Sidewinder Rock Crawler

Thought some of you might want to see this, a very good friend of mine in western NE Builds some pretty nice crawlers, this is the Second Sidewinder he calls them 2 seater 4.3 L GM v 6 Chrysler 727 dana 60 ect. with a lot of little added different things, Four wheel steer,full air ride no springs or shocks with level ride Computerized control on all 4 points.Plus the wheelbase is extendable 24" on the fly.He has built 3 more since this one the one. 2 years ago was a Hybrid all Electric. Some pretty cool stuff and it is also a lot of Fun.Attachment 7387

I would love to hear more about the adjustable wheelbase and how it works.

It's hydraulic operated. The frame is gloved and slides within itself. The whole back half of this machine moves in and out 18" on the fly or just sitting still. Alec took and extended the driveline stub and slip yokes by welding them together. He has just finished another that i have not seen and has headed to Arizona to rock crawl for the winter. He had an all electric on a couple of years ago but the motors didn't have the power he needed so he converted it to hydraulic with 4 cyl GM power to run the pump. It looked like a spider with 4 legs each leg had 3 joints and could move independent. He could raise the rear leg like a dog and squirt water on a camp fire pretty easy. One of his old crawlers made from a Suburban still sits at his place in Nebraska i first saw it years ago and asked why he used a Chevrolet Avalanche for a crawler. His comment that's not an Avalanche it's a Suburban ,the back of the roof kept getting hung up so i cut it off maybe somebody from GM saw it and got the idea.

That thing is pretty sweet. I never even thought about making a vehicle adjustable like that but I can see the huge benefit it would provide.

That is pretty cool. some guys around ere have some crawlers, but they aren't as cool as that.

I am thinking about flying to Phoenix and meeting up with him in the desert in Feb if everything goes ok around here. I want to see his new one he built this last summer. He claims it is the last and best of all he has done.

That's impressive. If you go get some video. I would love to see some video's of the wheelbase changing on the fly. It's amazing how much off-roading has changed over the past 15 years.

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Originally Posted by Kendall

That's impressive. If you go get some video. I would love to see some video's of the wheelbase changing on the fly. It's amazing how much off-roading has changed over the past 15 years.

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I would like to see this to.