Wiking 087067 – Unimog U 411 “Glück Auf”

The ox-head embellishing the bonnet harks back to the time when the ingenious engineers at Boehringer breathed life into the Unimog. It was intended to serve as an all-purpose vehicle for all transport and pulling tasks in agriculture, forestry and the transport business. The prototype of the “Glück Auf” Unimog was used on a myriad of coal yards, which were responsible for hauling the vital and therefore highly sought-after fuels from train stations to stockpiles, where they would be “bagged” before disappearing in the basements of the households. The substantially improved level of detail achieved during finishing created a WIKING Unimog with contemporary authenticity. This can be attributed to the wheel rims and the characteristic soft top. The prototype, which was later to become a legend under the moniker of Unimog, was first introduced at the DLG exhibition held in 1948. The Boehringer brothers waited no longer than March of 1949 to start volume production of this tractor unit for agriculture and forestry in Göppingen. In 1951, production was moved to the Gaggenau, which served as a Unimog location for decades after Daimler-Benz took charge of the model family.