wd, but a too nice space concept to ignore: the VW/Vanagon-based Phoenix with lift-roof & dual-side-flip tent @RQRiley.COM
Nice Unimog 1300L camper in the USA @Expedition-Imports.COM
Turtle-V @TurtleExpedition.COM
Expedition-style campers based on US-pickups EarthRoamer.COM
MWMWerk4.CH (including Land-Cruiser integrated pop-up roofs, even for a SWB FZJ/HZJ70(!))
Unimog crew-cab with simple yet effective pop-up roof @Satanic-Mechanic.DE
Unimog with interesting integrated flip-open rooftent @Satanic-Mechanic.DE
Interesting 'slide-out' concept for tray-back pickups @Rollavan.COM.AU
Dozens of Land Cruiser camper conversions @Brian894x4.COM
Dozens of Unimog & Land Rover camper conversions @Brian894x4.COM
80cm stretched HDJ-100 Camper conversion @Oko.WohnMobile.DE
Very slick/aerodynamic & stylish camper bodies @Geocar.COM (Germany)
GeoCar @ExtremFahrzeuge.COM
Gall ReiseMobile, including camper-converted ex-militairy truck containers @Gall-ReiseMobile.DE
Nice low-profile flip-open pickup tents, and rooftents from Marcus Haase @OffRoad-Schmiede.COM
Pickup camper-cabins with pop-up roof, made from diamond-plate @ExKab.DE
Raised camper-top roofs on Land Rovers @ColourWays.DE
Safari-Centre.COM
Defender with expanding side-compartment! @Safari-Centre.COM (old/defunct?)
Different Defender 130 with expanding side-compartment @Safari-Centre.COM
A very nice 1-person camper in a SWB-vehicle (Defender 90) @Safari-Centre.COM
All the nice mid-size camper-suitable trucks you only dreamed off....Duro, Mantra, Scam....@Safari-Centre.COM
Flipp-Flopp rooftent @Metalstation.DE
Land Rover camper conversion with fold-out compartment @FoleySpecialistVehicles.CO.UK
More Land Rover campers @FoleySpecialistVehicles.CO.UK
CamperBouw.NL
Interesting way to give access to a camper, while only using the (rear-most right-side) door of the original crew-cab vehicle (Mercedes 1113) @Poeff.DE
More pix of the above 'sealed' camper-hull @Poeff.DE
Nice roof- and door-details on a Land Rover FC101 removable camper-unit @Home.Cegeco.CA/~Abreithaupt
Rotel-Tours, the only way for organized travel to remote area's by an allwheel-drive bus/coach, with sleep-cabins in a trailer @Rotel.DE
A few more detail pix of the sleep-cabins @KirchenChoral.DE
Nice tutorial about do's & don'ts and tips & tricks on Rotel buses (German) @Schaust.DE
Oskosh 4x4 fire-truck converted to wheel-chair adapted camper @GizMag.CO.UK
Amesz 4wd campers down under @Amesz.COM.AU
Unimog Unicat-camper with asymmetric back door (allowing spare tire), also swing-down (ladder) & swing-up @Ki7xh.COM
Dual swing-out side-tents on Ural 4320 @Osterlitz.DE ('Galerieen')
Unimog 416 6x6 @YouTube.COM
Factory Unimog 416 6x6, only 4 units build for Arabic Emir @Club-Unimog.COM
Another 'genuine' (factory?) Unimog 416 6x6, based on a 'Triebkopf' (towhead) with added rear section by Lesa-Bau @Unimog-Forever.COM
Video of Unimog 416 6x6 in South-America @NL.YouTube.COM
Unicat 6x6 with interesting pictures of exterior/suspension (linked rear tandem axles!) @Trotamundos.CH
Swiss offroad camper constructor @Tartaruga.CH
Another nice 'underfloor' Quad-garage-compartment on a MAN 4x4 "DesertMan" at Val d'Isere 4x4 Show (France) @Foto.Fuoristrada.IT (also note the lovely TV-outdoor compartment!....:))
Video of underfloor Quad-Garage on another Unicat vehicle @NL.YouTube.COM
Lovely ex-military East-German dual fold-out cabin @Unimog-Unitrac.DE
Truck-based campers (MB/MAN) @Fuess-Mobile.DE
Interesting 'ceiling' bed construction, inside regular vans/4x4's @Kanadese.IT
Japanese custom-build bi-level fold-out roof-top camper, based on medium-size ToyotAce (HiAce?) @www1.TTCN.NE.JP
PDF-manual for LAK-I and LAK II (Leicht Absetzbare Koffer), two common East-German military shelter-boxes @Afrika-Virus.DE
Quad-garage in a Magirus 170D12/232D22 @Globetrotter-OnTour.COM
Rare sample of a Magirus ex-firetruck camper, keeping the original rolldoors intact @Maggie-Deutz.COM
German portal about offroad camping @Discovery2010.NET
GlobalxVehicles.COM
SLRcaravans.COM.AU
AllTerrainWarriors.COM.AU
Very slick aerodynamic design, like from an SF-movie: the Conquerer 4x4 truck camper @AllTerrainWarriors.COM.AU
Nifty 'teeth' construction for a 2x 1m slide-out bed extension @C303.DE
Nice slender LWB EarthRoamer XV-LTS camper on a stretched Ford F550 frame @EarthRoamer.COM
Interior sketches for the above XV-LTS camper @EarthRoamer.COM
Lift-up camper shell unit @XPcamper.COM
Various camper shell units @ExpeditionPortal.COM
HDJ80 with J4-body @WomoBox.DE
More pickup units @WiltShire.EU.COM
Alu-Cab.CO.ZA
Pickup-units including stretched TLC J8 models @PiggyBackCampers.COM.AU
Very stylish HDJ80 3-doors camper-conversion with side-flip rooftoptent @ExpeditionPortal.COM
Another HDJ80 camper flip-up rooftent sample, 5-doors @HDJ80-under-construction.blogspot.COM
Custom-Campers.DE
Very nice camper interior designs & prototyping @Hegge-ID.COM
Interesting 2+1 bed-configuration inside a TLC J7 series @GoCamper.COM.AU
Homebuild flip-up roof camper-conversion @Forum.BuschTaxi.ORG
Homebuild flip-up roof conversion of Land Cruiser VZJ-200, with interesting jerrycan-recesses @Forum.BuschTaxi.ORG
Flip-up roof conversions for J7 & J8 Land Cruiser @RoyCreations.COM
Camper offroad conversions with flip-up roof @O-R-B.CH
Several pickup-cabin & fold-out cabin/tent configurations @FourWheelCampers.DE
Dual-side fold-out tent SilverLight @FourWheelCampers.DE
Several nice Unimog camper projects @Foro4x4.COM

Large camper-converted 2wd buses/coaches:

WohnBusse.DE
Custom made wood camperbus interior samples @WohnBusse.DE
Entry in The Guinness Book of Records: Worlds largest camper, an 4m tall, 18m long articulated double decker from Neoplan JumboCruiser @Wohnbusse.DE
Another doubledecker, a Bristol with partly cabrio top-deck, partly lift-up roof @Wohnbusse.DE
A smaller B�ssing doubledecker @Wohnbusse.DE
Camper bus with wood fire stove for winter use @WohnBusse.DE
Lowering the raised side/seat-floors for camper use @Wohnbusse.DE
Fabricating your own water tanks from PolyEthylen @Wohnbusse.DE
Wohnbus.CH
Amphibious(!) camper bus @TerraWind.COM
A 6x6 amphibious double-decker camper(!!!!) @AmbhibiousVehicle.NET
DoubledeckerBus.DE
Just browse around here for a lovely range of Australian campers, 2wd & 4wd @MotorHomesAustralia.COM.AU
Motorhome with car-garage that converts to a bedroom @MotorHomesAustralia.COM.AU
Spare parts & accessories for European buses, including 24 volt equipment @A-K-FahrzeugTeile-GMBH.DE
Accessories for European buses & 24v vehicles @A-K-FahrzeugTeile-GMBH.DE
12v/24v Microwaves (400/1100W!) & water boilers @A-K-FahrzeugTeile-GMBH.DE

A nice Australian-made camper-base medium size 4wd truck/bus:
OKA Australia @Oka.COM.AU
OKA Owners Group Website & Forum/Mailinglist @Oka.CarsbyWeb.COM.AU
A range of Italian 4x4 trucks, nice candidates for camper conversions:
Iveco WM90 & Fiat Campagnola @Truck4x4.IT
Scam, fulltime 4wd @4x4Trucks.INFO (German text, interesting notes on vulnerability of modern common rail diesels)
200hp/415Nm Scam rally version @4x4Trucks.INFO (also note the tubeless Michelins on split-rims!)
Scam camper @Offroad-Reisen.COM (German)
Bremach, including 8-door utility/passenger vans @Bremach.AT
Bremach @AllRad-Christ.COM
More about these tubeless Michelins on split-rims, @AllRad-Christ.COM (German)
More about these tubeless Michelins on split-rims, @AllRad-Christ.COM (English) [old/defunct]
More about these tubeless Michelins on split-rims, @AllRad-Christ.COM (English) [new/active]
German discussion forums about Bremach & Scam @OffRoadGemeinschaft.DE
Bremach.NL
Civil Iveco 4x4 campers @Home.DataComm.CH/Iveco.Web
Another civil Iveco 4x4 camper sample with some data/spec's @Home.T-Online.DE/home/R.I.P.
A more compact Italian utility vehicle, the Tekno-Car, originally designed & produced by Laverda 2 decades ago (yes, the bike manufacturer), with fulltime 4wd (and open-diff'ed low range in stock trim!):
Tekno-Car.COM
Picture of the original Laverda & article from 4 Wheel Drive Magazine, UK, January 1985 @DigitalJunkyard.NET/Pinz
Laverda firefigter 5-door @Mezzidiemergenza.COM
Unimog site with lots of links about Motorhomes from Hell, and back: AllWheelDrive Motorhome Trucks (4x4, 6x6, 8x8)
Other interesting Unimog sites:
Wapinski's Unimog Site (history, campers)
Unimog, past, present, and an eiry future
Unimog Point (German private sales)
Unimog-Community.DE (including current version of the above for-sale section)
Unimog Grade (German, 403-416 series body & engine data)
Welna (coding of model vs series)
Henne Unimog (decoding of current models)
MaxiMog, 5-door stationwagon, with a very interesting camper trailer (hydraulic-driven!)
Older Unimog 6x6 @Unimog-Forever.COM
Torpedo-nose armoured Unimog 1550L @UnimogFahrer.DE
Rare CrewCab 416 pickup @UnimogFahrer.DE
WWW.Unimog.NL, with lots of nice pix, and Dutch for sale advertisements
UniKnick, articulated Unimog, only 140 made, @Unimog.NL
Unimog campers, including a very nice expanding side-flip tent construction, @Unimog.NL
6x6 Unimogs @Unimog.NL
Unimog engineering company @Hellgeth.DE
Dutch start-site @Unimog.URLS.NL
Unimog.NET
UnimogVideo.COM
Help your fellow Unimog owner when he gets stranded near you! @Unimog-Hilfe.DE
Mercedes G500 on Unimog axles (superceeded by KillerAxle conversions?) @ORC.DE
Unimog 6x6 camper climbing a 45 degree slope! @Unicat.NET
Unimog 6x6 in Brasilian army @Defesa.UFJF.BR
Unimog 6x6 @Ebroadcast.COM.AU (I)
Unimog 6x6 @Ebroadcast.COM.AU (II)
Unimog-based Dingo @KMWeg.DE
The fascinating UniKnick (Unimog with knick-steer) @UniKnick.DE
Google results on the fascinating UniKnick (Unimog with knick-steer) @Google.COM
Unimog 6x6 LESA LUF-IIIF @Unimog-Community.DE (I)
Unimog 6x6 LESA LUF-IIIF @Unimog-Community.DE (II)
Unimog 6x6 LESA LUF-IIIF @Mobile-Sternwarte.DE
Several Unimog-based military low-profile or armoured vehicles:
South-African Mamba, a low-profile military vehicle based on the Unimog drivetrain @SFU.CA
South-African Mamba & the German Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Dingo @Armada.CH
Swedish Mamba @Medlem.Spray.SE
Mamba & Thyssen-Hensche-Fuchs APC @Global-Defence.COM
Mamba, made by Alvis-UK & Reumech group @Defence-Data.COM
Mamba MkIII @AlvisOMC.CO.ZA
Several Mamba models @CSIR.CO.ZA
Previous generation South-African Unimog-derivate, the Buffel @AlsGroup.CO.ZA
Buffel series, including Bulldog & Moffel @JedSite.INFO
Buffel @Unimog.CO.ZA
Buffel predecessor, the Casspir (apparently only in MkIII-version portal hubs, TATA drivetrain?) @JedSite.INFO
Casspir MkIII @AlvisOMC.CO.ZA
Report about the German Dingo Mk2 now also being produced in the USA at Cadillac-Gage @KMWEG.DE
German Dingo @Panzerbaer.DE
German Dingo @UnimogFahrer.DE
German Dingo @ArmyRecognition.COM
German Dingo @Panzer-Modell.DE
Dingo gallery @Olixxl.DE
The Swedish Galten from FMV (aka RG32-M), partly made in South-Africa, another Unimog-derivate (Mamba)? (even though it has a Steyr M1 diesel!) @AftonBladet.SE
Article on the Galten, with visible OTIS @Hemvarnet.SE
Video on the Galten @AftonBladet.SE
Thread about Danish military test candidates, including Mowag IV and Galten/RG32-M @Network54.COM/Forum
Mamba in Sweden @Web.Comhem.SE/~u18337636
Galten in Sweden @Web.Comhem.SE/~u18337636
Shorland S600-series @Tenix.COM
Samil-20 4x4 @Belikoff.COM
Samil-20 4x4 @TruckFarm.CO.ZA
Other nice candidates for camper-conversions, if you to travel with more than 2 persons, with dual- or even triple-crewcab (seating 3+3 vs 3+3+3): (mostly originating from German firebrigades or THW/Technisches Hilfs Werk/Emergency Services)
Magirus-Deutz 170D11 dual-cab with 14.00x20 tires @Afrika-Virus.DE
Various images of dual- & triple-cab configurations @BaumachinenBilder.DE
Lifting a Magirus-Deutz to accommodate larger tires @Maggie-Deutz.COM
Not 4wd, but a very stylish Magirus triple-cab service-truck halfway down the page @BaumachinenBilder.DE
Rooftents; sleeping like Cinderella on the roof of your vehicle, dry, ventilated and free of creeping bugs:

Autocamp.DE
Beduin-Tents.DE
Beduin II, Liberty & Eezi-awn (& 'Minus-40' fridges) @Dachzelte-und-mehr.DE
EasyTop.DE
L�ffler @Dachzelt.COM
Maggiolina, Columbus & Overcamp @Zifer.IT
V�gele @Voegele-Dachzelte.DE
Caranex @UKbizlist.CO.UK
Desert-Tec.DE
Flip Pac, rooftop containers for pickups @FlipPac.COM
Flip Pac @AdventureTrailers.COM
Flippac distributor in Germany? @WohnKabinenCenter.DE
German site @Flip-Pac.DE
LoftyShelters.COM (USA, import from European models above)
TentOnTop.com
Hannibal.CO.ZA (South-African)
Selfsupporting Awning, mounted to side of roofrack, swiveling outwards @Hannibal.CO.ZA
Eezi-Awn, Technitop & Howling Moon @OpenSky.Com.Au (note the Tourer (not listed on the Howling Moon site itself!)
Howling Moon from Jurgens @Jurgensci.CO.ZA
Technitop + animation @SafariTrailers.COM
40-series Land Cruiser with Eureka flip-over rooftop tent @4wdOnline.COM
Land Cruiser FJ55 with Flippac rooftent attached @Birfield.COM
Land Rover Dormobile with flip-up rooftent @Cruzers.COM
Land Rover Dormobile II @Wheel.DCN.Davis.CA.US
Dormobile factory @Dormobile.UK.COM
SkyDome (Canada) @Bimo.COM
DAC Inc. Rear tents @Eatel.NET
The Box Tent for pickups, with side-extension @OutbackProducts.NET
Echo rooftent/trailer (Germany/distributor) @CTC-Parts.DE
Echo rooftent-trailer (South-Africa/manufacturer) @Echo4x4.CO.ZA
Finck telescopic cabin @Expedition-Cabin.DE
Wildernest flip-over traverse rooftent container for pickups I @GeoffDavis.COM
Wildernest flip-over traverse rooftent container for pickups II @GeoffDavis.COM
Wildernest flip-over traverse rooftent container for pickups III (open) @GeoffDavis.COM
Wildernest flip-over traverse rooftent container for pickups IV (closed) @GeoffDavis.COM
Why you can't buy new Wildernests anymore....:(( @TravelByRoad.NET
TopUp traverse rooftent container for pickups @TopUpCamper.COM
TechniTop rooftop tents @OffroadAcademy.COM
Oasis super-light-weight rooftent (9.5kg!) @ParaAir.CH (Swiss manufacturer)
Oasis @Trekking.FR (French site)
Oasis PDF-brochure (German) @Trekking.FR
Tourer rooftent @XP-Edition.CH
Land Rover CaraWagons @Cruzers.COM
Woelcke.DE
An inspiring 'doubledecker' camper conversion of a VW bus/vanagon T2 @Geocities.COM
Well, it's a roof, but not a tent....it's, well, at least very inspirational for any pop-up roof....see it yourself, the Truck Cabin Freedom @Aliner.COM
Side-outfolding rooftent on VW LT @Home.T-Online.DE/Home/MKMueller/ (I)
Side-outfolding rooftent on VW LT @Home.T-Online.DE/Home/MKMueller/ (I)
Echo 4x4 rooftop tents (up to 210x240cm traverse sleeping and 130x400 longitudinal sleeping!) @Echo4x4.CO.ZA
Soft- and hard-shell roof top tents @James-Baroud.COM
More info on James Baroud roof top tents @IBS-Tech.CH
James Baroud soft-shell roof top tent, with super-duper large-surface mesh ventilation, for hot & tropical regions, 220x130cm & 220x160cm @Beduin-Tents.DE
Unimog with interesting integrated flip-open rooftent @Satanic-Mechanic.DE
Heaslip camper trailers & tray-top flip-open-tents(!) for single- & dual-cap pickups! @HeaslipCampers.COM
Heavy duty trailers of all kinds, including camper trailers and another pickup/tray-top flip-open-tent @BuiltTough.COM
Pinzgauer 712M with 'rooftent' on the cargo-deck @Uulibrary.Free.FR
Air-inflatable rooftents @TentsOnTrucks.COM
More inflatable tents, including ground-tents @AirZoneTents.COM
Nice van-awnings, spring-loaded with fiberglass poles, no vertical poles! @ShadyBoy.COM
Quick-pitch car-related tents (30 seconds!), awnings & changing/toilet-tents @OzTent.COM
Various types of rooftents @Metalstation.DE
Very large Flipp-Flopp cabin/rooftent concept, folding backwards @Metalstation.DE
Carmaeleon flip-up roofs @Carmeleon.COM
Side-flipping roof-tent annex pickup-canopies @TrayOn.COM
Additional ventilating matrass-underlayer, for under your rooftent matrasses, made from rubber&cocos-fiber @Compass24.NL (Dutch)
AkwaMat, similar/equal? ventilating underlayer @AkwaMat.COM (Dutch)
Another ventilating & cushioning underlayer, made from PolyEthylene @NetCamping.DE
Dachzelt.CH
Dachzelt-Shop.DE
CM-dachzelte.DE
Custom made roof-tents @Off-Road-Schmiede.COM
SpaceCamp I & II rooftents @4x4Camp.DE / 4x4Tank.de
Flip-up roof @4x4Camp.DE / 4x4Tank.DE
Several pictures of a flip-up rooftent, mounted _on top of_ a set of flat cargo boxes @DakTec.DE
More about this concept @Erfahre-Die-Welt.DE
Integrated & isolated roof-tents/flip-up roof for Land Rover 110 and Land Cruiser 80 @AlCar.FR
Bonartic hard-shell rooftop-tents @OffRoad-Academy.COM
Australian rooftop-tents, tent-trailers and tent-canopies for pickups @3DogCamping.COM
European version of the above site @3DogCamping.EU
Custom-made rooftop tent-conversions, front- and side-swing ("Poptop-4") @Safari-Centre.COM (German)
Dutch distributor of the side-swing Poptop-4 @TravelTec.NL
Interesting application of mounting-rails, as roofrack-base @BuschTaxi.ORG
Lovely historical oversight of most of the European rooftop brands & manufacturers! @Woick.DE
Camper trailers with ordinary rooftop tents @AutoHomeUS.COM
Smart 'auxiliary' (freestanding) concept to combine rooftop tent with a camper-trailer @ExplorerMagazin.DE
EarthRoamer, similar 'flip-over' concept as Flippac @EcarList.COM
EarthRoamer.COM
Not a real rooftent, but a nice pop-up concept nonetheless! @quickUpCamper.COM
Another nifty pickup-bed flipup-roof concept @Innovan.COM.AU (also the only way to solve the dilemma between a rear entry door & tailgate dust!)
Lift-roof concept combined with a J4-body on a J8-undercarriage! @Offroad-Schmiede.COM
More soft-roof concepts, including an 180-degree side-folding solution for pickups (a la Autocamp & Flippac!) @Offroad-Schmiede.COM
Triple-folding hard roof @Offroad-Schmiede.COM
Side-Folding flip-up roof combined with body-extension on TLC J8 @Offroad-Schmiede.COM
Interesting *rigid* side-opening rooftent on 6x6 Land Cruiser @MultiDrive.COM.AU
World's first Vehicle Automated Rooftop Camping Tent, by JKI-Life (Taiwan) @YouTube.COM
Another video for the above tent @YouTube.COM
Company info about JKI-Life @CompanyCoLTD.COM
Na�tup, a 'paralellogram' type of hardshell rooftop-tent @YouTube.COM
Naitup.COM
Pickups-cabin with side-flipping roof-tent @GRtraveltops.COM
Additional side-flipping tent at vehicle bench-level @GRtraveltops.COM
Also note the interesting flip-down tire-carrier annex work table @GRtraveltops.COM
Interesting 'secondary' cabin-side-panel, creating a low-mount table @GRtraveltops.COM
Nice sliding fridge configuration, allowing access both inside and outside the vehicle @GRtraveltops.COM
Nifty pickup-cabin fold-out hard-roof/soft-wall system from AHA Outdoor Systems (PTY) LTD @AhaWeb.CO.ZA
Rooftents associated with Kimberley campers/trailers @MyCube.NET.AU
Autocamp rooftent mounted on an ex-Bundeswehr/THW trailer @FJ40-Garage.DE
Several types/heights of flip-up roofs on a TLC HZJ-78 @Mobiles-Wohnen.COM
Earth-Roamer flip up/over rooftent camper shell @EarthRoamer.COM
Very stylish HDJ80 3-doors camper-conversion with side-flip rooftoptent @ExpeditionPortal.COM
Another HDJ80 camper flip-up rooftent sample, 5-doors @HDJ80-under-construction.blogspot.COM
Custom-Campers.DE
A range of Dutch offroad trailers @NLjeep.NL
Nice air-lift motorbike trailer @NLjeep.NL
Pickup tray tents @Cabelas.COM
Interesting dual-orientation swing-arm awning, full-length, side or rear @Bwidow.COM.AU
SV rooftop tents in France @FreewaysLattitude.COM (can apparently also be used with the front part of the tent unfolded, creating a symmetric tent & openings, with maximum ventilation!)
Nice overview of various rooftop tents in France @JournalDu4x4.COM

All kinds of roofracks & accessories:

Interesting application of mounting-rails, as roofrack-base @BuschTaxi.ORG
Sout-African WindCheetah roofracks @FrontRunner.CO.ZA
Modular low-mount roofrack @GMB-Mount.DE

Heavy-duty/offroad/remote-area camper-trailers:

AussieSwag.COM.AU
KimberleyKampers.COM
King Kamper trailer discussion @ExpeditionPortal.COM
King Kampers & Kimberley Kampers @KingKampers.COM
Bushman Tracker Safari Trailer @BushmanTrailers.COM
Safari Trailers @ActionAfrica.COM
Canning Camper Trailer @OutbackCampers.COM.AU
Campomatic.COM.AU
UltimateCampers.COM.AU
Mick Bar's 4x4 Camper/Trailer links @Southwest.COM.AU
CamperTrailer Mailinglist @Groups.Yahoo.COM
Expeditionsservice Waechtersbach @Expedition-Service.COM
Echo 4x4 manufacturer (Echo-Tec, Echo-I/II/III, Echo Trailer-Tent, Echo2 Trailer-Tent, Echo Family-Top-Tent, Echo-Chobe) @Echo4x4.CO.ZA
Echo trailer German distributor @CTC-Parts.DE
Echo 4x4 'Chobe' German distributor @CTC-Parts.DE
Converting horse-trailers(!) to offroad camping-trailer @OffRoadUndMore.DE (old/defunct)
Copy of the above page @Archive.ORG
Trailer interior drawings, shower-model @OffRoadUndMore.DE (old/defunct)
Copy of the above page @Archive.ORG
6-sleeper drawing @OffRoadUndMore.DE (old/defunct)
Copy of the above page @Archive.ORG
Hydraulic-driven camping-trailer behind the Maximog, with an amazing design of its hinged slide-out compartiment-extension @MaxiMog.COM
Hog-Trailer @ Power-Trax.DE
More pictures of Hog-Trailer (original design/prototype) @Buschtaxi.DE
Okay, not offroad, but a nice lofty hardshell+tent-trailer concept nonetheless: Windsor Rapid @Georgeday.COM.AU
Windsor Rapid @WindsorCaravans.COM.AU
Windsor Rapid @KratzmannCaravans/CarsAndCaravans.COM.AU
OBriensTrailers.COM.AU
4x4Trailers.COM
Desert-Wolf.COM
Tentrax.COM
Terrain Tamer @CompassCaravans.COM.AU
Terrain Tamer layouts (including tandem axle + shower!) @CompassCaravans.COM.AU
Outback 4wd option pack for nearly all models @CompassCaravans.COM.AU
Jayco Baja camper trailer @Jayco.COM
Jayco Outback-series @Jayco.COM.AU
Other models @Jayco.COM.AU
Jayco manufacturer USA, with models Qwest, Qwest Baja, Eagle, Designer @Jayco.COM
TearDrop @AeroTear.COM
DoItYourself version of the TearDrop @OutbackTearDrop.COM
Starcraft 10RT @StarCraftRV.COM
Starcraft RT-series (11RT with toilet+shower(in- and outboard!)) @StarCraftRV.COM
Aliner Expedition package @Aliner.COM
Converting an old military tool-trailer into a camper trailer @FurnitureKnowledge.COM
Holtkamper.NL
AllTerrain/Tvan/Tvan-Sport/Eagle/Oasis @TrackTrailer.COM
Suspension details @TrackTrailer.COM (including the option of a tandem-axle!) (old/defunct)
Archived copy of the above page (without pix....:(( @Archive.ORG
Tandem-axle MC2 campertrailer with self-leveling ('bogie') airsuspension! @TrackTrailer.COM.AU
Military tandem trailer @TrackTrailer.COM
Archived copy of another related page, mentioning the military tandem trailer @Archive.ORG
Animated pictures of TrackTrailer Tvan opening up @EscapeOffroadCampers.COM.AU
SafariTrailers.COM
Okay, not heavy duty, nor offroad, but still cute: several motorbike camp-trailers @Wanadoo.NL/MikeVanDerPloeg
Heaslip camper trailers & tray-top flip-open-tents(!) for single- & dual-cap pickups! @HeaslipCampers.COM
Heavy duty trailers of all kinds, including camper trailers and another pickup/tray-top flip-open-tent @BuiltTough.COM
AdventureOffroadTrailers.COM.AU
Brakhah.CO.ZA
BushTracker.COM (the only one with load-sharing bogie-tandem since the Woick Globedriver II?!?)
A triple-axle camper trailer! @BushTracker.COM
BushTracker Forum @BushTrackerOwnersGroup.ASN.AU
Notes on the Tri-Axle CruiseMaster/BushTracker @VehicleComponents.COM.AU
Some notes on (Air) CruiseMaster tandem & tri-axle designs/components @VehicleComponents.COM.AU (PDF-document)
Flyer on the Tri-Axle Air-Cruisemaster/BushTracker @VehicleComponents.COM.AU
Lovely 'Zweck-Entfremdung' of the typical Australian trailer-coupling, locating the A-beam axle in a Land Cruiser! @VehicleComponents.COM.AU
Herman AllTerrain trailer @LetsGoAero.COM
Silent Hitch Pin, to eliminate all play between receiver and tow-bar @LetsGoAero.COM
Sliding/telescoping cargo carrier, to mount on your receiver @LetsGoAero.COM
BackcountryTrailers.COM
AdventureTrailers.COM
Off-RoadInternational.COM
Nice range of receiver-mounted rear cargo boxes, even fitting swing-out doors & spare tires! @Stowaway2.COM
RubiconCargoTrailer.COM
Nice range of towing products, including Silent Hitch Pin, pintle-hooks & much more @ValleyIndustries.COM
Info page & discussion forum about trailers, for work & play @TrailerTimes.COM
Lapp Trailer @ExplorerMagazin.DE
Lapp Trailer @Expeditions-Service.COM
Various German offroad trailers, past & present @ExplorerMagazin.DE
Holtkamper.DE
Billabong-Campers.COM.AU
AussieOutback.COM.AU
TrackMaster @AussieOutback.COM.AU
Heavy-Sew @Sydney.CitySearch.COM/AU
RedBackCampers.COM.AU
TrakShak.COM.AU
Site listing many Australian links to camper-trailer manufacturers @RV.COM.AU
Very narrow German mini-trailer @BuschTaxi.DE
Spec sheet for the above German mini-trailer @BuschTaxi.DE
SuperGunBarrel & other tandem-axles @PhoenixCaravans.COM.AU
The ultimate (hard-shell!) fold-out camper trailer....folding forward, and twice sideward @RV.COM.AU
Again not heavy duty, but very basic, fast set-up fold-open rear panel/tent, made in Holland @CampTrailer.NL
Older sample of this concept in Holland, the Cosmopoliet @OldtimerCaravanClub.NL
Entire page about the Cosmopoliet @MvanMierlo.NL
More odd & extravagant camper trailers @CamperPunt.NL
Fleetwood folding camper-trailers, including the Evolution-Offroad @VouwWagenSpecialist.NL (Dutch distributor, click 'Fleetwood'-link)
A nice solution to move your trailer separately, by hand (instead of unreliable electrics), the Maco Mule @4x4CrossLander.NET
Chuck Wagon, a Land Rover based offroad trailer @Tawayama.COM (plus the reconstruction of a customized Defender 130)
Not a true offroad trailer, but a very nice flexible/convertible concept nevertheless: the Knaus YAT @Dachzelt.CH
Knaus-YAT.DE
Not really offroad itself, but a very nice flip-up/-out caravan concept, even allowing you to trailer a (offroad-)motorbike inside @AbelTasmanInnovations.NL
HighRise offroad campertrailer @HighRise.COM.AU
AdventureTrailers.COM
AfriSpoorTrailers.CO.ZA
AllTerrainCampers.COM.AU
Billabong-Campers.COM.AU
BushManTrailers.COM
BustTracker.COM
CampaUSA.COM
OzRoamer.COM.AU
AdventureOffroadTrailers.COM.AU
CampoMatic.COM.AU
Coast2CoastCamperTrailerHire.COM.AU
CompleteCampsite.COM.AU
CoromalCaravans.COM
CubCampers.COM.AU
Desert-Wolf.COM
FourWheelCampers.COM
HaulTent.COM
HeaslipCampers.COM.AU
Sydney.CitySearch.COM.AU
HighRise.COM.AU
Jayco.COM
KimberleyKampers.COM
MilSpecOffroad.COM
PioneerCampers.COM
RedBackCampers.COM.AU
SafariTrailers.COM
KenMajor.COM
ShippShape.COM.AU
PhoenixCaravans.COM.AU
TrackTrailer.COM
TrackAbout.COM.AU
Buff4Lo.COM
TrakShak.COM.AU
UniversalCanvas.COM.AU
WanderingStar.COM.AU
Conqueror @Safari-Centre.COM
Adventure-Trailer.COM
Danish military HMK M92 0.5t trailer @HMK-Industri.DK
Danish military Dalsted DT-1300 trailer (also made as bare generator-platform) @Army-Technologies.COM
Interesting Sankey-Restauration/Conversion, with many tall compartments, plus rooftoptent @ExplorerMagazin.DE
3DOG Offroad Trailer @3DogCamping.EU
SylvanSport GO Camper / ICFP-Trailer; foldout trailer, annex bike-/quad-trailer....okay, not very heavy duty, if only because of the tiny wheels, but a lovely concept nonetheless, and one could always put decent a decent set of wheels/axle on it....:)) @SylvanSport.COM
Camper trailers with ordinary rooftop tents @AutoHomeUS.COM
Custom-made offroad camping trailers @Ostmann-Fahrzeugbau.DE
Customizing existing trailers: Eriba camper trailer on steroids @Exklusiv-Caravan.DE
Adventure-Trailer.DE
Gecko-Off-Road.DE
Offroad-Anhaenger.DE
Safari-Centre.COM (German)
Interesting analysis of trailer suspension types (rubber torsion springs being susceptible to water/dirt ingress when being submerged, and subsequent accelerated wear, with the worst case risk of the 'half shaft' walking out of the axle tube!) @CTC-Parts.DE (German)
Swiss 1t trailer with slide-out drawers @G-Technik.COM
Oryx, Escape & Xplore-I/II trailers from Jurgens @Jurgensci.CO.ZA
Same company @JurgensSafari.CO.ZA
Okay, not really camper/recreative/leisure, but a lovely inspiring suspension (bogie-tandem) system nonetheless @Reynolds-Boughton.COM
More & larger pictures of this military tank-trailer @Reynolds-Boughton.COM
Another tank-dedicated trailer, the Urdan Backtrail @YouTube.COM
Israelian manufacturer Urdan @Urdan.CO.IL (no info on trailer yet, per 13/12/2010!)
Not entirely offroad, but a lovely tandem-axle concept nontheless, with rectractable wheels for ground-level loading @YouTube.COM
Challenging a notorious South-African mountain trip *with* a camper trailer @YouTube.COM
Similar style of trailer-offroading in Australia @TheGallBoys.COM
Not necessarily a camper-trailer, but as one of the very rare load-sharing tandem-axles definitely worth considering, as a base @Algema.DE
Dutch distributor @AllRounder.NL
Airsuspension for tandem-axle flat-bed car transporting vehicles, including dynamic corner stability! @Algema.DE
Even airsuspension on trailers ('over-run' car transport category) @Algema.DE
Not necessarily offroad, but still a lovely concept of unloading modular cargo units, including shifting the trailer axle back and fort hydraulicly @K-Vagnen.COM
A genious 5th-wheel camper-trailer coupling concept, allowing 360 degree rotation of the tow vehicle (VW-beetle)....:)) @YouTube.COM
Source article for the above YouTube video @Jalopnik.COM
Neither trailer nor camper, a trailing 'huckepack' unit (hucki/huki/heku/CarCamp/CampCar), to be mounted on an Opel Kadett or Astra (or even Daewoo Nexia) @Das-Hab-Ich-Ja-Noch-Nie-Gesehen.DE
Second generation huckepack trailer @Heku-FahrzeugBau.DE
Similar concept, now with 2 extra axles....:)) @Das-Hab-Ich-Ja-Noch-Nie-Gesehen.DE
Manufacturer @ClipCar-Evolution.COM (old/defunct)
Copy of the above site @Web.Archive.COM
Okay, again not offroad, but a lovely bi-level Kabe caravan nonetheless (440cm tall!) @Caravans.NET
Interesting project, adding a compact military shelter unit to an ordinary tray-type military trailer @SanLee.COM
Why you want solid metal torsion-spring shafts instead of hollow @Valeryd.SE
Why even a nominal NATO coupling (only +/- 45 degrees up/down angle required, common with the automatic version ('jaw' instead of 'pintle')) is often not sufficient @C303.DE
Interesting discussion thread @Offroad-Freunde.DE
OzTrail.COM.AU
Blitz pop-up tents @OzTrail.COM.AU
Rettenmaier Namib & Corse offroad trailers @Rettenmaier-Web.DE
CampWerk.DE
Offroad trailer @CampWerk.DE
Camper-trailer-tent with sky-view @CampWerk.DE
SmartCamp-Seite.DE
Quick-pitch OzTent + modern Tipi-Tent @SmartCamp-Seite.DE
Quick-pitch car-related tents (30 seconds!), awnings & changing/toilet-tents @OzTent.COM
OzTents @YouTube.COM
Dingo-Tec.DE
Not a rooftent, but a trailer(mounted)tent @XP-Edition.CH
Jurgens Xplorer-I offroad caravan with interesting front fold-out sleeping canopy @XP-Edition.CH
Alu-Cab.CO.ZA
Lees-ure Lite, a very basic & compact flip-up tent unit for both trailer & pickup @Tent-Trailer.COM
Same site @LeesUreLite.COM
Various other basic & compact tent-top trailers & canopies @TrikeZone.COM
Jumping-Jack Trailer for dual use @JumpingJackTrailers.COM
Offroad fold-out hardshell camper trailer V-trec @CoachMenRV.COM
BiMobil AX-575 tandem trailer with steering axle @BiMobil.DE
Price indication for the above AX-575 trailer @Kerkamm.COM
B�ckmann; not offroad, but a rare species of European coil-sprung trailers nonetheless @Boeckmann.COM
More about this coil-sprung system @Boeckmann.COM
Detail picture of this coil-spring system @AP-AnhaengerProfi.DE
Picture sample of the actual WCF suspension components @Aluliner.COM
General coil-sprung detail picture sample @Mit-Pferden-Reisen.DE
The actual suspension/axle compononent, from WCF-plus @Bering-Anhaenger.DE
ConquerorAustralia.COM.AU
Another overview of various camper-trailer manufacturers @CamperTrailers.ORG
Smartcamp mini-offroad-trailer, with a YouTube video to realize why you want a trailer with a *long* beam @AdventureMedia4U.DE
Interesting report & discussion about converting a German coil-sprung trailer into a camper-trailer @Forum.BuschTaxi.ORG
Separate flip-up/fold-out tents for mounting on any trailer, plus awnings (including moskito-gaze models!) @GordiGear.COM
Various tent-trailers from Aart Kok Netherlands @BravoVouwWagenWereld.NL
Independant coil-sprung + coil-over-shock offroad trailer @Gitrax.BE
Nice DIY/homebuild sample of a offroad hard-shell camper @Forum.Buschtaxi.ORG
Interesting thread about creating smart adjustable jack-stands, ratching like a Jack-All/Hi-Lift @Forum.Buschtaxi.DE
Odyssey, Eclipse & Quantum offroad camper trailers @AustralianOffroadCampers.COM.AU
Rettenmaier offroad trailers @OffroadAnhaenger.DE
A range of offroad trailers available in the UK @4x4i.COM
Adventure Trailers @Mudstuff.CO.UK/
Offroad Camper Trailers @IntrepidCampers.COM
Globe Master + bespoke/custom-made offroad trailers @Trekoverland.CO.UK
Merlin Safari trailer @DouglassMotors.CO.UK (production seized since 8/3/2012? (according to the last Google-cache, on 27/3/2012)
Last cache-content showing the Merlin Trailer @Webcache.GoogleUserContent.COM
Copy from the WayBackMachine, last existence 23/10/2010 @Web.Archive.ORG
Bushwakka Trailers @NeneOverland.CO.UK
A baffling complete site about German field kitchens @FeldKuechenCenter.DE
Similar site @FieldKitchenCenter.EU
How large can/should your offroad camper be?
Vehicle size-limitations for transport by ship & plane, and more @Woick.DE/DOG (Duro Owners Group)
Container-size considerations in the context of a Bremach camper @ExplorerMagazin.DE
You always wanted to learn to handle a trailer properly, instead of your current clumsy & shameful performance?:
Trailer reverse-parking training program @Pepere.ORG
Eye- & mind-boggling U-turn manoeuver on a narrow hillroad, with a *haywagon*(!) trailer @Zie.NL/Video
Another one, inspired after seeing the above truck @YouTube.COM
Why drag a trailer along, if it can also propel itself forwards?....:))
Volvo C2-series with powered trailer @Forum.Terrangbil.NET
Volvo C2-series with powered trailer @Soost.COM
Another thread about this Volvo C2-series powered trailer @Forum.Terrangbil.NET
Alternative solutions for the jockey-wheel, when manually manoeuvering a trailer:
HitchDrive @TXP.COM.AU
Trailer Dolly's @TrailerPlus.NL
Dazzling constructions to haul a bike along behind camper or car:
Short-coupling bike trailer @Motor-Talk.DE
Picture 1 @Motor-Talk.DE
Picture 2 @Motor-Talk.DE
More discussion @WohnMobilForum.DE
It's getting even more nifty, this is about the most genious bike-trailer concept I have ever seen, the Tracty....genious because it is so simple & elegant! @YouTube.COM
Single-wheel version....:)) @Yalref.Over-Blog.COM
More about this single-wheel version @Yalrev.Over-Blog.COM
Construction details during fabrication @Yalrev.Over-Blog.COM
Discussion on French forum @Forum.CampingCar-Infos.COM
Old mono-wheel construction plan (1975!) @Petronille.4pattes.free.FR
Another dual wheel incarnation @Remorque-Transversale-Camping-Car.Blogspot.COM (including 2x video!)
Commercial site, selling both dual- and mono-wheel versions! @Cladel.FR
Video for above Bi-Jokey single-wheel version @YouTube.COM
The more complicated construction to move a small bike in and out of a camper's tail-garage-compartiment....:)) @DailyMotion.COM
Nice picture showing the 'pull-out' type of rubber swing suspension @Blogspot.COM
French regulations for building a trailer (suggesting that below 500kg there are no regulations....:)) @drire.gov.FR
Finally, the trailing 'huckepack' unit (hucki/huki/heku/CarCamp/CampCar) that I was actually looking for, when I started googling, before creating this entire chapter with all the 'collateral links' that I found instead....:)) @Das-Hab-Ich-Ja-Noch-Nie-Gesehen.DE
Second generation huckepack CarCamp trailer @Heku-FahrzeugBau.DE
Similar concept, ClipCar, now with 2 extra axles....:)) @Das-Hab-Ich-Ja-Noch-Nie-Gesehen.DE
Manufacturer @ClipCar-Evolution.COM (old/defunct)
Copy of the above site @Web.Archive.COM
Sites about the history of campers & camper-trailers, including the earliest 5th-wheel campers:
Literature about vintage campers & camper-trailers @VintageAirstream.COM
RVhotlineCanada.COM (I)
RVhotlineCanada.COM (II)
The remarkable Curtiss Aero Land Yacht with flight-deck/cockpit, behind a Graham Blue Streak Coupe from 1932 @StoneLeisure.COM (old/defunct?)
Text-copy of the above site @Web.Archive.ORG
Another site with the Curtiss Aero Land Yacht & flight-deck/cockpit, behind a Graham Blue Streak Coupe from 1932 @RVhotlineCanada.COM
The perfect steering concept of a trailer with steering axle (aka 'haywagon'): Ackermann trailer steering concept @PeakTrailers.COM
About cooking on diesel burners, and classic marine-style furnaces:
Comparing older generations of Waeco diesel stoves vs Wallas (German text) @DustDevil.DE
Manufacturer of indirect/ceramic diesel stoves @Wallas.COM
Diesel stoves *and* ovens @Wallas.COM
A few tips & tricks for the Wallas diesel stove @BuschTaxi.DE (bottom line: use a short fuel supply line (even better: separate tank nearby!) and run it at least once a month; and to avoid smoking at higher altitude you can adjust a screw inside (less airpressure means more diesel being sucked up, with already less oxygen to burn!)
A secondary/later thread about the Wallas diesel stove @BuschTaxi.DE
More tips&tricks for the Wallas diesel stove @Dragonfly-Trimarans.ORG
Nice PDF-overview of all available Wallas diesel/paraffin stoves & ovens @Wallas.COM
A few more notes about how to use the Wallas stoves @Groups.MSN.COM/CdoryOwnersGroup (I)
A few more notes about how to use the Wallas stoves @Groups.MSN.COM/CdoryOwnersGroup (II)
A few more notes about how to use the Wallas stoves @Groups.MSN.COM/CdoryOwnersGroup (III)
'HeatPol' classic-design diesel furnaces, with cooking plate on top (designed for boats, but why not in a larger camper too?....;)) @Rietpol.NL (Dutch)
Diesel stove @EarthRoamer.COM
Rebranded unit, with nice explaining drawings @ToyotomiUSA.COM
Geniol/Petromax/BriteLyt lanterns & stoves, on petroleum & diesel @Geniol.COM
Geniol/Petromax/BriteLyt lanterns & stoves, on petroleum & diesel @Britelyt.COM
Geniol/Petromax/BriteLyt lanterns & stoves, on petroleum & diesel @Petromax.COM
Bat-3 petroleum & other stoves @Hasag.INFO
More petroleum & kerosene stoves & lanterns @Terrence.Marsh.Faculty.Noctrl.EDU
Coleman stoves @Terrence.Marsh.Faculty.Noctrl.EDU
Non-Coleman stoves @Terrence.Marsh.Faculty.Noctrl.EDU
More history about the German brands BAT, HASAG and MEWA @Home.Planet.NL/~Velde190
More history about the German brands BAT, HASAG and MEWA @Home.Planet.NL/~Velde190 (Google-Cache)
Notes on the Petromax family @PetroleumLampen.DE
Interesting fuel spec details @PetroleumLampen.DE
Collection-Photo's @PetroleumLampen.DE (including the BundesWehr diesel stove)
Petroleum stoves @Hytta.DE
Webasto stove, launched 2005, possible derivate of previous Wallas unit, but *with* high-altitude compensator!
Discussion of this Webasto X100 diesel stove @BuschTaxi.DE
Marine-typical heaters & cooking stoves @TopLicht.DE
Building a camping wood-stove from military metal boxes:
DIY/homebuild wood stove @Sadtler.DE
Modified & improved version, with removable cast-iron rings, suitable for stir-frying in a wok @C303.DE
How to use the automotive LPG-infrastructure to fill up your camping-gas tanks: LPG/Propane refilling @Home.Scarlet.BE
Showering outdoors:
Camp shower @ActionHydro.COM (with vehicle-coolant-sleeve connection for warm water!)
DoItYourself coolant-heated camp shower @TYM.US
More tips & tricks for DIY @StrandBrewers.COM
HotCampShowers.COM
Helton.COM.AU
Twine4wdShowers.COM.AU
Glind.COM.AU
A cooking pan based on the rear heat exchanger from a Land Cruiser J4 @FJ40-garage.DE
But of course, you also want to shower in privacy, inside a cabin, regardless of having a compact camper or just a rooftent/canopy, right?:

