Thing Cousin?

Woreign · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 8:01 pm Post subject: Thing Cousin?

Here's a Russian jeep for sale on Ebay that looks akin to our Thing:

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Maybe some collaberation between Germany and Russia? Or somebody stole the other's idea? Or maybe another source for Thing parts?! Wink

glutamodo · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 8:36 pm Post subject:

To me, it doesn't look very Thing/Kubelwagen-like at all. More like an oversized Jeep with an open top, and some beetle-esque front fenders.

TimGud · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 8:59 pm Post subject:

Looks like a cross between a WWII jeep and a WWII Dodge power wagon.

Big Luni · Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:55 am Post subject:

The UAZ 469 is more similar...

bmwloco · Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:42 am Post subject:

To my eyes, the new Jeep 4 door Wrangler looks like a "new" Thing.

But then again, my wife says I see things differently everywhere.

Big Luni · Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:56 am Post subject:

The comparison between the 4-door wrangler and The Thing is not without merit. Actually, the new Wrangler is probably the first factory-built 4-door convertible available in the US since The Thing.

markie61 · Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:34 am Post subject:

Big Luni · Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 10:20 am Post subject:

Touché. Forgot about that one. I always thought the Hummer showed some Thing-inspired design features anyway (4 doors, high rockers, squared off fenders, etc.), especially considering that when the Hummer was being designed in the early 80s, when the 181 was a contemporary NATO staff car. If you look at the standard military softtop Hummer, it looks even more Thing-like than the civilian softtop H-1, with side curtains and all.

lukesky · Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 12:31 pm Post subject:

Yes, but does the Hummer still have the mounts for a .50 cal machine gun?

Captain Spalding · Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:28 pm Post subject:

suntour · Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:44 pm Post subject: Re: Thing Cousin?

WD-40 · Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:21 pm Post subject:

You guys think those are like Things?? C'mon..

There's really not much out there that can compare to the Thing. That is, with the exception of the Citroën Méhari.

It has it's flat air-cooled engine up front... otherwise, it has almost exactly the same design ideas.

- David

Big Luni · Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:30 pm Post subject:

Definitely. Looks like they saw how VW used the Type 1 platform and came up with the 82 & 181, and used the 2cv as the platform for that monstrosity! Mini took a similar path with the Mini Moke.

Renault also made a Mehari ripoff called the Rodeo

Though, with the plastic Mehari, the Moke and the Rodeo, I think we've deviated dangerously close to golf cart territory.

Pinky · Samba Ass Bandit Joined: December 31, 2003 Posts: 554

Daaaaang... I want one of those Citroens!

Ferretkona · Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:31 am Post subject:

Some of those pics are making my eyes hurt.

ztnoo · Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 4:09 am Post subject:

The material used for the coach was ABS.
Unfortunately, Mehari's open plastic body, which attracted the sun-and-fun crowd to purchase the car, was also its Achilles' heel. The plastic body did not fare well under the sun's constant exposure. Most of the remaining Meharis suffer from cracked plastic body panels and bad fading of the body color (the color was injected into the Mehari's plastic panels)
The long term problem wasn't the body however (which obviously wouldn't rust), but the rather sparse tubular metal sub frame which attached the body to the chassis. These were notorious for rusting away.

Diagrams of the vehicle: http://www.citrobe.org/mhintern.htm

It was equipped with the 602 cc flat air cooled twin engine from the 2CV6.
The standard Méhari weighed just 1,300 pounds.

More info: http://www.cats-citroen.net/citroen_mehari/

eBay search engine with French Mehari's for sale:
http://automobile-voiture.search.ebay.fr/Mehari_Ci...QversionZ2

bljones · Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 4:34 am Post subject:

interesting to see the mehari, moke, UAZ all mentioned in the same thread, because they all have a similar theme- they were all originally conceived for military use.

Can you imagine seeing four battle-hardened SAS troopers charging in to battle...in a Moke?
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kubelmann · Samba Member Joined: April 13, 2003 Posts: 3266

Well, we may as well make this thread complete and mention the cousin of them all the Pingo......

svavr6 · Samba Member Joined: June 01, 2004 Posts: 29

Lets not forget about the New Jeep there coming out with.

ztnoo

The Closest of Kin: The Older Australian Cousin of the Thing

The VW Country Buggy:


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