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scuubydoo3 Samba Member
Joined: July 22, 2014 Posts: 2 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 7:40 am Post subject: What Is This? |
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I used to be into the Volkswagen Beetle scene a long time ago. I wanted to start getting back into it and restore a few. I found this Volkswagen on Craigslist.
The owner listed it as a VEEP but I dont think so. It has a wrong front-end and many other things are questionable.
Does ANYONE know what it is?
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tattoo_5678 Samba Member
Joined: June 23, 2005 Posts: 115 Location: Basel, Switzerland
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:41 am Post subject: |
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looks like a empi sportster.. |
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scuubydoo3 Samba Member
Joined: July 22, 2014 Posts: 2 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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I think you nailed it. It does look just like an EMPI Sportster.
Might be alot of fun to restore.
Does anyone know if the parts are still pretty attainable? Even the body kit maybe? The body might be to shot on this one to fix. |
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WD-40 Samba Member
Joined: May 31, 2006 Posts: 1178 Location: Iowa
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:36 pm Post subject: |
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scuubydoo3 wrote: |
The body might be to shot on this one to fix. |
Sure is nice in Seattle, eh?
In the midwest, we'd call that "light surface rust". No way that would be scrapped, it's a perfect restoration candidate. _________________ "The new Volkswagen 1303. We've made so many improvements, they're beginning to show." |
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lewism Samba Member
Joined: May 23, 2004 Posts: 25 Location: northwest of normal
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 11:57 am Post subject: |
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The Veep used a WWII Jeep body. I'm not sure that this is a genuine Sportster. Are the fenders fiberglass?
http://beachwheels.blogspot.com/2011/01/very-early-sixties-1961-empi-sportster.html
If you go there, you will find everything down to measured drawings of every part and assembly instructions.
I'd replace those flimsy siderails with a proper anti-intrusion bar on a roll bar. |
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Buggy Brian Samba Member
Joined: October 26, 2006 Posts: 308 Location: Yulee, FL
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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Empi Sportster is correct.
The VEEP did not use a WWII body, but a fabricated body that was cloned from a Jeep CJ3A. It was just a hair smaller (7/8 scale), and a boxed frame that is similar, yet stronger than an F150. Scamp was another that cloned the VEEP, to the point of numerous lawsuits from Veep and Scamp and Jeep, etc... _________________ -(Loretta) Manx # M2940D910E on customized 1970 chassis by Joescoolcustoms
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