Interesting 'Collapsible shower' concept in a MB313cdi-camper @Rolli-Mobil.DE
'Bathroom in-a-box', a fold-out system, including a water-recirculation-membrane(!!), from AHA Outdoor Systems (PTY) LTD @AhaWeb.CO.ZA
Similar concept, a folding 'work-space', with diesel-fired Polarn air-heater @Polarn-Innovation.SE
Auxiliary diesel-fired hotwater shower @Eco-Camper.COM
Swiss modular camping-interior concept, including an outdoor shower @SwissRoomBox.COM
Shower tents with water-draining floor, plus compact in-vehicle/in-tent 'side-wall' watertap-reservoir @AdventureTrailers.COM
Tepee bathroom/toilet tent with water-draining floor @Pahaque.COM

A tent that unfolds all by itself instantly?....and need no herrings to stand upright?....yes, it exists!:
Quechua Two Seconds Tent @Quechua.COM
Start page @Quechua, with link to a demo-video (bottom left window, scroll down)
Quechua distributor @Decathlon.COM
The era of chemical toilets for camping has ended:
NonOlet waterless/odorless/composting toilet for only 200 euro @De12Ambachten.NL (Dutch)
Forum with the latest info on the NonOlet @De12Ambachten.NL Dutch
Mailinglist/forum about composting toilets in general & NonOlet in specific @Groups.Yahoo.COM (Dutch & English)
Envirolet waterless composting toilets @Envirolet.COM
Sero HellBrock waterless urinal for homeuse @HellBrok.COM
Falcon waterless urinal for homeuse @FalconWaterFree.COM
EnviroLoo waterless toilet @ELOO.CO.ZA
EnviroLoo described in a paper on the 25th WEDC in Addis Abeba/Ethiopia, 1999 @Lboro.AC.UK
How to get privacy on a mobile toilet:
IndiPod, a chemical toilet with inflatable privacy tent by DayCar (UK) @AutoWeek.NL
IndiPod.COM
Diesel history from a French perspective: PSA diesel museum @PSA.FR
German 4x4 & Offroad sites, with lots of private for-sale ads, covering both vehicles and accessories:
4x4.DE
German camper/expedition sites:
Camper4x4.DE
GlobeDriver.DE
German magazine-related sites: Gelaendewagen.DE
More German 4x4 ads:
Extrem-MotorSport vehicles
Extrem-Motorsport parts
Off-Road.DE Magazine, forums & ads
HR-Outdoor.AT
ReiseFahrzeug Boerse @Woick.DE
ReiseSachen Boerse @Woick.DE
ExplorerMagazine-Bazar @Kontext-GmbH.DE
Travel-Mobile.DE
Austrian 4x4 sites:
GelaendeWagen.AT

How to decipher the country-ID plates on vehicles (as well as country-extensions in domain names!): Country-ID Codes @CWI.NL
Diesel Bikes(!!), Trikes & Quads:

Royal Enfield bike @RoyalEnfield.COM
Diesel bike overview @Peace65.Freeserve.CO.UK
Diesel trike from hell @Albums.Photo.Epson.COM (hey, if it can power a 6x6 Gamma Goat, it can surely power half the number of wheels....:))
Scorpion 4x2 Quad @GHLProducts.CO.UK
Scorpion 6x4 Quad (Sixtet?....;)) @GHLProducts.CO.UK
Self-engineered bike (watch that alternator!....:)) @MC-Neuenkirchen.DE
Another one, with a Ford diesel @RatBike.ORG
Turbine-diesel bike (forget everything you knew about low rpm of a diesel!....:)) @MarineTurbine.COM
Old page from MarineTurbine.COM @Web.Archive.ORG
Current site @MarineTurbine.COM (Flash-based, so no direct links, but now both bike and GM S10-pickup with turbine diesel
More news @MarineTurbine.COM
German poetry on the Enfield @AVD.DE
English poetry on the Enfield ('I heard a quarter engine nearing'....:)) @IO.88.NET/~JMJ
More background info about the Enfield company @AutoMeet.COM
Enfield in Germany @Enfield-Deutschland.DE
German Enfield site @Home.T-Online.DE/home/Beckedorf
Sound of Enfield 1-cylinder....:)))) @Home.T-Online.DE/home/Beckedorf
Yamaha Grand Prix diesel bike?? @RumbleStrip.NET
William Hogervorst, Dutchman, owner of a bike with Robin-diesel & Variomatic transmission @AngelFire.COM
Polaris diesel quad @PolarisIndustries.COM
Diesel Motorcycle Development Project @ Cranfield University (Royal Military College of Science) @Drive.Cranfield.AC.UK (now including a note about 2 years of military production, followed by civil production!)
More details about this military diesel motorcycle (based on a Kawasaki KLR650 gasoline) @Peace65.FreeServe.CO.UK
More details @Peace65.FreeServe.CO.UK (II)
Story about this military diesel motorcycle @SBSun.COM
German story about this military diesel motorcycle from Rafael Haeusler @Homepage.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.DE
English story about this military diesel motorcycle @Peace65.FreeServe.CO.UK
Video of this military diesel motorcycle @Janes.COM
Report of this military diesel motorcycle @MotrCycleCity.COM
Report on the participation of all 3 Kawasaki diesel prototypes in The National Rally from Autocycle Union @Drive.Cranfield.AC.UK
Story on the Kawasaki in the South-African Sunday Times @SunTimes.CO.ZA
Story about the Kawasaki @MotorCycleNews.COM
Report on the Kawasaki @MotorBikesToday.COM
German diesel bike mailinglist @Yahoo.COM
Links & content from above mailinglist @Yahoo.COM
Mailinglist-related site/forum @DieselKrad.TK
Ural/Dnepr/Hatz diesel bikes + (2wd!)sidecars conversions from L�w GmbH @Loew-gmbh.DE
20hp diesel bike @Centaurus.DE (German)
Discussion form with tips, tricks & comparisons with other diesels @Centaurus.DE
Tons more bike-diesel samples, prototypes & actual products @Peace65.FreeServe.CO.UK
Okay, no diesel, but still plenty of torque....:)) (5 liter V2, from a cut-off Rolls Royce V12 aircraft engine!) @MarkVanDerKwaak.COM
More about origin and further life of this 5 liter V2 @Home.ST.NET.AU/~Fettesi
History listing of diesel bikes @Homepage.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.DE (including a note about the first-ever diesel-bike, in 1907(!), being Dutch(!))
Startwin Thunderstar 1200 TDi @MotorManiacs.NL
Startwin Thunderstar 1200 TDi @MotorXperience.TV
StarTwin Thunderstar 1200 TDi @GizMag.CO.UK
Suzuki Changfa conversion @DieselBike.NET
Kawasaki KLR650 converted to diesel @DieselBike.NET
More about this HDT/USMC M1030M1 Diesel Combat Motorcycle @F1engineering.COM
Start of this project @F1engineering.COM
Original military supplier HDT @M1030.COM
Arctic Cat from Roush @RoushAltFuels.COM
John Deere Gator� HPX 4x4 Diesel @Deere.COM
Ecorider Hippo with 230cc Hatz diesel, a slow-speed low-ground-pressure ATV-bike @EcoRider.US
Site covering various diesel-powered bike/trike/quad/ATV concepts @TheKneeSlider.COM
Multi-fuel ATV @TheKneeSlider.COM
Australian mother company holding the technology for this multi-fuel technology @OrbitalCorp.AU
Australian subsidiary/brand responsable for the multi-fuel technology @FlexDI.COM
Bulldog diesel (based on the Kawasaki?) available for the civilian market @TheKneeSlider.COM
Hayes Diversified Technologies, manufacturer of the above Bulldog diesel bike @DieselMotorCycles.COM
The earlier mentioned Arctic Cat Diesel ATV actually has a multi-fuel engine too! @TheKneeSlider.COM (though bio-diesel only up to 20% (B20))
Neander Turbo Diesel bike, with fascinating 2 connecting rods per piston @TheKneeSlider.COM
6-stroke engine, gasoline or diesel, adding a steam-cycle & increasing efficiency greatly @TheKneeSlider.COM
Earlier article about this 6-stroke engine, including the note that neither air- nor watercooling is needed! @TheKneeSlider.COM
More about this Crower Cams 6-stroke engine @AutoWeek.COM
Article about the 6-stroke engine in Popular Science magazine @PopSci.COM

Some nifty solar-power concepts, using surfaces that would otherwise remain useless:
Solar roll-out awning on a Hymber camper @1000SolarIdeen.Blogspot.COM
Solar roll-out awning on a Hymber camper @SolarAnlagen-Portal.DE
More details, including the actual French manufacturer of this solar awning @Markise.TV
More details, now also including the manufacturer Dickson, in cooperation with the French textile research institute ENSAIT, plus the textile/awning producer Somfy @PhotoVoltaik-Tipps.DE
Similar article @Baulinks.DE
Aurora 02 Solarmarkise, 425x350cm, 1kWp(!), 9599 euro @Conrad.AT
Same product, 9580 euro @E-Portal24.AT
Website from the actual manufacturer @Dickson-Constant.COM
AuroraEnergy.IT
Where to get your current in emergencies, or long camping sessions, without solar panels:
Relatively cheap diesel generators with 211cc Yanmar engine @Valkenpower.COM
Interesting notes about the electrical aspects of generator/converter/inverter technology @Personal.CHA.Bellsouth.NET/J/O/JohnGD
Some European/German brands of high-end voltage converters and inverters:
Berel.DE
IVT-Hirschau
Advanced Solar Products AG (Swiss) @ASP-AG
Interesting note about running 230v (compressor)refridgerators on an inverter (requiring 600VA for a 80W compressor?!?) @IVT-Hirschau.DE
Interesting notes about Standby-mode (including differences in sensing a load) plus another remark on compressor-motors, requiring 10-fold current at startup! @Berel.DE
Interesting range of the rare 12v->24v step-up converters, 6-30A @Statron.BIZ
Similar 12v-24v step-up results, as a multi-bank battery-to-battery charger, even IP68 waterproof @Sterling-Power.COM
Similar flexible 230v->12v/24v/36v chargers, also IP68 waterproof @Sterling-Power.COM
Briechle.DE (including triple-input ATX-power-supply)
Deiwo.CZ
The era of commercial methanol fuel-cell generators has started: @SmartFuelCell.DE
Fuel cells running on diesel?
Generating electricity & heat silently & simultaneously, with a Stirling engine, running on diesel: WhisperGen.COM
What you need for 115v/230v if you have only an engine:
Fabricate your own homemade generator, by using a washing-machine motor....brushless! @QSL.NET/NS80
Homebrewing a generator on a lawnmower engine @TheePiCenter.COM
Small & efficient diesel engines, ideal for generators on long travels:
232cc Hatz diesel engine @Hatz-Diesel.COM
Stationairy Wankel multifuel diesel @Freedom-Motors.COM
Advanced Engine Technologies @AET.CA
Report on the upcoming diesel from Wankel Super Tec @Ro80Club.DE
Site from the manufacturer of the Wankel Super Tec @WankelSuperTec.DE
Wankel diesel/multi-fuel engine @Wankel-AG.DE
500cc Wankel diesel chambers, with 1-4 cylinders @Wankel-AG.DE
Wankel diesel aviation-generator @Der-WankelMotor.DE
Rolls Royce Wankel diesel motor @Der-WankelMotor.DE
Marine/outboard diesel from Yanmar Diesel @Der-WankelMotor.DE
US$100/18cc/0.6hp microdiesel prototype for waterpumps @PracticaFoundation.NL
Discussion on Dutch web-forum about the 18cc Lohmann diesel, basis for the above engine from Practica Foundation @f27.Parsimony.NET
Notes on the 18cc Lohmann diesel, basis for the above engine from Practica Foundation @Users.GlobalNet.CO.UK/~Pattle
Brochure of the original Lohmann diesel bike @MotoManuali.COM
Small diesel engines (211cc and up) @ChinaHailin.COM
Tiny Tiger, a small diesel(?) generator of past times 300W-AC, 12v/5A @Groups.Google.COM
User report about the Tiny Tiger generator, gasoline, not diesel @CortezChronicles.COM (note the specs on the bottom)
300-500W micro-generators needed for military applications @Cre8tivenergy.COM
WhisperGen, Stirling-engine, producing 6kW heat & 750W electricity (24v) @WhisperGen.COM
Microscopic (diesel) jet-engines as generators from MIT�s Gas Turbine Laboratory @TechnologyReview.COM (2 pages!)
Small high-rpm 400-1400CC 1-2 cylinder diesel engines, 25-110HP (first: 102hp/204Nm), without any vibrations, due to 2 counter-rotating balancers @Neander-Motors.COM
More high hp/kg-ratio diesel-wankel engines, for aero-applications @DieselAir.COM
Generators producing direct current, for direct battery charging, 12/24Vdc (and not the whimpy *and* unregulated 8.3A that most 110/230Vac generators offer!):
Discussion about the Honda ED1000(E), 40A 12/24v plus electric(!) start @ModelbouwForum.NL
AltenBatteryChargers.COM
PolarPowerInc.COM
Silent DC generators @Watts2c.COM.AU
Silent DC generators @AmplePower.COM
12v/55A/2-stroke & 12v/60A/4-stroke DC generators (or 24v & 48v) @Yang-Ke.COM
12v/80-100A & 24v/50A DC generators @HflGen.COM
Adverc.CO.UK
ShawneePower.COM
FischerPanda.DE
Interesting discussion about Leech-Neville 12v/300A generators @Boatdesign.NET
GoodAll 12v/300-700A & 12/24v/350A @Amazon.COM
GoodAll 12v/300-700A & 12/24v/350A @GoodAllMFG.COM
GoodAll 12v/300-700A & 12/24v/350A @GoodAllMFG.COM
Jumpstarting vehicles with a capacitator-based unit, 4x the power of a Group31 battery @GoodAllMFG.COM
Avionic super alternators up to 2000A(!) @FlightGlobal.COM
Modular DC alternators, multiple/parallel, thereby overcoming the problem of alternator-effiency; 2x amperage = 4x heat @Zena.NET
Honda DC generators, 12/24/48v @CoVanBeek.EU
Direct link to the specific DC-generator PDF-page @EuroPowerGenerators.COM
12/24/36/48/56(?) volt DC-generators from Yangzhou Hengdong Mechanical & Electrical Co., Ltd. @YZHD.EN.Gongchang.COM
2.8kW DC gasoline generator @YZHD.EN.Gongchang.COM
combined AC+DC generator (0.8 vs 1.0kW) @YZHD.EN.Gongchang.COM
Several more & larger DC generators from Yangzhou Hengdong Mechanical & Electrical Co., Ltd. @Alibaba.COM (including 4&5kW diesel, 3kW silent, and 7.5kW)
And subpages like this show again more models (including 2&3kW diesel DC generators!) @Alibaba.COM
Or 3/4/5/6kW gasoline DC generators @Alibaba.COM
And on the bottom of this document even a 1400 and 800W DC gasoline generator @Alibaba.COM
12-24-36-48-56V/800W DC gasoline generator (22/24kg) @Alibaba.COM
12-24-36-48-56V/1400W DC gasoline generator (22/24kg also?) @Alibaba.COM
The 3kW-Silent DC generator, listed at the same 60dBA/7m as the others? (=7^2 lower than at 1m, or 7x3dB=21dB less, makes 81-83dBA?) @Alibaba.COM
12-24-36V/40A DC generators from Yancheng Orient Power Technology Development Co., Ltd. @Alibaba.COM
Yancheng Orient Power Technology Development Co., Ltd. @OrientPowerChina
But only showing a 36v/40A model @OrientPowerChina.COM ?
36/48V & 24v DC generators @OrientPowerChina.EN.Alibaba.COM
Why using a 230v generator and a 230v->12v (high end) battery charger is not a good alternative for a dedicated 12v generator/alternator @CaravanAndMotorhomeBooks.COM
12/24v generators @BackWoodsSolar.COM
Welding steel from 12v batteries and/or engine-driven alternators/generators:
ReadyWelder.COM
Mobi-Arc.COM (=PerfectSwitch.COM (see below))
More about Mobi-Arc and the precedessor(s) Unipower & Auto-Arc @Exploroz.COM
UniPower.COM.AU
Mobi-TIG, TungstenInertGas welding based on a Mobi-Arc unit @PerfectSwitch.COM
Article about earlier(? DIY?) models of Auto-Arc, 24v/200A @MetalWebNews.COM
Up to 8kW alternators/welding-generators/start-boosters @PlanMyPower.CO.ZA
Or if you want superduper DC straight from your vehicle's engine, either by *multiple* V-belt, or perhaps better by PTO (up to 15kW....:))
A lovely brute-capacity alternator, from C.E. Niehoff, up to 570(!) amp, and even more brilliantly, with *dual* 12/24-14/28 voltage! @CEniehoff.COM
Or 12v/600(x2??) amp @CEniehoff.COM
Document showing about 60% effiency at idle rpm (engine idle 1000rpm = alternator idle 2000rpm?) @MetroHeavyDuty.COM
A complete rpm/amperage plot for modell 711/712 @MetroHeavyDuty.COM (also suggesting at least 2 V-belts with a 4" diameter pulley, or 3 V-belts with a 3" pulley, for this 12v/425A model)
More high-power alternators @Elreg.COM
Interesting EMP 28v/450A alternator, with forced (clean) air cooling @Elreg.COM
More about this EMP 28v/450A alternator @Elreg.COM
Prestolite bi-directional 24v/200A alternator @Elreg.COM
Niehoff 28v/450A unit showing external (clean) air intake @EMP-Corp.COM
Similar document @EuroPump.CA
Dynamic RPM-stabilisation of PTO-driven AC generators:
Govet CS-PTO, a Continuous Speed PTO-driven 400V generator by using a CVT-unit @GoverSet.NL
PDF-documentation about this CS-PTO concept, in 15kW & 22KW versions @GoverSet.NL
About V- and T-belts:
Fenner high-performance modular belts @FennerDrives.COM
Welding steel from 12v batteries and/or engine-driven alternators/generators:
ReadyWelder.COM
Mobi-Arc.COM (=PerfectSwitch.COM (see below))
More about Mobi-Arc and the precedessor(s) Unipower & Auto-Arc @Exploroz.COM
UniPower.COM.AU
Mobi-TIG, TungstenInertGas welding based on a Mobi-Arc unit @PerfectSwitch.COM
Article about earlier(? DIY?) models of Auto-Arc, 24v/200A @MetalWebNews.COM
Up to 8kW alternators/welding-generators/start-boosters @PlanMyPower.CO.ZA
Battery-based jumpstarters:
Various jump-start connectors, including NATO-standard, -battle-tank & -aircraft @FindTheNeedle.CO.UK
PDF-document for the above products @DMStech.CO.UK
Okay, now we got diesel bikes, but still no 2wd bikes, right? Wrong!; motorized and non-motorized!:

Yamaha R1 2wd in Motorcycle News
Trials UK 2wd motorcycle info
DropBears 2wd Yamaha announcement
DropBears 2wd Yamaha article
DropBears 2wd readers letter
Tony Foals Designs article on the physics behind 2wd & 2ws @CTV.ES
Article on 2wd @SingleTrackWorld.COM
2wd Bike history @Home.Mira.Net/~IWD
Dryvtech 2x2x2 motorcycle (yes, that's 2 wheel steering too!) & general 2wd info/history @Home.Mira.Net/~IWD
Rokon, 2wd motorcycles for the past 30 years @Rokon.COM
Ohlins 2wd (Swedish), Yamaha's subcontrator @Ohlins.COM
Yamaha Design Cafe 2wd notes @YmedC.Introweb.NL
Yamaha WR450 2wd @YmedC.Introweb.NL
Christini 2wd bike @Christini.COM
Spicer 2wd bike @SpicerCycles.COM
2wd Bike history @MotoBykz.CO.UK
French TWD aftermarket kits for trial bikes @MotoBykz.CO.UK
More about the Drivyvtech 2x2x2 @MotoBykz.CO.UK
Rokon 2x2, a 40 year old design, still in production @MotoBykz.CO.UK
The Rokon still lives, in army applications! @ArmyRecognition.COM
Amphibious Rokon 2x2!....:)) @AmphibiousVehicle.NET
Full webpage of the above picture @AmphibiousVehicle.NET
Hydraulic 2wd system for chain-driven 1wd-bikes @2wd.NL

