Hi all,
I've loved this site for what seems like years now, and posted about finding my perfect vehicle on this very forum.
I didn't give up the hunt and kept looking on the usual forums and Ebay for that vehicle that would scratch that itch.
So aside from piccies everyone likes a story, I've been heavily into Vw's for many years and I guess a good few Vw fans find their way into the American scene eventually. I toyed with Yank Trucks a while back when I was skint (not a wise move) a super clean F plate F150, sold it soon after and regretted it so hankered after another Truck but wanted an older model.
This cropped up on Ebay a few times, I rang the owner who said despite loads of Ebay msgs and texts I was the first one to actually speak to him, i agreed to bob down and have a look.
It was everything I wanted in a Truck really, I'm not a loud shouty person and have quite good restraint so the name above "Alter ego" fits quite well as this truck is low and loud, Very shouty and very very loud.
The owner turned the key and without saying anything to him I'd already bought it in my mind :lol:
The test drive it was baking hot, the collection day was torrential rain, the gap in the lower windscreen rubber wasn't kind to me !!
It sways all over, is ear splitting loud with a constant thud of the exhaust and feels like it's gonna drop to bits if I hit 60mph (that's if I knew how fast I was going) but......I love it, my kids love it and most importantly for happy vintage vehicle ownership, for the first time in roughly 200 Vw's I've owned......my wife loves it
enough waffle, piccies (i'm sure someone on here will know it already)
I'll list its faults in another post :shake:
Untitled by C10 Glenn, on Flickr
Untitled by C10 Glenn, on Flickr
Untitled by C10 Glenn, on Flickr
Untitled by C10 Glenn, on Flickr
I've loved this site for what seems like years now, and posted about finding my perfect vehicle on this very forum.
I didn't give up the hunt and kept looking on the usual forums and Ebay for that vehicle that would scratch that itch.
So aside from piccies everyone likes a story, I've been heavily into Vw's for many years and I guess a good few Vw fans find their way into the American scene eventually. I toyed with Yank Trucks a while back when I was skint (not a wise move) a super clean F plate F150, sold it soon after and regretted it so hankered after another Truck but wanted an older model.
This cropped up on Ebay a few times, I rang the owner who said despite loads of Ebay msgs and texts I was the first one to actually speak to him, i agreed to bob down and have a look.
It was everything I wanted in a Truck really, I'm not a loud shouty person and have quite good restraint so the name above "Alter ego" fits quite well as this truck is low and loud, Very shouty and very very loud.
The owner turned the key and without saying anything to him I'd already bought it in my mind :lol:
The test drive it was baking hot, the collection day was torrential rain, the gap in the lower windscreen rubber wasn't kind to me !!
It sways all over, is ear splitting loud with a constant thud of the exhaust and feels like it's gonna drop to bits if I hit 60mph (that's if I knew how fast I was going) but......I love it, my kids love it and most importantly for happy vintage vehicle ownership, for the first time in roughly 200 Vw's I've owned......my wife loves it
enough waffle, piccies (i'm sure someone on here will know it already)
I'll list its faults in another post :shake:
Untitled by C10 Glenn, on FlickrUntitled by C10 Glenn, on FlickrUntitled by C10 Glenn, on FlickrUntitled by C10 Glenn, on Flickr
