New Toy!
 

Hey all,

Well after selling my dune buggy/rail. Not only did it profit me a bit of coin for my hard work and efforts but it re-instilled that off road bug that never seems to leave me. Now long before I ever owned an air cooled VW, I wanted one of these guys. I can't put my finger on it, but I think they are just too cool! It has a bunch of beetle parts on it (speedo, steering column, etc) as well as a bunch of VW Audi parts. So when this one came up for sale I had to have it! I don't have any decent pics yet, so this will have to suffice:
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1985 Bombardier Iltis. SO stoked! It's slow as hell, noisy, rough, ugly as sin. But it's a sweetheart. (Maybe I like it because we have so much in common!)

Just had to share!

Alex

P.S. My motor is still coming along quite nicely. It will debut next spring, and I'll show you guys what a real NA motor and a lunatic driver can do!:D

SOOOO SOOOO you ended up getting it eh...
very nice Buddy you will have to bring it by some time.

Chris.

P.S can't wait to See the NA motor DONE too

Love the Iltis. They are very cool. You don't see them very often. I bet you will gather a crowd every time you take it somewere. Every time we take my wife's Pinzgauer 710 out, it draws a crowd. We cant stop for fuel or go to Home Depot without a few people wanting to look at it and talk.
Very nice.

I'm loving it already! such a hoot to drive!

A Pinz eh! and it's your Wife's!? Let's see a pic! (I mean of the Pinz, but one of your wife is cool too;))

Alex

How'd the safety inspection go?

Pat was too busy today, so next week hopefully. But I have a pretty packed schedule so we'll see. There are a few things I'd like to do to it before hand, so that gives me some time. As with most VW's there's a little rust repair to be done under the battery underneath the back seat.

Alex

Here yo go.
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F'N Awesome! I've always had a soft spot for foreign military vehicles. That's one of the nicer looking Pinz's that I've seen. How long have you had it? does it see lots of use?
One day I'd love to get a Unimog http://myhandywork.com/images/unimog2.JPG


Alex

We have had it for 2 years. As soon as we bought it we put it to use as the track taxi at Petit Le Manns 07. It was a hit. She drives it to work a couple times a month. She works with several guys who own 4x4's and has to keep them humble and let them know who is "Queen" of the hill when it comes to off road vehicles. LOL.
We like Mog's too but had to have an aircooled toy. She now has a 24 volt 12,000 lb winch on the front of it (not pictured).
Now back to the Iltis. We don't want to hi-jack this thread.

Sweet ride Alex! Congrats...........

Pete

Thanks Pete!

After owning a couple of Type 1's and a Type 2, I thought it was time to jump up to a Type 183. Have any spare rims you think would look good on it?:D

Alex

Hmmm what is the Bolt patten for that thing anyways...

Chris.

5x112

Alex

cool...
if you want to put tires on my BBS rims and get wheel adapters you can put them on lol
that would looks Sick a nice 17x8 on there
Chris.

Hi

I read somewhere that Iltis was the for runner to the Audi quattro system, bit of history there.

Steve

This belongs to a freind

Really?

Any Audi/Passat/MK5 VW wheels will fit.

Slam it and toss on some 18's! :eek: :D

http://www.passatplus.de/dateien/VW-Iltis-1.jpg

:lmao:

Alex

DUDE that's WICKET... please tell me that is yours...

Chris.

No, it's not his....
I say go with some aluminum 15" rims and some big MT mudders!!! :D

Naw it's not mine, that's a VW Iltis, mine is a Bombardier (slight differences)

Stickin' with what's on it for now, but something will come in the future.

Alex

It passed the safety! So now it's street legal, just in time for me to leave the province/country for 4 weeks!:( lol

Fall off-roading anyone?


Alex

Hell ya! :D Gotta do it after we get some rain though!
Have fun out west. Come back, I need you to do some machining for me. Did Edward contact you regarding boring out a block?

Rain, but of course!:D

I can always squeeze in a machining job or two:)
Edward did contact me, we're touching base as soon as I return.

Alex

I'm down for some fall offroading , just have to convince the wife that borrowing the TJ is a good idea......pics from the last episode


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Hi

I borrowed my wifes car to do a bit of driving in outback Australia.

Steve

I'm around in October, expect a phone call! I'm thinking a 17th Sideroad jaunt?

Alex

Sounds good and the wife is down!(as long as she gets to come)

Excellent! Tell her to bring friends, I don't want to 3rd wheel our 4 wheel:lmao:

I'll see what I can do!

I had water flowing in over the door sills today:D Thing is unstoppable! Once I replace the shoddy snows with some mudders NOTHING will stop me!:lmao:

Great romp before I leave it for four weeks tomorrow:(

Alex

Have a Good time Buddy... and when you get home you Owe me a Ride in that MOSTER and I trials ride too ;)

Chris.

Iltis Videos
http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgoEWLiYdLY
http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRSCdfHzesU
Pinz Videos
http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EISbBxqYTQk
http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOKIeaqtPzY