Sandpiper pickup

[vw81jetta]

got a new project , was given to me , did a little searching and see that there is a short and long version of the pickups, any one have messaurements on them ?? hoping that mine is a long body and that i wont have to shorten a pan .

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68 dunebuggy ,72 411, 75 Westfalia, 85 Cabriolet , 99 new beetle,

Greater Toledo Volkswagen Club Staff

[BL3Manx]

Kellison made a Sandpiper Pickup and they also made a Sandpiper XP-1.

The XP-1 was a whole different design.

Where did you see there was a long wheelbase Sandpiper Pickup?

Yours appears to be for a short wheelbase

[vw81jetta]

[vw81jetta]

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5165400#5165400 found the info half way down ,

Kellison did have a long and a short pickup.
There are several clones, but with the shape
of the rear fenders, I think its real. If you have
a picture of the "tailgate" it would help. Real
Kellisons have a raised ridge that forms a
rectangle on the back. It was actually molded
from a model "a" ford tailgate. Either way it
looks to be in great shape. A lot better than
mine started out.
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~Jay
68 dunebuggy ,72 411, 75 Westfalia, 85 Cabriolet , 99 new beetle,

Greater Toledo Volkswagen Club Staff

[joescoolcustoms]

Cool Truggy!

I have a long wheel base Sand Flea I will be re building this winter. It has the removable hard top, and heat.
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Everyone is gifted. Some just do not open the package.

Looks like it was painted with a live chicken,polished with a brick and buffed with a pine cone

[BL3Manx]

Hill Engineering made a swb and lwb Sandpiper P/U copy. They called it the T buggy because of the T-bucket shape cockpit and pickup bed. This is it and what is likely their mold. They were a bit closer to you in Tennessee

I know Kellison molded their logo into the dash, tailgate or front grill of their other bodies. I haven't been able to find an image of it on a Sandpiper P/U yet.

Yours appears to be swb. On the long body you can see the 14" of additional pan length behind the "bucket" cockpit. On the swb Sandpiper P/U, the pan ends just below the cockpit rear bulkhead.

You are correct, this ad says Kellison redid the Sandpiper P/U as a one piece lwb body. They also referred to it as having "T" styling.

[Matika66]

These things are cool
Is that picture of the mold in the woods from Tennessee?

[bvillebuggy]

We thought ours was a sandpiper too. Turned out to be a Skatcat made near the coast of NC.