"Bandit" (2bandit)
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than the ones in the rear? I can't seem to find the correct answer. Is it to decrease turning radius?
Also, where can I buy one? I want to take one, lower it, add bigger wheels, chop the top, and swap in a SBC with side pipes.
Nick, Drives a Cobalt LT
> Bandit
12/15/2013 at 14:31 |
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Because racecar.
ShelbyRacer78-Fusion Modifier
> Bandit
12/15/2013 at 14:33 |
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Easy: WITCH-CRAFT!!!
twinturbobmw
> Bandit
12/15/2013 at 14:34 |
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Not sure. I know it does use a GM chassis though.
Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
> Bandit
12/15/2013 at 14:37 |
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some boxtrucks do too.
hike
> Bandit
12/15/2013 at 14:43 |
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I'm guessing the front are moved in so the truck can get close to the curb, limiting the need for the mail carrier to reach for a distant mail box.
Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
> Bandit
12/15/2013 at 14:45 |
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lowered delivery/postal truck?
jariten1781
> Bandit
12/15/2013 at 14:48 |
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Grumman LLV. I think they use the running gear from an S-10 but I'm not sure. Govdeals.com usually has some on there.
iDriveCode3
> Bandit
12/15/2013 at 14:49 |
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My dad is a mail carrier, 30+ years, and he still routinely complains that they took away their jeeps. I asked him about those vehicles once (they're called LV1's, for "Lifetime Vehicles", or was it Lifelong? Iunno), but he didn't know anything other than GM built the chassis.
ttyymmnn
> hike
12/15/2013 at 14:49 |
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That sounds eminently plausible. Because really, we wouldn't want the mail carriers to work too hard.
Birddog
> Bandit
12/15/2013 at 15:07 |
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I found this in a discussion about the Gov retiring the LLVs.
"While this vehicle may be deficient in some areas...ie the heater...it was designed with carrier input and it utterly changed the way I did my work.... The front wheelbase is narrower than the rear, allowing us to turn in a circle on a residential street."
tromoly
> twinturbobmw
12/15/2013 at 15:09 |
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The newer ones do, but I still like the old Postal Jeeps.
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Bandit
> Birddog
12/15/2013 at 15:10 |
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Thanks!
Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> Bandit
12/15/2013 at 15:12 |
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It's an iron duke powered s10 frame. But, yeah the front track is narrow for low speed mobility.
Jayhawk Jake
> ttyymmnn
12/15/2013 at 15:13 |
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Realistically having post boxes by the street within reach from the truck would be so much better than walking to the door. You could do more houses way faster, thus saving labor costs
The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123
> ttyymmnn
12/15/2013 at 15:20 |
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Hey, if you want to walk around for 8 hours in rain, snow, heat etc. go for it. Doesn't justify miss piggy in the video. The USPS isn't the poster child for efficiency and work ethic. But you really do get a lot for the price of a stamp considering everything it goes through before it gets hand delivered.
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ttyymmnn
> Jayhawk Jake
12/15/2013 at 15:20 |
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I don't have a mailbox on my house. We have centralized boxes spaced down the street. One carrier can park and deliver twenty houses at the same stop. Fortunately, we're relatively close to the box. Others have to walk a block to get theirs.
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The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123
> Birddog
12/15/2013 at 15:21 |
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Front wheelbase? Does he mean track width?
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ttyymmnn
> The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123
12/15/2013 at 15:22 |
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I agree that delivering the mail is a mostly thankless job, and the fact that it works at all is somewhat of a miracle. But I have never found an organization filled with so many soulless workers who just don't care. Obviously, there are exceptions. But I wonder what it is about that job that does that to people, or if they use it as a hiring requirement.
webmonkees
> Bandit
12/15/2013 at 15:31 |
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The 1983 model. VW Diesel, as they were still making Rabbits in Pennsylvania. Oddly enough, I have the same wheels.
The World of Vee
> Bandit
12/15/2013 at 15:42 |
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Great, all I can think of now is an LLV with a small block crate motor and a roll cage.
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Bandit
> The World of Vee
12/15/2013 at 15:43 |
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Pro-touring all the mail trucks!
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The World of Vee
> Bandit
12/15/2013 at 16:52 |
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I'm down. 100%
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Jayhawk Jake
> ttyymmnn
12/15/2013 at 17:19 |
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Yeah, mine's got the same setup: one community box down the street for 16 houses (well, they're duplex's but same thing)
That's fine too, and probably more efficient than individual mailboxes. I think the postal service is fine the way it is until we replace the people with automated machinery. Or teleporters. Teleporters would be the way to go
Frank Grimes
> Bandit
12/15/2013 at 18:45 |
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because the rear end is some random one that happens to fit under the body and wider because who cares how it looks?
lonestranger
> Bandit
12/15/2013 at 19:35 |
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An SBC should be an easy swap, since it's S-10 running gear underneath. So would wheels and suspension, for that matter.
Canada Post's LLVs even keep the Chevy hubcaps, something the USPS ones don't seem to have.
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lonestranger
> Bandit
12/15/2013 at 19:52 |
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Here's USPS's fleet's ebay page , according to this guy . There's also auto actions that they apparently handle themselves, as opposed to doing it through the GSA.
http://www.deangifts.com/g/5.htm
http://www.secretauctions.com/carlist1.php?p…
KoenigSTIGg
> Bandit
12/15/2013 at 21:02 |
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Testing the concept for the deltawing Bolweby didn't want to embarrass himself if his design didn't work you know getting some real world testing before the racetrack.
BrettAM
> Nick, Drives a Cobalt LT
12/15/2013 at 23:47 |
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Don't forget the Deltawing! Or the ZEOD RC which are two completely unrelated racerars!
Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
> Bandit
12/16/2013 at 23:03 |
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Tighter nose for maneuverability, wider stance at the rear to fit more cargo between.