Post up rare, custom, or just plain weird trucks!

[45acp]

^would look alot better with the bed bobbed 6-8"

 

[BUCKLAND]

^would look alot better if it was a 77 f250 with a dump flat bed

This is what you meant to write

 

[Elwenil]

It would look a lot better with the rear axle centered in the wheel opening and a rear window that matched the rest of the truck.

But, prototype, so...

 

[1oddtech]

Yes and they either have mechanical steering connections or it's got a servo type connection to keep it pointed in the right direction. Pure hydraulic is pretty horrible with the internal leakage they all have. They drift.

Nope all hydraulic fluid no electronics between the steering wheel and the tires even with gps steering

 

[Dougal]

Nope all hydraulic fluid no electronics between the steering wheel and the tires even with gps steering

Depends on your tractor.

 

[bradp674]

Now we know why arse is so tight with his money. He had a secret build he was doing.

 

[shortbus4x4]

Now we know why arse is so tight with his money. He had a secret build he was doing.

Dayum he be a baller.

 

[Briansc33]

If those switches are to control the bags that's so '10.. Even my tow rigs bags are controlled from my phone..

 

[roundhouse]

I can't be the only guy that has a ratty old semi somewhere on my top 37 purchases when I win the powerball
Not a "nice one" I'd drive that bitch to a fucking steakhouse


That says "crew cab" and that's where it belongs

My first rig was a 85 international cabover with leaf springs and no power steering

First three months my arms and chest were sore every day

After that you build up pretty good muscles

 

[gunracer1]

 

[Flatbed]

Russet or Yukon gold?

 

[WTF?]

Another variation on the van theme:

 

[Elwenil]

Tires from Finland and actual locking hubs. Interesting.

 

[bradp674]

 

[95stepside]

 

[Clb]

Old ice cream truck?

 

[Elwenil]

Probably an old Fire Truck.

 

[bradp674]

 

[WTF?]

My state’s got quite an exceptional assortment of mouth breathers between this guy and the squatty bros.

 

[HVACrawler]

 

[Ebs]

If GM did cool stuff.

 

[bradp674]

 

[Clb]

Kudos for the Turbo klownCar

 

[shortbus4x4]

Paging 2big bronco

 

[FelixstoweF.2]

Linn Tractor Half Track...

 

[RMO]

 

[RMO]

Sitting on CJ-7 frame

 

[Baldy]

Just what the world needs another dually.

 

[FlatLander]

Konings, Swalmen

In 1873 werd door Michael Konings en zijn zoon Peter in het Limburgse Swalmen Konings Machinefabriek BV opgericht. Men concentreerde zich op landbouwwerktuigen en draaimolens. In 1898 werd het bedrijf uitgebreid met een ijzergieterij. Vanaf dat moment konden de eigen producten met in huis...

conam.info

Manufacturers (description)

Konings, Swalmen

In 1932 they attempted another experiment. Flour merchant Smeets in Roermond was looking for a cheap truck with a lot of power. Because a truck with a payload of, for example, 5 tons was considerably more expensive than two trucks with a 2½ ton payload each, the idea arose to combine two of the latter units into one with double the capacity.
That idea was developed by ir. H.C. Olivier, who had worked in car manufacturing in Detroit for a long time, and carried out by Leo Konings and engineer Karel Konings. They came up with the construction of the so-called Siamese Twins, a truck equipped with a twin-motor drive system. The choice fell on Ford parts, because they turned out to be by far the cheapest. The construction consisted of two side-by-side and completely separate Ford engines with separate gearboxes, cardans and swingarms, the latter of which were shortened so much that the two rear wheel sets could be placed next to each other without the whole exceeding the permitted width. In principle, two Ford trucks united in one chassis.
The driver sat in the middle of the front seat and next to him there was a spacious seat on each side. It had gear levers on the right and left, which could be operated independently of each other. The advantage of this was that only one engine had to be used when the load was small, which of course resulted in considerable fuel savings. Both clutches, as well as both throttle valves, were operated by one pedal, while the brakes for both rear axles were also pressed simultaneously.
Konings showed the car at the RAI in 1933, but only a few were produced.

Rear view clearly showing both separately powered swing sets. The piece A can rotate in the directions of the arrow.

An extremely ingenious carrier for the rear spring eyes (A) rests in rubber (C); it serves as a spring swing and can also rotate sideways.

Virtually only the differential remains of the Ford swingarm.

Photos below: the construction nicknamed "Rodika and Dodika".

In 2013, Konings is still active in Swalmen. The company specializes in CNC machining such as turning, milling, boring and drilling.

Text Rutger Booy using the sources below:
Lammerse, Jan: Car design in the Netherlands, 1993
Article in the Autokampioen dated January 21, 1933

 

[Projectjunkie]

Konings, Swalmen

In 1873 werd door Michael Konings en zijn zoon Peter in het Limburgse Swalmen Konings Machinefabriek BV opgericht. Men concentreerde zich op landbouwwerktuigen en draaimolens. In 1898 werd het bedrijf uitgebreid met een ijzergieterij. Vanaf dat moment konden de eigen producten met in huis...

conam.info

Manufacturers (description)

Konings, Swalmen

In 1932 they attempted another experiment. Flour merchant Smeets in Roermond was looking for a cheap truck with a lot of power. Because a truck with a payload of, for example, 5 tons was considerably more expensive than two trucks with a 2½ ton payload each, the idea arose to combine two of the latter units into one with double the capacity.
That idea was developed by ir. H.C. Olivier, who had worked in car manufacturing in Detroit for a long time, and carried out by Leo Konings and engineer Karel Konings. They came up with the construction of the so-called Siamese Twins, a truck equipped with a twin-motor drive system. The choice fell on Ford parts, because they turned out to be by far the cheapest. The construction consisted of two side-by-side and completely separate Ford engines with separate gearboxes, cardans and swingarms, the latter of which were shortened so much that the two rear wheel sets could be placed next to each other without the whole exceeding the permitted width. In principle, two Ford trucks united in one chassis.
The driver sat in the middle of the front seat and next to him there was a spacious seat on each side. It had gear levers on the right and left, which could be operated independently of each other. The advantage of this was that only one engine had to be used when the load was small, which of course resulted in considerable fuel savings. Both clutches, as well as both throttle valves, were operated by one pedal, while the brakes for both rear axles were also pressed simultaneously.
Konings showed the car at the RAI in 1933, but only a few were produced.

Rear view clearly showing both separately powered swing sets. The piece A can rotate in the directions of the arrow.

An extremely ingenious carrier for the rear spring eyes (A) rests in rubber (C); it serves as a spring swing and can also rotate sideways.

Virtually only the differential remains of the Ford swingarm.

Photos below: the construction nicknamed "Rodika and Dodika".

In 2013, Konings is still active in Swalmen. The company specializes in CNC machining such as turning, milling, boring and drilling.

Text Rutger Booy using the sources below:
Lammerse, Jan: Car design in the Netherlands, 1993
Article in the Autokampioen dated January 21, 1933

Badass!

A while back somebody here posted a 50s semi some guys built in their backyard, it was the heirs for sale ad, twin engines transmissions, staggered diffs on the drive axles, twin clutch pedals, twin gas pedals etc, said once they hit his at driving it, you left one engine under power and shifted the other, said it would eat up hills and just leave everybody else behind