And you thought bikes couldn't be armoured either, eh? Wrong again!....:)) Armoured Harley-Davidson in Danish army @ArmyVehicles.DK
But any 2-wheel bike will tumble at standstill, right? Wrong!:
Wolseley Gyrocar @Wolseley.Dircon.CO.UK More gyro 2wd @2Cobbs.COM
Tuscan gyro bike, with 2-wheel-inline rear track! (probably the only single-track bogie-tandem on this planet!....:)) @2Cobbs.COM
Okay, so you thought the above Tuscan was the only 'mono-cycle' track? Wrong again!:
NSU KettenKrad, a mono-cycle 'half-track' @AutoGallery.ORG.RU
NSU KettenKrad restauration & FAQ @KettenKrad.DE
NSU KettenKrad in the USA @KettenKrad.COM
Lovely detailed restauration of a NSU KettenKrad @NSU-KettenKrad.DE
More details & exploded views @Users.ZetNet.CO.UK
No wait, let's do it the other way around:
Bicycle with two tracks, rear-wheel driven @KRPB.RU
Another bike-track sample, with front ski, the AD Boivin Snow Hawk 600 H.O.@Sarco.GR
Canadian manufacturer @ADboivin.COM
Convert your ordinary bike to a rear-wheel driven track @ExplorerMoto.COM
Nah, rear-wheel driven tracks are boring, let's do it the other way around once more:
French front-wheel drive track @TheKneeSlider.COM
So what about a mono-cycle the size & transport capacity of a bus, or even tram?
Gyroscopic monocycle bus & single-track tram! @Rus.Polymus.RU
Up in the clouds with your bike/trike!: PALV 3-wheel road-going gyrocopter @SparkDesign.NL
And what if you want to combine human-powered bikes with military tasks?....:)) Military ATB applications @CombatReform.COM
And while we are at it, a 4x3x4 (the only triple-nomenclatura that adds up to it's calculated 12 wheels!) with knicksteer:
LandMaster tripoid, a working movie-requisite @SnowCrest.NET
The Tristar, a smaller military prototype? @Visi.COM/~DC/Tristar
All you ever wanted to know about tire pressure, including load-variation and tricks how to establish the perfect road pressure: Tire Pressure @Reality.SGI.COM/RogerB
About winch manufacturers, electric/hydraulic/mechanical-PTO:
Mile Marker hydraulic & electric winches @Teleport.COM
Mile Marker @MileMarker.COM
Superwinch.COM
Goodwinch.COM (actual redirecting site on g7tgr.demon.co.uk)
Goodwinch G14, perpendicular/upright winchmotor (similar 'auxiliary-motor' concept as Warn 8274) / (old/defunct/product cancelled)
Goodwinch bow motors for waterproof retrofitting of Warn/Ramsey/etc (old/defunct)
Goodwinch bow motors for waterproof retrofitting of Warn/Ramsey/etc (new/current)
Portal capstan-winch @Goodwinch.COM (old/defunct)
Portal capstan-winch @Goodwinch.COM (new/current)
2-speed gearbox from MegaWinch.COM (previously known as Tensen)
MegaWinch doesn't exist anymore? @Autos.Groups.Yahoo.COM/www.4wd/
Sepson.SE
Brevini.COM
Cut Snake Winches @Varsitor.COM
Cut Snake Winches @Overlander.COM.AU
Cut Snake Winches @BTA4wd.COM
Cut Snake Winches explained @BTA4wd.COM
Cut Snake Winches spec's @BTA4wd.COM
Background info about Varsitor PTY LTD, the manufacturer of Cut Snake Winches @PDfaust.COM
Weston Park '98 winch evaluation, a comparison test with several brands of winches @Parts.Grade.DE
Twin-motor gearbox construction for Warn 8274 @Gigglepin4x4.NET
6.8HP(!) 12v Bow winch motor @Gigglepin4x4-Shop.co.uk
Another twin-motor construction for Warn 8274 & others(!), plus a drum-modification (wider and/or smaller center, to hold more winch-cable (longer and/or thicker)) @Lehmann-FT.DE
Same twin-motor concept as Gigglepin....competition, copy or actual manufacturer? @KillerAxles.COM
TW16500(lbs?), a new twin-motor design by Tibus Ltd Offroad Engineering @KillerAxles.COM
Read about the distinction between the two....blatant copy @Forums.LR4x4.COM
The only distributor of the *real* twinmotor 8274 in Germany @OMT-OffRoad.COM
Discussion about original versus copy @Pirate4x4.COM
German discussion about original versus copy @Offroad-Forum.DE
Another twin-motor 8274 variant @MB-Corse.IT
Twin-motor 8274 version from Naviky/Uli in Munich/Germany @Pirate4x4.COM
2x 2 Motors on a 8274 (2 parallel & 2 series, 4x 6.8HP = 27.2HP total!) @Pirate4x4.COM
A warning from Gigglepin *not* to attach the hook when reeling in the cable on a fast winch (can have up to 5m 'lag/drag' after switching off! (cured by additional electric brake) @Pirate4x4.COM
Australian supplier of 'serial' style twin-motor 8274 winch @FlaminFabrications.COM.AU
Two-speed-ratio 9000lbs winch @Tigerz11.COM.AU
Discussion about Warn 8274 @Forum.IH8mud.COM
Note on the much better Aisin/Toyota 'version' of the 8274 @Forum.IH8mud.COM
Discussion about the Aisin/Toyota @BuschTaxi.ORG
Hydraulic capstan winch @BloomMFG.COM
What *not* to do with a winch (like pulling an MB-G up a building) @AutoBlog.COM
About PTO-boxes & PTO-gears:
Munchie PTO-box Instruction & Owners Manual @MunciePower.COM (old/defunct)
Same document @Archive.ORG (current/functional)
Overview of all Muncie PTO-box configurations @MunciePower.COM
Fascinating range of PTO-solutions, including 'in-cardan' (split-shaft) @Power-Trax.DE
Lovely range of PTO-driven equipment, including electric generators @Power-Trax.DE
Dyna-Pax, interesting solutions for hydraulic pumps, including various coupling-types (mechanic/elektromagnetic) and 'power-through' hydraulic pumps @Power-Trax.DE
A note on possible re-production of the PTO-gear for Land Cruiser J4/J6 and light-duty J7 @Forum.BuschTaxi.DE
PTO-powered DC-welding generators, mounted *above* the floor(!) @HydraPneu.COM.AU
'Full-power' PTO-configurations on Toyota Land Cruisers @HydraPneu.COM.AU
Fascinating 'triple' winch; dual-capstan with highspeed 500kg pull (40-50rpm, 20-25m/min?) and regular low speed 3600kg & 6-8m/min @HydraPneu.COM.AU
Interesting note about power requirements (24v/150A takes already 8kW mechanical PTO-power!) @Allrad-LKW-Gemeinschaft.DE
Lovely integrated PTO-unit, supplying hydraulics, air and DC-power, all in one @BossAir.COM
Interesting thread about the Toyota-copy of the Warn 8274 @Forum.BuschTaxi.ORG
Govet CS-PTO, a Continuous Speed PTO-driven 400V generator by using a CVT-unit @GoverSet.NL
PDF-documentation about this CS-PTO concept, in 15kW & 22KW versions @GoverSet.NL
A PTO-powered & chain-driven AC-generator mounted under a HZJ-80 @Forum.BuschTaxi.ORG
Discussion about PTO-driven capstan winches on J4 and J5 series Land Cruiser @Forum.IH8mud.com
German discussion about PTO's for Land Cruisers @OffRoad-Forum.DE
Related discusion about dual speed PTO for Land Cruiser @OffRoad-Forum.DE
General winch & cable info, tutorials & FAQ's:
Trey's Winch Cable Pages @AngelFire.COM/AK2 (old/defunct)
Trey's Winch Cable Pages @Home.GCI.NET/~Trey (new)
Winch Tutorial by Billa Vista @RightCoastCrawler.COM (old/defunct)
Billa Vista's Winch Notes @Pirate4x4.COM (new)
Rare sample of wheelhub-mounted winch @LandyOnline.CO.ZA
Wheelhub-winch extraction with VW ILTIS @YouTube.COM
A nice tutorial about winches, past & present: Winch History @4WheelPartsAdventures.COM
All you ever wanted to know about Warn winches from days long past: Old Warn winches @IH8mud.COM
What happens if you dunk a non-waterproof winch in mud:
German report about the horrifying lack of weathersealing of Warn winches @VierMalVier.DE (old/defunct)
Copy of the above tutorial @Archive.ORG
You thought winch cables had to be made from steel? Wrong, try Plasma Rope!:
OutdoorWire
Jeyco I
Jeyco II
TeamGecko
MasterPull @ PremierPowerwelder.Com
User report from Taco
MasterPull.com ('Articles')
Rockstomper.Com
A Hawse fairlead for plasma rope (you don't need a roller fairlead (with metal rollers)!)
Dyneema Bowrope @Goodwinch.COM
Snatch-rope, with 30% stretch (most straps only have 10%!) @Adventure-Offroad.DE
ProLux vehicle-recovery/extraction equipment & tools, including very nice rope-tightening/-guiding roller-fairleads @ProLux.DE
Rope-tightening drum-clamp @LierenShop.NL
Tuturial on winch rope, including a note about criss-cross winding @4x4winches.COM
Report from German forestry-service @WaldWissen.NET
Interesting German discussion about kinematic snatch straps @Forum.Buschtaxi.ORG
A few more notes about kinematic snatch straps & soft-shackles @Forum.Buschtaxi.ORG
About the difference between strap & rope, including 12-24h 'rest-time' for the rope, and measuring the length to estimate its wear! @4x4community.CO.ZA
Interesting physical analysis of the 'snatch kinematics' @4x4community.CO.ZA
Similar discussion with physical spec's @Offroad-Forum.DE
Hashi-Ken kinematic energy recovery rope (KERR), more than 100% stretch (but short!), 2-3-5 ton, 1.9-2.1-2.1/4.1-4.4-5.0m (PDF) @Lauche-Maas.DE
ARB Black Snake KERR, rubber-sealed (inpermeable to life-decreasing ingress of dirt/mud!), 8 ton 10 meter @Taubenreuther-Shop.CO.UK
Always had difficulty deciding whether to mount the winch on the front or on the rear? Doubt no longer!: A central-mounted PTO-driven winch on an FJ40 ('The Amazing Gertrude'....:)) by Andrew Farmer @Go4wd.CO.NZ
A few interesting notes on various winch designs, distinguishing between worm/spur/planetary gears: Tutorial on winch design & use @MotherEarthNews.COM
Essential replacement part for a mechanical PTO-winches: Dowel/shear pins for PTO-winches @McMaster.COM
Polish site with extensive data about bolt sizes/geometrics for wheels, for all possible vehicles:
Wheel bolt geometrics @4x4.WAW.PL (old/defunct)
Copy of the above site @Archive.ORG
Discussion forums for globetrotters:
Sahara-Info.CH (Swiss)
ExpeditionClub.AT (Austrian)
WeltReise-Forum.INFO (German)
Want to move back in time, to rallyes & vehicles of days past?: History of Dakar & other unique 4x4's
Interesting seminar with notes about various 4wd systems and Traction Aiding Devices: 4wd/TAD Seminar
Frustrated by sitting on instable chemical toilets?....bolt one to your hitch receiver!: BumperDumper Toilet
Site with links for various Dutch army vehicles: Rolf van Hest's Military Link Site
Dutch organisation promoting restauration and operation of military WWII-vehicles: Keep Them Rolling
Site with sleep accommodation alongside European highways: LinksUndRechts von der Autobahn
Nice site covering the battle against heat, noise and rust, with lovely humor: Counter heat, noise & rust
Sites about Rudolf Diesel, his life, his inventions, and his tragic death (the best ones only in German, sorry):
Anti-vegetable-oil conspiracies, as old as the engine itself
Detailed biography, placed in the (political/technical) context of that time
Another biography, and the true story about his death
Rudolf killed by the Brittish?.... and other historic inconsistencies
German site about twin-engined 4x4's (Citroen & others): Dual Engined 4x4's!
Okay, after reading all the above links you now know about 4x4, 6x6, 8x8 and perhaps even that 8x8x8....but wait, it gets better, with even a higher numerical result, a staggering 24x24!....:)) The Australian Matador, a 24-wheel drive, including 2 driven trailers @Users.Bigpond.COM (old/defunct)
Dutch Glory on wheels....:)) Dutch DAF vehicles
LED's in more shapes, forms and patterns than you ever imagined, including automotive replacement bulbs/sockets of course: LED-Tronics
900 brute diesel HP in world's most famous rally: Jan de Rooy's Dakar Truck @Dakar-DeRooy.COM
Adding IFS, portal axles/hubs *and* adjustable ride-height to your Cruiser: Peter Build's Cruiser on Steroids @OkanaganValleyCruisers.COM
Pistons going up and down boring? Pistons rotatating boring? Here is a piston that wobbles while it rotates!: McMasterMotors Wobble Engine @McMasterMotor.COM
Another dazzling combustion design....not linear, not rotating, not wobbling, but nutating: Nutating-disk engine @Me.Wustl.EDU/ME/TK
About a very efficient automatic transmission: Antonov-Transmission.COM
More interesting notes on automatic transmissions & modifications:
General notes about torque converters, including the variable ('switch') pitch (variable vane) system @PontiacStreetPerformance.COM
Wide scope & links on every type of automatic ever made or designed @HalfBakery.COM
Variable ('switch') pitch torque converters explained @BuickPerformance.COM
Variable ('switch') pitch torque converters explained @Calfornia.COM/~Eagle
Variable ('switch') pitch torque converters explained @442.COM
Variable ('switch') pitch torque converters explained @Bdub.NET
Variable ('switch') pitch torque converters explained @BdubNet
Discussion about a overrun-lockup OuterLimits4x4.COM
Transmission modifications @LevelTen.COM
Article about Tom Kasmer's design for the Hydristor, a variable-pitch hydraulic CVT automatic transmission @AutoFieldGuide.COM
Hydristor article @DesignNews.COM (including a note about using it as a diff-lock/LSD!)
Tom Kasmer's invention @Hydristor.COM
Article about the Hydristor @AutoTomorrow.COM
Article about the Hydristor & the relation to the old switch-pitch torque convertor @DesignNews.COM
Article about the Hydristor & Torvec's IVT (infinite variable transmission) @FindArticles.COM
Torvec's IVT (infinite variable transmission) @Torvec.COM
Patent for a variable-vane pitch torque converter with regenerative braking
A new Italian design of hydraulic motor EcoTecSRL.NET
ToroTrak IVT toroidal transmission @ToroTrak.COM
Better explanation/sample of hte ToroTrak IVT @HistoMobile.COM
ZeroShift.COM
Fascinating military track transmission, with 32 'binary' ratio's @SapaTransmission.COM
Automotive literature, both technical & historical/commercial:
McLellansAutomotive.COM
AutoLitShop.COM
AutoLiteratur.DE (German)
AutoLit.DE (German)
About fuel qualities (Research Octane Number (RON), Motor Octane Number (MON), Anti Knock Index (AKI)):
RON/MON/AKI @BTInternet.COM/~madmole
RON/MON/AKI @Eric-Gorr.COM
More about RON/ROZ in the context of poor quality fuel & adjusting ignition-timing to compensate @Faqs.ORG/Faqs/autos/gasoline-FAQ
Octane terminology @En.Wikipedia.ORG
40(!) octane in pre-WWII Germany @Wikipedia.ORG
Oktan Zahl (German) @DE.WikiPedia.ORG
Several notes & discussion about mixing diesel with gasoline, thereby obtaining a much *lower* octane rating, sometimes *needed* to start an old/tired/low-compression gasguzzler in winter (common for old Russian trucks, when the Russian-typical 80 or even 72 octane is no longer available!) @Markerink.ORG
Increase the octane number of your regular gasoline:
MaxFuelPower from Malaysia, claiming a gain of 5 octane numbers, with a dilution of only 1:5000 or 0.2%(!) @MaxFuelPower.COM
Pro-Strength octane booster, with a gain of up to 7 octane numbers @Nulon.COM.AU
Comparing octane boosters, showing that an gain of more than 3 numbers is rare, and that a dilution of 100:1 to 40:1 is needed, creating a logistical problem on long trips @VolvoSpeed.COM
Octane & boosters @NSXprime.COM
Homebrewing your octane-booster additives @eHow.COM
Homebrewing your octane-booster additives @GNTtype.ORG
Homebrewing your octane-booster additives @TorqueCentral.COM
Torco octane booster, from 87 (RON? MON?) to 101 @TorcoRaceFuel.NET
A related gasoline additive:
Gas-line anti-freeze, to remove water from your fuel system (gasoline & diesel) @GoldEagle.COM
About worldwide differences in diesel fuel quality:
Diesel sulphur-content in different countries & continents @VierMalVier.DE
Diesel sulphur-content world maps @Unep.ORG
About winter diesel quality:
Alarming report about deteriorating winter diesel quality @Forum.BuschTaxi.DE
Original thread about deteriorating winter diesel quality @Forum.BuschTaxi.DE
Problem sample #2 KJ73 @Forum.BuschTaxi.DE
Problem sample #3 @Forum.BuschTaxi.DE
Bio-diesel addition as possible cause @Forum.BuschTaxi.DE
Problem sample #5 HZJ105 @Forum.BuschTaxi.DE
Detailed specification of winterdiesel in Germany @Forum.BuschTaxi.DE
Making your vehicle sound like a train, with a 152dB genuine train horn/whistle:
(PS: don't get fooled by different kinds of dB-ratings: some measure at 1m distance, others at 2m or more!)
TrainWeb.COM
RailFan.NET
Hadley 133dB train horn @Hadley-products.COM
Wolo (train) air horn with 152dB (Cannon-Ball-Express, with sound sample!) @Wolo-mfg.COM
Several of the above air horns priced @Store.Yahoo.COM
Same page, original site @Autobarn.NET
Horns available @JCWhitney.COM
Nice overview of ordinary Hella horns, *with* dB-rating for all of them (never seen that before) @RallyLights.COM
More famous horns, for trains and ships @Big-Horn.COM
HornBlasters.COM
Nice sound-sample of train-horn on a Dodge Durango (I) @YouTube.COM
Nice sound-sample of train-horn on a Dodge Durango (II) @YouTube.COM
Another sound-sample of train-horn on a Dodge Durango @YouTube.COM
156dB train horns @HornBlasters.COM
Grover Products Co. @AirHorns.COM
ReallyLoudAirhorns.COM
Hmm....different purpose, same effect: 150dB/220-75Hz industrial vibration-cleaning horns, up to 2.5m long....:)) @AcoustiClean.COM (requires 40-80 sqft/min (1000-2000L/min!) at 70-90psi (5-7bar), using a 3/4" air line)
HornWorks @TrainWeb.ORG
Classic horns, including a variable pitch bull horn @Classic-Car-Accessories.CO.UK
Very loud Italian horns, including the extremely compact Nautilus, also available as a 110dB/300Hz truck-version @Stebel.IT
Sound amplifier dozens of pre-recorded songs/rythms & sounds, plus your own 10 seconds electronic recordings @Cogapa.COM
350Hz/143dB Golf course warning airhorn @KlaxonSignals.COM
Marine electrical horns, ship class I, 400V/3-phase, 143dB, 70Hz & 110Hz @Zoellner.DE
Marine air horns, ship class I, 143dB, 90Hz & 110Hz @Zoellner.DE Train horns @Zoellner.DE
Marine horns for yachts @Zoellner-Yacht.DE
150dB/2m air horn with electric pump & air tank @Hansen-Styling-Parts.DE
Navy airhorns, filling bed & roof of a full-size pickup @LifeFromTheSurfaceOfTheMoon.Blogspot.COM
165/170/175dB triple & 180dB quadruple train horn systems @TrainHornsDelivered.COM
Marine style horns, including 12/24v compressors+tank @Toplicht.DE
Interesting concept to get attention when braking:
Variable brake-light flash-modulator @BikerHiWay.COM
More brake-light flash-modulator from Kisan Technologies @RideSafer.COM
Kisan Technologies @KisanTech.COM
Adaptive brake-light-flashing + panic-lights @AutoWebStore.NL
Waeco ABL100-EB PDF-instructions @Waeco.COM
Aftermarket concept of the mandatory EU-regulation per 2/2011 for cars, including both flashing brake light (heavy braking) & emergency flash lights (heavy braking until standstill), using only a mechanical/gravity sensor @GefahrenBremslicht.DE
Motor bike unit @MotoGadget.COM
Different concept, only the 3rd brake light, and always flashing during the first second of braking @NikuTronics.EU
Interesting EU-discussion about this emergency-brake-flashing in 2005 @Europarl.Europa.EU
Cheapest aftermarket option thusfar, Brake Alert for 29 euro @JPS-Tuningshop.COM
Brake Alert for 49 euro @AutoRevista.NL
Dutch discussion & links for this B480 Brake Alert @TDIclub.NL
Apparently this B480 exists in both a fixed-frequency (F) and variable-frequency (V) model @SG.88DB.COM
Similar advertising text @YmyTrading.Goshopper.NET
Both models Brake Alert for 50 euro @TRC-Tuning.DE
Bike unit for US$100 @PulsarBrakeAlertSystems.COM
Brake Alert for both bikes & cars, US$27,95 @CruiserFX.COM
Electronics build into the LED brake light itself, flashing at 13Hz (US$148,95 for 2!) @SafeLightStore.COM
Brake light modulators @CustomDynamics.COM
Head light modulators @CustomDynamics.COM
Posi-Lock, Posi-Twist and Posi-Tap, Posi-Tight, Posi-Seal and Posi-Lock Fuseholder, all very interesting reliable/foolproof cable-connectors & cable-splitters @CustomDynamics.COM
StopAlert brake light pulsator/flasher, halogen & LED @Watson-Streetworks.COM
Vehicle Braking Indicator @VBIlighting.CO.UK
Early Brake Alert, a visual forward-sensing system to automatically trigger your brake lights @BrakeLLC.US
Brain cracking patent regarding Early Brake Alert @BrakeLLC.US
MrBrakeSafe.COM
Brake Light Pulser @WebElectricProducts.COM
RearAlert, a non-G-force-sensing unit, flashing 7 or 14 times @Triumphrat.NET
Safety Alert, a slightly different concept, brake light activated by G-force only, cq also when engine braking (without tapping the brake pedal!) @PersonalWaterCraft.COM
Similar concept, for daytime running lights, low and high beams:
Kisan headlight-modulator @SportTouringUSA.COM
Kisan Technologies @KisanTech.COM
Create your own virtual USA license plate: LicenseMaker @Acme.COM
A very nifty approach on anti-swaybar disconnects:
Scott J's Swaybar Disconnects @Home.Earthlink.NET/~RockJaw
SwayLoc remote & air operated quick release sway bar arm @OffRoadOnly.COM
Bicknell Quick Release Sway Bar Arm (cable operated) @Behrents.COM
Bicknell Adjustable Sway Bar Arm @Behrents.COM
Smart Bar electronic sway bar disconnect @FourWheeler.COM
All you ever wanted to know about that nasty red steel-eating stuff: Rust Tutorial @MetalWebNews.COM
A different approach to attack/dissolve rust, by electrons:
My own collection of messages about Electrolytic Rust Dissolving @A1.NL
Electrolytic Rust Dissolving @BHI.CO.UK
Electrolytic Rust Dissolving @Stovebolt.COM (mirror site)
Chemical yet non-toxic rust-removers/dissolvers:
Evapo-Rust.COM
Dutch seller @Evapo-Rust.NL
Dutch rebrand of Evapo-Rust @Dio-Ontroester.NL
Removall 800 @Biowash.COM
Same product @Napiere.COM
PDF-document about Removall 800/820 @Biowash.COM
Canadian Manufacturer of Removall 800-fluid & 820-gel @Napiere.COM
Removall products 'for home-owners' @Napiere.COM
Different 'home-owner' PDF-document about Removall @Napiere.COM
The best way to protect the inside of your vehicle against rust:
Mike Sander's Korrosions-Schutzfett (corrosion protection grease) @Mike-Sander.DE
(don't forget to ask (by email ) for a PDF-copy of the multi-year test by AutoBild, on all 20 tested brands, very impressive!)
PDF-copy of a multi-year test by Autobild @Citroen.AC (but not in a save-able format (protected), unlike the above mail-link!) @Citroen.AC
Discussion about Korrosionsschuetzfett @BuschTaxi.ORG (including the note that welding on such body-panels requires a fire-extinquisher nearby)
More industrial-/marinegrade rust-inhibiting & cavity-penetrating oil, wax and gel:
Eureka's FluidFilm & PermaFilm
FluidFilm & PermaFilm in Germany
RustCheck.COM
3M Rust Fighter I
ZeroRust.COM
Boeshield @Kanza.COM
Boeshield.COM
Rust-curing/preventing solutions reviewed @Corrosion-Doctors.ORG
Granville rust converter @Frost.CO.UK
KuRust, same stuff since Granville was bought by Hammerite? @Hammerite-Trade.COM
Long thread about various rust removers/converters @Groups.Google.COM
Ageso zinc paint @Ageso.DE
Ageso distributor @SVB.DE
Ospho.COM (phosphoric acid / rust dissolver)
Brantho-Korrux.DE
MetalFix, also heat-resistant up to +1000C! (and MetalFix-1000 works as a primer on galvanized steel, aluminium, polysterene, etc!) @PhoenixPaints.COM.AU
Do's and don'ts around phosphoric acid, one of the better de-rust solutions: Phosphoric-acid safety regulations @CCOHS.CA
How to lift your vehicle in the field, without any sweat: AirJack/EasyLift Tutorial @Afil.CO.UK
Some interesting new products from Waeco Germany:
English product description about Magic Cool ventilated seat-cover (brief) @Waeco.COM
German press release about Magic Cool ventilated seat-cover (more detail) @Waeco.COM
German press release about wireless/battery-driven aircompressor (up to 21bar!) @Waeco.COM
More seat stuff, in particular (air)suspended brackets or complete seats, often small enough to fit in your 4x4:
Grammer.DE
Isringhausen.DE
KABSeating.COM
Stratos.COM.AU
BE-GE.SE
Air (and metal-spring) suspended brancard bases @Stem.IT (could perhaps be used to suspend an entire bench?....:))
ASN-seat with low-mount suspension system, air or metal spring @AutoSitze-Nobis.DE
Some interesting vehicles from International Harvester Corporation, including the huge 1200 Travelall wagon and even larger 1310 Travelette crewcab (worlds first crew-cab in 1957!):
1968 1200 Travelall, from the 'Church of Saint John the Baptist of the Alien Artichoke' (better don't bet that this is a joke!....:)) @Mods.COM/IH (old/defunct
Same site @Web.Archive.ORG (current/working)
6-door Travelall 2wd ambulance #1 @1digital.COM
6-door Travelall 2wd ambulance #2 @BinderBulletin.ORG
1310 Travelette crewcab longbed @TMcom.COM
Lifted 1200 Travelall @TMcom.COM
Interesting frame-tech details for the different models from IHC @TMcom.COM
1310 Travelette crewcab shortbed @TwistedAxle.COM
1310 Travellette 'highbed'....;)) @BinderBulletin.COM
Wagonmaster crewcab @BinderBulletin.COM
IHC trucks at the Rocky Mountains IH Rendezvous, including travelall's and travelette's @Rmihr.ORG
Travelall A-line A110, a fullsize 2-door! @Ephemeranow.COM
1310 Travellette @Pacific.Telebyte.COM/AllanW
IHC-FAQ with interesting note about the Travellette, being the first crew-cab ever, in 1957 (#11, 3-door; 4-door in 1961) @ScoutConnection.COM
Note about the IHC plant being the longest running automotive floor/production-line in the USA, until 2002, @OldIHC.ORG
More IHC-pictures @OldIHC.ORG (use search for specific images)
Value-guide for IHC's @Members.AOL.COM/MStarProd
White D1200 Travelall from 1965 @Iscaac.HealdsBurg.NET
Brochure & spec's for the 1200 Travelall @Isaac.Healdsburg.NET
Why you can find Travelall's in Sweden, but hardly anywhere else in Europe @IHsweden.COM
More history background on the Swedish IHC-plant @IHsweden.COM
Swedish firefighter 1200 & 1200 Travelall @IHsweden.COM
A few exotic multi-door samples of the Travelall @Homepage.Mac.COM/HeelsRoll
A (quite rare!) set of size spec's for the '65-69 Travelall (comparing it to a Ford Expedition....:)) @Digest.NET/IHC
Pictures of the later Travelall @VannattaBros.COM
More Travelall/Travelette & old trucks @VanattaBros.COM
Just for gigs, this nice Mack M123A1C 6x6 with rare Cummins V8-300 @VannattaBros.COM
Note that the most interesting detail about this Mack M123A1C is mentioned in an article about the Oskosh M911 @VannattaBros.COM (1/3rd down the page, section 'Are they better?', about the complicated double-bevel-gear in the front axle, as rotating king-pin, allowing extreme sharp turning angles! (only ever saw this on a small mowing tractor!))
IHC Mailinglist @Digest.NET/IHC
IHC FAQ document @BinderBulletin.ORG
Specific FAQ notes on the Travelall & Pickup @BinderBulletin.ORG
Album with later generation 1200 Travelall @Killer4x4.COM
IHC Web-Ring (with several Travelall sites that Google didn't find!) @U.WebRing.COM
Largest collection of Travelall's pictures thusfar, by Marcus Corvenius (check all 4 sections!) @Corvenius.SE
Swedish brochure for the C1200 Travelall panel-van firefighter @Corvenius.SE
Dutch IHC/Scout site @CyberComm.NL/~vLeeuwen
'68 Travelall @Homepage.Mac.COM (I)
'68 Travelall @Homepage.Mac.COM (II)
Not a Travelall, but an even more exotic IHC/Scout contraption, made in Switzerland, including motorisation with Rolls Royce engine! @Collidingstar.COM
Images of the 2 other IHC/Scout based Swiss contraptions, the Monteverdi Sahara and Safari @Madle.ORG
Fast Forward into the future, a new SUUV by International Harvester Corporation, plus more!:
International CTX @Story.News.Yahoo.COM
International CTX @Money.CNN.COM
International CTX, 2 foot taller @Navistar.COM
International CUV, spin-off from the military(?) SmarTruck-III @InternationalDelivers.COM
SmarTruck-III @InternationalDelivers.COM
SmarTruck-III @SmarTruck3.COM (page might not load well/at-all in Mozilla, only in Explorer!)
International CTX @TruckTrend.COM
The competition for the above CTX from IHC:
GMC @E-FreightLiner.COM
Ford F550/650 conversions @NorthCountyFord.COM
More early wagon history, including Dodge Carry-All & PowerWagon, Chevrolet/GMC Suburban, plus the Mercedes Jagdwagen: Wagon history @ Classictruckshop.Com
Wagon history @ Stationwagon.Com (including 2wd)
Dodge Power Wagons
1937 Mercedes G5 Jagdwagen, 4x4x4
1933 Mercedes G4, 6x6
Wagon history @ Canadiandriver.Com
PowerWagon.Com
A baffling complete list of wagon- & offroad-vehicles worldwide, from Israel to China:
Offroad vehicles @XS4All.NL/~mjs
non-car-derived Wagons @XS4All.NL/~mjs
Vans & Pickups @XS4All.NL/~mjs
A wagon almost as fascinating as the IHC Travelall:
Chevrolet Summering/Veraneio/C-1416 @Google.COM
Chevrolet Summering/Veraneio/C-1416 @Images.Google.COM
Weather reports from nearly every spot on earth, including humidity, heat index, wind chill & dew point!: Weather @ Wunderground.Com
Roadmaps from nearly every spot on earth, including GPS-coordinates!: GPS-maps @ Maporama.Com
What do you get when you combine two 351ci V6 GMC engines?
GMC engine-data, including 702ci V12 (old site) @Favorites.COM/~Jolly
More info about this GMC 702ci V12 (old site) @Favorites.COM/~Jolly
GMC engine-data, including 702ci V12 @6066GMCtrucks.ORG
More info about this GMC 702ci V12 @6066GMCtrucks.ORG
GMC 702ci V12 resurrected @6066GMCtrucks.ORG
More pix of this resurrected GMC 702ci V12 @6066GMCtrucks.ORG
A new way of thinking about steam engines: Ted Pritchard's steam engine redesigned @GeoCities.COM/ResearchTriangle
About a revolutionairy new engine, 4 times as efficient as current concepts, invented by Ralph Sarich:
Orbital Engine @ OrbEng.Com.Au
Orbital Engine @ Ip.Australia.Gov.Au
Another revolutionary engine concept: GomecSys Adjustable Compression Engine @GomecSys.NL
32 strokes in 2 revolutions? A multi-joint/flexible Wankel?
The dazzling QuasiTurbine @QuasiTurbine.Promci.QC.CA
Article about the QuasiTurbine @GizMag.CO.UK
A revolutionary new way of looking at valves:
Rotating valve-train @CoatesEngine.COM
More about this rotating valve-train @CoatesEngine.COM
And not just a prototype, but even a commercial product, as a complete V2 bike....:)) @CoatesEngine.COM
Photo gallery @CoatesEngine.COM
855cid (14.0L) truck diesel with orbital valves @CoatesEngine.COM
Original site/inventor @Roton-Engines.COM (now defunct?)
copy of Roton-Engines.COM @Web.Archive.ORG
Related PDF-document @E4Engineering.COM (1)
Related PDF-document @E4Engineering.COM (2)
Another wild rotating engine/piston idea, plus rotating/orbital valves as well!: Archer-Trice engine @ArcherEngine.Dabsol.CO.UK
An exotic Russian engine design, what looks like a star-engine:
Golubyov engine @GolubevMachines.COM
Babelfish translation of the above Golubyov engine @GolubevMachines.COM
Main English page (but not all sub-pages/chapters are translated on site, hence the above Babelfish!) @GolubevMachines.COM
One more exotic engine-concept, a dual-Wankel, six-cycle rotary-piston engine, with internal boost/compression:
6srpe.G-R-G.NET
BabelFish-translation of the above Russian site @6srpe.G-R-G.NET
Let's add a few more wankel-segments:
Why take a R6-engine when you can have a R12....:)) @OffshoreOnly.COM
What goes round, must come round: Sphere-Engine @InnoMot.COM
Another rotary engine without pistons or valves: Wave Disk rotary engine @Google.COM
Okay, we have 2-stroke engines, 4-stroke engines, wankel-engines, wobble-engines....what about 2 more strokes?:
Malcolm Beare's 6-stroke engine
6-stroke engine, gasoline or diesel, adding a steam-cycle & increasing efficiency greatly @TheKneeSlider.COM
Earlier article about this 6-stroke engine, including the note that neither air- nor watercooling is needed! @TheKneeSlider.COM
More about this Crower Cams 6-stroke engine @AutoWeek.COM
Article about the 6-stroke engine in Popular Science magazine @PopSci.COM
Variable 2/4-stroke gasoline engine @ATZonline.DE
For those who also want to plan the logistics/packaging of their expedition on PC PackListo packing software (German site, but software itself also in English!)
About the largest wheel-vehicle on this planet, the 6x4 Terex Titan dumper (610 ton total):
Sparwood B.C./Canada
What happens if you go crazy in PhotoShop....:)) (read till the very end, all 17 pages!)
History & technical specifications
Alternative ('smaller') 4x2 models
Okay, and how to transport such a vehicle over ordinary roads?....yes, on two platform-loaders, next to eachother @Beer.ORG
And the largest caterpillar-dozer in the world:
Acco-dozer, 7.40m wide, 170 ton, 1300hp; build only once for a project in Libya, but never put to use! @MonsterBagger.DE
Okay, to be honest, there was a wider dozer-blade, 7.50m, but they put *two* caterpillars behind it....;)) @MonsterBagger.DE
Which also requires the largest wheel-scraper in the world of course: Acco scraper, 21m long, 2x 1100hp, 10m wide blade @MonsterBagger.DE
Always wanted to play in a huge caterpillar, bulldozer or scraper?....at least in Germany you can!:
MonsterBagger.DE
But wait, you can even crush a vehicle with one of those scrapers! @MonsterBagger.DE
Sites about German (ex-)military/utility vehicles, including several nice forums/sub-sites (Iltis, DKW-Munga, MAN 630, Magirus-Deutz):
ArmeeFahrzeuge.Net
Travel-Mobile.DE
Sites about the huge German ex-military MAN trucks (4x4/6x6/8x8):
MAN @ExArmyVehicles.CO.UK
MAN @SwissMotor.CH
Special note about tech-spec's @SwissMotor.CH
Various MAN versions in the German army @PanzerBaer.DE ("Lkw 10t" & "Lkw 15t")
MAN 8x8 spec's @AignerTrucks.COM
MAN 8x8 in Dakar @MotorenSuche.COM
Big-foot MAN 8x8 open tourist coach @Ebroadcast.COM.AU
German radio-control MAN models @LKWmodellbau.LiWest.AT
A very nicely written German story about travelling in Africa, including several life-threathening situations: Traveling in Africa in a 2wd camper (German language)
About a limousine with even more flair & status than a Rolls Royce:
Mercedes 600
Mercedes M100 series, including 6.3, 6.9 and 600
600 Pullman @ AutoSalon Singen
600 restauration&preservation site
600 hearse, funeral conversion
600 Pullman from Francis Ford Coppola, without driver/passenger devider (rare)
600 with only 2400 miles on the clock
600 restauration story @ BostonIsland.COM
600 @ Mercedes-600.DE
The rarest 600 of all, the (long-body) Landaulette (59 total, 11 with 6 doors and long open roof, the rest 4-door and short open roof; the bastard Kim-Il-Sung owns two!)
One of 11 6-door Landaulette's (owned by another bastard, Nicolae Ceausescu of Romania)
Perhaps even more rare, a 4-door Landaulet, with long open top, but also with very long rear doors (pope-mobil only?)
Pictures of all 600 models, including all Landaulet versions (3 or 4 of them!)
A few more stretched Mercedes models, past & present
Some weird & sad 600 samples @Procee.COM
The last frontier....water:
AmphiCar.NET
TimDutton.COM (new vehicles)
AmphibiousVehicle.NET
4wdOnline.COM
Amphi-Ranger
SchwimmAuto.DE
MegaChallenge, a tough contest in the Yunkyard Wars series, 20 hours to build a vehicle that can climb rocks, race *and* swim!
Interesting new French amphibious vehicle from Devers S.A.
Club Amphib Belgium
ZIL-4906, Russian military amphibious 6x6x4 with symmetrical-placed axles @Legion.Wplus.NET
More about the Zil-4906 @AmphibiousVehicle.NET (and a 6x6 amphibious double-decker camper(!!!!))
One of the rare pictures showing the steering arrangement of a ZIL-4906 (front & rear) @Geocities.COM/Motorcity/Speedway
Same vehicle, different name? (PEU-1) @Vif2.RU
Another Russian symmetrical 6x6, the BAZ-5921/5922 @Vif2.RU
Amphibious BAZ5937/5939 @Vif2.RU
Amphibious BAZ6944 @Vif2.RU
EKW M3 Amphibious bridge-carrier @PanzerBaer.DE
EKW M2 Amphibious bridge-carrier @PanzerBaer.DE
AmphibiousVehicles.COM.AU
HiawathaBoat.COM
AtlanticTours.COM
Aquada.CO.UK
AmphiCar.COM
AmphiCars.COM
MaritimeSales.COM
Aquada @Aquada.CO.UK
Dutch article with more Aquada pix @AutoTelegraaf.NL
Humdinga @Aquada.CO.UK
Phibian, big brother of Humdinga @GibbsTech.COM
Dutch article with more Humdinga pix @AutoTelegraaf.NL
SeaRoader.COM
FloatingCars @Members.Tripod.COM
Okay, not motorized, and doesn't even travel on land....but a manpowered sub-marine is cute too, isn't it?....:)) @BlueSpace.RU
Amphibious trucks, buses & prototypes @TerraWind.COM
Okay, no wheels, but a lovely must-have watercraft-toy anyway, and *with* Wankel-engine! @InneSpace.COM
One more 'Delphin-like' contraption @GizMag.CO.UK
Manufacturer of the above underwater-device @BionicDolphin.COM
Amphibious 3-wheeler for the little ones!....:)) @SparkDesign.NL
Okayokay, neither swimming nor driving, but did you think a man-carrying helicopter could fit in the size of a torpedo, to be launched from a submarine?....:)) @TwistedAirClub.Narod.RU
MATT, Marine Amphibious Tout Terrain, aka Lafayette, venturing on a test-ride around the world, Moscow->Washington, 35000km, including the Bering-Street on it's own (amphibious!) power @TWI-MATT.COM
M35 6x6 as Quasi-Submarine @Video.Google.COM
Chinese amphibious vehicles @BoatCar.NET
Amphibious ATV's @EN.Wikepedia.ORG
Viking 2992, both 4x4 and 6x6, and even with 2x2 and 4x4 powered trailers! @AtonImpuls.COM
Challenge your imagination with drive-train concepts that boggle the mind, amphibious & otherwise:
Exotic amphibious vehicles, including Dutch heritage like the DAF MC 139 4x4x4 & the DAF Amphirol ('worm-drive' is the best description....:))
DAF Amphirol @AmphibiousVehicle.NET
DAF MC 139 @AmphibiousVehicle.NET
DAF Porter, aka Flintstone mobile
Russian worm-drive vehickle, the ZIL-2906 @Legion.Wplus.NET
Direct links to ZIL-2906 picture (1) @Legion.Wplus.NET
Direct links to ZIL-2906 picture (2) @Legion.Wplus.NET
Worm wheel samples @Kauchookie.LiveJournal.COM
More worm wheel samples & video's, including smaller ski-doo-like contraptions @LiveInternet.RU
Worm wheel 'support' systems? @GruzovikPress.RU
ZIL-2906 video (bit longer than seen elsewhere?) @LiveInternet.RU
Another small worm-wheel contraption, from Armstead Snow Motors Company, with video @Acriacao.COM
One of the largest research/expedition-style vehicles ever build, pre-WWII!:
The Antarctic Snow Cruiser @Cummins.COM
The Antarctic Snow Cruiser @Undead.RU
Current wheeled polar/arctic vehicles, 4x4, 6x6 & 8x8:
@EC-Arctic.RU Cross-country vehicles Snowbug, Chukotka, Toros and mangazeya (designed in 1997) @EC-Arctic.RU
Snow & Swamp Buggy Lopasnya, including notes on some Russian types of tires @Vezdehody.RU
Mamontenok, a knick-steer 4x4 @Vezdehody.RU
Babelfish translation of the above site @Vezdehody.RU
Swimming with non-amphibious vehicles....:))
Nice video of a submarining 4x4 @Safari4x4.COM.AU
U-Boot BJ42 Land Cruiser in Germany @ORC-Grenzland.DE
Sjeesh, some people don't know when to stop lifting their vehicle!: Ground clearance Utopia
You don't smoke, and want to turn your ashtrays into something useful? Electric outlets in ashtray
About diesel tuning in the USA: TeamDiesel.COM
How to deflate your tires as if you removed your valve stem, without loosing or soiling the darn thing!: EZ-deflator @GetAGauge.COM
A more lazy & automatic approach to deflating your tires:
Oasis Tire Deflators (and other stuff)
Staun Tyre Deflator
But wait, what about automating the *inflation* to a pre-set value?....:))
Pre-set fill-up automatic gauge @DriveGreen.COM
Okay, you have seen all kinds of air compressors, from cheap trow-aways to biggies right?....ever seen one based on an aircompressor hooked to a winchmotor?....:)) Oasis Trailhead Compressor
Electric compressors:
Silverstone compressors running on both 12v & 24v! @4buy4.DE
ARB 'flat-style' Twin-Motor unit, 85lpm(3cfm)/6bar(90psi) continous, or max 9.3-10.3bar/135-150psi (0lpm/cfm) & 174lpm/6.16cfm (0bar/psi) @Store.ARB.USA
12/24v compressors, with or without tank @NardiCompressori.COM
Compressors up to 2000W @EMS-Concept.COM
If you don't trust your 12v/24v air compressor:
Foot-operated airpumps (single cylinder) @AutoExpress.CO.UK
Foot-operated airpumps (twin cylinder) @AutoExpress.CO.UK
And the perfection of tire pressure, OnboardTireInflationSystem (OTIS), even aftermarket! OTIS @Parts.Grade.DE
Adding LPG/Propane-boost to your diesel:
My own collection of info/messages about diesel LPG-boost
Tutorial/FAQ about the Powershot 2000� Propane Injection Kit @DieselPerformanceProducts.COM
Propane info @TSPerformanceProducts.COM (also click on their 3 vehicle brands, then select 'propane' from the drop-down list, for the related products!)
Discussion about LPG-boost @WWW.RV.NET/Forums
BullyDog propane injection @USDieselParts.COM
Torque Pro 2000 Propane Injection System for Dodge @ATSDiesel.COM
Product listing for Ford Duramax @ATSturbo.COM
Same product also listed for Dodge Cummins @ATSturbo.COM
DieselMax propane injection system @NSEnvironmental.COM
Diesel + LPG-boost @MrSharkey.COM
Propane injection supplies @BullyDog.CoM
LPG-boost applied to a (non-turbo) Ford diesel @TheDieselStop.COM
LPG-boost for diesels @IwemaLPG.COM (Dutch)
List of LPG fill-stations in Europe @IwemaLPG.COM
Another Dutch supplier @LPGinbouwstation.NL
Propane injection @BanksPower.COM
Ford F350 CrewCab with stock twin-turbo Cummins @95lbs/6bar boost, LPG-injection, assumed 1100-1200hp, sprinting & winning against sportcar @Olypen.COM/Bulldog/movies.html (now @DragonSys.ORG)....
....or alternative Download @Rocks-Hideout.COM....
....with an assumed 1100-1200hp @Googlegroups.COM....
....and a calculated 1050ft-lbs (about 1400Nm) @Googlegroups.COM....
....and the same analyser-program spits out 804hp, with an actual dyno-measured 806hp (but dyno's measure 20-30% less than official HP-rating in general, so 1100hp is still a valid claim, compared to other vehicles & official HP-ratings) @Googlegroups.COM
Forum discussing this Ford F350 CrewCab, including the owner Maddog himself @Diesel-Central.COM
More discussion @AutoForumz.COM
Discussion in the context of vegetable oil @MercedesShop.COM
Article @FourWheeler.COM
Brief note @TinleyTech.CO.UK
MultiFuelSystems @LPG-Kits.COM
Product-spec's @LPG-Kits.COM
Propane injection explained @LuxuryImport.CA (a Toyota Land Cruiser outfitter/specialist!)
The other way around, a diesel pilot injection for ignition, and LPG or natural gas as main fuel, aka the Westport-Cycle @Westport.COM
The dual-fuel injector for the above concept @Westport.COM
Propane-boost discussion @Eng-Tips.COM
DieselGas.CO.NZ
DieselGasAustralia.COM.AU
DieselGas.COM.AU
DPPNL.NL (Dutch) (including conversions to vegetable oil)
Gasotronic.NL (Dutch)
Gasotronic.COM (English)
Gasotronic.DE (German)
AutoSpeed.COM
Huber-Group.COM
More details about Huber-Group.COM @Konstant.DE
Dutch historical reference from 1968 @AMT.NL
Actual PDF document from above site @AMT.NL
High-end gasoline engines using LPG/propane: AlternateFuelsRacing.COM
Adding Nitro-oxide boost to your diesel:
Nitrous injection supplies @BullyDog.COM (adding 50, 150 or even 200hp to an USA V8 diesel!)
N2O-injection (nitrous oxide) @BanksPower.COM
FAQ on Nitro injection @NOSwizard.COM
Something similar, methanol-boost for diesel engines:
Ricardo & Growth-Energy launch a methanol-boost system for diesels @GreenCarCongress.COM
But why adding 5/10% ethanol to regular gasoline is not such a good idea:
Ethanol discussion @VierMalVier.DE
Overview of E10-compatible vehicles @DAT.DE
Discussion @Forum.Oldtimer.INFO
Discussion @TR-Freun.DE
Discussion @FiatDino.DE
Safety Research paper on using E10 in airplanes @EASA.Europa.EU
More catastrophic samples with oldtimers @Oldtimer-TV.COM
Same discussion @Der-Oldtimer-Guide.COM
Watch out for fuel additives/treatments, as they too often contain alcohol/ethanol/methanol! @Fuel-Testers.COM
Oh what the heck, lets also add water to diesel....:)) Aquazole.COM
More about racing & high-performance diesels, mostly USA:
World's fastest pickup truck, a Dodge Cummins diesel @CumminsRacing.COM
More about this Cummins Sidewinder @GaleBanks.COM
Sidewinder news @GaleBanks.COM
Sidewinder saltlake report @Cummins.COM
650hp Cummins @PerformanceDiesel.NET
PrincePerformanceDiesel.COM
3-times stronger torque converter to handle all the above power @ATSDiesel.COM
You thought TDi's could hardly run faster than 4000rpm?:
New diesel for the S2000 Scorpion 8500kg tank, rotating 650-5000(!)rpm @ScorpionTank.COM....
....which seems to be a RepairCraft/Steyr R-S 2133 engine (Steyr also makes diesels for BMW!) @qh97.dial.pipex.com....
....and therefore a few more details about this Steyr engine, 200hp, 480Nm, 250kg @Steyr-Motors.COM....
....and a picture of this amazing compact/low-profile TDi @Steyr-Motors.COM....
....and by searching on the above mentioned engine-code M16 TCA(HD) we find a few more spec's @Steyr-Motors.COM....
....although it says here only 360Nm (and 197hp) @Steyr-Motors.COM....
....but at least the marinized versions go up to 246hp & 460Nm @Steyr-Motors.COM....
....some more text about the marine-version @MetsTrade.COM
....but perhaps even more exciting is this Mercedes/Puch Gelaendewagen prototype by the Austrian company Achleitner: portal-axles powered by this Steyr 'monoblock' diesel! @G-Pro.DE (old/defunct)
Copy of the above page @Archive.ORG
A few more (virtual?) samples of armoured vehicles based on the Mercedes/Puch Gel�ndewagen with portal axles @Achleitner.COM (old/defunct)
Copy of the above page @Archive.ORG
A similar Gelaendewagen-conversion, with Unimog Axles @ORC.DE
Modern Mercedes G with portal-boxes, @ORC.DE
LAPV-7.x portal-axle study by Mercedes itself @4WheelFun.DE
Marine version Steyr M16 engine with 250hp/500Nm @Steyr-Motors.COM
Marine Stern-drive/Z-drive version @Steyr-Motors.COM
A new automotive incarnation of the 4-cylinder/2133cc version, in a passenger car & delivery van, Russian no less! @Buschtaxi.ORG
German distributor of this Russian car & van @Wir-Sind-Gut.COM
Video promotion of the passenger car, though it might have an older (and quite rattling!) diesel @Video.RFN.RU
The Swedish Galten from FMV (aka RG32-M), partly made in South-Africa, another Unimog-derivate (Mamba)? (even though it has a Steyr M1 diesel!) @AftonBladet.SE
Article on the Galten, with visible OTIS @Hemvarnet.SE
Video on the Galten @AftonBladet.SE
Steyr 4-cylinder (GAZ560) and 6-cylinder (GAZ562) in a full-size Russian truck, the GAZ-3309 @GAZ.RU
Babelfish translation of the above page @GAZ.RU
Interesting notes about fuel-efficiency in marine-applications (7 gallon or 28 liter pro hour for the 250hp version at cruising speed) @Kevlacat.COM
Steyr M1 in the armoured Alvis-version of the Hagglunds BV206 @One35th.COM
Interesting document with details about the M1 engine @Steyr.Motors.SE
A new (2005) listing of Steyr M14 and M16 automotive engines, listing interesting spec's *and* applications, including Land-Rover/Santana(?), Pinzgauer & Hummer! @Steyr-Motors.COM
List of current vehicle applications (including the HUMVEE!) @Steyr-Motors.COM
Details about the Humvee re-power project @Ricardo.CO.UK
Another monoblock diesel, the Leyland 500-Series @Sisua.NET
Iskra-AE, the supplier of the Steyr-marine integrated starter-motor/generator? @Iskra-AE.COM
Diesel site with message forum, news, events, and member galleries for all major makes and models of Diesel cars and trucks: DieselRevolution.COM
A few sites describing & showing one of the toughest offroad tires on this planet (also used by most armies), sizes & types rarely shown in normal tire overviews:
Michelin XZL 9.00x16 @ExpeditionExchange.COM
Michelin XCL & XZL @4x4cars.NL/Swolfs-Trading
Michelin's @RoverWorld.COM
Michelin's @LandRoverSpecialist.NL
Michelin's @ServiceMichelin.CO.YU
Michelin 11.00x16 (even harder to find!) @Garbee.NET/~Cabell
Michelin's for 20" rims @usa6x6.COM
Interesting discussion about the current XZL being the successor of both XL(aka XCL) mud- and XS sand-tire, after tests in the Saudi desert @D-90.COM
Michelin XZL, including 9.00x16 & 11.00x16 (11.00x20?) @SafariGard.COM (old/defunct)
Copy of the above defunct site @Archive.ORG
Interesting notes on the difference between 9.00x16 and 255/100x16 @4x4Trucks.INFO (German-only text, also note the dual row of center blocks, and speedindex 120km/h, similar to the difference between 7.50x16 and the metric 235/85x16)
Same kind of overview in German text @AllRad-Christ.COM
Same, in English text @AllRad-Christ.COM
More notes in German on the Michelin XZL 255/100x16 vs 9.00x16 & 8.25x16 vs 255/85x16 @AllRad-Christ.COM
Same in English @AllRad-Christ.COM
Various Michelin tires @PrairyDogParts.COM
A few notes on another hard-to-find tire in Europe, the BFG-Commercial-T/A-Traction (successor of the BFG Trac-Edge!) @CC.Oulu.FI/~THU (old/defunct)
A few notes on another hard-to-find tire in Europe, the BFG-Commercial-T/A-Traction (successor of the BFG Trac-Edge!) @Ulich.ORG (new/active!)
PDF-document about the BFG-Commercial-T/A-Traction @BFGoodrichTires.COM (now including size 265/75x16, not just 235/85x16!)
Mirror of the above original BFG-document (first/old version!) @CC.Oulu.FI/~THU (old/defunct)
Mirror of the above original BFG-document (first/old version!) @CC.Oulu.FI/~THU (new/active!)
BFG-Commercial-T/A-Traction notes @4x4-Tyres.CO.UK
A few notes on the mildest offroad tire from Michelin, the industructable & hard-wearing XZY @DeStoop.COM (12 ply, available in 7.50x16 & 8.25x16)
Range of Michelin tires offered by Toyota Gibraltar Stockholdings (worlds largest supplier of Toyota's for UN & aid-agencies) @Toyota-Gib.COM
French entry to the same list, with larger pictures available @Toyota-Gib.COM
Direct link to picture of Michelin XZY 7.50x16 @Toyota-Gib.COM
Direct link to picture of Michelin XZL 7.50x16 @Toyota-Gib.COM
Direct link to picture of Michelin XS 7.50x16 @Toyota-Gib.COM
Just for gigs, the *exact* same tire that came stock on Cruisers 30 years ago, the Dunlop Roadtrak Major (shown here as 7.00x16, in Japan still as 7.50x16)
A similar indestructable tough tire, the General Super All Grip Radial (14 ply!; note that the non-Radial version has only 8!) @AJA4x4.CO.UK
Or is this the true General Super All Grip *Radial*? @TWT.TO
Or perhaps a Russian alternative, 'Gumata'? @Multi-Board.COM
Nice overview of Michelin tires @TireCraft.COM (Canada)
Interesting note about increasing speedrating on the inch-sizes (3-ribs) from N (120km/h) to Q (160km/h) when decreasing loadrating @Michelin.CO.UK
Michelin truck tire sizes @Michelin.CO.UK (not all complete, but at least a nice list of XZL)
And for the mud-drivers, don't forget to consider the XML in size 325/85x16 @UnimogCanada.COM
Peter Straub's Toyota Land Cruiser BJ60 ('Tippy') on 11.00x16 XCL by using OME 2.5" lift *with* a springover @RMLCA.AB.CA
One stage up, Tippy-R, with 16.00x20 XC on Unimog axles @MonsterPhoto.iWarp.com
More pix from Tippy-R on 16.00x20 XC @Beer.Org
More pix from Tippy-R on 16.00x20 XC @Birfield.COM
Large tire/rim combinations for Land Cruiser J7/8/10 @Carmaeleon.DE (German)
Turkish military 9.00x16 tire @Petlas.COM.TR (-> Minibus/LightTruck -> NT3)
Picture of the Petlas 9.00x16 @ClubTT3rivieres.Free.FR/Chrstophe_1
Petlas 9.00x16 on Volvo Valp at the Volvo Laplander Discussion Forum @Disc.Server.COM
Turkish site with Petlas table @Seha.COM
Pricelist (.XLS) @Petlas.COM
German discussion about a very dedicated sand tire Michelin, the 9.00x16 'X-Ribbed' @BuschTaxi.ORG
Canadian military G-Wagen on 8.25x16 XZL (top picture (bottom might be 255/85 BFG's)), with Hutchinson run-flat rims @4x4abc.COM
More pix of this Canadian military G-Wagen on 8.25x16 XZL @Army.Forces.GC.CA (I)
More pix of this Canadian military G-Wagen on 8.25x16 XZL @Army.Forces.GC.CA (II)
More pix of this Canadian military G-Wagen on 8.25x16 XZL @Forces.GC.CA (III)
Same Canadian military G-Wagen, but on 255/85x16 BFG MT's @SFU.CA
2 even better pictures of the MB-G/Wolf on 8.25x16 XZL @Forums.Subdriven.COM
More text on this MB-G/Wolf @CanadianDriver.COM
One older story, 2 other images @CanadianDriver.COM
Image #1 @CanadianDriver.COM
Image #2 @CanadianDriver.COM
Image #3 @CanadianDriver.COM
Image #4 @CanadianDriver.COM
Image #5 @CanadianDriver.COM
Image #6 @CanadianDriver.COM
Close-up image of Hutchinson rim @Rubicon-Trail.COM
Hutchinson rim for sale @Tschiewagon.COM (600 euro each!)
Pictures of J4 with 9.00x16 XCL, in Christmas-dress @RMLCA.AB.CA
Some notes about the exotic Michelin sizes @Pirate4x4.COM
Michelin 'mud' (XCL/XML) in 9.00 & 11.00 x 16 @DollarTire.COM
For those who still believe that the 8.25x16 Michelin isn't made anymore.... it still is, it just moved from the car-section to the truck-section @Michelin.DE
Michelin XML 325/85x16 @Michelin.DE
A new tire in size 9.00x16 & 36x12.50x16: Fedima Sirocco! @4x4Cars.NL
Dutch distributor of Fedima & tons of surplus tires, including the most exotic Michelin's @AirCraftTyres.COM
Portugese Manufacturer @Recauchutagem31.PT (doesn't list the Sirocco nor 9.00 though)
French Fedima site @Fedima.FR (shows sirocco 9.00x16 and 235/85x16, not 36x12.50x16!....also check FZA & FZY in size 7.50x16....Michelin retreads of XZA & XZY??)
A note about the possibility of retreading an Michelin XZL with winter(!)-tread @Woick.DE/DOG (Duro Owners Group)
Belgian surplus tire dealer @InTyre.COM
Official Land Rover factory notes about the 7.50x16 X(Z)Y and X(C)L @LandRover.Vlothuizen.NL
Some pix of a FJ55 Land Cruiser on XZL 9.00x16 @Pirate4x4.COM
Nice range of winter/all-weather tires in larger sizes (including 255/85x16, and 315/75x16) @EldoradoTires.COM
Run-flat-alternative: Michelin XML 325/85x16 at 0 psi....:)) @Forum.IH8mud.COM
Interesting details about typical Russian offroad-truck tires @KerzenDorf.NET
Interesting note on both Michelin XS and BFG Trac Edge, having weak side walls @RoversNorth.COM
One more 'run-flat' tire, a semi-massive military 9.00x16 NDT @Forum.IH8mud.COM
Another good winter-capable AT/MT tire that resembles the old BFG Trac Edge (annex BFG-Commercial-T/A-Traction), the Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac @BlackLandy.DE
How to keep your tire on the rim, even at very low pressure:
TireLoc.COM (old/defunct, from December 1998 till May 2004)
Archived version of the above site @Archive.ORG
Australian license-production, claimed to be better on some details! @SecondAir.COM (also defunct!)
Archived copy of the above site @Archive.ORG
[note WJ: after talking to a Swedish expert, it appears the latter is *far* from any legal/licensed production, but downright theft of the original design by Beadlock Australia! (after an initial normal business relation, and finally resulting in a complete end of the TireLoc business itself!)]

