anyone want one of these ??

[splitbusahollic]

not an ambulance....not a firetruck...no a tow truck splitty !!

[Pine]

Look carefully - it has two flat fours on top of each other..

[fig]

I prefer these

[splitbusahollic]

Fig
where is the engine on the flatbed ???

Pine
i see the two engines...how on earth would that work ?? two engines..one gearbox ?? strange set up !!

[slak]

can u imagine trying to do a oil change on that twin flat four

[Klaus]

I'll take any of them, we good do some serious AC recovery with them

Love the Norton signwritting - nice rugged truck

[Dawie]

There was a writeup on that twin-engined doublecab in HVW'S or VW Trends looong ago.

Also seen an article about a towtruck that looked similar to the bottom one.
It used an extended baywindow chassis with flat type 4 engine at the back. Low bed to load cars. Think it had a single rear axle with double wheels, not sure. It used the cab from a split singlecab.

[CooP]

Here's a different picture of the twin engined one:



Must have been a nightmare getting the carbs balanced...

[slak]

are those type 4 engines ?

[CooP]

Here's another neat tow truck - love the plate!

[Dawie]

The brown doublecab had two type 1 engines and power was coupled by means of a belt at the pulley side. Sounds like a crude effort. Could be wrong, but i vaguely remember reading something about the top engine being upside down.

[slak]

anyone know how the cooling system works it sure looks
upside down 2 me ?