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This has been on my wish list for ages and now I've got one ;D This is a VW Type 181 - aka the VW Thing (I kid you not - that was the name they were sold under in the American market), known in Europe as a Trekker. This one is ex-Bundeswehr. Picking it up at the weekend so more details and pics then........      Love the fact that the doors come off, windows can be removed, screen folds flat etc.... All we need now is a brilliant summer next year   US spec thing with the roof up. Mine needs a hood but managed to track one down today |
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Currently driving a '68 Karmann Ghia as my daily. Don't ask about previous cars - there have been way too many and I stopped counting at 160!
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nice! i saw a few at the Slough Swapmeet recently, a beige 181 with an almost amazing car-specific plate, well it would have been if it was a rhd Typ182 anyway, but great nonetheless! i love em, also on my wish list! glad you have got there fella, enjoy! oh, karmann ghia floorpan halves if you didnt know already
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Great stuff Kerry, now enjoy.
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Very, very nice! And being ex-Bundeswehr makes it even cooler! |
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It's funny how much they look like Mk1 golfs from the profile with the roof up. Nice wagon boss.
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I was looking at that one last night!
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Cool and with a name like "thing" how could you not like it!
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Club Retro Rides Member
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My dream! AFAIK most military ones had LSD and a difflock on them and a difference about the transmission, but cannot remember what. Congratulations!  |
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Well, 'Thing' is home and parked up with a big tarpaulin over it until I can collect the new hood from Hertfordshire. Got to say I'm well pleased with it except the near side front brake was binding and getting hotter and hotter on the way home and there is now brake fluid everywhere  Damn wheel is too hot to touch to take it off to investigate further at the moment!  |
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Currently driving a '68 Karmann Ghia as my daily. Don't ask about previous cars - there have been way too many and I stopped counting at 160!
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awesome , love these things!!   |
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300ce lowrider
c220 track car
c280 youngtimer
S320 ...vip no 4
S430 ..
2 x slk 230
500se ,
E36 amg
E 430
E55 amg
Ml 320
C43 amg
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made me a very jealous man, they are un deniably cool
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The rain had finally stopped and I was at home for half an hour in daylight so had a quick look over the new beast  very pleased - can't find any rusty bits. Managed to get a hood and frame for it last night (surprisingly hard to get hold of). It needs some of the stiching re-doing and a few repairs but it is basically ok and is an original green military one. lots of odds and sods under the hood which I'm not sure what they are - I guess they are military fittings? I think that some are spring clips for rifles and the other bits are for the rifle butts to sit in but I may be miles off the mark?  also found a pair of these..........  any ideas? sorry if that's a silly question but this is my first Trekker (but already high on the list of best cars I've ever owned!) ;D also has an Eberspacher petrol heater but I haven't tried it yet...  |
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Currently driving a '68 Karmann Ghia as my daily. Don't ask about previous cars - there have been way too many and I stopped counting at 160!
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It also came with this very cool cool box  and still has the original convoy lights front and back   Anyone know anything about the German army? Oldbus, maybe?....... What does this sign nean?  |
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Currently driving a '68 Karmann Ghia as my daily. Don't ask about previous cars - there have been way too many and I stopped counting at 160!
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Nice! Loving the army extras!
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mrj
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that means "change engine soon" ;D no clue about that, but there was a "mobile Bundeswehr Priest set" on ebay a couple of months ago, so you could set up your own church.... a friend of me has this :  his has a watercooled Passat engine though... and this is the number of engines he has been through yet ;D :  |
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- 1971 VW 1600 TL Fastback
- 1978 Passat GLS Variant
- 1980 Audi 100 5E
- 1981 VW aircooled panel van (sold)
- 1983 VW Jetta Mk.I
- 1984 VW Polo Coupé
- 1984 VW Passat hatchback
- 1987 VW Passat Variant
- 1987 VW Passat hatchback
- 1988 VW T25
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theres Pimp my ride on Viva just now. freeveiw 21. theres a woman getting her Thing looked at.
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in holland and germany we call them kubel/kubelwagen Not trekker! trekker is a tractor here in holland ;D From a club mate´s friend  |
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Diehard wheel geek
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Dec 12, 2009 16:40:24 GMT
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ok, I bought the Trekker without a hood but sourced a damaged one elsewhere. I've had the tears and rotten stiching repaired but am now having rouble getting the hood to fit.   The back corners don't seem to want to stretch far enough to locate on the hoops on the body they should fit over?   Is there a particular sequence you should follow when fitting the hood back on? Also, does the rear hood support bar go inside or outside the main frame when it mounts on the two metal posts, or doesn't it matter?  Anyway, the hood feels a bit 'small' and the frame doesn't quite meet the locating pins and clips on the top of the screen.  I don't want to force it in case I damage it, or do I just need to be a bit brutal with it?!! |
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Currently driving a '68 Karmann Ghia as my daily. Don't ask about previous cars - there have been way too many and I stopped counting at 160!
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Dec 12, 2009 16:51:43 GMT
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Put it in a hot bath for a while first.
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Koos
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