One of the earlier websites discussing the original Tire-Loc @Schaffter.COM
Staun Internal Beadlock @StaunProducts.COM
Slightly different page @StaunProducts.COM
PDF document about the Staun Internal Beadlock @StaunProducts.COM
Discussion about the Staun Internal Beadlock @Pirate4x4.COM
Discussion about the TireLoc and its demise @Pirate4x4.COM
How the UN even sticks its nose in vehicle regulations, including tires:
WP29-Regulations in general @Unece.ORG
PDF-document about tires, Regulation 54, 2nd Revision 2004 @Unece.ORG (see also Annex 5, pp29 for tire-sizes)
PDF-document about tires, Regulation 54, 1st Revision 1997 @Unece.ORG (see also Annex 5, pp29 for tire-sizes)
Similar chapter about tires, Regulation 30 @Unece.ORG (in #2.31.2 note the speedrating in relation to payload! (both ways!! (like 142% load @25km/h!).... and the mud/snow definition in #2.2, only determined by void/lug ratio!)
#6.2.2.2 in Regulation 51 lists a +3dB or +4dB higher sound limit @Unece.ORG
Regulation 45, about how headlamp cleaners must work.... @Unece.ORG
Hmm....UN-approved bullbars in Regulation 61, #6.3/6.5?....:)) @Unece.ORG
Regulation 108 about retreaded/recovered tires (general tires) @Unece.ORG
Regulation 109 about retreaded/recovered tires (commercial tires) @Unece.ORG
But wait, there were older conventions & agreements on road traffic and road signals:
Vienna Convention on Road Traffic 1968 (with 1993 amendments) @Unece.ORG
Same document in the context of driving licenses; final act & related documents 1969 @UNIDP.COM
Apply for an International Driving License @UNIDP.COM
All you ever wanted to know about exotic tire sizes (German): Tire size & application table @ Carmaeleon.COM, including most of the above exotic sizes
Tutorial on tire specifications & qualifications: Tires explained @MichelinGC.COM
A fascinating methods to balance your tires:
Equal Tire Balancing Granulate(!) @ExpeditionExchange.COM (I)
Equal Tire Balancing Granulate @ExpeditionExchange.COM (II)
CentraMatic rimbalancer @RockCrawler.COM
CentraMatic rimbalancer @CentraMatic.COM
CentraMatic rimbalancer @Off-Road.COM
WheelWeightsInternational @WheelWeightsIntl.COM
EasyBalance @FTE.CO.UK
BalanceMasters.COM
Dyna Beads @InnovativeBalancing.COM
Nice simulation-demo with a plastic bottle @EvolutionCycles.COM
How it works @InnovativeBalancing.COM
Interesting discussion about Dyna Beads in motorcycle context, including a cheap DIY-trick to use air-softgun pellets @ADVrider.COM
Solutions to run your tire with very low or no pressure:
Tyron Runflat solutions @Tyron.COM
Hutchinson Inc. Run-flat concepts @HutchinsonInc.COM
Rodgard.COM
PaxSystem.COM
BullDogDirect.COM
RodGard/Hutchinson/Rodgard @TSSH.COM
Tyron @RunFlat.COM
Picture of Hummer with flat tires, 1x ordinary & 1x Runflat @RedHummer.COM
Pictures of the Hummer old-style/one-piece & newstyle/two-piece runflat segments @AutoFrost.COM
More details of the Hummer runflat system @Off-Road.COM
Using Hummer rims on ordinary 4x4's @USA6x6.COM
Difference between the Hummer civilian & military runflat systems @GoHumVee.COM
More maintenance/repair notes on Hummer runflat rims @AMGhummer.COM
Close up of Hutchinson unit on Mercedes G @Rubicon-Trail.COM
Hutchinson rim for sale @Tschiewagon.COM (600 euro each!)
About the mathematics behind airing down your tires for use in sand (or snow!):
Contact-patch calculations @OverlandTraining.COM
Nice site explaining tires & rims:
Tire&Rim Tutorial @Chris-Longhurst.COM
Same document @CarBibles.COM ?
Ever wondered what kind of rims/bolt-pattern/PCD vehicle X had? Rim specifications & Pitch Circle Diameter for various vehicles @OffroadPaja.FI/Rengasjutut
Getting tired of so-called 'Tire-Experts', telling you that there is no real definition for the 'M+S' description, and that tire-manufacturers can stick that label on just any tire?:
Mathematical definition of the 'M+S' Label @Auto.HowStuffWorks.COM
The official MS-M/S-M+S-M&S definition @RMA.ORG (note that the *visual* requirements for the snow-tire logo (mountain+snowflake) are much more elaborate/detailed than the actual tire-specifation itself!!)
More tire-related publication bulletins @RMA.ORG
More links & discussion about this RMA-document @Google.COM
Dutch discussion, referring to the Canadian definition of 'wintertire' @CamperForum.NL
Canadian definition of 'wintertire' @PublicationsQuebec.GOUV.QC.CA
German law-text involving winter-tires, per 26/11/2010 @Bundesrat.DE
First brain-cracking problems about this new German regulation: even some modern AT/MT tires don't carry the 'M+S' logo @Forum.BuschTaxi.DE
And only just one week later, on 3/12, the damn bureaucrats acknowledged the fact that the 'M+S' logo is not the exclusive criterium, but that any tire with sufficient tread pattern will do @VierMalVier.DE
And in Austria, the winter tire regulation distinguishes between radial and diagonal tires (4 vs 5mm minimum depth of profile) @VierMalVier.DE
Discussion about the need to update the RMA-definition, including the thesis that 'all-season' = 'M+S' (which means that the German explanation/reference 'all-season can contain 'M+S' is wrong!), plus a note on the upcoming EU-definition, per 11/2012(?): same +10% traction performance as USA, but also a +7% ABS-brake performance @TireReview.COM
About the myth that winter tires are always better when temperature drops below +7C @Stern.DE
Related graphics @Stern.DE
Similar dismissal of +7C/wintertire myth @Spiegel.DE
Related graphics @Spiegel.DE
German TUV-test proving/confirming the better performance of summer tires on dry & wet roads @Umweltdaten.DE
Note about European vs Scandinavian tires, the latter having more natural rubber, for 0/-30 instead of 15/-15C @Autogazette.DE
Why the snow/mountain/severe-service-conditions logo effectively doesn't mean shit either @Wheels.CA
Official UN/ECE document defining 'winter-tire' @UNECE.ORG
Official definition of winter tire in Canada (changing per 2014!) @FightYourTickets.CA
But what about that mysterious 'reference tire', ASTM-E1136, on which the +10% performance requirement is based?....looks as if that standard, P195/75R14, is from 1986?!? @ASTM.ORG
Adding a second size of tire+rim in 2007 doesn't help much to clarify, in particular because the reference-number isn't the same! @ASTMnewsroom.ORG
Second tire reference F2493, additional size P225/60R16 97S (the original was P195/75R14) @ASTM.ORG (note that this 2007(?) document once again confirms 1986 as the first definition!)
Nope, the 225-definition is officially created in 2006 @ASTM.ORG
Note that the above UN/ECE document only mentions the testing *method* F1805, not the tire @ASTM.ORG
Here what the Japanese do with this reference tire in their performance labeling @Jatma.OR.JP
And here we even have the specific test *method* F1572 for snow & ice @ASTM.ORG
Ladies & Gentlemen, we've got him, the eluded reference-tire, Uniroyal Tiger Paw @Forum.Off-Road-Forum.DE
Original source of this revelation @Motor-Talk.DE (not OffroadForum.DE) (also read page 2, about size-differences!)
Note that there is also a dedicated *winter* version of this reference-tire, but of much later date (the original Tiger Paw was selected in 1993!) @UniRoyalTires.COM
More about this elusive reference-tire, now also in connection with the European Tyre and Rim Technical Organisation (ETRTO) @Google.COM
But wait!; if we also add 'RMA' as a search term, we only find this document.... which mainly deals with the 6-years age-limit of tires (but it does show that the Tiger Paw existed in 1993 already (page 2)) @SafetyResearch.NET
Nifty products to attach to your rear-mounted spare tire:
Garbage bin @JackAlberryCanvas.CO.ZA
EU-document listing the nominal/physical dimensions of nearly every possible tire size, for legalisation purposes:
EU tire size overview table @Eur-Lex.Europa.EU
Why you might want to change the ordinary air in your tires for something better....or not:
GetNitrogen.ORG
Winter tires explained, included studs/spikes:
Tutorial, rules & regulations for winter tires @Stro.SE
Source for studs/spikes in Germany @Iseki-Winterdienst.DE
Extra-ordinary wheel-mounted extraction devices:
Some people use chains to get more traction in mud....others simply mount a small tree onto the wheel....:)) @DE.YouTube.COM
Ever wondered how those crazy Russians fabricate their arctic balloon tires?
Tire 'scalpel' instructions @Forum.Lunohodov.NET
Google Translation of the above page @Forum.Lunohodov.NET
But wait! Why cut a balloon-tire, when you can also create a track from that same tire?
Poor man's Mattrack (but with infinite choice of tread-patterns!....:)) @Off-Road-Drive.RU
Google Translation of the abovce page @Off-Road-Drive.RU
About tires dedicated to winter-use:
The myth that wintertires are always better below +7C @Spiegel.DE (German)
About repairing your tires, including calculations which kind of damage can or can not be repaired:
Rema Tip-Top tire repair tutorials @Rema-TipTop.COM
How to diagnose and solve problems with your clutch: Clutch problems & solutions @LukClutch.COM
About Hummers & derivates:
Hummer.COM (H1/Humvee & H2)
Studebaker XUV, based on Ford F250 technology, by Avanti @Zipp.COM.MX
No chain, no clamp, but it still does help in snow!: AutoSock snow-traction aid @AutoSock.COM
Why mount an engine in a car, when you can put a car around an engine!:
Engine with car @CarDomain.COM (Rolls-Royce V12 aircraft-engine, 1050hp)
Still a bit tame though, considering that they doubled these engines in aircrafts ('X'-engine....:)) @MG-TABC.ORG
One more sample of this Rolls Royce V12 @RallySidan.COM
Heck, why not cut off 2 cylinders, and stuff those 5000cc in a bike?....:)) @MarkVanDerKwaak.COM
Whole range of Rolls Royce aircraft engines @Stobbe.DK
Slight variation, W12 & W18 aircraft engines created by Lorraine @PGTS.Free.FR/Etudegh
Another hot-rod car, with 810hp Patton tank engine @PopularMechanics.COM
A lovely huge & heavy trucks/tractors of days past:
Scammel trucks I (including mailinglist!) @FreeSpace.Virgin.NET
Scammel trucks II @GeoCities.COM
One of the most breathtaking ingenuous suspension designs ever seen on a wheeled vehicle:
The Transformer, an insane rockcrawling contraption, @ Pirate4x4.COM
The Transformer @ AllProOffRoad.COM
The Doliner Go-Devil @AmphibiousVehicle.NET
From my own archive, a tracked equivalent by Camoscio (Italian? Anyone know more?), from the cover of the German OffRoad Magazine
Another approach at independant suspension, a bit milder, but still very impressive:
Walker Evans' New Rock Truck @4WheelOffroad.COM
Custom made 4wd contraptions with air suspension:
MyScorpion.COM
ScorpionCars.COM
Applause for one of the most fanatic diesel-lovers on this planet!: Corvette with 6.5L V8 Chevrolet diesel transplant
How to protect your power train from too much power or shock loads (only applies to non-Toyota's of course....;)): Mechanical 'fuse' from PowerTrainSavers
A club of Dutch VW Syncro owners: VW Syncro's in The Netherlands
Growing your own fuel: biodiesel!....:))
BioDiesel.ORG
Greasel.COM
Biodiesel extracted from the oceans, algae....@UNH.EDU
LPG-boost added to biodiesel@MercedesShop.COM
Biodiesel forum @Biodiesel.InfoPop.CC
A *very* interesting VW-document about new fuel types, like GtL (Gas-to-Liquids) and 'full-fiber' Choren @Volkswagen-Umwelt.DE (German)
Biodiesel @ADAC.DE (German)
Note from VW why modern/post-2002 vehicles did not get a generic biodiesel-conformity-approval @Auto-Motor-Und-Sport.DE
Where to find one of the 1500 biodiesel fuel stations in Germany @UFOP.DE
Biodiesel performance data @Michigan.GOV
German Fuel Forum @BuschTaxi.ORG
Land Cruiser BJ40/3B-engine running on old vegetable oil @LandCruiser.GMXhome.DE (German)
Fahren Mit Salat Oel @FMSO.DE (German)
Fahren Mit Plfanzen Oel @FMPO.DE (German)
Fatty-Fuels.DE
GoBioDiesel.ORG
TasmanEnergy.COM
ReRoRust.DE
Notes about adding 2-stroke oil to biodiesel @Forum.BuschTaxi.DE
2-stroke oil tips @4x4community.CO.ZA
Mixing biodiesel with kerosine improves cold-start behaviour significantly @Agriserve.DE
Mixing biodiesel with kerosine @SAR.Admin.CH
Interesting discussion about using bio-oil for home-heating (down to 22ct/liter when bought in bulk from Ungary/Serbia) @EnergiePortal24.DE
Okay....in a vehicle we filter engine oil, fuel....but what about our coolant?: Coolant filter @Jag-Lovers.COM
Yes, you have a coolant temperature sensor, but what does it show in case of a sudden complete loss of coolant? Coolant *pressure* sensor & warning light @Isa-Racing.DE
More engine related warning sensors and shut-off concepts:
Engine Watchdog @Sig.Itel.NET
Engine Watchdog @EngineWatchdog.COM
About an interesting Hummer(H2)-derivate (and unlike the H2, with a decent diesel too!....:))
Avanti Studebaker XUV @RockCrawler.COM
Avanti Studebaker XUV @4x44u.COM
Avanti History @TheAvanti.COM
Avanti past & present @AvantiMotors.COM
About a probably even more interesting Hummer-H1 derivate, just like the Toyota Mega Cruiser; the Spanish Uro Vamtac:
Vamtac @AnimalCompany, from Juan X
Vamtac @ArmyReco
Vamtac @Panzernet.COM
Vamtac with ISAF in Afghanistan @Panzernet.COM
Vamtac @4x4xtreme.COM
Vamtac @Parque4x4.COM.AR
The Vamtac manufacturer @UroVesa.ES
And last but not least a Swiss version/modification of the Humvee: Mowag Eagle, AFOV, MBK2 & RECCE @Mowag.CH
Vamtac-derivate made in United Arab Emirates?....it sure has the inline-6 197hp 'headless' Steyr diesel: MKTS @Morozov.COM.UA
And of course, the famous Hummer-H1 predecessor, the Lamborghini LM002, with V12 engine from the Countach, plus the original Cheetah & other prototypes (LM001/002/003/004):
Lambo LM002 @LamborghiniRegistry.COM
Lambo LM002 @ForMen.IGN.COM
Lambo LM002 @MotorCities.COM
Lambo LM002 @CarsFromItaly.COM
Lambo LM002 @Lamborghini.Carclub.RU (just click on all possible links if you can't read Cyrrilic, like me....:))....plenty of nice sub-pages!)
Nice range of (close-up) LM002 pictures @Lamborghini.Carclub.RU
Lambo LM002, prototypes & rally version @ Aegis.Dashin.NET from S.Meyers
The rarest LM002 of all, the Estate (wagon) @ Aegis.Dashin.NET from S.Meyers
A few more notes on the Cheetah prototype @ Aegis.Dashin.NET from S.Meyers
Dutch Lambo LM002? (there is another one in Holland, dark blue, in Rijssen, at the Lamborghini importer, for sale
LM002 for sale, US$39,000 @StaufferClassics.COM
Manuals for the LM002 @FerrariBooks.COM
A few more rare pix of the Cheetah
Lamborghini literature collection, including the LM002
Recognizing various military planes, ships and vehicles, anywhere on this planet: Military planes/ships/vehicles @ArmyRecognition.COM
The magic combination of a 4-point harness with an auto-retracting mechanism!:
Schroth distributor @TrabiTeile.DE
Guide & FAQ about Schroth belt systems @SoloRacer.COM
Manufacturer @Schroth.COM (nasty explorer-only site, sadly!)
Sandtler auto-retracting harness
Corbeau auto-retracting harness (can be locked rigid as well!)
A Do-It-Yourself tire?....almost....at least you can add your own personal touch to the non-finished tread of this rock-crawling dedicated tire....start grooving!....:))
BF Goodrich Krawler T/A @4x4Wire.COM
BF Goodrich Krawler T/A @BFGoodrich.COM
BF Goodrich Krawler T/A press release @BFGoodrich.COM
BF Goodrich Krawler T/A @Off-Road.COM
A lovely range of Swiss military vehicles, old and new @ Milit�r Motorfahrer Verein St. Galler Oberland / Graub�nden:
Main site
Magirus-Deutz Uranus crew-cab monster (fulltime 6x6, 16L aircooled V12, 80L on 100km)
Rotinoff Super Atlantic GR. 7 (6x4, 3m wide!)
More heavy truck stuff, old & new, civil & military, seen at exhibition/gathering/museum, @ChrisHodgeTrucks.CO.UK
Another, modern brand of huge all-wheel drive trucks & tank tractors:
OskoshTruck.COM
Oshkosh military trucks @Army-Technology.COM
Diesel-Electric direct-wheel-drive concept by Oshkosh @DieselNet.COM
Oshkosh HEMMT-A3 8x8 diesel-electric hybrid, with 200kW generator! @OshkoshTruck.COM
The first 4wd truck (fulltime!), made by Zachow and Besserdich (co-founder of Oshkosh trucks!) of the company FWD in 1911 @Ecars.COM.AU
Picture of early FWD in Wroughton Museum @ChrisHodgeTrucks.CO.UK
The first rolling vehicle, propelled by other means than human or animal force, of Dutch origin, as far back as 1600??:
Dutch wind-propelled vehicle in 1600
Art-drawing from Simon Stevin's wind-wagon @Home.Planet.NL
Latin poem about Simon Stevin's wind-wagon, by Hugo de Groot, passenger on the first trip, as a young boy @XS4all.NL (Latin & Dutch)
Suggestion that the Chinese might have preceeded Simon Stevin's wind-wagon @XS4all.NL (Dutch)
The life & works from Simon Stevin in Principal Works (originally published by Swets en Zeitlinger) @Library.TUDelft.NL (Dutch & English)
Direct link to the chapter "The Sailing Chariot" in Principal Works @Library.TUDelft.NL (Dutch & English)
Note suggesting that a sailing chariot might have existed as early as 1800BC in Egypt, and actual remains from the Hellenistic period, from Principal Works @Library.TUDelft.NL (Dutch & English)
First steam-powered autonomous vehicle in 1672, as a toy for the Chinese Emporer, build by a French Jezuiet? @EN.Wikipedia.ORG
More recent automotive history, with a lovely humorous approach (did you know that the first official speeder in (USA) history was a bicycle?): Automotive history @AutoShop-Online.COM
History about 4wd vehicles and trucks (Ecars = 4wdOnline = sofcom.com.au/4wd = 4wdclubs.sofcom = eBroadCast.COM.AU btw):
History of 4wd in general @4wdOnline.COM
(note that according to this Renault site, Latil did not make a 4x4 until 1915, they started in 1898 with a 4x2 front(!) wheel drive version)
4wd in racing @4wdOnline.COM
Ferguson limited slip center differential @4wdOnline.COM
Jeffrey Quad truck in 1913 the first 4-wheel-steer, first geared-hub *and* Torsen-like limited slip (Meuhl) differentials? @4wdOnline.COM
Big Lizzie, a monstrous contraption in Australia, 1915, with a strange mix of rolling wheel & track-segments @4wdOnline.COM (now you also know where the name 'roadtrain' comes from!....this was the first, with its own tracks!)
More about Big Lizzie @ BaronMoss.DEMON.CO.UK
Trucks between 1930 and 1945/1967 @AutoGallery.ORG.RU
(watch this Latil with instant-fold-out tire-outriggers for offroad-traction @AutoGallery.ORG.RU!)
Dozens of SUV/4x4 history links (general & brand-specific) @4WheelDrive.About.COM
Early (pre-WWII?) Fiat 4x4 tractor, with expandable 'claws' on spoke-rims with solid tires, and knick-steer @Magyarteher.FreeWeb.HU
The lovely simple drive train concept of the Tatra 4x4/6x6/8x8 trucks explained: Tatra independant swing-beam axle
Traffic camera's pointing at you? Point back!: Fire back at traffic camera's!....:))
How to create credible/official-looking warning/safety signs for various purposes (hazardous situations/materials): Create your own PDF-format safety/warning sign
Ecofascists want to enforce speed-limiters....while no speed-limiter will ever prevent a far more dangerous factor than speed: tailgating....however, aftermarket solutions exist, to keep a safe distance to the vehicle in front of you, even in the worst weather!
Controlaser distance warning device, speed-variable @Elsonic.DE
Site about Dr. Schechner Pinchas, the inventor/constructor of the Controlaser, as well as worlds first digital infrared camera(!) @Braude.ORT.ORG.IL
Controlaser 200 @Danibel.COM.AR
Israelian study about the safety effects of such distance-warners @WEB.ICS.Purdue.EDU/~Duffy
You thought 502 cubic inches (8.2L) was the largest V8 available, for engine transplants? Wrong!....:))
572ci/9.4L V8 Chevrolet gasguzzling mania @Sallee-Chevrolet.COM
Direct link to the page with info about this 9.4L V8 @Sallee-Chevrolet.COM
More pix of this 9.4L engine @Sallee-Chevrolet.COM
How to control riots with the appropriate vehicle....:)) Talon Riot Control Vehicle @PWelburn.COM (note the electrified side panels....:))
Organising a party? Invite your guests to a day of offroad driving....not in ordinary cars, but in various military vehicles, including tracks & tanks!....:)) Be a tank-driver for one day @Fantastic-Days.COM
Why tow a trailer when it can push you?....:)) Electric VW pushed by dieselized trailer @MrSharkey.COM
How to stay connected to the Internet while travelling in the (European) bush: down- and upstream satellite connection @TravelTronic.DE
An interesting Japanese 4x4 van, with low range T-case (similar to the Mitsubishi L400, but in a more luxury 6-seater bus/MPV-version, instead of just an utility 4-seater van):
Hyundai Starex 4x4 @Extrem-Mobil.DE (Fahrzeuge/Hyundai) (Germany/Deutschland)
Hyundai Starex 4x4 @GrafAuto.CH (Switzerland/Chuisse/Schweiz)
Hyundai Starex 4wd @Starex-4wd.nl (Netherlands/Nederland)
Overview of all models of license plates around the world:
WorldLicensePlates.COM
German license plates, including types/sizes @DE.Wikepedia.ORG
Electroluminescent license plate @DE.Wikepedia.ORG
Adding aftermarket traction control on ABS-equipped vehicles: Traction Control @RaceLogic.Co.UK
What happens if you let a crazy Ozzi design a desert/swamp/hunting buggy: Buggies Ozzi-style @Rhinobuggies.COM.AU
You thought you could never start your diesel by hand, didn't you?....wrong!: Hand starting your diesel! @SpringStarter.COM
European military/governmental vehicle surplus & dump shops:
Snow chain dump shop, including cross-linked models with wear-segments (8.25x16, 255/85x16, 285/75x16) @Schneeketten.COM (German)
Philip Aus Dem Hanfbachtal @PADH.DE (German)
Guenter Ctortnik @Camo.CO.AT
ArmyLiqShop.CH (Swiss military surplus sales contractor)
Witham-SV.COM (British military surplus sales contractor)
VEBEG.DE (Germany military surplus sales contractor)
Individuals & companies trading military gear @MilWeb.NET
Want a backup warning siren, but not always at full intensity, like at night? Or just less penetrating, but easier to localize?:
Backup warning sound, dual intensity (engage reverse once/engage reverse twice!) @RKL-Shop.DE
More warning stuff @RKL-Shop.DE (including cheap searchlights with remote control!)
Focused/localised sound patterns ('white noise') for 'silent' back up alarms @SoundAlert.CO.UK
Related company site of the above white-noise beeper @ReverseInSafety.CO.UK
Shop in the UK selling most of the above backup-alarms @RSG-OnTop.COM
About a Portugese-/Spanish-produced 4x4, with 2mm thick body panels, welded to the frame(!), originating from a post-war French agricultural tractor, made from ex-allied CJ3B/military components!:
Dutch UMM site @MuddyWheels.NL (old/defunct)
Dutch UMM site @MuddyWheels.Filternet.NL (current)
Origin of the UMM, born in France as the Cournil Jeep Tractor @Film.Queensu.CA/CJ3B
Current UMM factory in Portugal @UMM.PT
UMM clubs @UMM4.4MG.COM
UMM @Amigos-UMM.COM
UMM Links @Amigos-UMM.COM
UMM @TheGallop.COM
UMM links @TheGallop.COM
Similar French semi-military vehicle, the Auverland:
Factory @Auverland.FR
You thought fuel always had to smell bad? Wrong! Add your own favorite smell!....:)) Fuel Fragrances @SummitRacing.COM
How *not* to modify your vehicle/suspension/steering: Scary steering & other frightening stuff @128.83.80.200/Taco
Why diesel fuel is inherently so much safer than gasoline:
My own collection of info @A1.NL
Diesel Flashpoint @NTTWorldWide.COM
Why winter-diesel is not always winter-diesel: Changes of winter-diesel quality in Europe over the season @BuschTaxi.ORG
A few more interesting notes about maintaining diesel quality Why you should not use copper tubes for diesel @Aral-Forschung.DE (German)
A few more notes about various types of heavy fuel:
Spec-differences between diesel, kerosene, heating oil, jetfuel etc @Chevron.COM
More diesel notes @Chevron.COM
A few interesting tech notes on kerosene @AGMKT.State.NY.US
About mixing gasoline with diesel:
Cetane/lubrication effects of mixing gasoline with diesel @TurboDieselRegister.COM
About mixing *water* into fuel, including diesel!:
Water injection site & forum @WaterInjection.INFO
Water injection combustion chemistry @TekNett.COM
PDF-document about water injection with diesels @CAE.Wisc.EDU/~Rutland
ECD, water emulsified with diesel @ECdiesel.COM
You thought you had seen it all? No you don't!:
Lightning-fast minivans, Dodge Caravan turbo outrunning a Camaro! @TurboMiniVan.COM
Ford F350 CrewCab with stock twin-turbo Cummins @95lbs/6bar boost, LPG-injection, assumed 1100-1200hp, sprinting & winning against sportcar @Olypen.COM/Bulldog/movies.html
Dodge Caravan turbo outrunning a Camaro! @Olympen.COM/Bulldog
When wheels can't keep you going, you need tracks:
H�gglunds BV206 articulated track (=driven trailer) @SwissMotor.CH (German) (can even be had with diff locks....:))
H�gglunds BV206 picture-gallery @Gavle.TO/~Jillis
Picture gallery of the older H�gglunds BV202 @Gavle.TO/~Jillis
Latest Alvis Hagglunds, the BvS10 aka Viking or ATVPvag (all with Cummins engine) @ArmyTechnologies.COM
More text about the BvS10/Viking @AlvisHagglunds.SE
Cool new H�gglunds modular track-base prototype SEPVinter @AlvisHagglunds.SE
Alvis/Hagglunds brochure (PDF) @AlvisHagglunds.SE
Hagglunds @Haggve.SE
Foremost.CA (up to 80 tonne, quadruple-track, single platform)
Old SnowTrack @4x4Mag.CO.UK
Hagglunds BV202 @Beltevognskolen.NO
BV202 @Intelab.COM/Swem
BV206 supplier @Beltevogn.NO
BV206 supplier @Olav-Teigen.NO
BV206 parts & maintenance @Cylmo.NO
BV206 Firefighter @Laholm.SE
New & refurbished BV206's @BV206.CO.UK
Complete range of Hagglunds @One35th.COM
Armoured Alvis-version of the BV206, including details about the Steyr 3.2L line-6 diesel @One35th.COM
Hagglunds @Leavesley-International.COM
Bombardier Bombi @SteelSoldiers.COM
Old SnowCat plus MatTrack samples, including an FJ40 Land Cruiser! @Pirate4x4.COM
Okay, when a tank is not comfortable enough, why not add a car body on top? @CascadeCruisers.COM

