Building a 6x6

[rodp]

that's a substantial bearing housing there mate. ypu going to wishbone the top and put a coilover from side plates to the bottom wishbone?

[Baloo]

that's a substantial bearing housing there mate. ypu going to wishbone the top and put a coilover from side plates to the bottom wishbone?

Hi Rod

l was thinking of making my own upper wishbones and using a coil over shock as you suggest but as l have loads of vitara spares l was thinking of using the original strut and springs, clearly l will have to build into the tub somewhere for them to attach too,
l am guessing the spring rate of the petrol vitara will be somewhere in the right region, if not l might try a rear spring up front to make it a bit softer ride, this is the cheap option as l dont have to buy anything but the down side is l am eating into space that would have been in the tub for passengers by having the strut top up there but l would have had to leave space for the wheels to turn so l guess l am not really loosing out to much

l may even cut the towers of some old chassis like this vitara one and weld those to my "chassis"

[Noel Woods]

The Russians have unusual geography and terrain that they cope with. I've seen about a dozen purpose made machines, it just depends on what you want to build, the SUPACAT is a fine machine, but I would look to the LANDTAMER design due to simplicity, ruggedness, and durability.

The mechanical drive Land Tamer 6x6 weighs in at 1600 pounds. 80 horses and about 80 pounds of torque, with the 3 speed auto Nissan transmission.

[rodp]

Hi Rod

l was thinking of making my own upper wishbones and using a coil over shock as you suggest but as l have loads of vitara spares l was thinking of using the original strut and springs, clearly l will have to build into the tub somewhere for them to attach too,
l am guessing the spring rate of the petrol vitara will be somewhere in the right region, if not l might try a rear spring up front to make it a bit softer ride, this is the cheap option as l dont have to buy anything but the down side is l am eating into space that would have been in the tub for passengers by having the strut top up there but l would have had to leave space for the wheels to turn so l guess l am not really loosing out to much

l may even cut the towers of some old chassis like this vitara one and weld those to my "chassis"

If you're going to give it some stick over coney or ironbridge it would be an idea to use as much vitara as possible, quick and easy to fix then when you kill it (which you know you're going to ) Ironbridge desroys motors in the summer, especially the Farley quarry site, it's as hard as granite. Used to trial there and it's a motor killer.

[Beeman]

This reminds me of my gaganator build. The strut towers definitely cut into the usable space, and that's where I ended up with my first build. I've been hammered by other commitments, but every now and then I think about doing some work on it.. (and then do a little computer design too :P). Your chain box is much the same as my "diff box" in my new design..

Using car parts will definitely keep the costs down.

[jpswift1]

I was just about to say, this totally reminds me of Beeman's Gagantor project. Glad to see another custom build. Looking forward to the updates!

[TURNEROFFROAD]

any updates?

[1963 pengor penguin]

goodluck sounds like a lot of work