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The Treser Hunter Sheiks sometimes have strange hobbys. For example the falconry, where you let the falcon do the hunting. Logical, huh? And if you have that hobby, you need the right car. It should be able to go offroad, but should be comfortable enough. And it should have a sunroof in which the falconrist can stand. Now our sheik has a distinctive taste: His five Range rovers may be comfortabel, but they are still only offroad vehicles. But his neighbour has that crazy car, a Sbarro from the Swiss. That's a nice car more like a offroad Limo. Our sheik wants something like that, too. But to buy a Sbarro would be boring. Then he thinks of his Treser Largo. It has all wheel drive, hasn't it? A short phone call to Germany results in Walter treser being ready to convert an Audi 90 to a falconry car. Our sheik is delighted and together with some fellow sheiks they order some Hunters.
Who knows? Maybe that was the way it happened? Fact is, that Treser had already sold some beautiful Hunters to Arabia in 1986.
auto motor und sport, the German magazine was allowed to test drive the presentation model. But not in dunes but in mud. The
Hunter drove well, thanks to his three diff locks. For a real offroader the gearing would be too long, even with the shorter geared diffs.
But for dunes the setup obviously worked- Treser used his biggest michelin TRX tires on the Hunter.
The Ferrari Testarossa of those years used the same tires!
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| Steep? That's not steep! |
| Hunter in playing pool for non-swimmers. |
| Don't be a coward, it'll work. Pretty sure it is not as steep as it looks. |
| Looks steep, huh? But pay attention to the trees and their direction of growth! |
| ...now the trees grow in the right direction again. The steep climb is somewhat flatter now. |
| It is good that the driver is not to heavy! |
| In those times Treser really was on the rise. |
| In front of the shifter the satndard diff locks of Audis before the Torsen time. next to the handbrake lever the lever for the new Treser diff lock for the front axle. |
| Good to see here the guard below the engine and the bull bar, if a dune should jump into the Hunter's way... |
| A big sunroof, but it is not a VW Beetle! |
| Well that happens if you use your sand toy in the water. Water in the cylinders and suddenly the engines is out. If you are lucky, nothing gets twisted as water is not as easy to compress as air :(. |
