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  2. Rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout - Wikipedia

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    In off-road and low-traction situations, the RR layout has some advantages compared to other 2WD layouts. The weight is biased towards the driven wheels- as with FF vehicles. This both improves drive-wheel traction and reduces the tendency for the undriven wheels to dig in.

  3. Backbone chassis - Wikipedia

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    The truck backbone chassis is a design feature of Czech Tatra heavy trucks [3] (cross-country, military etc.). Hans Ledwinka used this style of chassis for the Tatra 11 car in 1923. [ 2 ] He then developed the design on trucks with 6x4 model Tatra 26 , which had excellent off-road abilities.

  4. Vehicle frame - Wikipedia

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    Ladder frame pickup truck chassis holds the vehicle's engine, drivetrain, suspension, and wheels The unibody - for the unitized body - is also a form of a frame. A vehicle frame, also historically known as its chassis, is the main supporting structure of a motor vehicle to which all other components are attached, comparable to the skeleton of an organism.

  5. Chassis Plans - Wikipedia

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    1997: Established as a spin-off of Industrial Computer Source providing engineering services and computer system designs. 1998: Recognized by Internet Telephony Center Stage for the design of the 717-BP20 Rackmount Computer. [2] 2001: Chassis Plans expands product offering from design services to complete turnkey computer systems.

  6. GMC CCKW 2½-ton 6×6 truck - Wikipedia

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    Restored CCKW 353 Cargo truck with open cab, machine gun ring, and front-mounted winch. The GMC CCKW, also known as "Jimmy", or the G-508 by its Ordnance Supply Catalog number, [a] was a highly successful series of off-road capable, 2 1 ⁄ 2-ton, 6×6 trucks, built in large numbers to a standardized design (from 1941 to 1945) for the U.S. Army, that saw heavy service, predominantly as cargo ...

  7. Tatra 815-7 - Wikipedia

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    The chassis is designed primarily for off-road applications, which gives it a comparative advantage over trucks primarily intended for roads that were modified for offroad use. [6] As such, Tatra Czech manufactured the T817 chassis to be used as the basis of other specialist vehicles made in a number of countries.

  8. Eight-wheel drive - Wikipedia

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    Chassis of an 8×8 vehicle. Eight-wheel drive, often notated as 8WD or 8×8, is a drivetrain configuration that allows all eight wheels of an eight-wheeled vehicle to be drive wheels simultaneously.

  9. Bowler Wildcat - Wikipedia

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    The Bowler Wildcat is an off-road vehicle originally made by Bowler Offroad.It is an evolution of the Bowler Tomcat using some components from the Land Rover Defender.. The initial version, Wildcat 100, had a tubular chassis with 100" wheelbase and used the same body style as the previous box-section chassis "Tomcat 100".