Does anyone know about OKA's

[blitz]

Hi all
I know this is not a landrover question but I am thinking of buying one in a camper configuration for extended remote area work. I have seen a few around including some as tourist buses and am wondering if anyone knows how good they are?
Blythe

[dobbo]

Story I heard was they were designed in Gove and the bloke sold the design and prototype to a company in WA.

Offroad ability excellent, cost extreme. If I could afford one I'd get one.

[Outlaw]

www.oka.com.au

[blitz]

Thanks Matt
I just chased up the general ball park prices they are similar to a range rover base model to all the fruit in price.

I will be towing a boat with it and away for extended times so my landy is out (I'm buggered if I am going to sleep in my swag for weeks on end anymore and to slow to bath in a river in the NT any more so bigger is better in 4X4)

Blythe

[Frenchie]

Main downside I reckon is that they are extremely heavy.

I think the cab/chassis was about 4.5 tonnes. :eek:

Not bad offroad for the size of them though, just have to allow for the bulk.

[isuzurover]

Used to know a guy whon owned one which he used as a 4x4 tour bus (C2C tours). He was very happy with it.

They have been through a few updates, and now have Dana 70 Rear F&R axles AFAIK (ARB lockers are available for these).

Check on which engines they offer now as when they first came out the smallest engine offered was underpowered and the v8 diesels had the typical reliability and cooling problems those engines suffer(ed) from.

[101RRS]

A better option might have been the Landy FC101 camper that was just passed in at $12,500 on e-bay.

Gazzz

[easo]

A mate of mine has one. It's got a perkins desiol in it. He picked it up for 17,000 and later picked up the deul cab back for an extra 5,000. So far he has rebuilt the perkins and put airlockers, winch, hf, deul batts and heaps of other crap on it, including an old pop top camper van. The deul cab back fits his two kids nicly on one side with heaps of spare room. Before he got it, it was used as a drilling rig.

[UncleHo]

G'day Folks :)

Wasn't there a thread that had a link to the OKA web page a week or so ago:confused:

[cookiesa]

Have spoken to a few tour bus owner/operators about these when I lived in Darwin. They loved them but often swore at the perkins diesel. Good on fuel, go forever and reliable but very slow on the highway. (Transit stages between destinations were slow)

Might be worth seeing if you can take one out on the highway and make sure your happy with highway performance if you intend doing touring. Strong headwind would make things even worse

[UncleHo]

G'day Blitz :)

For info on the OKA just google up www.oka.com.au/ (http://www.oka.com.au/) and that will give you their website and facts and figures


cheers

[seriesly]

A better option might have been the Landy FC101 camper that was just passed in at $12,500 on e-bay.

Gazzz

didnt think that would get passed in.

thats a fair price for one isnt it?

[101RRS]

I want one for when I retire and I thought it to be a good price but I am not near retirement - I have no idea what the reserve was though.

Gazzz

[blitz]

Hi all
I had a look at their web site before I put the post up. The latest NT model now has a cummins engine and the tyres have gone from 16" to 19.5 or 20" and strengthened drive train.

Trouble is this doesnt tell me how good it is, even toyotas sound good on paper.

Reading the specs sheet they have all the good gear in them so they sound like they are very capable, ARB lockers are an option for them as are many other good bits.

I didn't realise they are 4.5t that could mean that the fuel consumption is not great? I can live with it being as appalling as my V8 Disco


Blythe

[UncleHo]

G'day Blitz :)

The weight of 4.5 Tonne would then require a Medium or Heavy Rigid License, and providing that the engine were suffuciently powerfull you would get as high as 10+ mpg, they would have some type of economy figures to show genuinely interested customers, see if you can arrange a test drive, most companies/dealers (exept Landy ones) will oblige:)

economy would be dependant on body configuration ;)

[blitz]

Hi Uncle Ho
I am in the process of getting my heavy ridgid license to cart the horses around in the truck we just bought so the license isn't an issue. and you are right about the test drive if they are serious about a sale then they will let me have a descent test drive.

I've been the the mausoleum in Hanoi and seen Uncle Ho is there a conection somehow? hope you look in better nick than him :D

Cheers Blythe

[blitz]

Some years ago there was several F101's for sale in Darwin I think they were ex malaysian military some of them went for as little as 6K . I would have loved to buy one but I was in the middle of having my soul surgically removed by my ex. The devil is happy he now has another customer waiting and I am happy as I now know where I am going when I die :D

But back to the F101's they looked damned near indestructable, never seen a salsbury front diff before

[UncleHo]

G'day Blitz:)
Yes, a 101 is an awesome thing to drive, Range Rover Motor,Gearbox/Transfer (Lower gearing I think, with restrictors below the carbs), Parabolic Leaf Springs and a wheel at each corner:D Cresting up a steep slope is mind boogling:eek:, but the driving position is challenging to anybody over 5ft9in and 75kilos;) I would have one in a minute:)


The ones in Darwin came from Bruni, brought in with a few Lightweights, and a couple of MK Bedfords, were filthy dirty, customs impounded them (some has spiders and snakes in them) and then handed the enterpreneur the bill 200K I was told, he said S**%#@ lot and left the country, some turned up in Dilli in a car yard, but the bulk of them were auctioned off by Customs for money owing, were beleived to have been sold to Southern interests. S.A.?? the Aust Army had 56 as part of their Rapier Defence System, they were sold off when they went over to Diesel 110's & 6x6's

[olbod]

G'day Blitz.
I would also be interested to hear the results of a test drive !
They sound like they might also suit my purposes.
Perhaps a slide on camper unit could be used if you wanted to tow
something other than a caravan, and removed when not required ?
Cheers.

PS: Utemad, thanks for your detailed info on the F250, I think I will give
that a miss.