Transport track in the Japanese military @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP
Babelfish translation of the above Japanese defense site @Yuri.Sakura.NE.JP

Japanese military snow track @Strange-Mecha.COM

Another picture & data about this Japanese transport track @Geocities.CO.JP/Heartland-Sumire
Babelfish translation of the above site @Geocities.CO.JP/Heartland-Sumire

Terratrack WildCat, small tracked ATV, with hydro-drive, even running on bio-diesel/vegetable oil! @Greasel.COM
WildCat manufacturer @Terratrack.COM
Scania-Vabis 324, a half-track postal-van @Granfoss.NET/Arne
The only other online picture of a Scania-Vabis 324 half-track, a Matchbox model @Romanak.Web2001.CZ/Mbvanoc
Picture of the Scania-Vabis 324 half-track from the book "Early days on our roads" @A1.NL
Tuscan gyro bike, with 2-wheel-inline rear track! @2Cobbs.COM
GAZ Model 3409, tracks under a van-body @Internet-T.DE
More tracks from the same company, including different body-styles (Jeep/Van) @ZGT.RU
Lovely German thread with tons of pix & links about Russian tracks in all sizes @Buschtaxi.ORG (5 pages long!)

Japanese aftermarket 'wheel-tracks' for various 4x4's, from Suzuki mini-vans to Toyota/Hino Coaster 4wd and MegaCruiser! @N-West.COM
Babelfish translation of the above Japanese site @N-West.COM

Photo gallery #1 @N-West.COM
Babelfish translation of the above Japanese site @N-West.COM

Photo Gallery #2 @N-West.COM
Babelfish translation of the above Japanese site @N-West.COM

