Ummm...what?

"MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s" (mastermario) 02/10/2016 at 11:25 • Filed to: craigslist

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Is this a legit conversion or some backyard weld job?

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64Mali > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/10/2016 at 11:29

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I have no comment, it looks like someone grafted a trailer to the front of a pickup, and pulled the rear drive shaft and stuck it permanently in 4wd to create FWD.

Mercedes Streeter > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/10/2016 at 11:30

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It’s definitely a conversion. I’m not sure how good of a conversion, though. It’s quite literally an auto carrier that was welded to the truck frame...which actually does look pretty nice. I mean the FWD is a dead giveaway that this truck likely started life as a normal pickup. :)

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/10/2016 at 11:30

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Probably legit. This trick (4wd -FWD) has been done more times than you can count professionally - it’s an accepted way of making a hauler.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/10/2016 at 11:31

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Dunno, but I’d drive it.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/10/2016 at 11:32

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Following up, there’s even a British example. There were a whole line of SIII Rovers with a hydraulic drop tail.

Patrick Nichols > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/10/2016 at 11:32

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They state it is FWD running off the front transfer case... for some reason I don’t think it was meant to do that CP for sure

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/10/2016 at 11:33

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Also:

Urambo Tauro > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/10/2016 at 11:36

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Also handy for moving seaplanes around the lot.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/10/2016 at 11:38

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It looks like that’s a boat trailer welded to a GMC.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/10/2016 at 11:40

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Some even started with FWD vehicles...

The neat thing about these Citroens (many converted by Tissier) is that the Hydropneumatic suspensions let the bed droop all the way to the ground, almost completely removing the need for ramps.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Patrick Nichols 02/10/2016 at 11:40

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It does mean that there’s a dead drive yoke on the back of the transfer case or a cover plate, but this trick has been done before. A lot. You could ask if the front drive section of the T-case will handle full engine power, but if they disable low range, the front internals are good to way higher torque than they’d see in FWD only.

shop-teacher > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/10/2016 at 11:43

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Definitely a conversion, although it looks like a well done conversion. Not worth $12k though. You can get a pretty stout roll-back truck for a lot less than that.

HammerheadFistpunch > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/10/2016 at 11:44

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relevant to this conversation. FWD 4wd vehicle

I was having the rear DS rebuilt so I drove around in FWD mode for a while. Did not like.

Patrick Nichols > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 02/10/2016 at 11:50

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If the women don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Patrick Nichols 02/10/2016 at 11:53

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Keep your stick on the ice.

Brian, The Life of > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/10/2016 at 12:02

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Great LeMons car hauler or greatest LeMons car hauler?

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 02/10/2016 at 12:03

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haha, i wouln’t for that price

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/10/2016 at 12:05

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I know this trick has been used before, it just looked almost too well done to be a back yard job, but at the same time seems a bit sketchy to be legit

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/10/2016 at 12:05

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What price? I didn’t look

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/10/2016 at 12:10

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There are a lot of small shop trailer makers out there, and I don’t think the buy-in for trailer-making is all that high. It’s very possible this was done at a trailer-maker’s shop when they realized they could resell something like this with a quick turnaround and one of their existing trailer jigs. Materials are pricey, but overhead isn’t that much, so being able to use ready capital to buy a truck to make a couple or a demo model wouldn’t have been hard. Professional, but not that professional.

jasmits > Urambo Tauro 02/10/2016 at 12:23

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That’s warping my mind.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 02/10/2016 at 12:25

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$12k

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/10/2016 at 12:34

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*spits out lunch*

Urambo Tauro > jasmits 02/10/2016 at 13:11

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Launch video:

CaptDale - is secretly British > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/10/2016 at 13:39

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Nice!