It's a shame I found these videos so late. I prefer the classical music chosen here over the usual generic rock nonsense featured in most videos from this genra. As well the wide range of keenly honed skills displayed in this video and the following videos are nothing short of inspiring. Thank you.

Fantastic! Thank you! you are not an Unimog owner, you are an ARTIST! The conversion is very solid and strong. I am entertaining buying a newer model and modify it to make a wagon/SUV. Unimogs are the ultimate in off road and utility vehicle. Also, thanks for the music! it is my favorite.

Good grief you have some fantastic fabrication skills...fine job and excellent workmanship!

Dear, congratulations on the beautiful work. Very good taste demonstrated by the beautiful symphony, allied with dedication to mechanical engineering. Congratulations on your dedication. Antonio Lopes, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil.

I worked along side some so called steel fabricators for many years and with hand on heart tell you that you would put them to shame chap, your method of work is a total pleasure to watch, I have been out my workshop for 2 weeks as the grandchildren are here for Christmas so this helped along way with my shop withdrawal pain. keep up the great work and vids.

@desertpir8

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That means a lot!! I had a lot of fun building the truck. It's even come a long way since this video. Now has new upholstery, a custom canvas top and top frame, side steps for the rear doors, and drop sides for the bed. I enjoy driving it around town and it gets a lot of compliments wherever I go.

You Sir are a metal artist. You wield a Sawzall like a surgeon. My compliments to your fabrication skills.

Wow amazing work I did this same process to my 1962 404 Swiss troop carrier in 2003-2004 Watching you was like watching myself almost the exact same in every detail. I did this when I lived in New Mexico I drove the truck as a daily driver during spring and fall we made many trips to Moab and Colorado we did the Chili challenge twice since we moved to Texas in 2009 I have used it very little. I had several people approach me about doing theirs but when you give them a price they don't know how much work is involved in it. Looks great keep your wheel side down.

Welding floor panels from underneath was best part, but probably not for the operator. Great video, music was as bad as Christmas music but that is what mute is for. Amazing fabrication, doubly so in only 8 days.

WOW, a peace of art. Many thanks for sharing.

I'm jealous, that looks like a ton of fun working on a project like that.

That`s just beautiful... great job, and great Mog!! thumbs up

Superb job! Really well done, the final result is awesome!

Good taste in trucks, great welding skills & wonderful taste in music. Keep it up my old fruit. Kind regards.

Beautiful work, and music 👍👍

Dude that's crazy genious - loved watching your work and seeing the final product! Too cool!

Very nice work and a skilled production. The music felt a bit much in the beginning but really grew on me. :-)

Amazing work, looks like it rolled out of the factory like that! Great job on the time lapse and editing also.

Wow! Excellent fabrication work. I am sure it is a real 4 wheel monster yet fastidious in detail of construction. My wife loved the music. Well done.

Impressive skills and job. Congratulations ! Good music too!

Classy music and a classy build. Sir you have my utmost respect.

Superb workmanship! Great outcome. ... I really enjoyed this. Perfect choice of music.

Reminds me of an extension my dad built to the house when I was a kid, dad was an aero engine mechanic, he put in a steel re-enforced concrete beam to support the overhanging roof on a porch, a couple of weeks later his pal a structural engineer came round and his opinion on the build was "it's probably strong enough so long as you don't put more than 10 floors on top" :-)

Amazing skill and craftsmanship. Like watching an artist at work. Thanks for sharing...

Great job buddy! Thanks for sharing this with us.

wow and wow again an awesome video, superb fabrication and a truck to be proud of!

Just come across this. Absolutely brilliant! Thinking of my first Mog, this swayed me! You stay safe.

Excellent job. I can't believe you did such a nice job in 8 days.

You do nice work, this is probably one of the best videos I have seen in a while.

Excellent! Amazing work! Loved your soundtrack!

