Sika Syncro............Uncle Sam Style

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Sika Syncro............Uncle Sam Style

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Finally the Yanks might be producing something I could consider buying.........

http://uncrate.com/stuff/jeep-mighty-fc-concept/

What does eveyone else think?

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That is a tiny bit cute!!

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Handsome those, I have been watching them for a while. Defiantly a gap in the market since they stopped making a decent Syncro Transporter :wink:

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And some action shots..............http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8FQGWmxqio :ok

Not a mention of VW inspired pick up design..........next they'll be telling us they won WWII single handed :D

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Looks like a blinged-up Landy Series 2B from here...
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Only more reliable, less cramped, quieter, better on fuel and not in need of constant maintenance !
Your right there is a gap in the market for a forward control.
I have been driving a hilux for the past few days towing my big trailer and thinking how good it was. The Syncro supposedly is not up to towing so I thought Landrover, but bolt lancruiser running gear and engine in....my SA mate said it had been done, and was still a cramped noisy bag of crap. So there is only the Jeep as a current contender to my mind.
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Nope, still looks like a sherpa.
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Separated at birth?
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Front end off a 3741 :mrgreen:

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I prefer the old school doka in the vid. :D
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Like a lot of concept vehicles: how are you supposed to climb in? No articulated steps, no grab handles, not even wheel hub extensions like a 101...

more pics: http://www.trucktrend.com/roadtests/pic ... to_37.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

You really think that a GM-built truck like this will be more reliable than a Series Landy? Clockwork meccano vs. too much plastic and sensors everywhere?

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PS then read this :shock:

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/04/te ... c-concept/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Plus it's got a 300 bhp V6 petrol engine that is rev-tastic:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Pentastar_engine" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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jed the spread wrote:Handsome those, I have been watching them for a while. Defiantly a gap in the market since they stopped making a decent Syncro Transporter :wink:

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Not a mention of VW inspired pick up design..........next they'll be telling us they won WWII single handed :D

FC Jeeps have been around since 1956 so nothing new there ......

Caught these in France last year

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Brand loyalty blinkers... VW didn't invent the wheel you know! You've got to have been around a bit to appreciate the fact, eh Andrew? :wink:
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silverbullet wrote:Brand loyalty blinkers... VW didn't invent the wheel you know! You've got to have been around a bit to appreciate the fact, eh Andrew? :wink:

Absolutely! Experience accounts for everything and time filters the nonsense! There are so many enthusiastic, busy and energetic fools about!
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