mrmosky
UMMzito
Some of the members here have seen this before through my link to the UMM Owners Club UK, but here is a summary for those who missed it.
I acquired this UMM 2 years ago. I did not write "bought" because it was free! The previous owner offered this to anyone who would promise to restore it and not send it for scrap. The bad news was that this was situated in John O 'Groats, Scotland, which is the very furthest north that you can get in the mainland UK.
So I had to pay for it to be transported to my home 750 miles away (1200km). As you can see, it needed a lot of work, but I am now retired and I wanted a project. The intention is always to do as much of the work myself that is possible, and to keep as much of the original car as makes sense.
This is how it looked originally, as used by the first owner Tilcon Quarries. It was used to ferry the quarry workers around the site. The company had a number of these UMMs, but the drivers did not like them. They had always used Landrovers before, and did not want anything else. As is often happens in these cases, I think that they made sure that the transport manager would not buy any more. They were treated harshly and had some reliability problems.
Eventually some of the vehicles were sold to a private owner, who fixed this one (it had a broken axle), and repainted it in green. Then he sold it on to someone else. After a few more adventures and some modifications! it came to me. My complete blog can be found on UMM-World.com if you are interested.
Geoff
I acquired this UMM 2 years ago. I did not write "bought" because it was free! The previous owner offered this to anyone who would promise to restore it and not send it for scrap. The bad news was that this was situated in John O 'Groats, Scotland, which is the very furthest north that you can get in the mainland UK.
So I had to pay for it to be transported to my home 750 miles away (1200km). As you can see, it needed a lot of work, but I am now retired and I wanted a project. The intention is always to do as much of the work myself that is possible, and to keep as much of the original car as makes sense.
This is how it looked originally, as used by the first owner Tilcon Quarries. It was used to ferry the quarry workers around the site. The company had a number of these UMMs, but the drivers did not like them. They had always used Landrovers before, and did not want anything else. As is often happens in these cases, I think that they made sure that the transport manager would not buy any more. They were treated harshly and had some reliability problems.
Eventually some of the vehicles were sold to a private owner, who fixed this one (it had a broken axle), and repainted it in green. Then he sold it on to someone else. After a few more adventures and some modifications! it came to me. My complete blog can be found on UMM-World.com if you are interested.
Geoff
