May 10, 2004
The Quigley-Sportsmobile 4WD Vehicle
In the last 2 days, I've seen two of these incredibly interesting van conversions on the streets near home: the Quigley-Sportsmobile 4WD Vehicle. I would much rather have one of these than a Hummer H2.
Posted by Russell Whitaker at May 10, 2004 02:47 PM | TrackBackWhat? No 26" rims? ;)
No retractable hot tub?
Where's the roof mounted gun turret?
Ah! Another "Stripes" fan...
Posted by: Russell Whitaker on May 10, 2004 04:45 PMI've never liked either Hummer. Two great, hulking vehicles that only seat four people. The full size is much too wide for practical use.
The van conversion you linked to is interesting, but I prefer a tricked out Chevy Suburban or Ford Excursion or Expedition.
See
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&category=31834&item=2476319135&sspagename=STRK%3AMESSE%3AIT
for one that's over the top.
Seriously, I was able to compare a tricked out Suburban and a Hummer when I was living in MT. The Suburban was hands down my choice. It would go about 95% of the places the Hummer would and a number of places it wouldn't because the Hummer was so wide. Much more comfortable, much more usable room.
Actually, I'd prefer tricking out a school bus with 4wd, 4wis, hyrbid diesel/electric motor on hub and oversized air bag suspension for variable height/variable ride. Convert the bus into a real camper, and inflatable pontoons under the chassis for amphibious use.
Then of course mount a swing wing to the roof and some Learjet sized turbofans.... ahem..
A bus with floats? Coming right up! Introducing the Terra Wind:
http://popularmechanics.com/outdoors/boating/2004/4/giant_amphibians/
It's expensive but, hey, it floats!
Dirk
Posted by: Dirk Koenig on May 12, 2004 06:36 AMI have a Quigley 4x4 V10 E 350 Sportsmobile Pop Top Van that will go anywhere and get you back.
I moved to NYC and have to sell the machine, anyone know where the best place is to advertise this beast?
For a quick visual comparison of the Excursion and Suburban with the Quigley Sportsmobile check this :
http://www.quigley4x4.com/pages/index.cfm?fuseAction=page&upID=37&CFID=982046&CFTOKEN=66530804
It's like the Steyr-Daimler-Puch Pinzgauer of the seventies,
http://www.real4x4.com/PINZGAUER.shtml
but done to an American scale minus the comic book absolutism of the HMMWV-inspired products:
http://www.off-road.com/hummer/general/hmmwv.html
(I saw an interesting test mule HMMWV at Aberdeen in '86 with a Mecedes in line diesel and a 5-speed manual transmission)
Posted by: Andy on May 24, 2005 06:36 AM