1984 MAN 15-168 4WD any good?

Hi, I am contemplating buying one of the above. It is low km. I am sure it will be good for local trips, however has anyone got any experience at cruising speeds on the highway? Any other comments are appreciated. I would occasionally want to do a road trip interstate to pick up useful things/cars/engines... I would put a HIAB on it.
Is the ride and cab too rough, too noisy? Is the top speed on the 4wd too low? Are there ways to increase it?



Cheers, Erik

Erik
Gudday M8

Your contemplation all sounds good

Butt eye'd B more worried about parts for the beast if n wen needed

BIDSTBC
cya

Mantrans St Marys NSW should have anything you need.

I dunno much about them, the SEC in Victoria had heaps of them 4x4 and 6x6 dunno what happened to them all I guess mining type companies grabbed them
I seem to recall following them around Latrobe Valley and they got along ok
Parts these day may or may not be a problem the world is a lot smaller now and its fairly easy to bring bits in from overseas these days
I wonder if they shared diff parts with Deutz or Mercedes ???? I would expect a ZF transmission

Paul

Thanks. That's good to know. There are also parts on eBay in Europe.

I have a feeling I have seen something about a ZF box also...

there's one of these for sale in a yard on the Northern Highway opposite Praire Road between Rochester and Echuca in Victoria. I drove past it yesterday but the dust storm was too thick to take a photo.