Filed under: Aftermarket, SUVs, HUMMER
HUMMER rolls into Russia, grows extra wheels
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During the Cold War, militaristic hardliners always harbored the hope that one day they'd see American army vehicles rolling through Moscow. Well, that day has long since arrived, though commerce won the day, not military force. What they didn't account for in their contingency plans was what would happen to their vehicles when they crossed through the slowly-decaying nuclear fallout around Chernobyl: this HUMMER's grown extra wheels!
The image above and the gallery below were snapped in the Russian capital by someone who evidently managed to contain his disgust just long enough to hold down the shutter, like some Manhattan-project researcher. Only in Moscow, of course, with their strange affection for further mutating already monstrous SUVs.
Gallery: 6-Wheeled HUMMER
[Source: English Russia via Motorpasion]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Mbuku Kanyau Mbithuka 7:12PM (2/13/2008)
Fomoconews had shown this hummer a while back...
here is the link and more pictures
http://www.fomoconews.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1686&highlight=hummer
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tankd0g 7:15PM (2/13/2008)
Isn't the same Hummer on Pinks! every week?
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Mbuku Kanyau Mbithuka 7:23PM (2/13/2008)
What is pinks?
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Yar 7:31PM (2/13/2008)
Well if it's a 6x6 (all wheels have drive) then it's actually a pretty sound upgrade. I saw a video of a 6x6 Dodge Ram T-Rex not too long ago (on Streetfire.net), and the truck was effortlessly climbing up hills that dedicated 4x4 jeeps and sand-rails were having trouble with. For the streets I might have a problem with a 6x6 hummer, but with increased towing capacity, increased cargo room/passenger room, and increased off-road ability it may make a viable upgrade for people like me who often tow heavy loads through wide open spaces.
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Brent 7:34PM (2/13/2008)
yeah, the host of pinks arrives in the 6x6 Hummer, every episode.
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tankd0g 7:38PM (2/13/2008)
http://www.speedtv.com/programs/pinks
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ALEXDB9 7:48PM (2/13/2008)
In Soviet Russia you do not drive a hummer, the hummer drives you.
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Quattrofan 7:52PM (2/13/2008)
Damn, you beat me to it.
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enigmanuma 8:07PM (2/13/2008)
The more mutated the better. I gotta have one of these trucks. It takes obnoxious to the next level.
http://projectcarsforsale.com/
http://www.vprojectcar.com
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Jaymez 8:21PM (2/13/2008)
Last year, in the St. Patty's day parade in St Louis, I saw a 6x6 Hummer and a 8x8 Hummer. This one is kind of small, actually.
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Daniel 8:32PM (2/13/2008)
I've seen an H2 that looks exactly like this here in South Florida
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Zeus.:God 8:50PM (2/13/2008)
Must be the fall out from all their nukes...
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Trevor 9:01PM (2/13/2008)
So that what the radiation does to cars in russia!
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Serge K. 9:18PM (2/13/2008)
Wow, this post is a great source for retarded comments.
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Brett- BMW Advo 9:55PM (2/13/2008)
OLD NEWS! jk but check this!
http://www.big-limos.com/gallery/stretch-limos/hummer/
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L337Biker 10:28PM (2/13/2008)
I've seen one before here in Las Vegas, in the land of limos that's nothing insane/out of the ordinary
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Level 10:42PM (2/13/2008)
Its a Hummer limo "WHOA"
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Guenther 10:45PM (2/13/2008)
The drive transfer os pretty simple in this case- just involves a custom GM 14 bolt as the 2nd axle. The stock axle winds up as the 3rd axle. usa6x6 has a really clever system for this.
As bad as Russian roads can be, I can think of worse modes of transport for the well-to-do comrade.
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dustandechoes91 11:06PM (2/13/2008)
I see adds for a company that does that in the dupont registry every issue
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ronnie 6:32AM (2/14/2008)
what will Russian do to that car? A strange Hummer car was spotted in the downtown of Moscow, it had six wheels!
http://cars.ozfreeonline.com/
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