by "Tapas" (tapas)
Published 11/23/2017 at 03:13
by "Tapas" (tapas)
Published 11/23/2017 at 03:13
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Why don’t we have rear cab, front bed, mid engined diesel sports mini trucks?!
Tail gate goes where the grill is.
Engine goes in the middle, hence the giant retro air intakes.
Hips of the truck house the doors and the truck seats 1 person in the center.
Most people don’t carry stuff in their trucks regularly anyway. Jus don’t fill the bed up all the way, and you’re golden!
Tell me why this is a bad idea!
"victor" (victor)
11/23/2017 at 03:24, STARS: 0
Would suck to move a fridge or a LA z boy
"Tapas" (tapas)
11/23/2017 at 03:25, STARS: 0
Its supposed to be ridiculous.
But if you want to move stuff, move it horizontally!
(The backs from La-Z-Boys come apart for moving.)
"Tapas" (tapas)
11/23/2017 at 04:01, STARS: 1
Update: Made the cab higher. Problem solved!
"MrDakka" (mrdakka)
11/23/2017 at 04:06, STARS: 3
Better idea: put the cab on scissor lifts. Every time I see one, the guy driving it looks like he’s having a blast
"SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media" (silentbutnotreallydeadly)
11/23/2017 at 05:02, STARS: 1
I’d take my pickup with an island cab instead. That way I can see over the ‘bonnet’. Go to school on this...
"Tapas" (tapas)
11/23/2017 at 05:25, STARS: 0
That is fantastic!
"Tapas" (tapas)
11/23/2017 at 05:26, STARS: 0
To be honest, the goal I had was to drive the truck that’s loaded in a particular way and let the rear hang out. Because I’m on the far back end of the truck, I’d be able to experience quite a swing when that happens. And that sounds like fun lol
"VonBootWilly - Likes Toyota, but it's still complicated." (vonbootwilly)
11/23/2017 at 05:53, STARS: 1
Put them together... Box in the front and the back! Plus don’t forget the mega/crew cab edition with tiny boxes front and rear.
"Tapas" (tapas)
11/23/2017 at 06:05, STARS: 1
Crew cab? Lmao! It’s the most useless configuration ever!
"kanadanmajava1" (kanadanmajava1)
11/23/2017 at 06:28, STARS: 2
The front bed should be an usable idea. It even has been used in some applications.
"Tapas" (tapas)
11/23/2017 at 07:27, STARS: 0
Whoa! I had no idea!
"Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction" (rustholes-are-weight-reduction)
11/23/2017 at 07:53, STARS: 2
Useless? Perfect for kids or in-laws!
"for Michigan" (formichigan)
11/23/2017 at 08:55, STARS: 0
Bad idea because your load height is limited by the need for forward visibility. With the bed behind the cab, tall loads block rearward visibility, which is not essential.
"Sam" (samwellington)
11/23/2017 at 10:26, STARS: 1
Reminds me of the Donkervoort actually.
"Tapas" (tapas)
11/23/2017 at 10:54, STARS: 0
I know, I know. Just carry stuff horizontally lol
"Tapas" (tapas)
11/23/2017 at 10:55, STARS: 0
I see the resemblance :)
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
11/23/2017 at 12:05, STARS: 0
This idea is flawless. You need to go build it :)
"Tapas" (tapas)
11/23/2017 at 12:50, STARS: 1
I would if I could :)
"Die-Trying" (die-trying)
11/23/2017 at 14:24, STARS: 0
well, it COULD work, but you just havent gone and gotten silly enough yet......
you might get a drop axle front end, and slam the bed down as far as you can, but CHEAT, and use a short cut down bed, like off of an old model T. and as long as you were to try and keep it light weight, you could cheat some more, and make the whole thing rear engined, with something like an old volkswagen bus engine and transaxle, so that it would be more of a cab-over set up than a mid engine set up. those vw engines can get kits to turn them into 2300cc+ engines.....
the main downside to most of this, is that you lose a lot of weight off of the wheels that do your turning, which would make driving it around corners at any speed real exciting..... understeer city......
"SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media" (silentbutnotreallydeadly)
11/23/2017 at 18:34, STARS: 0
You could experience almost the same thing in a conventional truck with the steering rack on the rear wheels only...!!
"Tapas" (tapas)
11/23/2017 at 23:06, STARS: 2
Now you’re thinking!
I don’t want it to be suuuper understeery, hence I drew it as mid engined with a looong and heavy truck bed. I want it to oversteer and throw the tail around with me in it like a pendulum lol
"Tapas" (tapas)
11/23/2017 at 23:09, STARS: 0
Huh....I never thought of that!
"Die-Trying" (die-trying)
11/24/2017 at 16:03, STARS: 0
the nice thing about having the bed up front, is that you could preload the front with as much balast as it took to get it hook around corners......those old gym weights? great, three spare tires, cool.....
"Tapas" (tapas)
11/24/2017 at 16:32, STARS: 1
Yesss!