Full-tracked vehicles @N-West-COM
Babelfish translation of the above Japanese site @N-West.COM
Did you know that Hitler planned a 14.3m wide, 39m long, 1000 or even 1500 *ton* tank? @Panzer-Archiv.DE
A very light & fast 'rally' track @HoweAndHowe.COM
30 ton version of the articulated/dual-segment Hagglunds: Vityaz DT 30 @YouTube.COM (#1)
30 ton version of the articulated/dual-segment Hagglunds: Vityaz DT 30 @YouTube.COM (#2)
More (historic) film-documentation about the Vityaz DT 30 @MilitaryPhotos.NET
Historic film-documentation about the Vityaz DT 30 @YouTube.COM (#1/3)
Historic film-documentation about the Vityaz DT 30 @YouTube.COM (#2/3)
Historic film-documentation about the Vityaz DT 30 @YouTube.COM (#3/3)
Manufacturer of the Vityaz DT 30 @Bolotohod.RU
English photo section @Bolotohod.RU, including dual(!) trailers
One configuration not seen on the above sites: my favorite car-trailer....:)) @MilParade.UDM.RU
Detailed pix of the Vityaz DT 30 @Z827.Narod.RU (see also preceeding & subsequent galleries for heaps more tracked and wheeled Russian vehicles!)
Modified Vityaz DT 30, with sled and another single track in tow @Z827.Narod.RU
Dual-segment tracks and triple configurations of 2xTrack + 1xwheels @ForeMost.CA
Husky dual-segment tracks @ForeMost.CA
Amphibious tracks, as undercarriages for construction equipment @KoriBuild.COM
Kharkovchanka ('Snow Tractor') among dozens of Russian propellor-driven snow mobiles @DarkRoastedBlend.COM
Kharkovchanka at South Pole Traverse expedition @SouthPoleStation.COM
More Russian tracks, tanks & tractors @MalyshevPlant.COM
Tracks for 6x6 ATV @CamoPlast.COM
Impressive video of Polaris BigBoss 6x6 with snow tracks @CamoPlast.COM
Fascinating solid-rubber tracks from Russian manufacturer NAMI @Off-Road-Drive.RU
NAMI historical overview @VirtualMuseum.Narod.RU
Chelabinsk Tractor Plant @CHTZ-UralTrac.COM
It has tracks. No, it has wheels. Oh well, see THE XM759 for yourself @JedSite.INFO (and ask yourself in which direction the chain must rotate!....:))
Russian track with height-variable suspension @144btrz.RU
AVI-Video showing the height variable suspension @144btrz.RU
Russian site about the BV206, including the Bandvagnsk�rra trailer (with ski's, and bogie-tandem suspension!) @BV206.RU
Many versions of the Hagglunds BV206 @JedSite.INFO
3 more images of the Bandvagnsk�rra (1x in 'For Sale', 2 in 'Gallery') @ArcticTracks.COM
5 images of the Bandvagnsk�rra @Vezdehody.COM
Actual manufacturer of the BV206, including the TL6, a larger/wider version (aka BV208?) (also the civil version of the later military/torped-nose BvS10 (horizontal parallel tracks).... note that unlike the BV206 it does not float, max fording depth 70cm!) @Berco.NU
Aquaplaning with a track! @FastTrackAmphibian.COM
Minimalistic mono-track + trailer, in Russia @Hribi.NET
The GAZ full-amphibious Otter (originally known as Beaver ('Bobr')) @SVtrading.CO.UK
Few notes on the historical connection between GAZ & Ford (Transit) @RussianMilitaryTrucks.COM (I)
Few more notes on the historical connection between GAZ & Ford (Transit) @RussianMilitaryTrucks.COM (II)
Another small articulated track a la Hagglunds, in Russia @ZGT.RU
Plus several larger series @ZGT.RU
And one more small articulated track, from Chelabinsk Tractor Plant @CHTZ-UralTrac.RU
Hagglund BV206 with additional trailer! (MOLOS 3) @YouTube.COM
Hagglund BV206 with additional trailer! (MOLOS 6) @YouTube.COM
Same MOLOS 6, now with green trailer parked at house @YouTube.COM
MOLOS 6 with trailer in summer/rain @YouTube.COM
Lego version of the BV206, climbing 55 degree! @YouTube.COM
Lego version of the Russian Stilzkin Igniz @YouTube.COM
A tour in the Vityaz DT30 factory! @WebPark.RU
The symbiosis of wheels & tracks, small/close-packed multi-wheel vehicles:
SupaCat 6x6x4 @SupaCat.COM
ArgoATV.DE
Yamaha Rhino @Yamaha-Motors.DE
Interesting notes on the Steward & Stevenson SS300 8x8 @Pirate4x4.COM
6x6 & 8x8 @LandTamer.COM
An even more brilliant symbiosis of wheels and tracks, made in Holland: *Optional+instant* rear-wheel tracks @HoverTrack.NL
FirePro, a magical fire extinguisher concept:
Dutch distributor @FirePro.NL
Dutch text talking about the origin of FirePro (MIR space unit!)
Australian distributor @Hartmann.AT (including euro prices!) (pulldown menu -> 'Kataloge' -> 'FirePro')
FirePro-Celanova.COM
The chemicals behind FirePro explained (1) @FirePro-Celanova.COM
The chemicals behind FirePro explained (2) @FirePro-Celanova.COM
More products in this category:
FogMaker.SE
FireKnockOut.COM
Protecting your house (and perhaps even vehicles?) against bushfires, with the same stuff that's inside diapers!....:))
FireHouse.COM
BarricadeGel.COM
Tire overview from the German OffRoad Magazine, with actual circumference in millimeters!:
Tire listing @Off-Road.DE
16" winter tires (metric-sizes) @Off-Road.DE
16" winter tires (inch-sizes) @Off-Road.DE
17" winter tires (metric-sizes) @Off-Road.DE
18" winter tires (metric-sizes) @Off-Road.DE
More sites about winter tires:
List of brands of winter-tires (no sizes) @TC.GC.CA
Which car in Europe is the most reliable: ADAC break-down statistics @ADAC.DE
A staggering collection of pictures of trucks, civil, history & military, at a commercial truck-dealer site no less: ChrisHodgeTrucks.CO.UK (click on all the links, the lists are endless! (if that isn't a labor of love, nothing is!))
Something similar about cars, but much more melancholic: Old & forgotten car-models at European wrecking yards @TinHunter.DE
German military museum: WehrTechnische StudienSammlung @BWB.ORG
Let your engine breathe cool, dry and clean air:
Safari snorkels @Safari4x4.COM.AU
Nice video of a submarining 4x4 @Safari4x4.COM.AU
AirTec snorkels @TJMProducts.COM.AU
Donaldson cyclone-precleaners @DonaldsonFilters.COM.AU
RocaSilva.COM (Spanish, very slick looking, but only for a few modern 4x4's)
And if you have trouble convincing the Missus about spending money on a snorkel, show her this one....:)))) @PussySnorkel.COM
Interesting cyclone dust filter, with constant automatic cleaning (no dust bowl maintenance!) @PowerTrax.DE
A bit sidetracked, literally....about snow plows, the huge and nasty, on roads and tracks:
PlowsUnlimited.COM
Airport snow plows @PlowsUnlimited.COM
Snow plow gallery @PlowsUnlimited.COM
One of the tallest roadgoing snow plows @PlowsUnlimited.COM
Widest snowplow on the world @Syracus.COM
Russell railroad snow plow! @AlaskaRails.ORG
Origine of Russell, naval industry....so it got portholes on the sides too....:)) @PGRFM.BC.CA
Snow plows @HazeGray.ORG
Snow wedges @HazeGray.ORG
More snow wedges @HazeGray.ORG
@HazeGray.ORG
The way it looks if one of these is digging its way towards you @AlaskaRails.ORG
Another frightening sample @AlaskaRails.ORG
One more @HazeGray.ORG
Another one @UPPR.COM
Photo sequence from start to finish @DownsNews/RailroadTown
Railroad carnage & snow plows of the old days
Missing in the riddle train/planes/automobiles: a jet-engine! @HazeGray.ORG
Side picture of this jet-engine snow blower @HazeGray.ORG
A rare picture of a symmetrical/reversible wedge plow @HMCNovaScotia.Homestead.COM
Read here about the lousy & very dangerous job the snow plow crew had in the early days of steam locomotives @WRCA.ORG
Does your local snow plow smash your mail box every time? Here is the solution!....:))
Flexible mailbox, on a hinge @RuralMailBoxes.COM
Main site with this and other products (including animated GIF of the 'swingbox') @RuralMailBoxes.COM
Now for some 2wd fun, almost light enough to pull behind your 4x4 on a trailer: French made small/light fun-sportcars (even with wing-doors!) & quads @SecmaVehicule.COM
Have over-sensitive & prude neighbours? Then try this....:)) BumperNuts.COM
About the famous twin-engined Citro�n: Citro�n Sahara 4x4 @FortuneCity.COM/WibmerPeter
A modern resurrection of the old Citroen 2CV/Deux-Cheveaux 4x4 concept: Modern 2CV-4wd @2cv4x4.CO.UK
History of the Ford Bronco, another large & sturdy behemoth from a short slice of time, like the IHC Travelall (but 2-door/SWB):
Bronco history @Exploristen.DE (German, but nice pix & details)
History of the full-size Bronco (mid'77-79) in specific @ProjectBronco.COM
Bronco history @Bronco.COM
Particle filters for diesel exhaust:
Diesel Particulate Filter Manufacturers Task Force @AKPF.ORG
HJS.COM (with fuel additive)
Purefi.DK (with fuel additive)
DieselRussFilter.DE (no additional electronics, no fuel additive!)
Krone-Filter.DE
Need more amperage from your alternator? Even want to weld with it, with more than one unit in series, for higher voltage? High output alternators @Zena.NET
Site with huge amount of info about diesels, including emissions & fuel spec's: DieselNet.COM
Interesting 4x4 medium-duty van based on the Mercedes Sprinter, made by the Austrian company Achleitner:
Mantra 4x4 firefighter/ambulance @FireWorld.AT
Mantra 4x4 military applications @Achleitner.COM
Mantra 4x4 military applications (.pdf-brochure) @Achleitner.COM
Mantra main page @Achleitner.COM
One of the first camper-conversions @Safari-Centre.COM
Creating an instant foldeable carport on your driveway:
Intenda.IT
Carbrella.DE
4x4 shows, fairs & exhibitions in Europe:
Abenteuer Allrad in Bad Kissingen, Germany @Abenteuer-Allrad.DE
Salon du 4x4 in Val d'Isere, France @Passion-Tuning.NET
Salon du 4x4 in Val d'Isere, France @WorldOffroad.COM
Main site of Salon du 4x4 in Val d'Isere @Salon4x4.COM
Global overview of the larger/official automotive exhibitions @Messbau-Franke.DE
Okay, what do you do after you get your vehicle stuck? Try to win a price of course!: Stuck-of-the-month-truck @TruckWorld.COM
Always wanted to know in which countries they drive on the right, versus on the left?:
LHD versus RHD vehicles listed by country @Toyota-Gib.COM
German article about the history of LHD vs RHD @AutoBild.DE
Discussion about LHD vs RHD @Able2know.COM
Nice historical tutorial about LHD vs RHD @Users.Telenet.BE
LHD vs RHD @EN.Wikipedia.ORG
Tons of info & links about turbines!: Turbo tutorial @Dune-Buggy.COM
How to interprete the error codes in all kinds of vehicles:
OnBoardDiagnosis @OBD-Technologies.COM
OBD, homemade & hacked @Blafusel.DE
Okay, want to start facing the 4wd-bug slowly, for your kids for example? Even smaller than ordinary Radio-Control models? Still true 4wd? You can! (or better: you could, in the past, as it's no longer made....by Exin, between 1985 and 1985a Spanish company no less!)
True 4wd offroad slot-car trial-racing! @AdrianSlotCarWorld.CO.UK (even with Pinzgauers 710K!)
Index page about STS Scalextric @ZCarSlotRacing.CO.UK
Some historic background info on this STS-system from Spain @ZCarSlotRacing.CO.UK (nice detailed pix, check them all!)
Technical description of the STS concept with tons of pix of each and every model @ZCarSlotRacing.CO.UK
Description of each and every set & component @ZCarSlotRacing.CO.UK
Current stock of for-sale parts & components @ZCarSlotRacing.CO.UK
STS Scalextric system @ProWeb.CO.UK/~SteveCannon
STS Scalextric system & part-number description @Garaje.YA.COM
ScalexSite.FREE.FR
More technical details @Usuarios.Lycos.ES
STS Scalextric @Inicia.ES
Very nice landscaping @Inicia.ES (but not the 4wd STS Scalextric system I believe....
....however, still 4wd, but without the articulated tracking system of the original STS @Inicia.ES (no obstacle climbing sadly)
Fabricating your own plastic slotcar from a metal diecast body @FrontierNet.NET/~Tessa (someone ought to make a FJ55 or Volvo C303!....:))
More tips & tricks for homebuild slotcar models @SsrcWorld.COM
New & current releases of regular (2wd....:(( '4x4' models from Barcelona @BumSlot.COM
An obscure & long forgotten part of French 4x4 history, including some overlap with Dutch military history (the very last batch of 339 vehicles were instruction-vehicles for the Dutch army!), the Renault Colorale Savane/Colonial/Prairie 4x4:
Complete range of Renault Colorale (including the 'ordinary' 2wd) @Colorale.ORG
Direct link to the Renault Corale Savane/Colonial/Prairie 4wd @Colorale.ORG
Tech documents for the Renault Colorale Savane @Colorale.ORG
Renault Colorale time-table & price-list @Chez.COM/Renault
Renault Colorale @RenaultClub.CZ
Paris-Dakar with a Renault Colorale Savane 4x4 @Perso.Wanado.FR/Nationale7
Owners Club for the Renault Colorale 4x4 @Membres.Lycos.FR/Colorale
Paris-Dakar in a Renault Colorale @Africa.Gazoline.NET
Another odd piece of French 4x4 history, the Renault Goelette 4x4:
Renault Goulette 4x4 Restauration @Users.Pandora.BE (watch the fascinating instrument panel!)
Renault Goelette literature @Auto35.NET
Renault Goelette history & spec's @R2087.Free.FR
Renault Goelette pictures @R2087.Free.FR
More Renault Goelette pix @R2087.Free.FR
The most odd version Renault Goelette 4x4, the Command-Car @R2087.Free.FR
Renault Goelette Mailinglist @Groups.MSN.COM
Renault Goelette Manual @Goelette.TMFWeb.NL
Renault Goelette for sale in Holland @Besko.NL
More pix of Renault Goelette, including the fascinating simple & robust dashboard....:)) @Besko.NL
Vehicle data @Chez.COM/Renault
About the types of fuel used in the military/NATO:
Diesel in the military/NATO being replaced with JP-8/jetfuel(-A?) @Canada.COM (the LSVW they mention is a license of the Iveco WM90 btw!)
More about the different grades of NATO fuel; JP4/F40, JP8/NATO-F34/JetA1 & F37 @AirForce.Forces.CA
Organisation dealing with JP8 @JP8.ORG
Notes on JP4, JP5 & JP8 @JP8.ORG
A nice comparison of several types of fuel @RSimpson.ID.AU (sadly not with an accurate flashpoint indication below zero C)
Interesting discussion about the different types of fuel @AviationBanter.COM
MSDS (material safety data sheets) about nearly every type of fuel, including kerosene (and every associated type of jet-fuel (but sadly does not distinct between them, at least not in flashpoint!) @BrownOil.COM
MSDS @Citgo.COM
You thought combustion engines always have dirtier exhaust than the air they take in? Wrong!: Volvo's air-cleaning combustion engine in S60 and S70 @VolvoXC.COM
Do's and don'ts when using your 4x4 offroad:
4x4 Guide @Toyota-Gib.COM (German)
Offroad driving instructions with many simplified graphics @Toyota-Gib.COM (German/.pdf)
4x4 Guide @Toyota-Gib.COM (English)
4x4 Driving Tips @Toyota-Gib.COM (English)
4x4 Glossary @Toyota-Gib.COM (English)
Offroad driving instructions with many simplified graphics @Toyota-Gib.COM (English)
4x4 Guide @Toyota-Gib.COM (Spanish)
Military fun on wheels:
152mm Dana self propelled artillery gun, mounted on an 8x8 Tatra T815 with T-939 V12 aircooled diesel @TanksForSale.CO.UK (old/defunct)
152mm Dana self propelled artillery gun, mounted on an 8x8 Tatra T815 with T-939 V12 aircooled diesel @TanksForSale.CO.UK (current)
More versions of this Dana @Jed.Simonides.ORG
Literature about this Dana @Tankograd.com
Still a bit too slender & stylish?....try a more squarish Dana @Jed.Simonides.ORG
Unimog 2450L 6x6 as self-propelled artillery gun? @Jed.Simonides.ORG
More Unimog 2450L artillery versions, called Ceaser @Jed.Simonides.ORG
Unimog 2450L 6x6 recovery vehicle in Australian army @PanzerBaer.DE
Russian Bereg 8x8 command vehicle @Jed.Simonides.ORG (nice camper base!....:))
An even better Bereg camper-base candidate....:)) @Jed.Simonides.ORG
Entire series of this Russian 8x8 @Legion.Wplus.NET
More tech spec's of this Russian 8x8 @VeiculosMilitares.Vilabol.UOL.COM.BR
A modern rocket-launching version of this 3.13m wide monster @VeiculosMilitares.Vilabol.UOL.COM.BR
Another 'command-post' version of a MAZ73131 @Legion.Wplus.NET
Low-profile reconnaissance vehicle Cayman 4x4 @Flavioaap.Vilabol.UOL.COM.BR
Russian Hummer-derivate Gaz-2975 or Tigre @Flavioaap.Vilabol.UOL.COM.BR
Russian Gaz-3937/1 or Vodnik @Flavioaap.Vilabol.UOL.COM.BR
More cab-forward-control military monsters: MAZ537 8x8 tank-tractor @Kucher.RU
Another MAZ537 tank-tractor @HankStruckPictures.COM
Entire range of models of the MAZ537 prime-mover @Legion.Wplus.NET
MAZ535 cargo bed @JED.Simonides.ORG
Lots of images of MAZ537 + low-bed tank-trailer@SovietTrucks.Freeweb.HU
Okay, 8 wheels is a bit meager, so lets try 12, on the MAZ 547 @Vif2.RU
Zivil version MAZ547 @Vif2.RU
A few more MAZ versions @Legion.Wplus.NET
And up you go, a missile-launching MAZ547 @Arms.RU
Raw list/directory of all MAZ models & generations @Vif2.RU
Modern version 12x12, the MAZ79191 @Vif2.RU
And one up, the 14x14 MAZ7917 @Vif2.RU (might be 14x12, hubs of center axle look odd)
Heck, why 14 wheels, if you can have 16....the MAZ79221 16x16 @Vif2.RU
A few more pix of this MAZ79221 @DenisOvets.Narod.RU
On this MAZ7410 not a crew-cab, but a triple-cab....:)) @Legion.Wplus.NET
Another triple-cab MAZ7410 picture @Legion.Wplus.NET
Okay, moderate number of axles, but a tad wider, the MAZ7904....:)) @Vif2.RU
Really, no optical tricks with this superwide MAZ7904, this monster is at least 5m wide! @Vif2.RU
Same pix @DenisOvets.Narod.RU
Okay, same immense width, but a few more wheels, the MAZ7906 16x16 @Vif2.RU
Okay, you count them, I quit!: MAZ7907 24x24(!!) @Vif2.RU (old/defunct)
More of this wheel nightmare MAZ7907 @DenisOvets.Narod.RU
MAZ7907 @Samochodyswiata.PL
MAZ7907 @Palba.CZ
Another large 8x8 civil tractor, the KZKT-7428 @Vif2.RU
Civil KZKT-7428 @Vif2.RU (II)
Civil KZKT-7428 @Vif2.RU (III)
KZKT-7428 in military dress @Vif2.RU (I)
KZKT-7428 in military dress @Vif2.RU (II)
Collection of MAZ pages, including the largest wheeled vehicle on earth, the MAZ-7904 (300 ton total) @DenisOvets.Narod.RU
Collection of MAZ directories/pages @Vif2.RU
Collection of all truck pages @Vif2.RU
Zil167 6x6 @Legion.Wplus.NET
RussianTruck.CO.UK (notice the ZIL-135 and BAZ-135, two engines, one for each side(!)
Combine a Russian nuclear rocket truck from China with a lovely creative & energetic Chinese gal living in the UK @LingsCars.COM
Cougar armoured 4x2/4x4/6x6 @MarcorSysCom.USMC.MIL
8x8 with Ural-375d/4320 torpedo-cabin (Kamaz-based? (Ural 8x8 has front axles much closer (bogie-tandem)) @Automzsa.RU
Normal & Long wheelbase Ural 6x6 firefighters, with normal & extended crewcab (but no triple-cab?) @AvtoUral.RU
Long wheelbase Ural 6x6 @AvtoUral.RU
More firefighters & pictures @AvtoUral.RU (Google Translated)
Combined bus/cargo cabin on long wheelbase Ural 6x6, with separate passenger & cargo doors @Automzsa.RU
Ural 6x6 with banja-cabin (sauna!) & shower! @Automzsa.RU
Various Kamaz- & Ural-based truck-canopies, including a military 8x8 with fold-out cabin @Debryansk.RU
Specific info on the 8x8 fold-out cabin, including video's @Debryansk.RU
PDF-Brochure with a few more configurations, including a fold-out cabin trailer @Debryansk.RU
Multi-wheel & allwheel-steer offroad truck, from 8x8x8 to 24x24x24 @ETFtrucks.NL
But wait, it can get better: link multiple of the above units, and get a roadtrain of up to 2290 ton, bi-directional, all following a single-track! @EFTtrucks.NL
Another multi-segment contraption, on big balloon tires, for driving on snow, decades ago; the LeTourneau Land Train Wagon @Nemo.PHPhosting.COM/~Acmoc
LeTourneau OverLand Train @WikiPedia.ORG
LeTourneau OverLand Train @RoadTripAmerica.COM
Weblog about ETF roadtrain, including historic precedents like LeTourneau, plus a WWII-military sample @Blog.Yaaqui.COM
French forum thread about Russian vehicles @Forum-Auto.COM
Every imaginary type of offroad transport possible in Russian context @MKmagazin.AlmanacWHF.RU
Amphibious Zil-135 8x8 @Legion.Wplus.NET
4x4x4 Jeep Willys, four wheel steering!
BAZ 6944 Amphibious 8x8 @Legion.Wplus.NET
KZKT-7428 8x8 & 10x10, successor of the MAZ-537 'Froghead' @Strategia.Kurgan.RU
KZKT-7428 8x8 & 10x10 @Rusich-KZKT.RU
Firefighter KZKT-7428 8x8 & 10x10 @Rusich-KZKT.RU
KZKT-7428 8x8 & 10x10 @KZKT.RU
KZKT-7428 8x8 & 10x10 @MilitaryPhotos.NET
KZKT-7428 8x8 & 10x10 @Legion.Wplus.NET
KZKT-7428 8x8 & 10x10 @MBM.BY
KZKT-7428 8x8 & trailers @Z827.Narod.RU
MAZ-537 'Froghead' @Denisovets.Narod.RU
Firefighter MAZ-537 'Froghead' @Denisovets.Narod.RU
MAZ-537 'Froghead' @PortierRamaryaire.COM
Russian For-Sale page with cross-country vehicles & trucks @Bibika.RU
Even more configurations/generations side-by-side as models @ModelMaz.COM
MAZ-543 8x8 with 'camper cabin' @Z827.Narod.RU
Starting procedure of the 38,8888 liter V12 in the MAZ-543 @RussianTruck.CO.UK
Same 38.88L V12 in a boat? @RussianMilitary.CO.UK
Various German/English publications about the MAZ-537 and KZKT-7428 @TankoGrad.COM
Ural 8x8, 6x6-armoured, and UralAZ 10x10 @FotoPlenka.RU
Good overview of most Russian trucks @TruckUA.COM
Another nice insight into various Russian trucks, scale models @RussianScaleModels.COM
Giat AMX, military armoured amphibian 6x6, *despite* it's heavy cannon! @AmphibiousVehicle.NET
And this Giat-AMX even has skid-steer! @Army-Technology.COM
But wait, even with an heavy military 8x8 skid-steer is possible, _in addition_ to the normal wheel steering....:)) @Video.Google.DE (http/video format might irritate some older browsers (like Mozilla 1.0.1), click upper right option 'hide frame' to clean things up)
Complete version of the above video (skid-steer fragment starts at 4"40' @Video.Google.DE
Civil versions of this military 8x8 BTR-90 / GAZ-5903 @AMZ.RU (note that clicking on the images doesn't work, use the link in the text!)
And even a rail-road compatible version of this GAZ-5903....:)) @AMZ.RU
Various Russian offroad contraptions @KRPB.RU
6x6 Swampbuggy @Litvina.COM
Nami.RU (including the (prototype?) NAMI 8x8 with dual bogie-tandem)
Tehno.Claw.RU (including ZIL-137b with driven trailer!)
Various Russian multi-axle trucks, including a nice frontal shot of the Kraz-255 (page 2), showing the dual safari-windscreens @MilitaryPhotos.NET
ZIL-443114C (ZIL-6009?) 6x6 (3rd generation) with driven 4x4 semi-trailer! (third-last entry) @CarTruckBus.Narod.RU
More ZIL-6009 6x6 + 4x4 powered trailer @Denisovets.Narod.RU
ZIL-157 6x6 (first generation) with 4x4 powered trailer @Forum.Valka.CZ
ZIL-137 (second generation) 6x6 with 4x4 powered trailer @Denisovets.Narod.RU
ZIL-157 6x6 with 4x4 powered trailer @RussianTruck.CO.UK
More ZIL-157 images with 4x4 powered trailer @Rusinski.COM.PL
Ural 380 C 6x6 with 4x4 powered trailer @AutoTruck-Press.RU
Wide overview of all kinds of Russian (semi)trailers @RCforum.RU
Ural 6x6 with 4x4 powered trailer @RCforum.RU
GAZ66 & GAZ63D, 4x4 truck with 2x2 powered trailer (GAZ-745) ! @Stangernn.LiveJournal.COM
Not many trailers would be an appropriate match for a tank, but this bogie-tandem definitely is....:)) @Reynolds-Boughton.COM
More & larger pictures of this military tank-trailer @Reynolds-Boughton.COM
Another tank-dedicated trailer, the Urdan Backtrail @YouTube.COM
Israelian manufacturer Urdan @Urdan.CO.IL (no info on trailer yet, per 13/12/2010!)
ICBM launcher @Flickr.COM
Same plus another, tracked, missile launcher @GlobalSecurity.ORG
More ZIL & BAZ 'rigid' 8x8's @RCforum.RU
French firefighter conversion on ZIL 6x6 base @RussianScaleModels.COM
MAZ-537 Froghead with monstrous 16x16 quasi-semi-trailer....:)) @Photofile.NAME/Users/Viqqen (also note the nose-mounted coupling system!)
Nice alphabetic & historical overview of Russian military trucks @Slovari.Yandex.RU (note that the thumb-gallery on the right can often be scrolled!)
Various Russian contraptions @Forum.Off-Road-Forum.DE
Various off-road concepts/configurations, including Chinese 4x4 & 6x6 with portal-axles(!) @Forum.Off-Road-Forum.DE
Balloon-tires, 4x4, 6x6, 8x8 @EnergyLand.INFO
Trucks in the Russian far north & east @EnglishRussia.COM
Elaborate overview of fuel consumption of various Russian trucks @NVA-Forum.DE
Huge Snow Cruiser 4x4, alias The Pinguin, from 1939 @Oto6.Free.FR
Modern 8x8 balloon-tire @Z-Project.RU
Another modern 8x8 balloon-tire @Gruzovik.RU
Manufacturer of the above 8x8 @Vezdehod.SU
Hummer-kitcar on GAZ66 4x4 truck frame @Crazy-Russia.INFO
Payware 3D-modeling of MAZ543 8x8 firefighter @TurboSquid.COM
5-axle deepload-trailer with 2-axle ackerman steering @Legion.Wplus.NET
Ural 6x6 firefighter, showing its lovely simple rear cargo-compartment @Photoka.INFO
Discussion about Russian ZIL snow blowers in eastern Germany @ForumRomanum.DE
Different concepts of snow blowers plus an Ural 4320 cross sectional view @Landman.RU
Ural 6x6 4320 with 500hp V12-engine'd snowblower @AvtoUral.RU (Google Translated)
Remember those 6x6 + 4x4 powered trailer?....see what you can do with a non-powered trailer @AvtoUral.RU (Google Translated)
Complete Ural tire selection @AvtoUral.RU (Google Translated)
Ural 4320 Crewcab option @AvtoUral.RU (Google Translated)
Possibly the only vehicle on this planet factory-equipped with a wood-stove?....:)) @AvtoUral.RU (Google Translated)
Not an official camper-body Ural 4320, but still a nice inspiration (also a LWB-version shown in the smaller thumbs below!) @AvtoUral.RU (Google Translated)
Ural 6x6 camper @Camper-Service.RU
Various Russian trucks & tracks wallowing in deep deep mud, including a KZKT-7428 Tank Transporter @YouTube.COM
Same video @LiveLeak.COM
Various documents & drawings covering Russian military trucks (also click the bottom link(s)!) @z-Project.RU
Several Russian snow contraptions, including a 3x2 trike and a knick-steer 4x4 @Forum.Lunohodov.NET
More knick-steer madness @Forum.Lunohodov.NET
Start of the above thread @Forum.Lunohodov.NET
Backdoor entry of Russian car museum, in Moscow @Flickr.COM
TROM 8x8, a knick-steer twin-bogie-tandem contraption @Trom8x8.RU
TROM 8x8 with drive-train detail @YouTube.COM
Trom 8x8 video's @Vezdehod-Strannik.RU
Trom 8x8 ice-fishing expedition in arctic Russia @Strannik.Flyboard.RU
Knick-steer arctic amphibious track @ArktosCraft.COM
ArktosCraft @YouTube.COM
Tons more similar YouTube video's @Xishnik-Surgut.ru
3x1 'trike' @YouTube.COM
MAZ-537 offroad @RussianTrucks.CO.UK @YouTube.COM
Overwide URAL-430261 4x4 for common duty in agricultural/mining applications @RCforum.RU
Various Russian offroad trucks & contraptions @Talks.Guns.RU
GAZ-66 versus ZIL-134 @Talks.Guns.RU
More automotive discussion @Talks.Guns.RU
Ice-fishing shanty/canopy from R & I Manufacturing @YooperCrawler.COM
Kraz-255b scale model, made from....paper! @YouTube.COM
More about this paper Kraz-255b @KartonBau.DE
Picture gallery of this paper Kraz-255b @PicasaWeb.Google.COM
A mindboggling 'toroidal balloon-track' contraption @Strannik.Flyboard.RU
Same contraption @Youtube.COM
Various Russian contraptions, including ZIL-132K, ZIL-167-2, ZIL-PKU-1 'balloon-track' & Shnekohod 'screw-drive' @RCforum.SU
RusAutomobile.LiveJournal.COM
Blue Bird + Shnekohod 'screw-drive' @YouTube.COM
Russian 4x4 Tractor with twin-axle offcamber parallelogram articulation @Fermer.RU
Small Russian symmetrical 6x6 @AutoMarket.SU
Fuel injected ZIL-131H Magnum 6x6 @Hevosvoima.COM
NAMI-012 & -018, a 'frog-like' 4x4 truck with separate engine-room & safari-windows @CarTruckBus.RU
Semi-military/utility 4x4 & 6x6 trucks & buses in China @BBS.360che.COM
Small production batch of portal-hubs for 'snow-trucks' @ZGT.RU
You think towing 1 trailer is difficult? Try 79!....:)) Word record towing @GouldTransport.COM.AU (79 trailers, 1018 meter, 1023 ton!)
About world's largest diesel engine, 14 cylinders, 25.480 liter displacement, 2300 ton weight:
Wartsila RTA96C (.PDF) @Wartsila.COM
Wartsila RTA96C @Bath.AC.UK/~CCSSHB
About the largest number of cylinders in a diesel"
112-cylinder ship-diesel, two units of 7 banks x 8 cylinders (star-engine) @Zvezda.SPB.RU
About world's largest steam engine, in Holland:
The Cruquius water pump @RNW.NL
CruquiusMuseum.NL
MuseumDeCruquius.NL
Animated image of The Cruquius @AnimatedSoftware.COM
About keeping trails in the USA open *for* the public, instead of closing them *to* the public: Blue Ribbon Coalition @ShareTrails.ORG
Why let yourself be guided by roads and other irregular references?....think pure, think confluence!: Find & visit the intersections of geographic latitude & longitude @Confluence.ORG
What happens if you apply chrome to your entire vehicle:
Mercedes SLK in polished chrome @PHJ.AT
Audi A8 in polished aluminium @Forums.Beyond.CA
Lovely Japanese site about strange & often secret mechanical devices, including military prototypes: Strange Mechanics @Strange-Mecha.COM
A nice solution to mount at least 2 DIN-size radio's on the ceiling of your vehicle, possibly even 4 if you include operation by the co-pilot:
Consoles.COM
Ceiling-mounted radio's @Consoles.COM
Complete range of consoles & storage drawers for Toyota's @Consoles.COM
Recording the last few minutes from the past, and never miss anything what happens around you, not even a split second (nice solution to provide proof in car accidents!): MyDejaView.COM
Dutch invention: large wheel-mounted electromotors: E-Traction.NL
Automotive 4x4 from a Russian perspective:
VoenAvto.AlmanacWHF.RU
Babelfish translation of the above Russian site @VoenAvto.AlmanacWHF.RU
Pre-1914 history, including a very nice article on the Dutch Spyker 4x4 (first time I see its dual-speed T-case being mentioned, in combination with a 2sp gearbox makes 4 forward gears and 2 reverse!) @VoenAvto.AlmanacWHF.RU/Cavaleria
Babelfish translation of the above Russian history page @VoenAvto.AlmanacWHF.RU/Cavaleria
Russian 4x4 club/magazine:
Club4x4.RU
Babelfish translation of the above Russian site @Club4x4.RU
About a nice 4x4 van made by Mitsubishi: Mitsubishi L400, Japanese-tuning-style @Rakuten.CO.JP
A new road between middle-east & far-east?
Silk-Route high-way project! @News.BBC.CO.UK
Another one, from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok, 100 years after the Trans-Siberia Express! @Registerguard.COM
Worlds first automotive trans-continental rally, Paris-Peking/Beijing 1907, 16.000 kilometres!:
Paris-Peking 2007 renacted Peking-To-Paris2007.COM (also allowing 30x 4wd-equipes!)
Dutch newsreport about two Spyker's competing in 2007! (no, not the famous 4x4 from 1904, sadly) @AutoTelegraaf.NL
Another Dutch newsreport @DeFinancieleTelegraaf.NL
Dutch newsreport @DagBladVanAlmere.NL
First re-enactment of the 1907 rally in 2005, with 5 of the original vehicles (4 originals, 1 replica, and the Dutch Spyker having a descendant of the Spyker family, Rob Spyker as co-driver!) @PekingParis2005.COM (old/defunct....:((((
One of the best online reports about the original rallye in 1907 @PekingParis.COM (old/defunct....:((((
Peking-to-Paris @ABC.NET.AU (the film-producing sponsor of the rallye)
Archived copy of this rallye @Web.Archive.COM (but not complete....grrrrr)
Filmproduction of the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge 2007 @Peking2Paris.COM
Dutch eBook version of the original 1907 report from Luigi Barzini, journalist & co-pilot of Prince Borghese @Gutenberg.ORG
Direkt link to the full HTML-version "Van Peking naar Parijs per auto / De Aarde en haar Volken, 1908" @Gutenberg.ORG
A few nice historical newspaper reports from the Google-history-archives:
Beijing -> Paris newspaper reports (only 1997, not 1907 sadly (see also further below for New York -> Paris 1908!))
Beijing->Paris 2004, with two Dutch vehicles @Bump2004.NL
Nice article about the 1907 rallye @UnMuseum.ORG
Peking to Paris 2007 @Siteset.CO.UK
Note that the above organisation initially (2004) also planned a non-competitive touring & 4x4 class @Web.Archive.ORG
Notes about the 1997 rallye Beijing->Paris, through Tibet, first land-crossing since 40 years @Siteset.CO.UK
Notes about the 1990 London to Peking Motor Challenge @EN.WikiPedia.ORG
Overview of various long-distance/intercontinental rallyes @EnduroRallye.COM
Notes about the first intercontinental journey, London->Istanbul in 1905, and London->Sydney 1968 @HimalayaDrive.COM
40-year anniversary of 1968 London->Sydney, in 2008 @LondonSydney40.COM
Forget cars: Beijing -> Paris 2007 by bicycle @BeijingToParis.COM
Bari/Italy -> Beijing 2005 in a Fiat500 @EuropaAsia.IT
Gumball 2006, a road/air-lift rallye around the world, initially even including Beijing->North-Korea(!) @RallyeEvents.NET
Beijing->Paris 2007, in a T-Ford 1915 @KilometersVoorKinderen.NL
EurAsia Cabrio Challenge, Amsterdam-Singapore in 33 days @CabrioChallenge.NL
Bant->Beijing 2008, from the Dutch Volvo P44 oldtimer club @BantToBeijing.NL
Amsterdam->Beijing 2007, barrel-race like Amsterdam->Dakar @PekingChallenge.COM
Another famous classic, the Silk-route, this time between Amsterdam and Peking/Beijing (but no 4wd's allowed, sadly (see blue-print in PDF-document 'regulations')):
First news report @Carros.NL
Closing time for applications @Carros.NL
Report @HighProfile.NL
Organisation @Amsterdam-Beijing-Rally.NL (2006, 4 weeks, price 30k euro)
Another site for Amsterdam-Beijing 2006 @ABR2006.COM
German version, Old- and Young-timer rally Hamburg-Shanghai 2006, for the 20-year anniversary of their city-partnership (70-80 days, price: 15k euro):
Hamburg-Shanghai 2006 @AbendBlatt.DE
Hamburg-Shanghai 2006 @BVMW-Nord.DE
More German oldtimer events, national & international @MotoRevival.DE
Another German rallye to Shanghai in 2006:
Berlin -> Shanghai 2006 @Lion-Rally.COM
But wait, only one year after Paris/Beijing, in 1908, an even *longer* rally was organized: The Great Race, New-York/Paris, 34.000 kilometres!
Rally New-York/Paris 1908 @Google.COM
But no word yet on an re-enactment, in 2008?....:(( @Google.COM
The Great Race @TheGreatAutoRace.COM
Lovely extensive bibliography on The Great Race @BecplDigital.CMD.OCLC.ORG
The actual start & end dates in 1908, February 12 till July 30....169 days on the road! (but indeed no re-enactment planned in 2008, shame!) @TheGreatAutoRace
More details @TheGreatestAutoRace.COM
Guess what, the Zust, the 3rd vehicle that finished the race, was recently discovered! @TheGreatestAutoRace.COM
Movie/comedy "The Great Race" from 1965 @IMDB.COM
Replay the race yourself, as a computer-game....:)) @AtariArchives.ORG
A few nice historical newspaper reports from the Google-history-archives:
New York -> Paris newspaper reports from 1907 @News.Google.COM
New York -> Paris newspaper reports from 1908 @News.Google.COM
A new book released in 2006!, 'Race of the Century: The Heroic True Story of the 1908 New York to Paris Auto Race'! @Powells.COM
Same title, now as electronic document @eBooks.Palm.COM
Finally, the first signs of a 100-year anniversary rallye in 2008! @UK-Classic-Cars.COM
Organisation of this 2008 rallye @GreatRace.COM
A German documentary film about Hans Koeppen, the German participant in 1908? @TDB.Berlinale-TalentCampus.DE
German text about the Protos vehicle & rallye @Deutsches-Museum.DE
Article about the Thomas Flyer @LeftRightOnline.COM
Article about the Antonio Scarfoglio and the Zust @Faculty.ED.UMUC.EDU/~jMatthew
Historical overview of plans to travel the globe by car (German text), including a different title for the first edition of Hans Koeppen's book, and another German book printed in 1960 @BerndTesch.DE
A fascinating book about a German lady, who in 1927 set off for the same journey, taking the route south after San-Fransisco, totalling 47000(!)km in 25 months (German-only, sorry) ( Michael Winter: Pferdest�rken / Die Lebensliebe der Cl�renore Stinnes / Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Januar 2004, ISBN 3-499-23536-6 )
Whohooo, Washington->Moscow, a single-vehicle test-ride around the world, 35000km, including the Bering-Street on it's own (amphibious!) power:
MATT, Marine Amphibious Tout Terrain, aka Lafayette @TWI-MATT.COM
Oh well, even all that gets boring after time....lets try something new: Dutch girl with a mission sets off for Paris-Antarctica on an old Deutz tractor! @TractorTractor.ORG
And yet another one aiming at China!:
Berlin-Wladliwostock-Shanghai 2006, including a few days through North-Korea(!) @Lion-Rally.COM (50 days, price: 35-38k euro)
Original application-document @Lion-Rally.COM
Tours & rally's *within* China:
4x4 China tour @4x4Xplore.COM (4 weeks, price: UKP27k (=40k euro))
Rallye-raid in Inner-Mongolia, by Hubert Oriol, first one in september 2006 @GreenRaid.COM
Hongkong->Beijing 2007, classic car rally @Hongkong-Beijing.COM
Why do a tour in summer if you can do it (only) in winter?....:))
A winter trip of 24.000km, to Cap-Schmidt & Smolenks, at the Bering-Sea @BuschTaxi.DE
More about this Siberian winter-tour @Sever66.RU
Dutch site covering this Siberian tour @DentTabs.NL
History of similiar expeditions in Siberia over the past 30 years @DentTabs.NL
Images @Gelaendewagen.AT
Camper tours to Russia/China & other extended tours with self-sufficient vehicles to remote places:
Perestroika Tours @Mir-Tours.DE (up to 150 days, 8500 euro pro person)
SeaBridge-Tours.DE (up to 180 days in 2007!)
Actual organisator of the above camper-overland tours @Faszination-Russland.DE
Want to experience the spirit of Dakar from the old days?: TransAfricaine 2006 @Zaniroli.COM (19 days, 20-25k euro, vehicle must be build in or before 1986!)
From Europe to Alaska, crossing the Bearing-See: Nach Alaska auf der Achse @Faszination-Russland.DE
A few more sites dealing with the far-east part of the USSR/Siberia:
Siberiak.CH
Project/Tour 'Minus-72' @SwissRovers.CH
'Minus-72' @Gomad.CH
More Siberian notes @Gomad.CH
Jenseits-Der-Waerme.DE
Faszination-Russland.DE
Switch on your speakers (or better: put on your headphone) and smile: Offroading fun at the Waiporous Wilderness Reserve @Testosteron.BIZ/Waiporous
Repairing your (tubeless) tire on the road, with a plug: SafetySeal.COM
One of the brightest automotive lights you can find, with adjustable focus(!) and optional filters (including IR!):
LightForce.NET.AU
Retrofit waterproofing kit for LightForce lamps @OffRoader.COM.AU
More about automotive lights, in particular those catering for 24 volt vehicles:
Osram's improved Truckstar 24v bulbs @Osram.DE (German)
Osram's improved Truckstar 24v bulbs @Osram.DE (German)
Direct link to the PDF-document with tech-details @Osram.DE (German)
Direct link to the PDF-document with tech-details @Osram.DE (English)
About automotive HID/Xenon headlights, in particular what comes *above* standard 35W; the Philips D50L bulb, a true nominal 50W, with up to 150W boost-potential....:))
Discussion about *variable* HID-controllers, 25-75W @DIY-Community.DE
Or even 15-120W @DIY-Community.DE
Interesting note about size of plasma light-bow vs minimum reflector size @DIY-Community.DE
Interesting notes on Chinese 50W, being equal in luminance with 35W Philips/Osram/GE @DIY-Community.DE
Nice comparison test of HID ignition-modules @MobileHID.COM
Important notes about making sure your wiring harness can cope with the start-up/in-rush current of HID @Forums.VWvortex.COM
A note that the D50L is not suitable for 'underdriving' (powering it with less than 50W) @CandlePowerForums.COM
Modification using a potentio-meter for variable wattage @V6Performance.NET
Important: the *new* model Philips D50L is *not* as good as the old one ('fat boy'), having less 'boost' potential @CandlePowerForums.COM
Another note about not to underdrive the D50L @CandlePowerForums.COM
Comparison between 50W and 75W @Flashlight-Forums.COM
Interesting note about broken insulator-tubes & carefull inserting of HID-units (with adapter) into halogen housings @XenonOptics.COM
A note about the DL50-specific ballast/ignition modules @M5board.COM
Abundant overview of different HID-bulb types & their pro's & con's.... @NuConverter.DE
....including a fascinating note on creating high-beam light pattern by wattage-shift only(!).... @NuConverter.DE
....plus an even more interesting note on the UVA-content of HID, compared to halogen & LED @NuConverter.DE
Another proof of how important arc-size is, comparing 21W H3/BrightStar 'miniature' with 35W 'regular' @NuConverter.DE
More samples, comparing 21W HID with 55W Halogen @NuConverter.DE
Several notes & listings on the subtle color differences, even with OEM bulbs, plus color-shifting with age @Forums.Maxima.ORG
Bi-Xenon H4, by moving the entire bulb back and forth! @XenonValot.COM
Another nice tutorial on HID, including the factor 'durability' (400h for halogen, 2000-3000 for HID) @XenonValot.COM
Same factor 'durability/life-expectancy' in the context of 50W boost @XenonValot.COM
Okay, you like the Xenon/HID lamps on your vehicle....but what about portable flashlights?
Schulzendorft Delta 1, 10W (equals 40W halogen!) @GlobeTrotter.DE
75W HID, with electronically controlled zoom-reflector (40 degree flood to 1 degree spot!) @PeakBeam.COM
Details & background on the 75W BarnBurner @CandlePowerForums.COM
More notes on the 75W BarnBurner (no longer in production sadly) @CPFmarketplace.COM
Original GroupBuy thread for the 75W XeRay BarnBurner @CPFmarketplace.COM
Related GroupBuy thread, upgrading previous 50W units to 75W @CPFmarketplace.COM
40W HID 4200 Lumen flashlight @Polarion-Store.COM
FAQ-notes on rechargeable batteries/compatibility/adapters (I) @CandlePowerForums.COM
FAQ-notes on rechargeable batteries/compatibility/adapters (II) @CandlePowerForums.COM
FAQ-notes on rechargeable batteries/compatibility/adapters (III) @CandlePowerForums.COM
Next generation of technology, LED's:
Portable light with 3000 lumen 4-LED 6D-Maglite conversion (close to 35W HID!) @CPFmarketplace.COM
About flexible work lights *inside* your car:
12v Map lights @ShopWiki.COM
About lights and power-supply/alternators on bicycles:
Baffling extreme elaborate research on bike power-supplies & lights @EnHydralutis.DE
Where to mount gauges if your dashboard it cramped, or the gauge too crucial?: A-pillar mounted gauge-clusters @eGauges.COM
Shame, no 4x4 applications yet....that would be novel....or even practical in narrow rock-gorges! Lamborghini-style swing-up/wing doors @LamboStyleDoors.DE
Towing American-style, a boat-trailer behind a 5th-wheeler camper!:
Tow-train @Photos.TheDieselStop.COM (I)
Tow-train @Photos.TheDieselStop.COM (II)
Tow-train @TexasTackle.COM
What happens when you get stuck with your vehicle? You will be photographed & filmed of course!:
StuckWorld.COM
Women getting stuck @StuckWorld.COM
Why tow with 4 or even 6 wheels, if you can tow with only 2?: TowBike @EXN.CA
Did you know that the newsgroup rec.autos.4x4 was once created by a woman, Mary Rathke, back in 1994?:
1st RFD: rec.autos.4x4 on 23 November 1994 @Groups.Google.COM
2nd RFD: rec.autos.4x4 @Groups.Google.COM
2nd CVF: rec.autos.4x4 @Groups.Google.COM
Couldn't find the 1st CFV, oddly, anyone? @Groups.Google.COM
A personal note from Mary Rathke @Groups.Google.COM
Vote Result: rec.autos.4x4 passes 226:26, on 20 February 1995 @Groups.Google.COM
First few postings on 27 Februari 1995 @Groups.Google.COM
You thought you had to have a compact vehicle when rockcrawling? Wrong!: Rockcrawling with a semi-trailer....:)) @DelAlbright.COM (moving a kiosk on Rubicon)
Military derivates of civil trucks: GMC CrewCab with 6.6L Duramax and suspension lift for the Canadian army @SFU.CA
Nice site about cleaning/waxing/polishing your car, with lots of interesting tips/tricks/articles: BetterCarCare.COM
Be creative & artistic with vehicles:
Artistic cars at the Burning Man Festival in the USA @Images.BurningMan.COM
ArtCars.COM
Read how automotive USA handles the ecofascists & lawmakers: SEMA Newsletters @EnjoyTheDrive.COM
You thought you needed a diseasel (Aussi term for diesel) to create smoke? Wrong!: Gasoline smoke creator @TexasArmoring.COM
How to find the correct shock for your vehicle, in particular after a suspension modification: Shock-absorber specification list (USA-market) @IH8Mud.COM
Nominal torque preset ratings for metric bolts&nuts: NEN torque settings @BuschTaxi.DE
Feed your engine with vegetable oil instead of diesel:
Vegetable oil @FMSO.DE (German)
Vegetable oil @Fatty-Fuels.DE
JourneyToForever.ORG
Chronological chart of all smart things ever designed for your car, dating back centuries!: Automotive inventions/patents/designs @Auto-Innovations.COM
What if you want to paint your vehicle in a different color, but want to be able to reverse it? Maskin, temporarily/removeable/peel-off paint @NewsAndViews.AkzoNobel.COM
About grippy & elastic paint for interior application like floor & cargo-area: Discussion about European choices @Forum.BuschTaxi.ORG
About the electronic horror on todays road:
Electronic nightmares with modern vehicles @Wired.COM (2 pages!)
Specific problems with the Range Rover airsuspension @MotorCarsLTD.COM
But do not dispair, there are now compagnies that can repair car-electronics:
Have your electronic black-box repaired, instead of exchanged for gold prices! @HitzPaetz.DE
More background info @AutoBild.DE
You thought metal is inherent noisy/resonating?....forget the past!: Noise-dampening vehicle panels @QuietSteel.COM
Why mess with 24volt->12volt converters on older cold-spec Land Cruiser diesels in case of car-radio's?
24 volt Truck Audio @Blaupunkt-Professional-Systems.COM
24 volt truck-radio's @MyBlaupunkt.COM
Same site @MyBlaupunkt.COM, showing which radio's have which features, including MP3 (not any of the 24v units yet, sadly!)
24 volt car- & truck-radio's from days long gone @RadioMuseum.ORG
Listing of Becker radio's, some also available in 24 volt ('note #6') @RDS.ORG.UK
3 different models from VDO @VDO.COM
Another weird automotive historical site, about rotating flash-/emergency-lights: TulpenLakritz.DE
How to behave on roads in Europe: Road legislation & fines for various European countries @HBeernink.NL
Missing a hard-to-get part, or creating/prototyping something new?: Online custom-order machining of metal & plastics @eMachineShop.COM
Interesting hybrid-concept, with regenerative hydraulics:
Hydraulic energy-accumulation in vehicles @PopularMechanics.COM
Commercial implimentation of this hydraulic system, as retrofit @Permo-Drive.COM
Tons of interesting 4x4 movies: 4x4Movies.COM
Air- and coolant-heaters running on gasoline & diesel:
Webasto.DE
Webasto tech data @TechWebasto.COM (French version includes Dutch!)
Webasto heaters (air & coolant) in general @TechWebasto.COM
Webasto BlueHeat, the trade name in the USA @TechWebasto.COM
More Webasto PDF-manuals @Webasto.DE
Eberspaecher.DE
Polarn 4000 & 8000, *mobile* diesel air heaters @Eberspaecher.COM
Actual manufacturer of Polarn heaters & other mobile equipment (including a work-tent!) @Polarn-Innovation.SE
Fast jerry-can pump, 20L/min @Polarn-Innovation.SE
Mikuni.CO.JP
Dutch Mikuni distributor with slightly more data @Technautic.NL
Truma Combi D, a diesel-fired 10L boiler annex air-heater with Eberspaecher burner inside @Truma.COM
Nice low-amperage fan for heating/cooling tubing @TrumaUK.COM
Eutetic materials in heating context (similar to the salt-solutions used in the early 90's!) @DE.WikiPedia.ORG
Heater-in-a-box @ExpeditionPortal.COM
Portable Heater @AdventureTrailers.COM
More automotive heat-generating & -related equipment:
Electric wiper-fluid heater @HotShot.NL (sold by Webasto)
Webasto-HotShot.COM
HotShot manufacturer @MicroHeat.COM
Heat-reflective curtains @Asi-GMBH.COM
12v Electric-powered sleeping-heating-mats:
Interesting 'Sweet Dreams' 12v/1.7A carbon-sleep-heating-mats, up to 180x80cm @AutoHome.IT
Sweet Dreams tWin-model, 180x160cm, 12v/3.4A @IlsalvaCamper.IT
Sweet Dreams single for 169 euro TSL-Mobile.DE
Sweet Dreams single for 229 euro @Woick.DE
Interesting data when idling a vehicle for long periods of time:
Diesel fuel consumption when idling HZJ75 4.2L versus Dacia 1.5L @BuschTaxi.ORG
A very nifty range of tool- & storage boxes, including drawers, plus horizontal & vertical opening lids, made by Wurth in Germany: OrsyBull.DE
Why less traffic signs & smaller roads means safer traffic: Hans Monderman about less is more in road-safety @Wired.COM
How to protect your ears but still allow people to talk/shout to you:
Electronic ear-protection (slow-response) @Uvex-Safety.DE
Electronic ear-protection (quick-response) @Uvex-Safety.DE
A few German ear-protection samples, up to -35dB @Waffen-Schrum.DE
-40dB ear protection @SonicShop.DE
Sennheiser PXC 250 electronic sound cancellation @SonicShop.DE
-35dB SNR (& -40dB high frequencies!) for only 20 euro @Shop.Arbeitsschutz-FK.DE
My favorite incarnation of a hybrid vehicle!:
Oshkosh HEMMT-A3 8x8 diesel-electric hybrid, with 200kW generator! @OshkoshTruck.COM
Diesel-Electric direct-wheel-drive concept by Oshkosh explained @DieselNet.COM (with 500kW generator?)
But how would you handle such large tires, you ask? Caterpillar dozer with tire-tweezers @Minasco.COM.AU
Way cool! Scientific study about the effect of bad roads & vibrations on humans!....:))
(there is even an ISO 2631-1 (1997) standard for �Evaluation of human exposure to whole-body vibration�!....:))
Effect of road condition on the human body @WWW20.VV.SE (old/defunct)
Effect of road condition on the human body @WWW.VV.SE
Page with direct link to full download ZIP-document @PublikationsWebButik.VV.SE
Direkt download link to ZIP-document @PublikationsWebButik.VV.SE
Link to Swedish translated version (payware, 200SEK (about 20 euro!) @PublikationsWebButik.VV.SE
Want to know what fuel costs in other parts of the world, for travelling or curiosity?
Global list of fuel prices (1991-1998, gasoline & diesel) @Zietlow.COM
Global list of fuel prices (diesel) @EconStats.COM
Google-cache of the above document @EconStats.COM
Global list of fuel prices (gasoline) @EconStats.COM (no Google-cache available)
Incrimentally-updated list of fuel-prices, by FIA (including octane ratings!) @RACV.COM.AU
Fuelprices 2009, including even the smallest countries @GTZ.DE
Main/start page of the above site @GTZ.DE
You think your vehicle sustained the worst damage ever?....then send your picture here: WorstDamage @OK4wd.COM
To lead or not to lead: Info, research & considerations about unleaded gasoline in older vehicles:
WalshCarlines.COM
RROC.ORG.AU
Monitoring the air in your tires!:
Tire-pressure warning & monitoring systems (replacing the valve) @Waeco.COM (up to 5.2 bar and 6 wheels)
SmarTire monitor system (rim-mounted sensors) @Seehase.DE (up to 11 bar & 20 wheels)
Valve-cap-mounted sensors @AdvantagePressurePro.COM (up to 34 wheels (but a battery-life of only 3 years, after that you need new sensors at US$50 each!)
Pressure monitor for 2/4/6 tires, sensor mounted as valve-cap, not inside the rim, hence even compatible with inner-tubes! (plus user-exchangeable ordinary battery!) @TireMoni.COM
Okay, this time neither road nor water, but still a lovely aeronautic concept, a one-man back-pack helicopter!....:))
GEN-H4 Co-Axial helicopter @Gen-Corp.JP
Babelfish translation of the above site @
How to keep the little ones occupied in winter months: Indoor offroad parcours at small scale @BuschTaxi.DE
Want a shed to park your car/boat/recreational-vehicle?....at least do it in style!: CadSmith garage plans @CadSmith.COM
Always thought there should be something smarter than a swing-out door, especially in cramped parking spaces, but you did not have the money for gullwing-doors?....:)) Revolving bottom/sill door @Dissapearing-Car-Door.COM
Supercars of the past, forgotten and neglected:
Oldtimer graveyards @Hesselmann-Foto.DE
Oldtimer graveyards @SuperCarForums.CO.UK
Oldtimer graveyards @Herrmann.Free.FR
Unbreakable mirrors, chromed polycarbonate:
SpafaxMirrors.COM (optional heating, optional yellow body, plus even 1 motorized unit)
UniTruck.CO.UK (only a few series/categories)
About the latest car-gadgets, high-tech & low-tech:
SlipperyBrick.COM
How to proof that you are innocent in case of a car-crash?
Xdriven DRS1100 in-car video recorder @Drivers-Eye.COM
Xdriven DRS1100 in-car video recorder @Expansys.COM
T-Eye twin-lens in-car video recorder, registering both front and rear view! @RedFerret.NET
T-Eye twin-lens in-car video recorder @MobileFun.CO.UK
Various in-car video camera's @BrickHouseSecurity.COM
German model @GNS-GMBH.COM
Dual Dash Drive Camera @YouTube.COM
SCI-DR1000 in-car camera with G-force registration! @SpyTechs.COM
More vehicle camera solutions @SpyTechs.COM
Various camera solutions @GGSmark.COM
Janus V1 single lens camera @3rdEyeCam.COM
Janus V2 dual lens camera @3rdEyeCam.COM
Vosonic GV-6300 in-car camera @Vehicle-Tracking-USA.COM
Various in-car video solutions @EyeSpyPro.COM
DR200 twin-eye camera @SkyTrx.COM
TruckerCam.COM
Several high-end camera solutions, including VisioMap in-car @UnitedVisionSolutions.COM
HD-Trakka GS600 in-car camera @RaceRecall.COM
Dual Dash Drive Camera & many similar/related products @Dash-Camera.COM
Dual-lens camera with 120-exterior and 175-interior view @ValorSystems.COM
Actual manufacturer @JanusCamera.COM
In-car camera @Camera2000.COM
More vehicle data input @VboxUSA.COM
In-car camera + GPS & G-sensor @Alibaba.COM
Dual-Vision with both continuous loop plus event-recording-protection, plus enclosure-protection/-authorisation @RoscoVision.COM
Various in-car camera solutions @SecureForLess.COM
Interesting slow/efficient (2 & 8 fps) recording camera @SecureForLess.COM
Ever wondered what might be the *real* truth behind all those mysterious car crashes, like Toyota in 2010, with sub-components going crazy, and sub-contractors being falsely blamed?
Electronic-experts on EMI, lead-free soldering (mandatory RoHS-regulations in large parts of the industry!) and simply software bugs @NutwoodUK.COM (.DOC document)
Yet another obscure UK 4x4 truck, the Stonefield, made in Scotland:
Discussion about Stonefield @HMVF.CO.UK
Political evolvements/history around Stonefield in Scotland
Interesting notes on design & engines @Forums.LR4x4.COM
Stonefield Forum @TakeForum.COM
Always wanted a warning sign that attracted more attention than just that mandatory warning triangle? Try Protection-Pal, an inflatable doll!
Site showing the Protection-Pal in an advertizing on the bottom @Jonas-Trucking.DE
Introduction announcement @Pero-LKWzubehoer.DE (95 euro(!), Google-Cache)
Current advertising @Pero-LKWzubehoer.DE (99 euro)
Related company PneumoCell.COM
Related company NoProblaim.AT
About paint colors, RAL & the famous ex-DDR flexible/scratch-resistant NVA/Chlorbuna/TGL: (RAL = Reichs-Ausschuss f�r Lieferbedingungen) (TGL = Technische G�te- und Lieferbestimmungen)
MilitaerLacke.DE
RAL.DE
Interesting discussion about RAL vs TGL in German rail-road context @TT-Board.DE
RAL paint in small (model-construction!) doses @Elita.DE
RAL-colors used in the old days of German railroad trains @Mtkb.DE
Several RAL & TGL samples in German railroad context @Bahnstatistik.DE
Interesting discussion about military paint & @C303.DE
Swedish military colors in small doses @JPSmodell.DE
RAL color samples online @Zuhnemer.DE
More 'ecological' schizofrenia & fraud:
CO2insanity.COM
Kill Californian Air Resource Board @KillCarb.ORG
NotEvilJustWrong.COM
Supplies, tools & marketing gimmicks for car shops/garages/dealers:
AHB-Schweiz.CH
One of the most hilarious cartoon films ever made in Germany, with lots of automotive/wrenching details:
Werner animation comics @DE.Wikipedia.ORG
The most obscure, unloved & unknown 4x4 vehicles that were ever made:
Weird 4x4's @Auto.FreeNet.DE
Why the ECE fuel-consumption measurement procedure/cycle does everything *but* measure reality:
Automatic transmissions can shift to the highest gear, while manual transmissions are shifted into specific lower gears, forcing every next generation of engine (with better bottom end torque!) into relative ever (relatively) higher gears @DE.Wikipedia.ORG
Details on which gear to use, suggesting that gears above 4 can only be used above certain speeds @Eur-Lex.Europa.EU (page 76)
ECE-procedure measures exhaust-gas-weight, not fuel-weight! @Welt.DE

