MO's UMM, what have I done thread! front end dismantling

[meshking]

I'm starting to think I need an umm now. It looks like just the thing for my commute to the office.☺

[messerschmitt owner]

in all its glory!

[messerschmitt owner]

I'm starting to think I need an umm now. It looks like just the thing for my commute to the office.☺

I'm using it for my c'umm'ute!

[messerschmitt owner]

interior!

[RayMK]

Never really been in to Landrovers, but a while back there was a dealership for UMMMMs in Northampton.  They were cute with their floppy bonnet looks. 

[skattrd]

Ignoring the lacquer peel, dog hairs and knackered headlining it did look in better condition than mine

[messerschmitt owner]

for £200 I think it's not bad.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Fuck!!! £200, what a great buy, splendid work MO

[michael1703]

Reminds me a bit of a humber pig

 

[Alan_Green]

 

Presumably someone has posted a pic of Marvin the paranoid android (from the original 80's series) by now.

[cort1977]

200? That's even more fantastic.

[meshking]

I'm using it for my c'umm'ute!

The missus just looked at your pic and said " that's quite nice, better than some of the other weird shit you show me"

 

Tacit approval if ever I heard it.

[hairnet]

front looks like it on upside down

[Alan_Green]

Presumably someone has posted a pic of Marvin the paranoid android (from the original 80's series) by now.

[skattrd]

From the pics it looks like it's got the "Luxe fit" which was a £517 option, this includes: carpet, soundproofing, posher seats, front spoiler (wtf) and front foglights.

 

I don't see the front foglights, but I remember seeing a button for them ... I also remeber thinking, bastard, that's something else mine doesn't have, along with carpet, soundproofing and spoiler.

[messerschmitt owner]

Have been looking at parts prices. They're not bad. Helped greatly by a knackered euro. It is not much more expensive for a brake master cylinder than it is for the rebuild kit.

[messerschmitt owner]

Well, £200 left my account this morning so I am officially an UMM owner.

[oldcars]

£200   Bargain, cheaper that a toy one!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MEGA-RARE-UMM-Alter-ALF-1-43-/121582077508?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1c4edb4644

[messerschmitt owner]

£200 is my favourite price to pay for a car - my Messerschmitt was £200, and I bought a Nobel for the same money!

 

Both of which are more expensive in model form - one time in the States, in an antique center in Lancaster, PA, I spotted a Bandai tinplate messerschmitt in black with red upholstery - it was $600 - told the guy I had a real one at home and it had only cost me $300.

[messerschmitt owner]

The fogs go in those holes in the valance, I guess.

My seats are nowhere near as posh as yours!

 

Skattrd

how is yours on the free-wheeling hubs?

[skattrd]

FWH are fine on mine, very easy to operate, I can't say I've tried it in 4wd yet though.

[holbeck]

Lots of UMM jealousy here.

[Timewaster]

 

 

Presumably someone has posted a pic of Marvin the paranoid android (from the original 80's series) by now.

Not relevant to umms but I know the actor who played Marvin.

Awfully nice chap who now runs a sweet shop.

 

As you were...

[messerschmitt owner]

veg oil!

 

now, I hadn't thought about it, but it's an old skool diesel? So, will the Indenor 2.5 td run on veggie?

[messerschmitt owner]

adding a rear door window (40 Euros) to my shopping list

 

Blue Umm 3 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

 

Blue Umm 1 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

 

Blue Umm 2 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

[skattrd]

Has it arrived then? I thought it was delayed.

Vegetarianism is a possibility, if you post pics of fuel pump someone should be able to tell you.

[messerschmitt owner]

these are from Jan 2014 - from the owner before Dan!

 

Arrives tomorrow now!

[Cavcraft]

That is so brilliant it almost defies belief.

[Vin]

That looks pretty smart as a van version. I like them a lot.

 

Interesting that it has a Lincoln (FE) reg number. I wonder who sold UMMs in the county??? Looks like Skattrd repatriated the wrong one...

[brownnova]

interior!

A vision in beige...