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Author:  eighty3bronco [ Tue May 01, 2012 5:00 pm ]
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So my work has taken me 4000 miles away from home for a couple of weeks to the Czech Republic... During my stay i decided to go to a local museum... Tatra Technology Museum in fact... I saw some amazing things while there... I wanted to sare some of them to my fellow woodsbuggy friends... Many cars dated back to the early 1900's all the way into the 1980/90s... most of them were air cooled and all of them including their big trucks have swing axle transmissions...

so in the back of this car that was built in 1936:
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was this engine:
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which happens to be an air cooled 90hp V8
with this transmission:
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I just thought that i would share some these pictures with everyone... i hope you atleast liked them..

I aslo saw this:
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A 4 wheel drive buggy that was built in 1987 and is still raced today.. I believe it also won some races in 2003 and 2005...
the front axles:
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The engine:
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The brakes were all mounted inboard of the axles...

and standing next to this monster was great!!!!
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I hope all have enjoyed the pics..

Author:  Russ-the-Buss [ Tue May 01, 2012 5:19 pm ]
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8) Very Cool ! 8)

Author:  gasman [ Tue May 01, 2012 5:49 pm ]
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Awesome,thanks for posting. Chad :mrgreen:

Author:  ridenrace6 [ Tue May 01, 2012 5:52 pm ]
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gasman wrote:
Awesome,thanks for posting. Chad :mrgreen:


x2

Author:  MickeyMouse [ Tue May 01, 2012 9:44 pm ]
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That is VERY cool.. Thanks for sharing... I would love to see some more pics of the front axles.. I am still planning to take mine to 4 wheeldrive.. I just need some time and money :shock: :shock: :shock:

Author:  eighty3bronco [ Wed May 02, 2012 12:22 pm ]
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MickeyMouse wrote:
That is VERY cool.. Thanks for sharing... I would love to see some more pics of the front axles.. I am still planning to take mine to 4 wheeldrive.. I just need some time and money :shock: :shock: :shock:


sorry... i tried to get a better pic of the axles but it turned out like crap and deleted it... :oops:
I did loo in there though.. i could not see what front diff that they used but i did see that the front brake rotors were tiny and mounted directly to the diff...

Author:  ky-bc [ Wed May 02, 2012 12:27 pm ]
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Cool, thanks for sharing!

Author:  eighty3bronco [ Wed May 02, 2012 12:29 pm ]
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for all the chain drive guys...

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and i belive that this is a v8 as well...
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but i did not get the year it was built...

Author:  rip-it [ Wed May 02, 2012 2:10 pm ]
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Very Cool!!!! :!: :wink: Thanks !!

Author:  rockrockets1 [ Wed May 02, 2012 5:06 pm ]
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Thanks for a minute there I thought you left us out LOL. It's wild how stuff is else where
eighty3bronco wrote:
for all the chain drive guys...

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and i belive that this is a v8 as well...
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but i did not get the year it was built...

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