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70 series 6x6 camper?
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 3:44 pm
by crazydragon
Has anyone seen this truck around NZ? I remember seeing one on TradeMe like 3-4 years ago. Tried looking for some pictures on the internet but couldn't find it.
Has anyone had pictures of this truck?
Re: 70 series 6x6 camper?
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 4:05 pm
by Crash bandicoot
heaps in aussie, industries popped up over there that specialize in converting patrols, hilux. land crusiers, land rovers, to 6x6.
I have looked under one in the flesh and all it is is an extended chassis with either leaf or coil suspension, an extra transfer case plonked onto the rear of the gear box that is mounted high giving two rear outputs and to give the drive shaft good clearance over the original axle then down to the rearmost axle.
Using off set diffs the middle axles diff housing sits to the drivers side and the rear axles diff sits to the passengers side.
I am guessing here but I'd say it was done this way to give good axle articulation, as i would have thought a through put shaft on the front diff to the rear connected by a short drive shaft would have been more efficient, but lacking movement creating acute angles on the UJ's.
Re: 70 series 6x6 camper?
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 7:48 am
by snotgoblin
I am picking it is the same company who do the 6x6 Defender conversions for the Australian SAS Regiment?
Wicked looking vehicles.
Carmichael in the UK did same conversions to the two door Range Rovers for the RAF as crash fire tenders. NZ Fire Service had one for a while in Wellington...
Not much help sorry...
Re: 70 series 6x6 camper?
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 10:39 pm
by crazydragon
Oh no.. What I meant was there's one in New Zealand. I saw it on TradeMe around 4 years ago selling at around 25k or 35k I believe. I can't remember.. But has anyone seen it in New Zealand?
Re: 70 series 6x6 camper?
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 7:10 am
by KIWI_TERRANO
Tour operator in chch has a 6x6 cruiser and it has seats in it maybe it use to be camper?
Re: 70 series 6x6 camper?
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 8:57 am
by scotty36
I think there was a 6x6 cruiser for sale in gore about that time not shore if it was a camper or bus
Re: 70 series 6x6 camper?
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 5:32 pm
by land bruiser
Re: 70 series 6x6 camper?
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 12:50 pm
by mercutio
I wonder when the Aussie army will start disposing of there 6x6 G wagens

Re: 70 series 6x6 camper?
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 8:28 am
by crazydragon
Yeah Scotty I think that might be the one. I'm sure it was a camper cause it had the bed, sinks and what not.. I wonder what happened to it. Seems like no one's seen it on the road before..
Re: 70 series 6x6 camper?
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 12:22 pm
by Dirtydog
there is a twin axle landrover ute down here in gore, but i dont know if it is 6x6 or 4x4 with a lazy axle behind it.
none the less it still looks cool, tows a swivel trailer behind it sometimes.