Supposedly this conversion is done without major modifications to the
parent vehicle. Basically, the original hub is converted to drive a
small sprocket (sprockette?) with a triangular frame that has small road
wheels below. It has the sprocket on top, and three or four roadwheels
on the bottom. I think that the track is a rubber belt.
I've actually seen one of these units installed on a full size 4x4, and
it looks pretty ridiculous! Since the sprocket centerline is the
original axle centerline, the truck is raised about a foot and a half
from stock.
BK
ken king wrote:
>
> i haven't seen the picture you're talking about, but a year or so ago in a
> civilian 4 wheel drive magazine there was an advert for turning basically
> *any* 4 wheel drive into a tracked vehicle. the advertising was directed to
> 'serious hunters'.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Renaud OLGIATI <rolgiati@conexion.com.py>
>
> >Sorting through old papers, I have come across a picture of a rather
> >strange VW bus:
> >
> >Instead of four wheels, this one has tracks;
> >
> >The body-shell is a split-screen bus.
> >
> >The track-train is of the Christie type, with single-pin track-links.
>
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