Daddylonglegs 6X6

Post by **steel** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 1:14 am

Hey Chris Brain,
R u participating on this forum ?

R u online ?

I'm Jason, I met u at Blinman 2003 & stayed with u for a while soon after. How r u doing ? I lost your details so can't contact u. Tried to Email Anthony but not succesful.
Would like to chat again, Have you still got SWAGGI? PM me mate & i'll give u my details

Post by **steel** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 1:24 am

Hey Chris Brain,
R u participating on this forum ?

R u online ?

I'm Jason, I met u at Blinman 2003 & stayed with u for a while soon after. How r u doing ? I lost your details so can't contact u. Tried to Email Anthony but not succesful.
Would like to chat again, Have you still got SWAGGI? PM me mate & i'll give u my details

Post by **swaggi** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 6:32 pm

gday jason, i wasnt on this forum till yesterday.

but now i am! :roll:

Post by **wilsby** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 1:37 am

If your'e after portaled 6x6's, take a look at http://www.grosshandlarnab.com/index_fi ... agnar1.htm

The Swedish military is selling of some Volvo's. Less than USD 7000 for
a mothballed 6x6 rumoured to be in pristine condition.

Post by **daddylonglegs** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 8:20 pm

I am afraid that I haven't yet received a reply from my contact in Vietnam about the Russian portal axles. he may be away on business, but as soon as I know something I will start a new thread on them.

Bill.

Post by **hybridLR** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 9:41 pm

Hi all

Bill, I now have the video of your 6 wheel drive in action. I had forgotten just how amazing it was!!!

Tim G sorted it out today.

I am currently transfering it to digital video so I can edit it and upload it.

Before you all get too exited I must warn you that it is fairly poor quality, black and white. It was made long ago in the early days of analogue video. In fact it was so long ago that you have hair Bill.

Should be up in next few days.

Nigel

Post by **daddylonglegs** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 9:50 pm

Yes it was a long time ago Nigel. I think that truck was the test bed for James Watts prototype steam engine.

Bill.

Post by **ISUZUROVER** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 10:03 pm

Oh come on Bill, I don't believe that old - I would believe that it was the test bed for the original prototype by Rudolph Diesel though.

Speaking of old things, I saw a mint condition NSU RO80 the other day, I've always wondered how well the manual with automatic clutch system worked. Maybe I can track down the owner and ask for a test drive. Plenty of G-Wagens around here too (not surprisingly).

Post by **daddylonglegs** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 10:19 pm

Hi Ben, I think Austin also tried that auto clutch with manual gearbox trick sometime in the late 1950's but dropped it soon after.

A friend has got a shipping container with 2 101 FC landrovers leaving Britain for Melbourne in a couple of weeks time. Have you got any loose Unimog portals to fill in the gaps with ?

Bill.

Post by **ISUZUROVER** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 10:24 pm

unfortunately not. I am still here for another 2 years so wasn't planning on shipping anything back yet. Do you know how much it is costing him (pm me if you don't want to post), and what customs are going to hit him with when it lands?

Post by **daddylonglegs** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 10:39 pm

I dont have those details yet but can find out in a day or so. He has brought a few 90's in over the years and sent one or two 101's back to the UK so he is pretty clued up on all that.

Bill.

Post by **ISUZUROVER** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:27 pm

Well if he does it regularly I would be very interested in a part share of a container in a couple of years time.

Post by **Bush65** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 11:28 pm

hybridLR wrote:Hi all

Bill, I now have the video of your 6 wheel drive in action. I had forgotten just how amazing it was!!!

Tim G sorted it out today.

I am currently transfering it to digital video so I can edit it and upload it.

Before you all get too exited I must warn you that it is fairly poor quality, black and white. It was made long ago in the early days of analogue video. In fact it was so long ago that you have hair Bill.

Should be up in next few days.

Nigel

Nigel, it would be good to see. As far as I know, you can't attach video on this board - have to get someone to host it (should be some members of this board who can do that).

