Poor man's side by side

[dfkrug]

Took the body off the frame. Made new motor
mounts ( 4 to 6 cyl ) and repaired the rear spring hangers on the frame.

Let's see the 'after' pix, AB, or start a new thread. Rarely does someone have or make a redneck UTV
and also own a cadillac-of-UTVs like an RTV to compare it to.

If I do another one, I will toss the whole engine/tranny and do a cabover design with a low-mounted
motor.

 

[Xfaxman]

Let's see the 'after' pix, AB, or start a new thread. Rarely does someone have or make a redneck UTV
and also own a cadillac-of-UTVs like an RTV to compare it to.

If I do another one, I will toss the whole engine/tranny and do a cabover design with a low-mounted
motor.

Or you could start with a old Jeep FC150 Forward Control pickup truck, it is already a cabover! :thumbsup:

Same 90" wheelbase as the early Jeep CJ's. This one is a 1962.

 

[dfkrug]

Or you could start with a old Jeep FC150 Forward Control pickup truck, it is
already a cabover!

I have never seen one of those before, X. Looks cool.

Cabover (or in my case, seatover) is very efficient if you want a small vehicle with a decent sized cargo
bed.

 

[Rio_Grande]

I have a 68 cj5 that If I don't sell it soon is going this route. I have everything laying around to build it into a crawler. But I think I would rather have a cj5 with a 2 seater cab and a dump bed

 

[Willie B]

When I was a kid in 1969 I desperately wanted a Jeep, finally found two. These days I would call them both parts Jeeps. To get them home my father's friend had a forward control Jeep, he hauled a bulldozer on an equipment trailer. My memory is vague, it seems it was a one ton. I think some of the earliest ones were flat head fours.

 

[Rio_Grande]

That FC is cool!

 

[Midniteoyl]

Or you could start with a old Jeep FC150 Forward Control pickup truck, it is already a cabover! :thumbsup:
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Same 90" wheelbase as the early Jeep CJ's. This one is a 1962.

Thats awesome

 

[Xfaxman]

I have never seen one of those before, X. Looks cool.

Cabover (or in my case, seatover) is very efficient if you want a small vehicle with a decent sized cargo
bed.

That FC is cool!

Thats awesome

Yep, was fun to drive and very useful. With the stock 5:38 axle ratio it would run 55 mph top speed. I installed a Warn Overdrive in the transfer case and it would cruise at 65. Don't have it now, sold it, wasn't running and I didn't have time to work on it or move it here two years ago.

The FC170 with a 9' bed was the other cabover that they made.

Google Images: https://www.google.com/search?safe=...otiona...0...1.1.32.img..2.3.2771.DNzmMRUmumU

 

[Rio_Grande]

I have 5.89 to go in mine if I build it, bit overkill but I rarely find. Myself going very fast offroad.

 

[NS Gearhead]

Yup, cab overs can be very cool. Not long ago I was talking about building my own "unimog" type vehicle using a GMC W4500 or Hino as a base. Here's a nice FC;


No progress on the Tracker. I've been busy hauling gravel in my free time... but things are getting too cold for that in a hurry,(frozen ground, not too cold for me) so I'll be back at the Tracker again soon. I did use it to bring the trash to the end of the driveway today!... and cleaned up the garage, and cleaned both car interiors in the garage before putting it back away. LOL Always needs two tries to start the first time, but starts the first try after that on the same day.