A friend of mine just drove from Saskatchewan to Nova Scotia

invertedattitude · Post by **invertedattitude** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:17 pm

Driving this:

Delivering it to a friend.

Nothing but an Ipod, a jug of oil and a jug of water.

ottawa,kan · Post by **ottawa,kan** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:44 am

What is that thing??. It looks a little like a literal "VW Thing" but in military clothes.

CD · Post by CD » Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:56 am

It's an Iltis.

invertedattitude · Post by **invertedattitude** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:38 am

Far as I know the Illtis has been discontinued has it not?

... · Post by **...** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:48 am

It's a Bombardier...

for real...I have seen more and more of these in the last few months than ever!

I have pics of a really beat up one...ah...awesome.

lucky37 · Post by **lucky37** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:02 pm

Ya, it's an Iltis. 4 cyl with an 82 L tank, you can go pretty far. Also, I remember not having to use a proper key to start one, and any pen cap will do. Just need something to push in a small pin and hold it down, located left of the driver's feet. Great little off-roading 4x4.

Northern Skies · Post by **Northern Skies** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:20 pm

I like its winch idea, with a spool that gets bolted to a wheel. So the spinning wheel is now a winch. Pretty simple.

Siddley Hawker · Post by **Siddley Hawker** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:29 pm

Northern Skies wrote:I like its winch idea, with a spool that gets bolted to a wheel. So the spinning wheel is now a winch. Pretty simple.

Does Red Green know about that?

Mr. North · Post by **Mr. North** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:50 pm

That's a nice looking Iltis! The first lesson we learned at driver training in the military was "drive it like you stole it, maintain it like you own it!". Of course we tended to excel on the driving part and not so much with the maintenance. Once while driving Hwy. 1 to CFB Shilo.. POOF! That canvas top just took off! I would have laughed a little more at the time were it not January.

200hr Wonder · Post by **200hr Wonder** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:11 pm

Reminds of the time we dunked my friend CJ7 in the Fraser River... not only did we fry ever bit of electrics, except the ignition coil kind off, but the top floated down the river. So we where wet and topless in a 2 degree evening going home...

Northern Skies · Post by **Northern Skies** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:23 pm

Hey, is that a German or Canadian Iltis? Are we starting to sell decent ones off as surplus?

I know that we still use them a lot at home, and the 170 or so that we flew to Afghanistan aren't coming back. I understand that the surplus ones before were in horrible shape, many of which had been partially parted out before sale. The German ones for sale were good. If we are selling them, who knows for how much? I think it would make a decent beater to mess around with. I understand that most of the parts are common with VW (rabbit) and audi vehicles.

lucky37 · Post by **lucky37** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 8:21 pm

Good times!

invertedattitude · Post by **invertedattitude** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:22 pm

This one was bought for an astounding $8500, and not direct surplus form DND, from a dealer. which likely overcharged

Northern Skies · Post by **Northern Skies** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:37 pm

Ouch! That's a fortune. When so many people in the forces say they're garbage, you would think they would go cheaper.

I just like how it is a simple, no-frills machine that I could put a bunch of crap into and drive far. I don't like how complicated the vehicles of the past 20 years are... all made for looks.

BigB · Post by **BigB** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:18 pm

Ah the memories. Great light weight feickle (intentionally misspelled). A little too light in the mud and water, but great on dry ground. I'd love to pick one up myself for light snow plowing/deer hunting. Body looks great (surprisingly) on the above posted Iltis!

invertedattitude · Post by **invertedattitude** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:06 pm

I too thought you'd be able to nab one for under a $1000 considering what mose of them have been through and their age. Would be a fun field vehicle for sure.