Miscellaneous Dutch 4x4/automotive links (including some mixed-language links about ecofascism!)

Sites about the Dutch van-legislation:
Stichting Belangenbehartiging Grijs Kenteken @Huizen.DDS.NL/~LT-4wd
Stichting Belangenbehartiging Grijs Kenteken (I) @LT-4wd.DDS.NL
Stichting Belangenbehartiging Grijs Kenteken (II) @LT-4wd.DDS.NL
Stichting Belangenbehartiging Grijs Kenteken (III) @LT-4wd.DDS.NL
Stichting Belangenbehartiging Grijs Kenteken @SBG-Delft.Vinden.NL
Stichting Belangenbehartiging Grijs Kenteken @Home.Wanadoo.NL/Gerard.Elout
Discussie forum @F24.Parsimony.NET/Forum55600
New site of Stichting Belangen Grijskentekeneigenaren @SGB-Delft.NL
Corrigeren laadruimte om naheffing BPM te voorkomen, ook *na* constatering/aanslag door fiscus! @FiscaalActueel.COM
Voorlopige handleiding voor de autobranche tav wijzigingen 1/7/2005 @Merel.NL
Tarieven wegenbelasting/houderschapsbelasting/motorrijtuigenbelasting voor de diverse categorieen & diverse provincies:
Tarieven voor motor/personenauto/bestelauto/vrachtauto/bus/aanhangwagen @Hektra.NL (per 1/5/2000, in guldens(!))
WegenBelasting.NL (Payware!)
Tarieven & voorschriften motor/personenauto/bestelauto/vrachtauto/bus/camper/aanhangwagen @Belastingdienst.NL
Interessante opsomming van voertuig-categorieen/-eisen voor het kwarttarief motorrijtuigenbelasting (niet alleen campers! ('reserve-motorrijtuigen'!)) @Wet-Online.NL
Toelichting op wijzingen Wet Motorrijtuigenbelasting 1994 in de 2e Kamer @Zoek.OfficieleBekendmakingen.NL
Site analysing the Dutch government scam to implement yet one more automotive tax: Rekening-Rijden/Tol-Heffing @Geocities.COM

The real calculation behind the conversion from BPM (sales-tax) to MRB (annual road-tax), in anticipation of rekeningrijden (road-pricing): BPM -> MRB conversie van 2008 tot 2018 @RaiVereniging.NL
(and even *those* cowards refuse to do the full calculation, resulting in a factor 3.08x(!!!!) higher road-tax in 2018)
(In het laatste jaar, 2018, betaal je precies 3,08x meer MRB, ((1,07)^5 x (1,14)^6 = 3,08)
(van 2008 tm 2012 7% verhoging per jaar, van 2013 tm 2018 14% per jaar)
(afbouw BPM 5% per jaar (25%) versus 12% per jaar (resterende 75%))

About the Dutch vehicle import-tax BPM, and how it gets under growing attack from the EU:
Discussion about different taxation-systems, including 'Xray' @Nieuws.Auto.NL.MSN.COM
BPM- & import-gerelateerde zaken @BBpartners.NL
Interessante 'dank-brief' van een klant @BBpartners.NL
Updates & actualiteiten inzake taxatie-systeem Xray @BBpartners.NL
De 'BPM-onevenredigheid', tussen berekening nu versus destijds @BBpartners.NL
De bijtelling 'middelen' bij 2 voertuigen @BelastingTips.NL
BPM uitspraak 14/12/2010 inzake verdiscontering tijdelijke huur/lease @BelastingTips.NL
How to calculate the remaining BPM when importing older vehicles:
Uitvoerige BPM-rekentabel, inclusief de jaar-afhankelijke factoren (maar ook 0,083% afschrijving na 9j6m, dus 0% bij 19j) @BPMprof.NL
BPM-calculator @AutoWeek.NL (geeft ook fraai de keuze weer tussen toenmalige BPM en huidige BPM)
BPM-calculator @BPMberekenen.COM (toont dezelfde merkwaardige 95,xx% afschrijving....tussen 9 en 25 jaar zou dat maar 10% moeten zijn?) (Wel interessant is dat beide keuzen genoemd/afgewogen worden: huidige versus toenmalige BPM, en afschrijving volgens tabel of volgens taxatie)
BPM calculatie, inclusief afschrijving 92% bij 9j6m + 0,083%/maand (100% = +8%/0,083% = 96m = 8j = 17j6m totaal, sinds 1/1/2008?) @BPMberekenen.COM
BPM-calculator @Bijlevelds.COM (0% na 120 maand/10 jaar? (BTW (17,5 vs 19%) doet'ie wel goed))
Discussie over BPM-afdracht, inklusief bijdrage van Bolsensbroek (BBpartners.NL) @AutoWeek.NL
BPM-tabel met bouwjaar-variatie @BelastingDienst.NL
BPM-documenten @BelastingDienst.NL
BPM-calculaties per 1/1/2011, inclusief de afschrijvingstabel van 92% na 9j6m + 0,083%/j (100% = +8%/0,083% = 96m = 8j = 17j6m totaal) @Belastingdienst.NL
Aangifteformulier @Belastingdienst.NL
Historisch BPM-overzicht (tot 1/1/2008 gold 10% restwaarde tussen 9 en 25j, daarvoor 1%/maand (dus na 8j4m 0%)) @AutoBelastingen.NL
BPM-calculatie + aangifte voor 35 euro @HermesImport.NL
Online aangifte-formulier-generator met merk/model/transmissie/trim-specifieke nieuwprijs-database @AutoTelex.NL
Information about importing oldtimers to Holland:
Auto Import Gids 2010 @Neggers.ORG
How to fight Dutch traffic tickets, based on the Mulder Law:
In beroep gaan tegen verkeersboetes @Home-2.Worldonline.NL/~thijeleo/
Idem/new site @Politie.WolWeb.NL
More details about the laws & procedures governing speed-tickets & other traffic related legal stuff @Recht4all.NL
A Dutch site fighting the terror of speeding-tickets: Stop-de-boete-gekte.NL
How to frustrate officers at radar-checkpoint: Peter van Gilst @PTvGilst.HetNetNiet.NL
How to combat wheel clamps with brute force: AngleGrinderMan.COM
Several pro-auto, and contra-ticket sites:
TufTufClub.NL (old/defunct)
Tuf Tuf Club @TT-C.NL (new)
New @TT-C.NL: report traffic-law violating police vehicles!
OnzinBoetes.NL (now hosting the old content of TTC!)
SnelheidsControles.COM
Flitspaal.NL
Bekeuring.NL
FlitsService.NL
Interesting FAQ-document with various legal details, and many related sub-links @FlitsService.NL
Interesting thread about the geometric limitations of speed camera constellations @FlitsService.NL
How to counter speeding tickets by using the WOB (Wet Openbaarheid Bestuur) @FlitsService.NL
Nederland-Mobiel.NL
ProAuto.NL
Geef een ander een bon!
StopNetelenbos.NL
AAA
SexPolitie.NL
Verkeerslichten.COM
Startkabel-NL (covers also Germany & Belgium)
FlitsService.NL
Envy.Nu
HetGaatTochAllemaalNergensOver.NL
TeHardGereden.NL
KoosSpee.COM
same site @KoosSpee.Tripod.COM
SnelheidsControles.COM (including info about speed limits in other European countries (but not for trucks))
Interesting note about the conflict of interest between police & broadcast-corporations @BlikOpDeWeg.NL
Fascinating collection of Dutch legal verdicts on various traffic-related issues @TwentseMotorClub.NL (deel 1)
Fascinating collection of Dutch legal verdicts on various traffic-related issues @TwentseMotorClub.NL (deel 2)
My personaly favorite from the above collection of jurisprudentia, that almost *any* row of vehicles in the left lane can be passed on the right! @TwentseMotorClub.NL
Similar very interesting page about the legal-administrative issues involving Mulder & CJIB, also covering the issue of 'deurwaarders' & 'dwangbevelen' (don't overlook the series of deeplinks on the bottom, to several legal verdicts!) @RijnStad.NL
Good overview of the legal steps involved in fighting Mulder fines @Ikkie.ORG
Online processing for fighting Mulder fines @BoeteService.NL
Schematic flow-chart of how to fight Mulder fines, including very interesting older verdicts in the context of WOB (Wet Openbaarheid Bestuur), in 'Stap 1.2', like RvS 200405147/1 (15 June 2005) & Rechtbank Bestuursrecht Assen 06/1392 WOB (21 Februari 2007) @FlitsService.NL
Radar detectors, camera-locators and other preventative equipment:
DSI-Computer @Stinger.NL
Stinger.COM
Quintezz Radar Alert @GeenBoetesMeer.NL
Quintezz.COM
Where to find the fax-numbers for sending your appeal (without wasting paper+stamp+envelope!):
Faxnummers voor alle OvJ's (officieren van justitie) in Nederland @Almanak.Overheid.NL (gebruik 'arrondissementsparket' als zoekwoord!) (might not work with older versions of Mozilla!)
OvJ te Soesterberg, ten kantore van Bureau Verkeershandhaving Openbaar Ministerie (BVOM), niet genoemd in bovenstaande lijst @Almanak.Overheid>NL
Adres/fax-overzicht #2, deels incompleet @OM.NL
Adres/fax-overzicht #3 @Postbus51.NL
Fax-nummer van de 'Unit Mulder' binnen de 'Centrale Verwerking Openbaar Ministerie', te Utrecht @OM.NL
Wet Mulder beschreven en onderzocht door de Faculteit Rechten van de universiteit Utrecht: Mulder doorgelicht @Law.UU.NL
A smart way to warn for stationairy camera's with the help of GPS waypoints: Morpheous GPS Camera logger
About the schizofrenic focus of government on the factor speed, while blatantly ignoring the factor alcohol (forensic officers prefer measuring brake-skid-marks over alcohol-bloodsamples, and the officers at the crash-scene prefer noting 'speed' as the most probable cause, instead of testing everyone involved on alcohol!), and even more baffling: government allows the use of GSM/cellular phones, while research shows that even handsfree is more dangerous than alcohol:
Original article about the research on GSM vs Alchol @Directline.COM
GSM vs Alcohol @SMH.COM.AU
GSM vs Alcohol (Dutch version/translation) @Tiscali.NL
How to wire a trailer coupling, 7- en 13-pin (Jaeger/Multicon):
Aanhangwagen Stekkers @Gallery.UUNET.BE/Rivanho
Aanhangwagen Stekkers @TripodNet.NL/Hugo1962
Aanhangwagen Stekkers @CaravanClub.NL
Aanhangwagen Stekkers @CaravanHandboek.NL
One more type, WeSt (WeltStecker; made by Multicon, successor of the earlier MultiCon) @Kinderman.TK
USA-trailer wiring FAQ; various 4-5-6-7-pole connectors @Etrailer.COM
NATO military trailer electric connectors & sockets, 12- and 14-pole (note that the Swedish 12-pole is wired differently than the German version!!!!):
My own collection of information & plug-layout/wiring-codes @Markerink.ORG
12- en 14-polige aanhanger stekkers @4x4.MS (old/defunct)
Archived copy of the above site @Archive.ORG / WARNING: This table is *wrong*, making the easy error of listing the 12 pins in full alphabetic order, while the letters 'I' and 'G' should be absent! (but M & N, therefore, should not!)
14-polige aanhanger stekker @Olive-Drab.COM
2-polige/startstroom- & 12-polige aanhangwagenstekkers (male+female+socket!) @Uniphon.SE
The actual manufacturer of the above 12-pole NATO connectors @MUK-Automotive.DE
Overview of NATO 12-pole/trailer and 2-pole/power products @MUK-Automotive.CZ
PDF-overview of NATO 12-pole/trailer and 2-pole/power products @MUK-Automotive.DE
Wire layout of the 12-pole connector (in German, English and French!) @MUK-Automotive.CZ
12-pole NATO connectors @Elke-Technik.DE
12-pole NATO connector @AutoElektrik-Liestal.CH
12-pole NATO male connector @AGL.CH (CHF260,- !)
12-pole NATO female connector @AGL.CH (CHF120,- !) (picture is wrong btw, shows male connector)
12-pole socket @Landy-Scheune.DE
Attention: German NATO/12-pole is wired differently than Swedish NATO/12-pole! @C303.DE
Electronic box to solve the (legal) problem of connecting the trailer lights to the vehicle's dashboard control lamps @Westfalia-Automotive.DE
Wire diagram of the above electronic box @Westfalia-Automotive.DE
But wait, the NATO even designed a coupling for anti-lock brakes on trailers!: NATO stekker voor antiblokkeer remmen op trailers @NATO.INT
Grijs en geel kenteken altijd dezelfde trekgewichten, zelfs als die volgens de autopapieren hetzelfde zijn? Mis!: Schamel- vs Midden-As Aanhangwagens @A1.NL/Phomepag/Markerink
Alle mogelijke wettelijke details over toelatingseisen van voertuigen in het verkeer:
Wegenverkeerswet-links @ Recht4All.NL
Voertuig Reglement @TDekkers.NL
Meest essentiele hoofdstuk 5.2 @TDekkers.NL
Eisen tav tachograaf & chauffeursdiploma in het kader van het Arbeidstijden-Besluit (art 2.6.1.) @AutoVak.NL
Militair Verkeersreglement @MinDef.NL
ToelatingsGoedKeuring-eisen voor diverse categorieen voertuigen (inclusief M1, N1/N2/N3, etc) @TGK.RDW.NL
Individueel Keuren Speciaal, voor voertuigen die buiten de regels vallen @IKS.RDW.NL
Ontheffingsregelingen voor stootbalk/zijafscherming/beschermings-inrichting-voorzijde-tegen-klemrijden @IKS.RDW.NL
Rules, regulations & procedures when importing vehicles:
Nieuwe procedure voor import van non-EU voertuigen zonder typegoedkeuring @RDW.NL (1) (old/defunct)
Nieuwe procedure voor import van non-EU voertuigen zonder typegoedkeuring @RDW.NL (2) (old/defunct)
Nieuwe procedure voor import van non-EU voertuigen zonder typegoedkeuring @RDW.NL (3)
More legal stuff involving >3500kg trucks: Inspectiedienst Verkeer & Waterstaat @Vervoer.IVW.NL (Tachograaf/Chauffeursdiploma)
Oldtimer organisaties in Nederland:
Federatie Historische Automobiel en Motorfiets Clubs (FEHAC)
Historische Automobiel Vereniging @De-HAV.NL
Uiteenzetting van de juiste kleur/afmetingen van de blauwe oldtimer kentekenplaten (per tijdvak verschillend!):
Formele afbakening in tijdvakken en kenmerken @A1.NL/Phomepag/Markerink
De ronduit complexe materie van het opnieuw laten persen van oude blauwe kentekenplaten @A1.NL/Phomepag/Markerink
Analysis of the Dutch license numbering: Kenteken analyse @Hektra.NL
Rules about what kind of license-plate to use on *foreign* trailers that do not have theyr own unique registration:
Kentekenloze buitenlandse aanhangwagens in Duitsland @Gesetze-Im-Internet.DE
Talloze links omtrent politie en verkeer: PolitiePaginaNL
Een paar interessante tips & tricks omtrent NL-gebruik van GPS & Garmin GPS III: GPS in Nederland
Hoogte van BPM-afdracht bij import: BPM percentages
Wettelijke eisen van het CBM voor kwart-tarief campers, inclusief jurisprudentie: Inrichtingseisen Campers
Bij campers maakt het *soort* dak verschil in goedkeur af-fabriek/aftermarket versus eigenbouw/DHZ!!!!, hier een van de weinige sites die dit onderkend hebben(!): Hefdak versus vast dak, een zeldzaam staaltje ambtelijke/ecofascistische terreur, door Tjalf Bloem @Chello.NL/~T.Bloem (Dutch text)
Meer over campers & wettelijke regels & voorschriften: @ABGCamperTechniek.NL
How to apply for the reduced (1/4th) Dutch road tax for campers: Aanvraagformulier voor kwarttarief MRB @Belastingdienst.NL (let op dat de eisen van 1999 zijn ontkracht door een uitspraak Hoge Raad in 2001, inzake stahoogte!)
A few more sites discussing the Dutch camper rules:
VWbusClub.NL
ABGcamperTechniek.NL
Afwegings-criteria personenauto/bestelwagen/camper @ABGcamperTechniek.NL
Inrichtingseisen CamperLeven.NL
Vervoer van personen in 'bedrijfsauto' >3500kg: ongelimiteerd! (aantal *zitplaatsen* is wel gelimiteerd, max 1+8!) @CamperLeven.NL
Waarom de overheid het woongedeelte van de camper niet mag doorzoeken! @CamperLeven.NL
Snelheidsbegrenzer voor campers >3500kg (want in NL=bedrijfsauto! (edoch niet altijd bij latere import, zoals BRD! (= personenauto=120km/h!) @CamperLeven.NL
Discussion @Land-Rover.Team.NET
Further discussion @Land-Rover.Team.NET
Income tax when travelling through Europe continuously @ABGcamperTechniek.NL
ToelatingsGoedKeuring-eisen voor diverse categorieen voertuigen (inclusief M1, N1/N2/N3, etc) @TGK.RDW.NL
Algemene Politie Voorschriften (APV) inzake het parkeren/stallen van campers & grote voertuigen @CamperPunt.NL
Beleid politie/justitie NL tav overbelading voertuigen/campers @CamperForum.NL
Beleid/boetes politie/justitie Duitsland @AutoWallPaper.DE
Jurisprudentie tav rijbewijs versus voertuigmassa @Homepage.Mac.COM/Twan.Schoenmakers
"Richtlijn voor strafvordering belading van voertuigen" @Overheid-OP.SDU.NL
"Aanwijzing Voertuigafmetingen" @overheid-OP.SDU.NL
Site over restauratie-gereedschappen en de oorzaak/theorie & aanpak/remedie van roest: RustBuster.NL
Sites over militaire NL-voertuigen:
Keep Them Rolling
Defensie.Pagina.NL
Defensie.Startkabel.NL
Legervoertuigen.NL
DAF YA 314, 324,328 club
General Army Green
MilitaireVoertuigen.NL
ArmyVehicleClub.NL
Defensie.Boogolinks.NL
War-Horses.NL
Unimog.Urls.NL
GreenVehicles.NL
Overview of Dutch military vehicles @Dae.TMFWeb.NL
My recreational favorite, the French Lohr lightweight 4x4 'LSV' @Dae.TMFWeb.NL
Military vehicles by Erwin Coops @Members.Lycos.NL
LSV @Members.Lycos.NL
Details & cross-sectional view of the amazing side-split 'H-Drive' drive-shaft/diff layout of the legendary Dutch DAF YA116/126/328 military truck:
'H'-drivetrain I
'H'-drivetrain II
similar concept in the 6x8 YP408
YP408 @PanzerBaer.DE
More about the H-drivetrain and the TraDo load-sharing tandem-axle @Network54.COM

8 TraDo's 6x6 (6x4?) @Eindhoven-in-beeld.NL
Ford A10 waiting to be converted to 6x6/6x4 @Eindhoven-in-beeld.NL
A club of Dutch VW Syncro owners: VW Syncro's in The Netherlands
A club of Dutch Fiat Panda owners, including 4x4: Panda 4x4's in the Netherlands
Nieuwe verzwaarde eisen voor vrachtwagen- en busrijbewijs! (feitelijk inclusief Chauffeursdiploma CCV-B (dat vroeger alleen voor +7.5 ton *beroeps*vervoer gold!!)): Veranderingen in examen-eisen voor rijbewijs C & D!
How to recollect the BPM-tax when importing used/older EU-vehicles to Holland: @BPMclaim.NL
Where to look for info about Dutch oldtimers: Oldtimer.Pagina.NL
Do's & don'ts when importing a used vehicle into Holland:
Import info @RDW.NL
Stapsgewijs praktijk-overzicht van de procedure bij het RDW @CamperForum.NL
Procedures when importing a vehicle from other EU countries:
Importing a vehicle from Germany
Insurance/Indemnity coverage for import/export of vehicles from and to Germany:
DeckungsKarten.EU
Dutch import procedure/regulation for *temporarily* exemption of BPM/MRB (purchase-tax & road-tax):
2 weken uitzondering/uitstel van BPM/MRB bij import @Belastingdienst.NL
Same document, other languages @Belastingdienst.NL
Merkwaardig detail in de oude plannen voor rekeningrijden/kilometerheffing voor 'buitenlandse' voertuigen; pas na 4 weken eigendom/gebruik wordt je formeel aangeslagen/belastingplichtig
PDF-document inzake rekeningrijden/kilometerheffing voor buitenlandse voertuigen
Tutorial for importing a (German) camper trailer into Holland:
Import procedures & voorschriften voor caravans in NL @CaravanHandBoek.BIOD.INFO
Statistical data about Dutch vehicles, including make/model/brand/color/fuel-type, past & present: Dutch vehicle statistics @CBS.NL

Arrest van het Europese Hof van Justitie, inzake discriminatie van niet-ingezetenen bij snelheidsovertredingen, aangespannen door Duitse automobilist in Itali� (die een twee keer zo hoge boete had moeten betalen als hij in beroep wilde gaan)....print dit arrest, *alle* vertalingen ervan, en neem ze mee in je auto....deze discussie win je niet van een ecofascist in uniform, als je dit bewijs niet zwart op wit kunt tonen:
{Verdict from European Court of justice, involving discrimination of non-inhabitants with speed fines, asked by German driver in Italy (who would have to pay a twice as high fine if he wanted to appeal the fine!)....print this arrest, *all* translations of it, and take them with you in your car.... you won't win this discussion with a greedy ecofascist bastard in uniform, if you can't show him this proof in print!:}
Non-discrimination arrest in casus C-224/00 @curia.eu.int (first sub-link is NL/Dutch, second sub-link reveals the *conclusion* in other EU languages (but not the *arrest/verdict*!)
Direct link to Spanish version of the verdict/arrest
Direct link to Danish version of the verdict/arrest
Direct link to German version of the verdict/arrest
Direct link to Greek version of the verdict/arrest
Direct link to English version of the verdict/arrest
Direct link to French version of the verdict/arrest
Direct link to Italian version of the verdict/arrest
Direct link to Dutch version of the verdict/arrest
Direct link to Portuges version of the verdict/arrest
Direct link to Finnish version of the verdict/arrest
Direct link to Swedish version of the verdict/arrest
Conclusies (gaan vooraf aan het arrest, niet beschikbaar in Nederlands of Engels (om een of andere bizarre reden; yep, zelfs knutselen in de URL hielp niet; alleen bovenstaande arrest is beschikbaar in alle talen, maar die is ook het belangrijkst, die wil je uitgeprint bij je in de auto hebben liggen!):
{Conclusions (preceeding the arrest; not available in Dutch nor English (for some bizar reason; yes, I tried to trick the URL's, didn't work; only the above arrest is available in all languages, but the arrest is most important anyway, and the one you want to have with you in your car, printed!):}
Direct link to Spanish version of the conclusion
Direct link to Danish version of the conclusion
Direct link to German version of the conclusion
Direct link to Greek version of the conclusion
Direct link to French version of the conclusion
Direct link to Italian version of the conclusion
Direct link to Portugese version of the conclusion
Direct link to Finnish version of the conclusion
Direct link to Swedisch version of the conclusion
Originele discussie op Usenet (nl.auto) over dit onderwerp, van begin 2002:
The original thread on Usenet (nl.auto) about this topic, from early 2002:
Relevant Dutch postings in nl.auto

