Sometimes I have to ask myself...why????

[thixon]

If someone can explain this one to me, let 'er rip.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1974-LAND-ROVER-Defender_W0QQitemZ260406230384QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item3ca16bbd70&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=65%3A7%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

[NickDawson]

I saw that the other day and got a good laugh out of it...

Presumably its redundancy, when one axle fails you have another

[scott]

the real reason for this configuration is to increase payload capability. what doesn't make sence is there is so little volume capacity that you need a vary dence payload to reap the benefits. maybe he was thinking of becoming a lead hauler

[chefplw]

I saw it a couple of weeks ago, maybe a month. I think it has been relisted. Just cant imagine why it hasnot sold .

[bmohan55]

I was hoping it was Photoshopped

[Bertha]

I think the bigger laugh is what he is asking for that beauty.

[daveb]

well, six by six is cool if it works. but that looks like a poor conversion.

If someone can explain this one to me, let 'er rip.

[NickDawson]

Anyone close enough to look at this one for me...could be a real contender.

[Rineheitzgabot]

Travis,

I just looked at that this morning and thought the same thing.

It looks like a kit car or something. I know that it is not, but it has to do with the wheel clearance.

He would almost have a better chance selling it, if it were olive drab, plain wheels, without all the "EXTREME, OFF-ROAD"-flare, but instead with an EX-MOD persuasion to it, so it looked like one of those "one-of-a-kind" units that you see in Land Rover publications.

[CliftonRover]

I bet the extra axle isn't driven, even if it was they should be a little farther apart, and with that wheel base I bet its not fun to steer on the pavement.

[greenmeanie]

It looks like a 125" wheelbase Sandringham 6 built by Hotspur Motor Cars in the UK. They did series, stage 1 and Defender versions IIRC and were mainly geared towards things like heavy cherry pickers, tippers and other commercial uses. That one has been blinged out sadly.

They were 6X6 with a drive through diff on the middle axle although there is no diff between the rear two axles so scrubbing is an issue. THe suspension was fairly neat as one axle had 88 mounts and the other 109 mounts so that the two systems could overlap allowing the wheels to position that close together.

My favourite is still the Centaur halftrack.

[Rineheitzgabot]

This is probably some of the stuff Gregor is talking about:

http://www.lr-mad.co.uk/cpickers.html

[LaneRover]

and maybe this link

http://www.lr-mad.co.uk/6x6.html

[Tim Smith]

I think Clifton hit it.

I also doubt it's 6x6. Move up to 31" tires and this dream boat takes on water.

Fun as it it might be, it's not for my sensible self.

[Firemanshort]

If the location is correct on the eBay listing - that thing is 30 minutes from me. I have never seen it on the roads around town. (I know.. imagine that.)

I could take a look over the weekend. I won't waste the seller's time unless someone on here is serious for a first hand look-see.