Tjo! Har sett flera LT eller T3 overlander byggen, som används ordentligt. Har vi några bay overlanders? Större däck, annan motor, brutala räcken osv? 
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Det här har du säkert redan sett!?
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They were ideally placed to do this; Gustav Meyer was head of VW Light truck engineering & Henning Duckstien was in charge of the truck testing department.
Money for research was tight in those days (as the T25 was being developed) but between them they managed to produce five prototype 4WD Bay window transporters using a lot of parts from other vehicles. The driver for this was that if VW could produce a good 4WD drive vehicle & be seen to be competing (or supplying support vehicles) for the tough African rallies then this would attract orders for transporters from the armed forces.
The first of the five prototypes was completed at the end of 1975. The vehicles had semi automatic gearboxes similar to the “Stick Shift” Beetles. These were coupled via a torque converter and a hydraulic clutch to a 70BHP 2-litre engine, which had just been developed for the VW/Audi military “Iltis” vehicle. The system had friction type diff locks & an extra lever in the cab allowed it to be driven in either 2 or 4 wheel drive. Extensive modification was required to the front axle to accommodate the differential & drive shafts (and rerouting of the heating system). These vehicles had drum brakes all round.
Under body plating was applied & the exhaust was modified (tailpipe through bumper!) to give extra ground clearance. Addition of 16” wheels also helped increase ground clearance.
The 5 prototypes undertook extensive testing & produced very positive results.
THE EXHAUST WAS RAISED & EXITED FROM RIGHT CORNER OF BUMPER!
However the project was already attracting a lot of resistance from within VW itself. Amazingly the VW marketing guru’s did not believe there was a market for 4WD utility vehicles in the future – not one of their best marketing decisions!!
Despite this Gustav & Henning managed keep their enthusiasm & continued the project.
At the launch of the Audi built “ Iltis” in 1978 a Bay 4WD prototype was also present. During trials before the German Armed Forces the Bay 4WD ran rings around the Iltis. Despite this the VW Chiefs still decided that the vehicle would not go into series production.
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orange transporter DH syncro -86
vit transporter EH -86 reservdelsbil
Det där är inte en Overlander. En Overlander är en expeditonsbil, byggd för att husera en eller flera över en kontinent. Gärna med obefintliga vägar. Bara för att den har stora däck så det inte samma sak.
Det här är en overlander.
Och den här:
Jo jag har sett det konceptet ALidhojd, men det är som Svenne skriver det är liksom hela grejen. Om vet om flera modeller som är overlanders men tänkte om det fanns nån som rest med just bay mer än bara genom Europa på vänliga vägar
