Im seeing a front wheel drive, Flat bottom, road level car carrier, holding your car about 6 inches off the tarmac, with no need for any fancy engineering involved for loading your show car! Heck,....you could just use long travel airbags on the rear wheels and just drop the whole truck for drive on loading! Go Space Hauler, GO !!!!
I don't know what you could do with it but if i could afford it I'd give it a mild chop, then make a ramp truck out of it to haul my altered. If you built it right you could also build a camper ( biggish) and make it do double duty when vacation time rolled around. NITROFC that is one helluva lot of truck to haul around one scooter. Now there is a guy with too many dollars and not enough sense.
Do a search (google) for the Maxi Tear. Then build something like it on the rear, make a awesome camper.
i think an lowered, slightly smaller wheels and an 8 foot pick up bed. or it would make an awesome wrecker or rollback.
NITROFC that is one helluva lot of truck to haul around one scooter. Now there is a guy with too many dollars and not enough sense.[/quote] thats what i was thinkin! im hopin maybe the rod behind it go's on it as well, if not, that guy needs a beatin!
Wasn't Tex Collins of Cal Automotive involved in that deal as well? Saw the Allison-powered White truck run at "The Pond" a couple of times in the late 60s.
Don't know the specifics other than what I read. The four engine Fiat was built because, not only did Ivo have his four engine dragster, but you could pick up the Allison's for a song at the time. The gl*** body was kicked in by the manufacturer as well as a number of other contributions (like from Cal Custom), everything was falling together. The gearbox and special clutches etc. was going to cost a small fortune so it was sold to Cal Custom. Again, not sure, but something along those lines. The White. I couldn't find much of any info on it. Sure was *****in' to look at though. Must've been great to see it run!
I remember pictures of one with an Allison airplane engine in it in a mid-60's Rod & Custom. Seems to me the driver's position was moved down and forward (how far forward could he go?) so they had to put a clear panel in that vent below the windshield for him to see through. So it must have been a wild ride, as long as the brakes worked.
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