Post by **Thor** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 11:30 pm

use www.4wdlinks.com.au

Post by **modman** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 9:19 pm

hey ben, iused to have a tq ggearbox in my rx3 for a while.
stall convertor on a ported rotary. was deadly at thetraffic lights :twisted:

the tq gearbox couldn't handle the horsepower of the turboed motor so got the boot.
david

Post by **hybridLR** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 11:46 pm

Hi All

Finally got the video of Bill's 6WD up and running.
As I said the video is poor quality. A copy of a copy of a copy of an early 1980's original video.

Bill can provide a commentary on the proceedings.

Regards
Nigel

Bill's 6x6 Climbing Embankment
http://users.bigpond.net.au/hybridlr/bi ... 6part1.wmv

Bill's 6x6 Selective Air bag deployment
http://users.bigpond.net.au/hybridlr/bi ... 6part2.wmv

Bill's 6x6 Boulder Climbing
http://users.bigpond.net.au/hybridlr/bi ... 6part3.wmv

Bill's 6x6 Traversing a Large Log
http://users.bigpond.net.au/hybridlr/bi ... 6part4.wmv

Post by **wilsby** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 11:54 pm

That's one bad beast!

I didn't notice the extra front wheels until now. Is that 10 driven wheels in total, then?

Post by **daddylonglegs** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 12:20 am

No Wilsby , I was going to drive the front wheels off the winch drum shaft but determined it wasn't necessary. They were there to prevent the truck from burying its nose into the ground when climbing almost vertical banks etc.

Bill.

Post by **daddylonglegs** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:13 pm

Is it just me, or are the pauses on this video adjustable?

Post by **bigsteve** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 12:04 pm

daddylonglegs wrote:Is it just me, or are the pauses on this video adjustable?

Plays ok for me once its downloaded, vids are way :cool:

btw

Post by **Barathrum** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 1:24 pm

that is a very sweet truck :cool:

Post by **Bush65** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 7:39 pm

daddylonglegs wrote:Is it just me, or are the pauses on this video adjustable?

Bill did you download and save the videos to your computer or are you just opening them on the player?

If you saved them on your drive they should run OK.

If not saved, then right mouse click on the link and select "save target .."

Post by **DiscoDino** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 7:53 pm

FAWK YEAH!

That thing is NASTY!

I love it!

Now you go and put things into my head! Damn - how do I start with this on the Disco :armsup:

Post by **daddylonglegs** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 8:18 pm

Thanks for the directions John. I am still learning to drive computers.
Yes the vid works fine now.
Regards Bill.

Post by **landy_man** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:41 pm

saw pics of what the 6x6 looks like now.....

if it is alright with Bill i will post them....

Post by **landyboy** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 7:19 pm

Nigel
thanks for posting the video. Its great.

Bill
This truck is awesome.
Incredible that you built it so long ago.
It should be in a museum.

You guys keep this forum tops.

Mike

Post by **daddylonglegs** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 8:29 pm

There are hardly enough bits left to photograph, but yes LandyMan, if you have photos from her grave you can post them.
Mike, there wasn't really anything radically new about the truck, even in the 1980's. A French truck manufacturer by the name of Laffly built very similar 6x6's with bumper and belly wheels in the 1930's and 40's. I used to like looking at photos of them articulating up steep banks and through deep holes etc. They inspired me to try to build something like it.

Bill.

Post by **landy_man** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:00 pm

such a pity....
looked like a very capable truck... maybe again someday hey Bill

RUST IN PIECES 6X6

Post by **daddylonglegs** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:42 pm

Well that is a sad and sorry sight LandyMan. You never know, I am gradually buiding up another pair of portal drop boxes, as spares, but maybe when they are done I might get inspired again. But registration would probably be out of the question these days. In the 1980's, you could get away with much more radically modified trucks, and the police never batted an eyelid.
Bill.

Post by **Nick B** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 6:32 am

thats enough to make a guy cry!

I hate seeing landies just waisting away like that especially when there owner built them to such great hight's. Pitty we all don't have the money to build whole new truck and get to keep the old ones.

And Bill I hope you do get inspired again, your a true artist.

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