5k: 1972 Mercedes-Benz O309D Omnibus Project

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The Mercedes-Benz Omnibus is no stranger to the Daily Turismo; we’ve featured an O309D that was a city bus and converted into an RV, but today we’ve found one a bit more…industrial.  This 1972  Mercedes-Benz O309D Omnibus Van project is for sale via expeditionportal.com for $4200 and located in Beaverton, OR.

This olive drab colored Omnibus is currently wearing a homemade Aperture Laboratories insignia, a salute to the Valve Co video game Portal.  Portal, a spin-off from the epic shooter Half-Life, is set in a post-apocalyptic Upper Michigan Peninsula and we can’t imagine a more fitting vehicle for survival in the UP than the Omnibus (today or when aliens invade).

This Omnibus is a full Van – no side windows and is therefore much better setup for survival when the earth is ruled by oppressive alien overlords.  The seller currently uses it for car hauling and we think this could be used as a mobile parking spot/garage for a modern day MacGyver.  It is powered by a 5 cylinder MB diesel engine and mercifully mated to a manual transmission (diesels and slushboxes don’t play well together – one is always trying to tell the other what to do and somebody’s day gets ruined).  Expect it to be slow, maybe crack 70 mph with foot to the floor on  flat ground, but it will be able to mow down all kinds of Combine forces.

The seller has included a photo of his Omnibus loading his Haflinger in the back – we think this van would be a great choice for toy hauler – much better than some overpriced American pickup and a 55mph limiting trailer attached to the rear.  Bottom line; if you want to be able to blend into the post-apocalyptic earth, a van with the name of one of our future corporate overlords would be a great choice.  Buy it now before the invasion begins and stuff like this skyrockets in price.

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