Pangea

foxhunter

Adventurer
Check out the GXV website. They have a picture of a new cab and chassis International on the home page, with the announcement that they will be building a pangea with the raising roof, and will be posting photos of the entire build as it progresses. That should be fun to watch.
 

foxhunter

Adventurer
I believe there is one up in Alaska, somewhere, I assume the first one, and this will be number 2 ??? Blackeye , I believe has the Safari Extreme body mounted on his 7500 International
 

Deliberate Nomad

New member
U500 Pangea

A third Pangea has started to be built by GXV. This one will be on a 2005 Unimog U500 chassis. The following is the basic design concept. I will post some pictures I get of the build as it progresses.

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The 3D images are not an U500 but the actual build will be.
 

Deliberate Nomad

New member
Yes the decision was deliberate and thanks for the deliberate pun on my deliberate name.

As the soon to be owner of this next Pangea let me share a little of our decision process. As always, it is a personal preference that is more emotional then logical. This is the culmination of many years research and trials. We have done several multi month trips with TLC and a tent. We lived in a Sportsmobile (Yellow Fella) for two years and loved that experience and vehicle. http://www.pbase.com/oksana_p/sportsmobile. We have also lived 15 of the last 20 years in different countries in Aisa. We have rented various types of campers in locations such as Mongolia, Austraila, and Turkey. All of this helped in the decision of what type of vehicle we wanted for a multiple year full time global travel experience. We made a lot of trade offs in the process. We know our biggest restriction will be height followed by weight that will limit where we can go. I believe we will still be able to go 90% of the places we went in the Sportsmobile. We will use bikes to get into smaller villages. As we get older we also want to have more comforts in our home on wheels. We are happy with the trade off for more livable cabin for extended times in inclement weather versus losing access to some locations due to size.

We like the raising roof because it gives more interior space when open and fully closes off all windows when down. No exposed windows is a nice security feature when left parked for extended time, for shipping, or the occasional stealth camping. Besides I just think it looks cool.

We choose to use a Unimog U500 because their are limited options in the US for a cab over 4x4 truck. GXV found us a great used one with low mileage and all the features I wanted (CTIS, EAS, Vario Pilot, working gears, cold weather). MB trucks global parts supply (outside US) is also a positive factor in our decision on a vehicle for our planned global travels. Most important my wife thinks the U500 is cute and I agree. I test drove one and believe it was as quite and easy to drive as the diesel E350 Sportsmobile we had.

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mhiscox

Expedition Leader
Thank you for taking the time to keep us informed about this very interesting build. I am very interested in the pictures you supply.
 

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