kcimb
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Many of the more popular and successful armored vehicles are based off of truck frames-basically custom made armored bodies bolted onto heavy cargo truck frames.
The M53/59 praga, OT64, BRDM2, OT65, Tatrapan, Saxon, Humber Pig, Peacekeeper,piglet, V100, etc are all armoured bodies on truck frames.
The idea came to me as I watched Howe and Howe (pretty cool show, BTW). Weld up a fairly decent steel body, bob the 5 ton frame, and rewire the controls and steering. Perhaps add AC, some bench seats in the back and a decent door in the rear.
Perfectly doable, I think. I've seen some of the engineering done on this site that really impressed me (Baby Hemmt, WGTI in particular) and I think it could be done. The welding part would make it kind of hard and limited to a few, but the idea is awesome none the less.
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The M53/59 praga, OT64, BRDM2, OT65, Tatrapan, Saxon, Humber Pig, Peacekeeper,piglet, V100, etc are all armoured bodies on truck frames.
The idea came to me as I watched Howe and Howe (pretty cool show, BTW). Weld up a fairly decent steel body, bob the 5 ton frame, and rewire the controls and steering. Perhaps add AC, some bench seats in the back and a decent door in the rear.
Perfectly doable, I think. I've seen some of the engineering done on this site that really impressed me (Baby Hemmt, WGTI in particular) and I think it could be done. The welding part would make it kind of hard and limited to a few, but the idea is awesome none the less.
I had no clue what section this belonged in, but the mods do.
They know everything.