Iltis in the movies

[super dave]

A few more

[chris vickery]

A perfect use for surplus Iltii!

[super dave]

Now just waiting to hear some witty remark from our favorite iltis lover Rob

[Ed Storey]

What were the vehicles' serial numbers?

[maple_leaf_eh]

I spotted an Iltis on an episode of Stargate Atlantis (circa 2004). My eyes were distracted to the good looking Russian officer who was driving. I guess a GAZ 4x4 was too hard to find locally.

[super dave]

Originally Posted by Ed Storey

What were the vehicles' serial numbers?

Sorry I don't know

[super dave]

Just to let everyone know that these vehicles were for the most part parted out and what was on them was damaged or rusted in some way or manor. As these came from Ontario they were rusting through their repair patches and destine for the scrappers but made a slight detour before getting there .

[Hans Mulder]

What happened to the wrecks? I have a buddy looking to scavenge some electrical, etc

[rob love]

Originally Posted by super dave

Now just waiting to hear some witty remark from our favorite iltis lover Rob

I think Chris summed it up nicely.

Once thing that should be learned from a thread like this, which shows before and after pictures of a quick cosmetic application, is that you should never buy a vehicle based on photos only.....spend the loot to travel out and see it in person, or get someone local to have a look at it for you. Imagine how much someone might have paid on something like ebay based on the pre-crush photos.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by rob love

I think Chris summed it up nicely.

Once thing that should be learned from a thread like this, which shows before and after pictures of a quick cosmetic application, is that you should never buy a vehicle based on photos only.....spend the loot to travel out and see it in person, or get someone local to have a look at it for you. Imagine how much someone might have paid on something like ebay based on the pre-crush photos.

Who says they were in a bad shape? Some people would have no problem with letting as-good-as-new Iltis jeeps be crushed, simply because they truly dislike the type of vehicle

H.

[rob love]

The third photo presumably shows these vehicles before they were dressed up. It looks like some pretty severe cancer in the bodies.

[Marc Montgomery]

my experience with movies is that they care not one iota for rare vehicles..or fully restored immaculate rare....
they are props..and to them if a $50 thousand vehicle needs to be destroyed, so be it...while thats a big amount to collectors...its peanuts to a film with a 150-million budget. and where just the promotion runs into several dozens of millions more.

I can't begin to imagine the number of beautiful, rare, vehicles, planes, boats, destroyed forever by Hollywood

Frankly even a rust bucket has usable parts to keep others running --unlike M series jeeps where you can actually build a jeep from the ground up with repro parts... iltis parts are rare and getting rarer...
and its a shame these four were wrecked.