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Company news and updates.
Workshop Update
The 416 DOKA build is making progress, we’ve neatly installed a 6800kg hydraulic winch inside the rear chassis rails and Kris has been…
Read MoreU1300l for the Usa
Next stop Maine for this U1300L. Ship’s Captain Earl Moore visited us earlier in the year and fell in love with this ex-military Unimog. We’ve…
Read MoreThe Flying Mog
Seb Hodge of Seb’s Arb Services of Northamptonshire tasked us with reconfiguring his Unimog U1000 which he bought from us 2 years ago. Having…
Read MoreU1750l38 for Combcut Weedcutters
This U1750L38 has been sold to William Hudson who is the UK agent for CombCut. The 4m long body makes this Unimog ideal for transportation of the…
Read MoreU1400 for Cropsraying
We sold this lovely ex-German council U1400 to a long standing customer Joe Welbon from Aberdeenshire. It replaces a 1980s U1200 which had an…
Read MoreU400 Agricultural Conversion
We prepared this ex-Airport Unimog U400 for our longstanding customer John Packer. John bought his first Unimog (a U1200) from us in 2005. Despite…
Read MoreA Bit of History
Occasionally we like to wallow in some nostalgia here at AV. Even in the 70s did anybody really think that the U900 cab was (and I quote) "A…
Read MoreSpares All over the World
Orders for spare parts have been heading off from AV headquarters to all parts of the world. Some recent shipments have included:-Fast axles and…
Read MoreSilver Lining
It may look like an orange Unimog to you but to its owner it is the silver lining on the cloud of a recent accident.One of our oldest customers in…
Read MoreSpotted in Algeciras
My partner Jaap Vos spotted this beauty in Algeciras which is the port in Southern Spain for travellers bound for Morocco.Have a look at their…
Read MoreOur Doka Rebuild - the Next Stage
What a lovely colour!This is the next stage in our refurb project for our customer in America.The engine box and axles are all going back onto the…
Read MoreWhat the ********* Has Frank Bought Now??
Was it dark when you bought those Frank? - and many more highly amusing comments greeted the arrival of my latest collection of treasured and…
Read MoreProgress in Bentham -15 Years on in the 'new Build
Just going through some old printed pictures from the turn of the century I spotted these two on the left. So I nipped out and took two from the…
Read MoreWelcome to the Cab-o-matic
Our most ambitious cab refurbishment to date is this double cab bound for the USA. From 5 metres it looked reasonable but had been bodged over the…
Read MoreHappy New Year 2016 from All the Staff at Av
We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy and prosperous New Year for 2016 and many more of them!Long gone are the days…
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