Craig's list reverse trike interesting

[stretchmobileski]

I saw this on Craig's list and thought the idea had merit. Simple to do and would be easy to build. It has a lot of potential. Toyota truck frame pinched in the rear. Make some tubular A-arms to clean up the front end.

[DaveJ98092]

Look at that chicken strip on the rear tire. ;D Simple yes, light weight no. But a fine start. How much?

[Deleted]

I like this....so much potential.
Could go with rear drive or front wheel drive!



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[stretchmobileski]

$1600. It's a Nissan truck not Toyota sorry. Here is the text of the add.

"reverse trike is a project it hasa deed 21 Nissan pickup front frame with a 300 Harley rear rim and tire motor mounts are set up for a zx14 but can be changed to whatever motor you want to run"

[tryota]

Look like it might become a real 3 wheeler if someone should finish it.

[riverduk]

Hi, Love the concept, here in Australia back in the early 80's we had a little 1/2 ton Mazda cab / chassis called the 1000, chassis appears to be a bit lighter than this one and as such could possibly make a good starting point for a similar project.
I was thinking though, I recently saw a 2 seater SxS R/T that had the rear swing arm pivoting right behind the rear of the seat section with the motor mounted on the swing arm with the rear tyre, larger rear suspension obviously to handle the extra weight on the swing arm but the finish behind the seats looked a lot better than the finish of some other trikes I have seen, perhaps the word I would use was balanced. Aesthetically speaking the vehicle looked more balanced through the overall lines of the finish, if that makes sense. Of course forgot to save the web site or a pic so will have to go hunting again. perhaps someone here knows of the trike and can put up a pic.
Any how I was thinking that in a project like this, the rear pivot point could be built into the chassis rails therefore shortening the rails a bit more and in doing so, lightening the weight a little more.
The thing I like most about this idea from my perspective is that the steering angles, lines etc are already there, no calculations to make, also makes for a quicker build time, which means on the road quicker. On the down side a bit more thought into getting the body finish to look the part, perhaps some body panels off something else that looks good might work, ??

Anyhow, thats my 2 cents worth, cheers, Ross