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Hebster52
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Caleb Melvin
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Very Nice! Its always weird seeing later tail lights on a truck...
What are your plans?
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thewalrus
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| calebmelvin wrote: | | Very Nice! Its always weird seeing later tail lights on a truck... |
Yeah....even weirder seeing high directionals on one too!! Why is it so hard to see a late bay single/double cab pick up over here??
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danfromsyr
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*coughs.. Chicken Tax
| thewalrus wrote: | | calebmelvin wrote: | | Very Nice! Its always weird seeing later tail lights on a truck... |
Yeah....even weirder seeing high directionals on one too!! Why is it so hard to see a late bay single/double cab pick up over here?? |
| Wikipedia wrote: | | The United States instituted a 25% tariff on pickup trucks in the 1960s with what is known as the "chicken tax". The tax originated when West Germany placed a tariff on U.S. frozen chicken. The United States retaliated with a tariff on four items that included trucks, as Volkswagen was exporting the Volkswagen Type 2 in pickup form |
| Quote: | Interesting tidbit - the chicken tax was called that because Germany was heavily taxing imported chicken from the US.
So, a corresponding tax was imposed on cars (at 2.5%) and trucks (at 25%) from foreign countries (except for NAFTA countries, later on.) The 25% truck tax was created specifically to force VW out of the US truck market. (They had the Transporter-based pickups.)
IIRC, VW got around it by bolting a wooden bench in the bed.
Also, the Japanese manufacturers initially got around it by shipping the trucks to the US without the bed attached, and shipping the beds separately. Then, they bolted the bed to the truck at the port. Voila, final assembly in the US, chicken tax avoided.
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VW ALWAYS marketed the Type2 bus as a "stationwagon" people mover not a commercial vehicle.
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Caleb Melvin
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| danfromsyr wrote: |
VW ALWAYS marketed the Type2 bus as a "stationwagon" people mover not a commercial vehicle. |
Sure did 
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Olddog52
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Man, it would be SOOOOO sweet to have that spankin new double cab.
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ronan.b
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nice find hebster. well done 
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| Olddog52 wrote: | | Man, it would be SOOOOO sweet to have that spankin new double cab. |
I have the window sticker from it- well, from mine. That was before about 800 lb of rust!!! the other 200lb is okay, though!
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jealous... wishing I had a single cab with a type IV engine...
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| newagedesire wrote: | | wishing I had a single cab with a type IV engine... |
Me too.
Yes, I'm pretty happy about this score. The dropgates are in pretty good shape an only the rockerpanels need some work. The floors and frames are very well protected with some tar or something.
Just need an engine for it.
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69doublecab
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| newagedesire wrote: | | jealous... wishing I had a single cab with a type IV engine... |
Oddly, most of those pickups sold in Europe had the type 1 engine. I think they had type 4's in australia, though.
With high gas prices in Europe, the type 1 engine would be a better choice for a business.
Not like in the US, where a big honkin truck with an 8 liter engine is just big enough, unless you are towing, then you need a diesel!
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Hebster52
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| 69doublecab wrote: | | newagedesire wrote: | | jealous... wishing I had a single cab with a type IV engine... |
Oddly, most of those pickups sold in Europe had the type 1 engine. I think they had type 4's in australia, though.
With high gas prices in Europe, the type 1 engine would be a better choice for a business.
Not like in the US, where a big honkin truck with an 8 liter engine is just big enough, unless you are towing, then you need a diesel!
Al |
So true. In -72 the 1700cc Type-4 became an option, but most were sold with the T-1's
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Sweet!
WELCOME to the crowd!
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good find. next on my list of gotta haves.
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IIRC, VW got around it by bolting a wooden bench in the bed.
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any more info on this?
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Looks like Neptune blue to me. Niagara blue is much lighter and not a commercial color.
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No updates here for awhile... 
As you can see it looked pretty good inside too.
Also tracked down a set of correct rearaxle parts as the parts that came with the SC were for pre-71....
Also bought a pair of horseshoes... 
I took the heads off the engine sometime in November and cleaned it up some. Then reassembled it again.
Started fitting WBX Digijet fuel injection on it.
Here you see the Wasserboxer plenum mounted and the manifolds adjusted so they line up with the larger plenum.
Few photos from early December.
Started working on the exhaust last week.
This is how far I'm at now. Hope to finish it this week.
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