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Airbags are a common cause of a bent chassis. First of all you only put one in because you want to overload the tray. Secondly it creates a fold point by putting pressure right on the top of the curve.

Remember that in a dual cab, all the weight in the tray is behind the rear axle and as such provides a leveraging force.

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1941 Type 877 extremely rare 4wd Beetle off-road Sedan Kommandeurwagen

From: http://www.tankmodel.com/typ87.php

Body Style: KdF 60 steel enclosed body with folding top plus an 82
chassis and 4wd. system. Only 564 copies were build between 1942 to1944 by Volkswagenwerk,Wolfsburg. Few steel enclosed prototype Made by Porsche KG,Stuttgart between 1940-1941 (early model with Kubelwagen Type 62 and 82 body) only a few unit off-highway widened fenders 4wd beetle type 87 have survived.Today it is extremely rare at this world.
Construction: Type 82 Kubelwagen Steel central tubular frame with steel body (Porsche took this from Hans Ledwinka's Tatra Vehicle). Rear mount flat 4 air cool engine with 4 speed gear box, with an additional off-road low gear, like the type128 Schwimmwagen or VW166 propellershaft is mounted inside the tubular frame, which could be engaged to drive the front differential at any road gear.
Engine: Horizontally opposed HO-4 cylinder air cooled 1131cc., 25hp. Rear mounted
Transmission: 4 Speed manual plus special off road gear ratios. Part time four wheel drive with two ZF self locking differentials (like todays performance LSD) plus rear hub reduction for increased ground clearance.
Suspension: 4 wheel independent suspension. Front two transverse swing arms and single shock absorbers. Rear trailing arm, single cam type
hydraulic damper and torsion bar (all around).
Tire: 200-16 mud tire, 200-12 mud tire off road wide tire or sand tire use by Afrika-Korps.( few prototype use 5.25R16 off road tire.)
Fuel Tank: 40L
Max speed: 80 Km/h.
Weight: 830 kg (80 kg more than Type 60 because of rear hub reduction gear, front axle, propeller shaft and over size 16 inch off road wide tire and 40L fuel tank.
Brake system: 4 wheel Drum brake; mechanical cable control type.

More info in the link above.

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the new Jeep Wrangler??

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Have we been doing it wrong???

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Warning light anyone?