Did anyone know?

Yeah, pretty crazty offset under there!

 

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So now...since the result of that design was the lean to the driver's side, what would have been involved, had they offset the motor to the other side? Rear diff would have to have been flipped, transfer case would have to be on the other side, etc....would it work if that had happened? Would everything have still cleared? (I'm betting that there was some other reason that the motor was offset to this side, rather than it having been an arbitrary choice.)

This is right to the basics of the design parameters. Roc has it right. The reason for the offset was to clear the engine for the front drive and still maintain required ground clearance.

It was a theoretical question Roc...I understand that things like the transfer case weren't designed to be mounted on the opposite side, but...what IF they had been? And the front end, etc. I was just wondering if the result would have then been a "lean to the right"...UNTIL, perhaps, the gas tank was filled, and only a driver got in, etc. 

That's probably a big part of it Sam.....but going with Jack's 'architecture', if I was designing it, it would make more sense in my mind (even if it was designed to always have a passenger) to have the weight 'designed in' to the passenger side. That way, with the offset driveline to the left with the weight of the driver, the load would be more centralized.

Jus*Jack wrote: It was a theoretical question Roc...I understand that things like the transfer case weren't designed to be mounted on the opposite side, but...what IF they had been? And the front end, etc. I was just wondering if the result would have then been a "lean to the right"...UNTIL, perhaps, the gas tank was filled, and only a driver got in, etc.  I suspect that you were right, and it was just a matter of "That's the way things have been done, so why would we change it?" <g> (See? I AM something of a "modified fan" too! <g>) Allen's right...it goes right to the heart of design theory, and having always been one to question things, and esp. if there's a "Better Way", I had to ask...(and that's what architects are supposed to do! <g>)

Edited by lowenuf - 20 Nov. 2008 at 8:33pm

Another thought about a "mirror" (opposite) image to the drivetrain would be the clutch, brake, exhaust, steering linkages ect... They could at least put the gas tank under the passanger side.

I'm going to Kanas City Mo. tommorrow to pick one of these dual tank Jeeps...We'll give you a detailed report. #17xxx.