The Car Thread

[ygmir]

*staggers in, head spinning*

help.......my dream truck, is for sale, and in fact there are 3 of them..........

http://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/bar/4232595626.html

alvis stalwart.jpg

[Captain Goddammit]

Wow that IS awesome, and I could see you cruising the perimeter in that!!!

Or anywhere

[ygmir]

OMD

[media]

and they're up in your area, Cap'n!! Puyallup and Tennit (SP?).


I'm diein' here........

[Elliot]

Wikipedia says it has only one diff and is subject to windup which breaks trannies if driven on pavement. It is 1 inch too wide for US roads anyway. Of course, you might not ever need to drive it on pavement, but it might easily have tranny damage already.

Just trying to save you Eight Grand.

[ygmir]

Wikipedia says it has only one diff and is subject to windup which breaks trannies if driven on pavement. It is 1 inch too wide for US roads anyway. Of course, you might not ever need to drive it on pavement, but it might easily have tranny damage already.

Just trying to save you Eight Grand.

your concern is appreciated, Elliot.
the front and rear drive lines can be removed, leaving center drivers only.
also, "hubs" can be fabricated for each axle end, or even dummy ends, to be switched for off road.

I also think he's going to be softening on the prices.......he already mentioned some stuff he'd like to trade.
dang, one was not my M274 mule though........

[Captain Goddammit]

Hmmm… a gas straight-8 Rolls Royce from the '60s… that's the biggest "aw shit" I can see in it. But if you felt up to swapping in a Cummins 6BT or even a 427 and Allison from an old medium duty or bus…
It looks like it's got good tires and in pretty good shape, saw a lot of rust under front window, there could be some metal work to make it watertight, but damn that's an impressive rig! And they say it has a knuckle boom! That makes it 500% better!

[Box Burner]

knuckle boom ?

[ygmir]

yeah one has a knuckle boom, maybe another too. one has a 25K lb. winch in the rear as a retriever.
the body/hull is supposed to be 1/4" plate, so, a little rust is maybe not such an issue.

I gotta sell my M274 mule to help pay.........

[MikeGyver]

See if he will trade a deuce and a mule for it.

[Captain Goddammit]

Maybe I can find time to go have a look at it. That's not far from here at all.

[EspressoDude]

darn crazy machine! looks easy to roll in any direction. gotta love the anti-submarine bow plate! would be great for commuting!!!

[Thecatman]

The carburetor could have come from a Torino but there's no way the intake from anything other than another Y-block Ford engine fit…

You are right......"my bad":oops:
Mine had the wrap around rear window as well. 1957 I believe was the first year of a true styleside bed, as opposed to a stepside.

[ygmir]

Maybe I can find time to go have a look at it. That's not far from here at all.

*jealous*..........if I can work close to a deal, maybe I can hire you to check it out?

gotta find a long haul trucker to bring it here, though........

[Captain Goddammit]

Yep, for Ford it was the first smooth side bed. Chevy had its smooth side Cameo bed in '55 but the '55 - '57 Chevy Cameo was still a narrow box with fiberglass style side fenders in place of the stepside fenders.
There was a smooth side Crosley in the 40s but no one cares. Crosleys were ultra cheap and in my opinion pretty much junk even when new.
I always found the Studebaker Champ pickup from the early '60s interesting and cool.
It used the Lark passenger car front end and cab and the box off of the late-'50s Dodge, which didn't match at all.

[Captain Goddammit]

"Hire" me to check out the 6x6? Hell it would be fun.
I could at least tell you if it ran right and how much worse it looked in person compared to the photos (you know how it is).
And I could certainly put the knuckleboom through a test exercise.

I am assuming these things haven't much top speed for freeway travel.
When Elliot said it had only one differential did he mean between the first, second, and third axles or did he mean two of the axles are solid with no left-to-right diff?
The latter would make driving it home out of the question for sure.
Is it street legal at all, with plates, turn signals and all that?
I know he said it was an inch too wide but I doubt you'd ever get that ticket.
I suppose having it trucked might actually be cheaper. And safer, since you don't know if you'd make it home without something in that unknown 40+ year old beast breaking. "Hello, AAA? Yeah, uh, my pickup truck broke down... yeah, it's a bigger one... "

[ygmir]

wow Cap'n, that'd be sweet!!

so, IIRC, it has camber gears for each pumpkin and a driveline from transfer case to each pumpkin. Sort of a crude posi for left and right, and solid lock between the 3. So no, you can't drive it, stock on pavement. The wind up tears them up. They're made for off road, only.
but as stated, I've read about making hubs on two of the three axles, so you only have one driver, and that works probably fine.

I think top speed is about 45 mph, considering they weigh about 20k and only have 220 h.p.

I'd agree about the "inch" too wide, in that it'd be licensed as a "historic vehicle" and prolly overlooked as such. Not like I'd be driving it to work.........haahaa

with the independant suspension and all, they gotta be great off roaders. only problem being size and weight(which is formidable).
I've also read about putting the 5.0 Cummins in.

[Mojojita]

Holy Tamales! That is the prime vehicle for "Cruisin for Burner Chicks".

[The Rod]

I'd recommend www.uship.com if you're not already familiar with the site for finding someone to haul that thing if you do buy it. Which you should totally do.

[EspressoDude]

here is a map of the drivetrain

http://www.4wdonline.com/Mil/Alvis/Stalwart.html

http://www.amphibiousvehicle.net/amphi/ ... -view.jpeg

http://www.amphibiousvehicle.net/amphi/ ... /pink.jpeg

[Captain Goddammit]

Good lord Yggy are you sure you want to deal with that thing?!

[Elliot]

Good lord Yggy are you sure you want to deal with that thing?!

Read your own signature line, Captain.

[ranger magnum]

Honestly, Id pass on it. Unless it will live on a farm, its pretty useless. You can buy a surplus military 6x6 that is a true flex fuel vehicle. It will run on diesel, gasoline, kerosene, pretty much any combustible fuel. And its driveable on the street.

[ygmir]

Honestly, Id pass on it. Unless it will live on a farm, its pretty useless. You can buy a surplus military 6x6 that is a true flex fuel vehicle. It will run on diesel, gasoline, kerosene, pretty much any combustible fuel. And its driveable on the street.

well, I have two M35A2's...........so agree.

I'm sorta thinkin, for the money and time, I can't do it..........well, won't........... dang it's cool, though.

[Captain Goddammit]

Good lord Yggy are you sure you want to deal with that thing?!

Read your own signature line, Captain.

It says "double it" not "triple it"!

[MikeGyver]

Well... Went up to work on the jeep today pulled the shifter out but pulling out the seats and carpet took a little longer than planned so it got too dark to work before I could put it back together.

[tatonka]

Sold my CZ last weekend for 1400. Had about 800. into it so I made some on it. But now I have a chunk of cash for 2014 BM

[ranger magnum]

Great old bike. I had a Hodaka Dirt Squirt that I learned on back in the days...

[tatonka]

Great old bike. I had a Hodaka Dirt Squirt that I learned on back in the days...

ist bike I rode in 1969 was a Ace 90 , was a real wheelie machine

[maryanimal]

I found out my little car has a transmission going out on it...

looks like if I drive it only when I need to, it's should last a few month. And in that time, I'm looking for another car...Fuck...oh, wrong thread?

[Captain Goddammit]

It's always far better to have that happen at home and NOT on the road to BRC.