Links to counter most of the ecological myths, all invented by ecofascists (triggered after I read the book 'Vervuiling van het milieudebat' (contamination of the eco-debate), by Wybren Verstegen) :
Heidelberg Appeal Nederland @Euronet.NL
Groene Amsterdammer @Groene.NL
Heidelberg Appeal Nederland @Stichting-HAN.NL
Probably the precursor of Wybren's book, a letter to the editor @Skepsis.NL
Another text from Wybren, @Examen.NL
Wybren Verstegen about Gen-technology
Article about national parks, from Elsevier @Home.HetNet.NL
Wybren in 'De lichtheid van het antiglobalisme' @KHBO.BE
'De sofismen van goeroe Wouter van Dieren, over de misantropie van de milieubeweging.' (over Volkert van de Graaf) door Wybren Verstegen & Jaap Hanekamp @nl.politiek
About global warming, CO2/CFK's and other myths (I) @alt.politics.correct
About global warming, CO2/CFK's and other myths (II) @talk.environment
About global warming, CO2/CFK's and other myths (III) @talk.environment
'Koel blijven onder het broeikaseffect' by Karel Beckman (author of the book 'Het Broeikaseffect bestaat niet' ('The Greenhouse effect does not exist')) @Euronet.NL
More about Karel Beckman @MeerVrijheid.NL
'Opstand der incorrecten', an interview with similar authors, Bart Croughs and Marcel Reijmerink @Groene.NL
'De vrijheid om harder te rijden: sneller is veiliger', by Kim Winkelman @MeerVrijheid.NL
'Waarom Kilometerheffing geen oplossing is, maar een probleem', by Kim Winkelman @MeerVrijheid.NL
Climate Change @TechCentralStation.COM
One hour of mowing your lawn equals 100 or even 340 miles of driving in an ordinary modern car(!):
Using a gas-powered/two-stroke lawn-mower, you filthy bastard?!? (I)
Using a gas-powered/two-stroke lawn-mower, you filthy bastard?!? (II)
Why even the simple & clean act of mowing your lawn with a man-powered(!) mower causes bio-emission equal to 20km driving in an ordinary car(!): Mowing your lawn at all, even by hand, you filthy bastard?!? (II)
Why 1 liter two-stroke fuel should cost 2000 dollar/euro pro liter, according to the motto: 'the polluter has to pay' (Dutch-only): Two-stroke fuel pollutes 4000 times more pro liter than car fuel
Another two-stroke vs car-pollution comparison, by J.W.Stuijvenberg (Dutch-only): 2 hours mowing equals a trip from NY to LA in a Saab Turbo
Other environmentally-sceptical sites in general:
Bjorn Lomborg
GreenSpirit.COM
Stichting Heidelberg Appeal Nederland (HAN)
ConsumerAlert.ORG
Stichting Skepsis
Oregon Institute of Science & Medicine
Environmental/toxicologic friendly two-stroke fuel (Dutch): Aspen fuel
GPS-related software to warn you for traffic camera's, as Points Of Interest (POI)!:
'CheckPOInt' audible warning for PointsOfInterest with Tom/Tom pocket PC navigator @Checkpoint.OABSoftware.NL
PointOfInterest database for the Netherlands @POIHandler.COM
Full text of the Dutch vehicle DOT-rules:
APK-reglement @Lycos.NL/Mekkering
Meer uitleg over APK @Herkeuring.NL
Specifieke eisen uit het Voertuigreglement tav spiegels voor bedrijfsauto's @TDekkers.NL
Volledige APK-1 tekst (bedrijfsauto's), inclusief zeer gedetailleerde eisen voor spiegels @RustBuster.NL
Dutch rental car company, including commercial vehicles & car hauler combinations, trailer & motorized (up to 3000kg load rating motorized, 3500kg trailer):
KAV.NL (landelijk)
Koopman-Verhuur.NL (Winterswijk)
VeldhuizenWagenbouw.NL (Groenekan/Utrecht)
Why government screws you with fuel prices in Holland:
CBS artikel over de scheefgroei tussen basisprijs en accijns/btw op brandstof @CBS.NL
Soortgelijk artikel over brandstofprijs-opbouw @1MeiKomitee.NET
How to calculate the original amount of BPM/BPV when importing vehicles in Holland: BPM-calculator @VWE.NL
Literature about the schizofrenic Dutch automotive-tax laws:
De BPM Gids, Praktische Handleiding bij de Belasting van Personenauto's en Motorrijwielen @SPR.NL
Lees ook hoe de auteur dacht BPM te kunnen verweven met de kilometerheffing.... @SPR.NL
Reporting Dutch vehicles as stolen, 24 hours a day: Stichting VAR @StVar.NL
German report about the *negative* correlation between speed-limit & traffic accidents/casualties: Master-class thesis why speed does *not* kill, au contraire @Ticino.COM
The maximum number of people you can transport with a given type of vehicle & drivers license: Hoeveel personen mag ik vervoeren met welk type voertuig (& rijbewijs!) @CamperLeven.NL
Very interesting thread about the European speed limit of vehicles over 3500kg (& a trick with German vehicles 3500-5000kg!):
Maximum snelheid van voertuigen/campers boven de 3500kg (en de Duitse uitzondering tot 5000kg!) @CamperForum.NL (let ook op het verschil tussen 'bedrijfsauto' & 'vrachtauto' op pagina 1!)
De essentiele posting uit bovenstaande thread (pagina 3, onderaan, en begin pagina 4), inzake de nieuwe EU-categorie tot 5000kg @CamperForum.NL
Oorspronkelijke/eerste thread over deze Duitse categorie M1 @CamperForum.NL
Meer discussie over 120km/h met een camper @CamperForum.NL
Uitspraak Hoge Raad dat 120km/h met een camper inderdaad legaal is! @CamperClub.NL
PDF-document van deze uitspraak (in hoger beroep, niet Hoge Raad?) @ABGcampertechniek.NL
Nuancering van media-berichten over nieuwe verkeersregels 2008, waaronder 80km/h voor campers <3500kg @CamperForum.NL
Snelheids-relevante EU-wetsteksten @Europa.EU.INT
Uitbreiding EU-wetgeving 2005: rijbewijs B voor campers tot 4250kg, plus oldtimer-vrachtwagens(!) @Europarl.EU.INT
Discussie & overpeinzingen tav bovenstaande uitbreiding @CamperSite.NL
Wetgeving rond snelheidsbegrenzer >12000kg & >3500kg @RDW.NL
Speed limits for different vehicle categories & combinations in Europe @Home.Versatel.NL
A Belgian note about speed limits for light trucks (N1 & <3500kg) @WegCode.BE
A more complete/accurate site about various speed limits in Europe @Camping-Total.DE
One of the very few sites that mentions the limitations of the French 130km/h for car+trailer @touring.BE
German thread about the changed French regulations in 2008/2009, 130km/h only allowed for certain vehicle/trailer combinations @Forum.Frankreich-Info.COM
Interesting Austrian site, listing road legislations for every country on the planet! @Oeamtc.AT
SnelheidsControles.COM (including info about speed limits in other European countries (but not for trucks))
Speed limits for motorhomes @McRent.DE
German table listing speed limits for trailers and campers @CampingFuehrer.ADAC.DE
Speed limits @DE.Wikipedia.ORG
Interesting German note about newer EU=approved trailers, generally fit for 100km/h, with exceptions being forced to carry a '80km/h' sign! @Motor-Talk.DE
Actual StVo article describing this 100/80 type-approval @Bundesrecht.Juris.DE
Actual StVo article describing when to carry the 80km/h sign @Bundesrecht.Juris.DE
Note about a Weird legal verdict in Germany, involving the 'distribution' of damage between insurance companies, car versus trailer @Wohnmobilforum.DE
ToelatingsGoedKeuring-eisen voor diverse categorieen voertuigen (inclusief M1, N1/N2/N3, etc) @TGK.RDW.NL
Enkele gerelateerde details uit de Belgische voertuigwetgeving ('Lichte vracht') @WegCode.BE
Meer over de Belgische categorie 'lichte vracht' @VerkeerWeb.BE
Duitse opsomming van (EU?) voertuig-subcategorieen @ProAllRad.COM Protest-aktie in 2005, tegen de tachograaf-verplichting bij campers >3500kg, met interessante verwijzing naar EU-regels en BRD-situatie! @KampeerAuto.NL
Organisatie inzake bovenstaand protest @ABGcampertechniek.NL
Bezwaarschrift in PDF-formaat @ABGcampertechniek.NL
100km/h for German campers 3500-7500kg! @ADAC.DE
Dutch site listing both speed limits and size constraints for trailers, for various European countries @CaravanTrekker.NL (including the rarely seen explanation for the French 130km/h rule!)
Swedish drivers license classifications, including the transition rule about B-license before 1996, allowing to drive 'cars' *above* 3500kg(!) @KorkortsPortalen.SE
Same for British trucks build before 1/1/1960! @HMVF.CO.UK
Complicated German rules about max 60km/h with vehicles over 7500kg, or any truck-trailer-combination @Motor-Talk.DE
The exact legal text in StVzo 13 @VerkehrsPortal.DE
Another related legal text in StVzo 18 @VerkehrsPortal.DE
TUV-document listing all the rules & regulations for >3500kg @TUEV-SUED.DE
Interesting notes about German rules regarding safety distances for cars versus trucks (50m!) @Gesetze-Im-Internet.DE
Similar article on WikiPedia.ORG
Sites explaining the legal (Dutch) rules involving overweight on campers & caravans:
Wettelijke situatie inzake overgewicht bij campers, inclusief teruggekeurde campers >3500kg @CamperLeven.NL
Idem materie inzake overgewicht @ABGcamperTechniek.NL
Soortgelijke regels voor caravans @Caravans.NET
Maar pasop: het overbeladingspercentage heeft betrekking op *laadvermogen*, niet op totaalgewicht(?) @CamperCafe.NL
Of toch op totaalgewicht? @Archief.OM.NL
About other vehicle categories & regulations in Holland:
Interesting legal verdict (2009) about the drivers-license-exception for agriculture/forestry vehicles in Holland, in casu an Unimog @Wetboek-Online.NL
Site explaining the rules for transporting fuel in vehicles, either in fixed/permanent tanks, or as cargo in jerrycans:
Eisen omtrent vervoer van brandstof over de weg @Home.HetNet.NL/~Jongede (note that this allows 1500L in fixed/permanent tanks inside the vehicle, or 500L in a trailer, but only 60L (3 Jerrycans) as cargo!))
Dutch 4x4, offroad, automotive & camper start-pages and brand-specific forums:
4x4.Verzamelgids.NL
4x4.Pagina.NL
Jeep.Pagina.NL
LandRover.Pagina.NL
Toyota.Pagina.NL
Oldtimer.Pagina.NL
Quad.Pagina.NL
Rijbewijs.Pagina.NL
Limousine.Pagina.NL
Startkabel.NL/K/APK
JeepForum.NL
CamperForum.NL
Zonne-Energie.BoogoLinks.NL
Zonne-Energie.pagina.NL
LandCruiser-Club.NL
Automotive sensing/alerting/switching/tracking/tracing by phone in Holland/Europe:
ComC4P.NL (GSM out-calling alarm & switching only)
GPS + GSM/cellular-phone alarm systems, with or without subscription to a security company @DSH2000.COM
GPS+GSM(+APRS) system @APRSMobiel.Tripod.COM
ViaSat @TelPoint.NL
Benefon tracking @D-D-S.NL
Benefon ESC @Hiking-Site.NL
Homebuild GPS-navigation & GPS/GSM tracking/tracing devices @GPS.Tripod.COM
MobileTrackingSystem.COM
Dutch supplier of MobileTrackingSystem @TDSL.NL
12v switch-by-gsm/cellular-phone @XS4all.NL/~Bernard
220v switch-by-phone system for stationairy applications @XS4all.NL/~Bernard
Marine-focused solutions @RJTechniek.NL
GPStracking.NL
GPS-Logger(only) @Home.Zonnet.NL
Pricelist for the above unit @Home.Zonnet.NL
GPS-tracer/tracker in a camper @Home.Zonnet.NL
More about the GPS-tracer/tracker @Home.Zonnet.NL
Price-list for the above unit @Home.Zonnet.NL
Combination of GPS & phone/walky-talky (no longer available/supported, sadly) @Home.Zonnet.NL
A Trimble-based system @FleetOnline.NL
Dutch service @AVL.TM
Belgian service @LecaTecs.COM
Dutch forum about camper security systems, including tracking/tracing @Quebec.Messageboard.NL
TrackStar @Marine-Tools.DE (German)
Ortung-Online.DE (German)
TrackYourKid.DE
TrackYourTruck.DE
SMSCOM.NL
Finally, tracking&tracing a complete fleet of vehicles, on-route, using TouraTech soft- and hardware @TTQV.DE
Very long battery-times in modus 'standby' cq 'deadmotion' (only activated after motion) @TrackerXL.NL
Dutch online magazines about the automotive business itself:
Automotive-Online.NL
AutoWorks.NL
Collective organisation for the Dutch DOT-approval system (APK): APKKeurmeesters.NL
Dutch politcal-incorrect automotive writer, and author of a book about the sick automotive media in Holland: Ted Sluymer @Sluymer.NL
Some metal-working/restauration methods that make ecofascists fuming (must be a Good Thing then, eh?....:))
FJ40 restauration, air-sandblasting in your drive way, by Jeff Zepp @JeffZepp.Cruiserpages.COM
FJ40 restauration, water-sandblasting in your garden, by @Buschtaxi.DE
The statistical stuff needed to collect & analyse traffic data: Verkeers-intensiteits software & analyse @Trenso.NL
A very elaborate & detailed document dealing with batteries & electrons:
Dutch Battery & Electricity FAQ written by Reinout Vader @VictronEnergie.NL
English translation of the above document! @BoatElectric.COM
The most effective & easy to use stabilizing ball-hitch trailer coupling on the market:
Stabifix slingerdemper voor elke auto/aanhanger combinatie @Stabifix.NL
Waarom de Stabifix niet in Duitsland wordt/werd goedgekeurd, en daarmee in 2008 nog de TUV-goedkeur voor 100km/h categorie blokkeerde @CaravanTrekker.NL
Look what happens if a Dutch Toyota employee gets fed up with the fact that Japanese English is so hard to translate with normal dictionaries: Engels->Nederlands automotive woordenboek @Members.Lycos.NL/Parahuys
Worlds largest collection of vehicles before 1910, and worlds largest private car collection, in Holland, created by none less than the Dutch Toyota distributor Evert Louwman (once started by his father Pieter Louwman):
Nederlands Automobiel Museum te Raamsdonksveer @LouwmanCollection.NL
Beschrijving van het museum (I) @KatjesKelder.NL
Beschrijving van het museum (II) @KatjesKelder.NL
Beschrijving van het museum @AutoZine.NL
Artikel over de verhuizing van het museum naar Den Haag in 2006 @ReisKrant.NL
The change from 'Nationaal Automobiel Museum' towards 'Louwman Collection', on 18 April 2003 @AutoTelegraaf.NL
Pictorial impression by a visitor @Members.Home.NL/EddyHogendijk
Some more background info about the other local impacts/achievements of the family Louwman: Louwman Dierenpark in Wassenaar/Den Haag @Home.Wanadoo.NL/JDufloo
Want to do Dakar, *and* help the 3rd world in Africa? Then go buy an old vehicle, max price 500 euro, and enter this Dutch rally!: AmsterdamDakar.COM
What the extra letters on the Dutch drivers license mean: Code-toevoegingen op het NL-rijbewijs @Home.Tiscali.NL/~ThijeLeo
Enter a licenseplate number and see what vehicle data is attached to it:
Kenteken-data opvragen @A2SP.NL
Kenteken data @KentekenService.NL
Checking Dutch license plates on first-release-date, brand/type/engine-displacement/number-of-doors & renewal-date of DOT-inspection:
Online APK-datum check @INFO.APK.NL
Online check op technische gegevens & kenteken-data @INFO.APK.NL
Online APK-datum check @RDW.NL
Online check op bouwjaar/1e-afgifte-kenteken @AutoZine.NL
Online check op essentiele technische data (merk/type/portieren/cylinders/brandstof) @Portal.A2SP.NL (registration form doesn't care what you fill in....;))
Online kenteken check @Heuts.NL
The codes used in radio-communication by criminal-police, traffic-police, fire-department & ambulances: Meld-codes in gebruik bij politie, verkeersdienst, brandweer en ambulance @Bommeltje.NL
Dutch site about typical problems of any brand & model of vehicle: ProblemCar.NL
Sites related to importing vehicles to the Netherlands:
KraftfahrzeugBundesAmt @KBA.DE
Aanvraag-formulier voor 'kenteken-loze' Duitse voertuigen (die al langer afgemeld zijn, en hun KFZ-Brief kwijt zijn, nodig voor RDW-toelating!) @KBA.DE
Nice registration/license-plate solution for foreigners travelling through Europe with a locally bought vehicle:
Temporarily TUV-license plates even for 'foreign' vehicles inside the Netherlands @VWE.NL
Introductory posting about the above concept @NL.NNTP2HTTP.COM
Several discussions about the legal status of German license-plates for export or temporary use, when importing a German vehicle to Holland or Belgium:
Standpunt van RDW/2007 (export-plaat mag) @CamperForum.NL
Formeel-juridische discussie in Belgische context @Code-de-la-route.be
Tijdelijke vrijstelling BPM (2 weken) bij import @BelastingDienst.NL
Discussie over 'rollende import' inclusief standpunten OM/politie/2007 @W123club.NL
Online aanvraag van beide Duitse kentekenplaten @DeckungsKarten.EU
Discussie in de context van aanhanger/caravan @CaravanHandboek.Biod.INFO
Citaat RDW, export-kenteken BRD toegestaan @CamperForum.NL
Discussion @Forum.BuschTaxi.ORG
Discussion @VierMalVier.DE
Legislation explained by Jena municipality @Jena.DE (KKZ is legal in the entire EU!)
EU-document mentioned by Jena municipality @Jena.DE
Document @StrassenVerkehrsAmt.DE
More discussion in German context, including oldtimer/07-Number @VerkehrsPortal.DE
Similar discussion @VerkehrsPortal.DE
Discussion @C303.DE
Original 2007 EU source document @Europa.EU (German)
Original 2007 EU source document @Europa.EU (English)
Original 2007 EU source document @Europa.EU (other languages (but not NL/Dutch!))
Original 1999 EU document @Eur-Lex.Europa.EU (German)
Original 1999 EU document @Eur-Lex.Europa.EU (Dutch)
Original 1999 EU document @Eur-Lex.Europa.EU (English)
German supplier of temporarily license plates @Nesen24.COM
Dutch supplier of *German* and *Austrian* temporarily license plates (5 days vs 21(!) days valid) @VDCnederland.NL
More details about these German & Austrian temporarily license plates @VDCnederland.nl
Attention: the Austrian license can not be issued with a future date, so the 21 days start when ordering! @VDCnederland.NL
Dutch considerations involving German temporarily license plates, baffling contradictory between various DOT-departments, in Blik Op De Weg 21 September 2010 @Player.Omroep.NL
Another solution, 1/3/6/12 months validity @VDCnederland.NL
Actual prices of this solution, at 349/999/1999/3999 euro @VDCnederland.NL
More Dutch discussion @Driving-Fun.COM
DeckungsKarte-Online.COM
Highly interesting discussion about KurzzeitKennZeichen & ZollKennZeichen @SaabForum.NL
Similar discussion @PorscheForum.NL
The statement from Hirsch Ballin on this topic @IkRegeer.NL (old/defunct)
The most likely replacement-document/successor-URL of that comment @IkRegeer.NL
PDF-version of this government document/statement @CDN.IkRegeer.NL
The actual document in stage #1 (questions) @Parlis.NL
PDF-version of the above document @Parlis.NL
The actual document in stage #2 (first answer, postponing) @Parlis.NL
PDF-version of the above document @Parlis.NL
The actual document in stage #3 (answers) @Parlis.NL
PDF-version of the above document @Parlis.NL
Legal/bibliographical data of the document: KVR38206 2009Z16248 0910tkkvr530 ISSN 0921 - 7398 Sdu Uitgevers 's-Gravenhage 2009 Tweede Kamer, vergaderjaar 2009-2010 Aanhangsel 1131

And the essential alinea, literal: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Op grond van Richtlijn 1999/37/EG is overeengekomen dat EU-Lidstaten elkaars kentekenbewijzen accepteren. Weliswaar wijkt het KKZ af van het geharmoniseerde model van kentekenbewijzen, maar op grond van de Richtlijn 1999/37/EG is een afwijking van dit geharmoniseerde model toegestaan, onder voorwaarde dat het voertuig zich in het internationale verkeer bevindt. Van internationaal verkeer is sprake als het KKZ is afgegeven voor een voertuig dat zich op moment van afgifte in Duitsland bevindt en dat daarna in Nederland binnenkomt. Het is dus niet toegestaan om een KKZ af te geven voor een voertuig dat zich niet in Duitsland, maar in Nederland bevindt. 4 De gegevens om hierover een uitspraak te kunnen doen worden niet als zodanig geregistreerd. Daardoor kan er niet geconstateerd worden of er een af- of toename is van betrokkenheid van motorvoertuig met een KKZ bij misdrijven. 5 Nederland is op basis van communautaire regelgeving verplicht een voertuig met een KKZ in het internationale verkeer te accepteren. De communautaire regelgeving staat niet toe dat verplicht wordt aan de grens een KKZ te ruilen voor een tijdelijk Nederlands kenteken. Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Crime report article in Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, 2009, which triggered this government statement/reaction @Telegraaf.NL
Official government publication regarding the Dutch export license @Zoek.OfficieleBekendmakingen.NL
First discussion on Usenet, 2009 @Veit.NL
Second discussion on Usenet, 2011 @Freak-Search.COM
Discussion mentioning the EU-document from 2007, forcing member states to recognize foreign registration documents, including the German Kurzzeitkennzeichen @WegCode.BE
EU-document data, publication 24 March 2007, nr. C 68, p. 15-24 @Eur-Lex.Europa.EU (Dutch)
Actual document (Dutch/HTML) @Eur-Lex.Europa.EU (Dutch)
Actual document (Dutch/PDF) @Eur-Lex.Europa.EU (Dutch)
Actual document (HTML/other languages) @Eur-Lex.Europa.EU (Dutch)
Actual document (all languages & formats) @Eur-Lex.Europa.EU (Dutch)
A charming 'interlude' how a Lupo with retrofitted manual transmission was imported into Holland as the (standard) automatic @3-liter.NL
Similar discussion @Hulpverleningsforum.NL
Similar discussion @F3.Webmart.DE
Similar discussion @Autoweek.NL
Related note, why you should not combine the import procedure with the annual DOT-check @Autoweek.NL
Similar discussion @Jagg.NL
Similar discussion @W123club.NL
BRD kurzzeitkennzeichen @DE.Wikipedia.ORG
Very interesting text from a Belgian site, covering the Dutch situation, as a government standpoint with very drastic counter measures, even criminalizing the VDC in Winterswijk! @Auto-Transit.COM
Discussion mentioning that passport-copies are accepted less easily for the German Zollkennzeichen @AutoWeek.NL
And of course, there are still some ecofascists within government sticking to the old story @W124club.NL
Similar discussion @OudeBenzClub.NL
Dutch insurance for rolling import, 15 days, including the international green card! @AutoVerzekeringOnline.NL
Statement of Auto Club Europa, indicating that the main/most-frequent location of vehicle is where it should be registered/taxed @DE.Auto.DE
Several documents related to Dutch oldtimer regulations:
Toelatingsprocedure voor geimporteerde voertuigen @RDW.NL
Regeling vaststelling datum eerste toelating van voertuigen @RDW.NL
Details over inslaan nieuw chassisnummer @RDW.NL
Oldtimer-classificatie bij samengestelde voertuigen (note the interesting table at the bottom of the page!)
Samengestelde voertuigen en het kenteken @RDW.NL (I)
Samengestelde voertuigen en het kenteken @RDW.NL (II)
Samengestelde voertuigen en het kenteken @RDW.NL (III)
Samengestelde voertuigen en het kenteken @RDW.NL (IV)
Overgangsregeling document-loze oldtimers van voor 1/1/2004 @RDW.NL
Tijdelijk Export/Import-kenteken alleen verkrijgbaar voor 'erkenningshouders' (niet voor particulieren!) @RDW.NL
ToelatingsGoedKeuring-eisen voor diverse categorieen voertuigen (inclusief M1, N1/N2/N3, etc) @TGK.RDW.NL
Notes & documents for German oldtimers:
Interesting German oldtimer-exemption for import-duty @Carsablanca.DE
A few notes about Dutch drivers licence & tow ratings: Details inzake rijbewijs BE met opleggers @VeldhuizenWagenBouw.NL
All you ever wanted to know about air brakes: Luchtrem Encyclopedie @Wabco.INFO
Where to find the post-office to transfer the title of a Dutch vehicle: Postkantoren voor kenteken-overschrijving in Nederland @PostKantoor.NL
How you can legally flat-tow a vehicle in Holland:
Slepen van een voertuig <751kg met een triangel in Nederland @YahooGroups.COM/EendMeel
Slepen van een voertuig met een triangel in Nederland @FLnet.NL/~Patron
Alternatief, slepen met de voorwielen op een dolly? @PenskeTruckRental.COM
Afsleep-dolly @CamperPunt.NL
Afsleep-dolly met gekoppeld remsysteem @CarAtow.NL
Juridische uiteenzetting over slepen met een triangle of dolly @CamperVerhalen.INFO
Universele flat-tow triangel @Tools.Vocor.NL
Juridische uiteenzetting over slepen met een triangel @Trekstang.NL
Combined 230v-inverter and 12/24v charger: Omvormer.NET
Dutch retailer of 12/24v fridges/freezers/microwaves 12/24v koelkasten/diepvriezers/magnetrons @RKG-Rijkevoort.NL
How to find restaurants & motels along Dutch highways: Adressen van weg-restaurants en motels in Nederland @AutoAdressen.NL
Some interesting EU-documents about vehicle-classification/approval, including 'cars' <5000kg, and cargo-ratings (>68kg pro seat) that can force a car into the truck-category:
Richtlijn 2001/116/EG van de Commissie van 20 december 2001 tot aanpassing aan de stand van de techniek van Richtlijn 70/156/EEG van de Raad inzake de onderlinge aanpassing van de wetgevingen van de lidstaten betreffende de goedkeuring van motorvoertuigen en aanhangwagens daarvan @Europa.EU.INT
Actual PDF-document of the above EU-regulation @Europa.EU.INT
What do the codes mean on your European drivers licence? Code's & beperkingen op rijbewijzen binnen de EU @Europa.EU.INT
More about the EU drivers license:
Upcoming regulations for the EU drivers license per 19 January 2013 @Eur-Lex.Europa.EU
Interesting note on driving heavy electric trucks with only drivers license B @Veldhuizen.EU
Actual document covering this legislation, per 27/01/2010 @Zoek.OfficieleBekendmakingen.NL
Swedish drivers license classifications, including the transition rule about B-license before 1996, allowing to drive 'cars' *above* 3500kg(!) @KorkortsPortalen.SE
Interesting notes on drivers licenses & vehicle regulations in the UK, regarding tanks @HMVF.CO.UK (I)
More discussion @HMVF.CO.UK (II)
More discussion about UK drivers licenses in general @HMVF.CO.UK (III)
Interesting side note about driving trucks build before 1/1/1960 with only B-license @HMVF.CO.UK (IV)
Discussion about A-frame/triangle towing in the UK @HMVF.CO.UK
Several interesting & sometimes hair-raising notes about the do's and don'ts when 'unregistering' a Dutch vehicle:
Search 'stallingsadres en schorsing' @Google.COM
Schorsing kenteken & stallingsadres, alle relevante threads uit nl.auto/nl.juridisch @Groups-Beta.Google.COM
Schorsing kenteken & stallingsadres @Groups-Beta.Google.COM
Schofterige details inzake de criteria 'openbare weg' vs 'afgesloten terrein' (zelfs een garagebedrijf zou openbare weg zijn!) @Bricop.NL/Renault25 (old/defunct)
Archief-kopie van bovenstaande link @Web.Archive.COM
Jurisprudentie over het misverstand inzake schorsing en het alsnog mogen rijden op de dag van APK-keuring @Rechtspraak.NL
Jurisprudentie over het zeer tijdelijk stallen op de openbare weg, om logistieke redenen @Rechtspraak.NL
Jurisprudentie inzake de factor 'schuld' bij stallen op de openbare weg @Rechtspraak.NL
Schorsing gevolgd door 'huiszoeking' door de fiscus! @Motor-Forum.NL
Oorspronkelijke posting van bovenstaande discussie @RD350.Motormuizen.NL
Where to find EU-proposals, test-methods & legislation involving bullbars:
EU-voorstellen & -wetgeving inzake bullbars @Europa.EU.INT
Commission Working Document: Technical Prescriptions concerning Test Provisions for Frontal Protection Systems @Europa.EU.INT (PDF)
Same document in HTML/Google, essential details highlighted (max 1.2% of vehicle weight, or 18kg) @Europa.EU.INT
A new Dutch rule involving rear fog-lights on trailers, including <750kg category: Mistachterlicht op kleine aanhangwagens, alleen achter voertuigen die zelf ook daadwerkelijk mistachterlicht hebben! @CaravanHandboek.NL
A document about the procedure for registering the towing-weight on oldtimer vehicles: FEHAC procedure voor trekgewicht-registratie bij oldtimer-voertuigen @ClubWheels.NL
Interesting overview of oldtimer-insurance options: Oldtimer verzekerings onderzoek door FEHAC @ClubWheels.NL
EU/ECE-document about automotive illumination, halogen & gas-discharge: Goedkeuringseisen voor verlichtingssystemen @UNECE.ORG
About the legality of 'tax-free' biodiesel: Artikel over de status van biodiesel/PPO in 2007 (4e bericht) @CamperForum.NL
About the German emission certificate: Umwelt-Plakette @TUEV-Nord.NL
About the German oldtimer classification: Oldtimer-reglement voor Duitsland @TUEV-Sued.DE
Site that lists all kinds of insurance/legal documents/forms, for convenient download (.PDF or .DOC): Diverse juridische- & verzekeringsdocumenten/formulieren als direkte download @Kraas.NL
How to legally fight Dutch road-tax with very creative, if not downright esoteric & lovely philosophical, arguments:
Bezwaarschrift Nota Wegenbelasting 14 november 2010 @Data.ArgusOog.ORG
Main site @ArgusOog.COM
Related documents @Stralingsarm-Nederland.ORG
Related querelant procedures for refusing the new Dutch passport @NieuwPaspoort.NL
Repairing all kinds of locks & keys:
EuroKey.NL
European rules & regulations regarding vehicles, cars & trucks:
'Massa's en afmetingen van bepaalde categorieen voertuigen en aanhangers' @Europa-NU.NL
EU/ECE/UN document involving the maximum entrance/door-sill height of vehicles (70cm!):
Council Directive 70/387/EEC of 27 July 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the doors of motor vehicles and their trailers @Eur-Lex.Europa.EU
EU/ECE/UN document mentioning the fail-safe mode of power steering (only total loss of power/control is not allowed; Chapter I.5.):
Commission Regulation (EU) No 183/2011 of 22 February 2011 amending Annexes IV and VI to Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (Framework Directive) Text with EEA relevance @Eur-Lex.Europa.EU
Dutch second-hand car sites:

Marktplaats.NL
MarktPlaza.NL
Auto.2eHands.NL
Kapaza.NL
Auto.Ilse.NL
AutoTrader.NL
AutoTelegraaf.NL
AutoTrack.NL
AutoWeek.NL
Auto.MSN.NL
AutoByTel.NL
AutoOnline.NL
AutoScout24.NL

Dutch shops, dealers of parts, accessories, new & used cars:

4wd Automagazine
Offroad Centre Utrecht (accessories/Utrecht)
4x4 Service Valkenburg (parts/accessories/Valkenburg-a/d-Geul)
Knook Trend 4x4 (SsangYong/LandRover/Dixon-Bates/Purmerend)
Lathouwers Helmond B.V. (Opel/lease/verhuur/Helmond)
Autobedrijf Hoeke B.V. (Nissan/Hoofddorp)
B&S Autoparts (Jeep/parts/accessories/Tiel)
General Equipment Linse B.V. (Ramsey winches/Wijk-bij-Duurstede)
Dakar Cars (Dakar/Land&RangeRover/kitcars/Westerbork)
Vege Motoren (engine/cylinder/gearbox overhaul)
H. Mostert Cars (Nissan/parts/export/import/Rotterdam)
Exhaust Power Supply (EPS, performance & custom exhausts & US-engines/Hoogezand)
4wd Centre Voets (Mitsubishi/SsangYong/St.-Oedenrode)
All American Imports (TJM-Series2000/Kaymar/Airtec/Dobinson/turbo/intercooler/Land-Cruiser/parts/Kaatsheuvel)
SsangYong Apeldoorn (SsangYong/parts/accessories/Apeldoorn)
TopSleeper (rooftents/Vessem)
Import USA Cars (USA 4x4/Amsterdam)
Century Janson (USA 4x4/pickups/vans/Hillegom)
PE Cars 4x4 (USA 4x4/Zevenhuizen)
Ganzeboom Transmissies (manual & automatic gearbox overhaul/Almelo/Rosmalen)
Brauwers USA Trucks & Parts B.V. (dodge/chevrolet/ford/4x4/pickups/vans/Heijen-Gennep)
D. Van Dam Jr. B.V. (chevrolet/dodge/jeep/parts)
4wd-Zeist (Toyota/Zeist)
4wd Centre Kardol (used 4x4's/all-brands/Tiel)
Auto Oldeman (Daihatsu/Groningen)
Auto Tiggeloven (used 4x4's/Japanese/Land&RangeRover/Doetinchem)
Autobedrijf Zuithof (Daihatsu/LandRover/Bornerbroek)
Autobedrijf De Groot (Daihatsu/Veenendaal)
Car Plan B.V. (Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge/Utrecht)
Bram van Buuren Jeeps (Nekaf/Willys/Zoelmond)
Middelbeek Cars (Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep/Alkmaar)
USA Cars Vincent Leijtens (USA 4x4/Kaatsheuvel)
Kien Chrysler Jeep Arnhem B.V. (Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge/Arnhem)
Chrysler Jeep Bert Stemerdink (Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge/Veenendaal)
Highstreets Engine & Transmission Service (RoverV8/engines/transmissions)
Koenen B.V. (Jeep/SsangYong/used 4x4's)
Vis B.V. (DAF/Nekaf/LandRover/ArmyVehicles/Nunspeet)
Autobedrijf Vema B.V. (Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep/'s-Hertogenbosch)
Landring B.V. (LandRover/Amsterdam)
Chalberh�ni Classics & Exclusives (Land&RangeRover/Uithoorn)
Daams 4x4 Service (Land&RangeRover/parts/accessories/Bergeijk)
Adventure Experience (LandRover/RockyMountainSuspension/rooftents/Eezi-Awn/Waalwijk)
LaroLife (LandRover/Rotterdam)
De Uiver (LandRover/Doenrade)
Range Rover Recycling (RangeRover/parts/De-Krim)
R. van de Z. Auto's (Land&RangeRover/Nijensleek)
ET Coevorden (Land&RangeRover/Coevorden)
G-Center (Mercedes Gel�ndewagen/parts/conversions/Amstelveen)
Ton Knook B.V. (Dixon-Bates hitches/Purmerend)
Autobedrijf Niek Koster (Mitsubishi/Nijkerk)
Autobedrijf van de Wouw B.V. (Mitsubishi/Hyundai/Waalwijk)
Auto Heemskerk 4wd (Nissan/Leiden/Roelofarendsveen)
Lesscher 4wd (used 4x4's/Nissan/Saasveld)
Selles 4wd (Nissan/SsangYong/Genemuiden)
Autobedrijf Hoeke B.V. (Nissan/Suzuki/Hoofddorp)
Texacars 4x4 Limburg (Nissan/Velden)
Autocentrum vanKouwen B.V. (Opel/Mijdrecht)
Toyota 4x4 Parts Europe (Toyota/Mitsubishi/Culemborg)
De Suzuki Specialist (Suzuki/Druten)
Bossen & De Bakker (SsangYong/Noord-Scharwoude)
Jan Hop 4wd Centre (Nissan/SsangYong/Etten-Leur)
Fransde Weerdt Special Painting Centre/Custom Corner (paint/chrome/artwork/Utrecht-Noord)
Robo Afzetunits & Camper Accessoires (pickup-campertops/Vlissingen)
Suzi's Place Buren (Suzuki/used 4x4's/Buren)
Louwman Den Haag B.V. (Toyota/Lexus/Den-Haag)
Gebr. Van Gent (Toyota/used 4x4's/Veenendaal)
Wheels Unlimited (Toyota Land Cruiser/Mitsubishi L300/Beesd)
Dirk's 4x4 Shop (aceessories/Westmalle-Belgi�)
RV4WD (Rijk Verkerk/Toyota/Harderwijk)
4x4 Service Valkenburg (Toyota/used 4x4's/Valkenburg-a/d-Geul)
Autobedrijf P. Verkerk (Toyota/Montfoort)
Autobedrijf J. Ruinemans (Toyota/used 4x4's/Eesveen-Steenwijk)
Hadema (Argo 6x6 & 8x8 swamp buggies)
4wd van den Oever (used 4x4's/Boekel-N.Br.)
4wd Centre Huyben (Toyota/Nissan/Etten-Leur)
Mainstreet Car Company (used 4x4's/parts/acessories/Waddinxveen)
J.S.B. Terrein- en Bedrijfsauto's (used 4x4's/parts/accessories/preparation/Workum)
Autbedrijf P. Bax (used 4x4's/Veen)
Mudland 4x4 (used 4x4/Wateringen)
Mainstreet Car Company (Toyota/Waddinxveen)
Maasland 4x4 Verhuur (4x4 rentals/Culemborg)
Adventure Webshop (Eezi Awn/rooftents/Waalwijk)
De Recreatieve (offroad instruction courses)
Wiggers Groep B.V. (insurance for offroad/rally/trial/Baarn)
Rhino Linings (pickup-bed cover/Zevenhuizen)
Auto Weekers (used 4x4's/Toyota/Leende)
Autobedrijf Kees Tijsterman (ARB/OldManEmu/Safari/IPF)
VouwWagenSpecialist (camper-trailers)

Miscellaneous German 4x4/automotive links

Diebo-Teile.DE
Power-Trax.DE

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WJ's 4x4 & Offroad Homepage

- Nulla tenaci invia estvia -

For the persistent, no road is impassable.

Slogan on the Dutch Spyker emblem (a propellor), world's first road-going 4x4 in 1904. See: Spyker info

Those who wander are not necessarily lost

J.R.R. Tolkien

....and not all who launder are washed/WJ....;))

"Toyota Land Cruiser D - gelobt sei, was hart macht."....:))
("Toyota Land Cruiser D - praised be, what makes hard."....:)))

German 1983 brochure, see discussion on BuschTaxi.DE

Carpe Viam

(Seize the Road....;))

"Hat der Motor eine Seele?"
("Does the engine have a soul?")

Hans Koeppen, driver in the 1908 rally NewYork->Paris (westbound, through Siberia, in winter(!)), see also The-Great-Races.txt

Contents of these 4x4 pages

Stuff I want to buy (literature, vehicles, parts, trailer): WANTED, DEAD OR ALIVE!....:))

Tech stuff

Miscellaneous Humor Chapters

Don't read this if you own a Jeep!

Links to other sites & 4x4 Mailinglists/forums

Miscellaneous Dutch 4x4/automotive links (including some mixed-language links about ecofascism!)

Miscellaneous German 4x4/automotive links

Miscellaneous Non-4x4 Links

WJ's 4x4 & Offroad Homepage

- Nulla tenaci invia estvia -

For the persistent, no road is impassable.

Slogan on the Dutch Spyker emblem (a propellor), world's first road-going 4x4 in 1904. See: Spyker info

Those who wander are not necessarily lost

J.R.R. Tolkien

....and not all who launder are washed/WJ....;))

"Toyota Land Cruiser D - gelobt sei, was hart macht."....:)) ("Toyota Land Cruiser D - praised be, what makes hard."....:)))

German 1983 brochure, see discussion on BuschTaxi.DE

Carpe Viam

(Seize the Road....;))

"Hat der Motor eine Seele?" ("Does the engine have a soul?")

Hans Koeppen, driver in the 1908 rally NewYork->Paris (westbound, through Siberia, in winter(!)), see also The-Great-Races.txt

Contents of these 4x4 pages

Stuff I want to buy (literature, vehicles, parts, trailer): WANTED, DEAD OR ALIVE!....:))

Tech stuff

Miscellaneous Humor Chapters

Don't read this if you own a Jeep!

Links to other sites & 4x4 Mailinglists/forums

Miscellaneous Dutch 4x4/automotive links (including some mixed-language links about ecofascism!)

Miscellaneous German 4x4/automotive links

Miscellaneous Non-4x4 Links

"Toyota Land Cruiser D - gelobt sei, was hart macht."....:))
("Toyota Land Cruiser D - praised be, what makes hard."....:)))

"Hat der Motor eine Seele?"
("Does the engine have a soul?")