For folks that haven’t ridden in one: they’ve got a gigantic hump in the middle for the 4WD transfer case, so the actual seats (they only seat 4, BTW) aren’t much bigger than the ones in my Miata.
I mean, we’re talking about doing a full teardown here. The shocks are going, the engine’s going, the seats are going, basically everything except the frame, wheels, and maaaaybe transmission is gonna get thrown out.
Listen, I can dream okay lol? Also I have no illusions about it being a hell of a lot of work, it also wouldn’t be my first car. There are other cars I’m more interested in; doing a humvee overhaul like that would be a “I have lots of time and money” thing.
I don’t think passenger comfort was a high priority when they designed and built the HMMWV, I don’t think this is a great plan.
For folks that haven’t ridden in one: they’ve got a gigantic hump in the middle for the 4WD transfer case, so the actual seats (they only seat 4, BTW) aren’t much bigger than the ones in my Miata.
I’m pretty sure that’s an H1, I.E the civilian variant. No way the seats are that plush on the military version.
Yup. They have some shitty padding on plywood, also no headrest.
I mean, we’re talking about doing a full teardown here. The shocks are going, the engine’s going, the seats are going, basically everything except the frame, wheels, and maaaaybe transmission is gonna get thrown out.
So for your first car engineered from the ground up you’re gonna build a comfortable one.
I don’t wanna be discouraging but … good luck.
Listen, I can dream okay lol? Also I have no illusions about it being a hell of a lot of work, it also wouldn’t be my first car. There are other cars I’m more interested in; doing a humvee overhaul like that would be a “I have lots of time and money” thing.
Buy a Rolls Royce or a Range Rover instead.
If you think about it, the H1, H2 and H3 Hummers were just Rolls-Royces for rednecks.