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| (...) All these numbers are very confusing, apart from 8462 I don't know the numbers of any sets and can't be arsed to look them up. Can't people use the proper names? Steve (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) At least for me the numbers are easier. First of all that's the way I think about a set: I think: 853,8860,8865,8880,8448 and not: PKW, Auto Chassis, Test Car, Super Car, Super Car Mk II. The name could be very confusing - what's the (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| "Steven Lane" <Steveroblane@aol.com> wrote in message news:GErMIK.1Hn@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) Can't usually be arsed to look up the proper names for sets, and as I'm used to dutch names for sets I wouldn't know what americans call them. I (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Steve, Where's the hassle cutting & pasting a few lines into the Lugnet search window? You get a nice picture of each set (usually) which is worth 1000 words. If you "can't be arsed to look them up", why should you expect others to aid your (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Define proper in this context? The US name, the UK name, the Oz name, the german name, something else? A set number, with rare exception, is definitive and can be looked up by anyone that cares to make a small effort. So I would say that (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Aha! Suddenly it all makes sense! I remember when they released this set thinking "what on earth is that supposed to be?"; it seemed to be a real hybrid type of vehicle the like of which I'd never seen before. But sure enough, it does bear an (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Perhaps Unimogs are not so common in the UK? I remember recognizing it at once as a child. I didn't know that it was called "Unimog", but I did know that it looked like "those large lorries used by the road construction guys"... I've always (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I've certainly not noticed many (any?) of them kicking about here, although I am prepared to be proven wrong on this. I gather they are popular in construction and agricultural use, but I've never come across them in that capacity either. The (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I saw one once (in the uk) strangely enough it was on the road directly off the one where I live. It was coming up the hill towards me, riding on large balloon tyre's it was rather impressive and larger than I imagined. It was pulling a (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| "Steven Lane" <Steveroblane@aol.com> wrote in message news:GEtx5s.n13@lugnet.com... (...) off (...) large (...) The is one around Canterbury - it is used by a forestry company and looks like is would not be stopped by anything! It certainly makes (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) No not a 'real' Landrover, your not the first person to tell me that. You Landover fans are very vociferous about this :-), their good enough for the Paris-Dakar endurance event though. Whenever I drive into town along the Smallheath highway I (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Here, they (The Mercedes Unimogs) are mostly used by military as a transport mainly, but also for too many other purposes (from field ambulance to airport fire engine), but our highway repair department also have quite much of them, mostly (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I read an article late last year that Unimog was preparing a consumer vehicle to be sold as an SUV in the US. Shudder. (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic)
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