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PostPosted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 8:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks for the link and the price isnt too bad.

It looks like he has wider fiberglass fenders on it. Like to see side shot.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 9:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Buch of nice Things.

Any side pics of the nice yellow thing?


Lots of pictures of it in my build thread:

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 9:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cool whats the tittle on your thread
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 9:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

imtb wrote:
thanks for the link and the price isnt too bad.

It looks like he has wider fiberglass fenders on it. Like to see side shot.


Yes, it has the Brian Coats wider and taller fiberglass fenders. Saddlesore1 here on the Samba has a listing for them and you can see how I mounted them in the build thread:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=429076&highlight=


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 9:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is the one photo I edited out.
Next time we Thingers ought to meet at a specified time & location for the Prado show. Sorry we never met.

BTW if anyone wants the pics in native high resolution pmail me.

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 10:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

sam_w wrote:

Next time we Thingers ought to meet at a specified time & location for the Prado show.

I agree. Hopefully next year the Classic and Prado are on different days. It would have been great to have 20+ Things together. Cool
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 1:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here are a few pictures of some of the cars at the Classic that were posted on FB:

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and the "Best Original Thing" winner:

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 1:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great pics! Thanks for posting here.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 18, 2015 5:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bugorama Promotions listed all of the winners from the Classic last weekend. The best stock Thing is posted above. It would great to see the other winner:

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Coolest Thing 406 Phil Etnyre Huntington Beach CA 1974 Thing Orange


Anyone have a picture?
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 19, 2015 6:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I kinda of like the wheels on the yellow thing in the last pic. tires look good too.
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