What a great video, shows the serious amount of work needed to do something like this that previously I would have thought 'weld a few bits on' and bob's your uncle... Really interesting to watch how it was all constructed thanks for taking the time to video it all so well so we could see what you were doing.

Old son I have to say I am impressed,,outstanding !!

I can't tell you how much I enjoyed watching this video. In my opinion, you did a great job. Well done. I wish I had half of the skills you have.

@desertpir8

9 жыл бұрын

Toni Diaz Thank you for the compliments! It was a fun build.

@Rays_Bad_Decisions

Жыл бұрын

@@desertpir8 is the cab extension attached to the frame rails? It looks like it's just attached to the front cab. Is that so it can flex??

What a great conversion. First class workmanship. Hope you are enjoying Unimog. Oh! and being married.

@desertpir8

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you! We use this Unimog every day around town, running errands and just enjoying driving it. Its a great runner after getting all the bugs worked out.

Superb vehicle and i am a very jealous man i would love one. Keep up the good work top video

I love it , Awsome! , you are a master Fabricator , inspirational , Cheers .

@desertpir8

9 жыл бұрын

Paul Girkin Thanks! I'm just a normal guy that likes to play with metal in the garage. I've never had any formal training in fabrication or welding, rather just figured it out on my own time. Its a lot of fun. I am glad that this has inspired others to be creative.

Dude you are a machine! Excellent effort in short time and perfect result. Excellent music too.

You are very good hand worker!

@desertpir8

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Quite impressive, especially for only 8 days

this was an absolute joy to watch.really inspiring best welding ive seen in an age.well done

@desertpir8

9 жыл бұрын

goonerpomwi Thanks! This means a lot!

Awesome!! Nice job... Incredible Unimog.

Mad fab skills!!! Very impressive! Nice video too.

Well done!! Excellent work!!

Great video with the perfect sound tracks!

nice one, I'm a metal fabricator by trade but have never done a project like this for my self, its hard to do the shit all day and then want to come home and start again, i think you have inspired me though, thats very good build quality mate well done. shore as hell won't rattle the amount of weld you put in it :)

@desertpir8

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yeah, its been over 2 years now since the truck was built and it gets used regularly every week. Zero rattles. Its much better built than the original 4 door trucks.

holy shit, thats alot of work in a short time. Damn nice job

Wow some serious skills there.

Simply perfect!!!!!

Excellent job sir!

Nice project, a dream truck 👍👍

Great job! Looks like a worthy extension of the mog! I'm about to do the same, have fun with your Unimog!

@desertpir8

9 жыл бұрын

MegaBestUserNameEver It is the best thing I've ever done to a Unimog. Truly makes it a useful truck now that I can put 4 people in it, groceries, kids, and still haul 1.5 tons of cargo.

@docdsc64

3 жыл бұрын

desertpir8 I would love to hear some more details about your DoKa conversion. I have watched your video numerous times and my friend and I are about to undertake that project on. I like your design for the rear cab support. How does it ride? How far back did you extend the cab? Does it alter the articulation of the chassis noticeably? How did you support the bed? Does it pivot also Thank you Dan

love it you doing a good job

wow. great fabrication and work

Excellent job!

looks fantastic! worth the effort.

you have a disease, and its called PERFECTION! Brilliant job!

@desertpir8

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you! We finished the truck just in time to use it in our wedding. I really need to get a new video put up of the final product. Really turned out stunning.

Great Job. Thanks for sharing

congratulations good music , good job.

@rtwg605

4 жыл бұрын

Love the music … especially because every once in a while, his welding or other movements move almost perfectly in time!

Beautiful work man.

Super boulot ! Bravo au gars !!! Félicitations

Looks amazing, planning a 416 doka build too but i need to do a hardtop. you have skills bud...well done, looks fantastic and the quality of workmanship is damn good!!

Hard and really good job!you rock!your Mog was so cool!

@desertpir8

9 жыл бұрын

cedric petitpas Thank you! That means a lot! I love the truck and drive it everywhere for errands and to haul stuff.

