WTF???

"Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW!" (theduckduck) 11/15/2019 at 11:14 • Filed to: found on facebook

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Umm... Didn’t know people were still doing this. It must be FWD now.

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Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! 11/15/2019 at 11:20

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Mercedes did this once:

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! 11/15/2019 at 11:22

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One of a kind (for good reason) lots of money wasted!

Future next gen S2000 owner > Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! 11/15/2019 at 11:27

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I get the idea but the execution is poor.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! 11/15/2019 at 11:29

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I’m wondering what they did with the drivetrain. Any 4WD Chebby Truck would support the front diff, so they may have fiddled with the transfer case....

Or, a bright light would have used 4WD front hubs and driven it with a transverse LS4 out of a Monte SS or Impala SS with the V8 and 4T60.

Now I want to know more about this project...

Ash78, voting early and often > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 11/15/2019 at 11:35

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Das Karoline Squat!

Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 11/15/2019 at 11:41

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Lol  oh man, what if they would've just used the front half of a Impala to build the whole thing?!?

Chinny Raccoon > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 11/15/2019 at 11:41

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I’m pleased to inform you that the Germans are still at it.

Mercedes Streeter > Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! 11/15/2019 at 11:42

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Realistically, how safe are these things? How are they even made? Seems to me they would marry the two by welding the trailer frame to the truck frame. But that s ounds like an ugly divorce waiting to happen.

Thisismydisplayname > Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! 11/15/2019 at 11:44

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Looks like in would get high centered on a speed bump.

Censored > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 11/15/2019 at 11:46

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Transfer case switch is in 4H, so I’m guessing that they just disconnected the rear drive shaft and are powering through the front wheels only by way of the transfer case. Sketchy.

shop-teacher > Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! 11/15/2019 at 11:47

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I mean ... I would never drive this thing ... but I don’t hate it ...

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Censored 11/15/2019 at 11:51

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Yeah, agreed. There’d be more elegant ways to do that...

I’m a nutjob, but I kind of like the concept.  Of course, most of the last 6 weeks have been spent hauling rally cars and my vintage FJ40 around the desert, so a RORO low-deck truck like this would be pretty awesome.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! 11/15/2019 at 12:01

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This is one vehicle where under-body and engine bay shots would be very important for deciding if it’s a Nice Price or Crack Pipe.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! 11/15/2019 at 12:03

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I once saw a Silverado done up with the front clip from an Escalade on it. It was jarring.

Probably not hard to do, but it looked so off...

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 11/15/2019 at 12:15

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Why do you think there aren't any of those photos?

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! 11/15/2019 at 12:16

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I bet it rides great!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! 11/15/2019 at 12:18

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That’s weird. I’d rather tow the trailer. That thing would have a six-block turning radius.

atfsgeoff > Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! 11/15/2019 at 12:22

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Does this qualify as a ramp truck?

Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! > Mercedes Streeter 11/15/2019 at 12:23

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Right? I know for sure that I want nothing to do with it.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! 11/15/2019 at 12:41

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This is very common. There’s probably a 3ft slip joint between the trailer frame and the truck frame. Ex-4x4 truck with no rear driveshaft and 4hi permanently engaged. A quick look underneath would easily tell you if it was done properly or not and, if so, this would be a phenomenal racecar hauler.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 11/15/2019 at 12:55

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I was looking for them and didn’t see them.

jimz > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 11/15/2019 at 13:09

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there’s a shot of the valve cover decal showing it’s a 5.3, so presumably Censored is correct above and they just put the transfer case in 4H and removed the rear driveshaft.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Censored 11/15/2019 at 14:16

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Can the front part of the 4wd system handle 100% of the power?

Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 11/15/2019 at 14:39

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I have seen it before, just not done on something so new. I like the Cadillac versions the most.

Censored > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 11/15/2019 at 14:49

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I'm highly doubting it for anything long term, especially essentially towing.

M.T. Blake > Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! 11/15/2019 at 14:54

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This is what happens when Uncle Bubba gets two nickels to rub together and learns to weld. Not a fan at all. Not at all! 

Mercedes Streeter > Censored 11/15/2019 at 16:15

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Hell, wouldn’t the darn thing bind like crazy on every sharp turn?

Censored > Mercedes Streeter 11/15/2019 at 19:13

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Front is an open diff with a locking transfer case. So no, but that doesn’t make it any better.

Rear, stock, has an automatic locker (g80).