With The Coming Road Warrior End-of-Days

"SBA Thanks You For All The Fish" (santabarbarianlsx) 09/12/2020 at 11:45 • Filed to: None

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I suggest a well-selected “bug out” car. Here’s one candidate.

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 09/12/2020 at 11:50

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I kinda want to see it hacked into a ute.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: 09/12/2020 at 11:56

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could happen, I’m guessing its now front engined. 

PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 09/12/2020 at 11:56

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I want to know more about this beast.

I’m pretty sure I know the answer here.

Do we think it’s a custom frame/suspension setup or just a body slapped onto an off the shelf truck frame, modified to work?

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 09/12/2020 at 11:57

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My thought as  well.

WilliamsSW > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 09/12/2020 at 12:05

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That’s a really short car.  I would think any truck frame would need to be shortened at a minimum?

Snuze: Needs another Swede > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 09/12/2020 at 12:07

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Maybe a Jeep chassis since they are also pretty short wheelbase?

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 09/12/2020 at 12:08

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fintail > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 09/12/2020 at 12:11

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This’ll work:

Nom De Plume > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 09/12/2020 at 12:15

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Poor choice if only because how badly the wedge shape works to deflect objects in the design.  Making overly abundantly clear how exposed and vulnerable the suspension and steering components really are.

Roadkilled > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 09/12/2020 at 12:16

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I found this when searching for more information.

https://www.carscoops.com/2008/10/fiat-x19-monster-truck-with-v8-engine/

It’s the same idea done in a more questionable way.

PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 > WilliamsSW 09/12/2020 at 12:16

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I think you’d be surprised, I bet a standard cab ranger chassis would probably fit.

WilliamsSW > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 09/12/2020 at 12:21

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The wheel base on that is 20" longer. Though the Samurai is actually on a 7" shorter wheelbase, so there should be options out there.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 09/12/2020 at 12:22

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I found it in a forum on uses for old Eldorado/Toro Transverse engines. So, I think that’s an old-school BOC block mated to a TH425 transaxle running in a beefed-up X-er chassis.

WilliamsSW > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 09/12/2020 at 12:23

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So a little more research and I found that a CJ-5 is a pretty close match. So there are definitely possibilities. 

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Roadkilled 09/12/2020 at 12:24

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I found the pic in a “transverse” forum-- no deets on the original build

Just Jeepin' > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 09/12/2020 at 12:39

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KnowsAboutCars > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 09/12/2020 at 13:16

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This begs for an Oppo challenge. Google image search your car with the word “trar” and post the results.