LOVE IT!!!! RMP&O over at Expo Portal led me here and I gotta say, this is first class craftsmanship mate. Great vid, great work, GREAT truck. I spent a fair few years fighting wild-fires out of a very similar Unimog and I just love the things... Especially when the Over-watch couldn't get to where were were in their HMVs HAHAHAHA. EDIT: after watching it fully through... all I can say is WOW!!!! Truly inspiring work aye. You sir have done a brilliant job.

Congrats and a great bravo !!!

Super boulot!!!! Grand bravo!

nice work. congratulations

awesome build ...superb watching ..cheers

@desertpir8

9 жыл бұрын

Colin Tonkasdad Thank you! The truck is a lot of fun. The video was a lot of fun to make as well.

Amazing work! I gotta get a Unimog!!!

Wow, very nice job

Excellent video! An inspiring, fresh and original approach to sowing how something is made. I am a fabricator at a machine shop, and I'm seriously impressed by your skills. I now need a plasma cutter, haha. Fantastic vehicle too; I'd like to see video of it in motion. Cheers!

@desertpir8

8 жыл бұрын

+pellcio , Thank you! That means a lot. I am a fabricator in my spare time for fun & sometimes side work. My main job is as an engineer, so I do this stuff to relax. The plasma cutter is a phenomenal tool and allows you do quickly make clean cuts that would take ages otherwise. It is one of the most used tools in my garage.

really nice job

the music was for that astonishing !!! great movie !

i wish i have a skill like yours or even half of it,:-) you did a fantastic job sir..nice

wow !! super !! bravo a vous !! merci pour cette vidéo !!

amazing, sweet rig!

skills and tools...bravo

Very Good Job!!

Nice work

Great Job, I have four mogs but none is a doka. You gave me a great idea for summer vacation. My wife hates you already!

@desertpir8

9 жыл бұрын

Glad to be of assistance. :)

Awesome work!

Dude that's super cool!!!

MAN WITH PASSION.

@desertpir8

9 жыл бұрын

Annisa Aulia Thank you! It was a labor of love to make something unique.

That was awesome.

Had to watch again as I am edging closer to obtaining a Mog for SE desert fun.

Nice job !!!

great work man !

very good job sir

Awesome work bro!!!!!

Very impressive

man that's just a very very good work/job !!!!! just out off the roof !!! i love unimogs myself and i just love this work!! and btw very interresting choise of music, a touche finale of a very good taste! ;-)

@desertpir8

9 жыл бұрын

Jhonny Folhas Thank you for the kind words. It was a very fun job and the truck really gets a ton of attention now as a four door. Only the best music for the Unimog... it is a Mercedes Benz after all.

@jhonnyfolhas

9 жыл бұрын

Kakaka that's right😄 Hope you have fun with it 😉 best regards

Good job mate

good job !! bravo !!

Wow! Great job! ;)

Amazing!

That is Awesome!!!!

Great job ....ciao

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good job!

Very impressive work mate. I did similar on a Land Rover 110 but it was way easier than this. You making a real nice job of it, looks factory. The quality of your workmanship is top notch.

Background music is very ASMR :D

Great job ! I really enjoyed watching this build, and wondered where you are located. I noticed the Cactus behind you and the seemingly good weather, then those distant hills too., so I thought , " He's gotta be in Arizona," my favorite state to visit. Most videos have 'head pounding music' which usually drives me away, but this one I stayed and even turned up the volume a tad, I really enjoyed watching,...and listening, all the while I could sense the smell of the welding, hahaha! ( I'm a hobbyist welder and fabricator, this is why this video appealed to me.) I envy you where you live and the project most of all. Good job, you have to proud !

@regsparkes6507

7 жыл бұрын

P.S. I just subscribed to your channel, 'desertpir8' as there are more videos I'd like to see on this subject. Cheers, and all the best in 2017.