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Wed Mar 16, 2011 4:30 pm

I have been told that was an optional model,VW Mexico sold them to farmers.

Wed Mar 16, 2011 4:59 pm

I think i saw a vintage advertisement for one once. I seem to recall there were cows in the picture that made me laugh for some reason.

Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:01 pm

There is a thread about that style hard top, somewhere :roll:

Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:03 pm

Ho do you put cows in it? I mean they dont pass thru the door. :lol:

Unless you put them like that:

Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:01 pm

ramp maybe?

I don't remember if there were cows actually in the vehicle itself or not. I wish I could find it online to share...

Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:45 pm

this one is homemade

Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:59 pm

that thing is bad to the bone!

Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:12 pm

VW Hormiga (Ant)

Thu Mar 17, 2011 7:52 am

The Thing shop used to sell those years ago with a toneau cover for the back area.

Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:34 pm

bonampak wrote: this one is homemade

Now that is sweet!

Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:56 pm

bonampak wrote: I have been told that was an optional model,VW Mexico sold them to farmers.

It could be an original one...

http://www.181spirit.com/menu/publicites_fichiers/pub_pick_up.jpg

Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:10 pm

Doc, that's the picture I was thinking of! I just couldn't remember where I had seen it.

Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:53 pm

I saw one of those truck tops for sale for 50bucks (I think) in Socal a while back... There is a photo of this type of top on this post.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=438467&highlight=

Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:49 am

I added it to the gallery, I hope you don't mind Doc.

Fri Mar 18, 2011 12:05 pm

uberautowerks wrote: I added it to the gallery, I hope you don't mind Doc.

It is not for me to mind. :wink:

All credits go to the www.181spirit.com site from PJ Macua.

Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:10 pm

REPRO Kits anyone :D

Sun Mar 27, 2011 6:30 pm

SilverThing wrote: Doc, that's the picture I was thinking of! I just couldn't remember where I had seen it.

I was going to say, it looks like a cattle car more than a pick up truck. Or a Mexican police truck.

Thu Jul 03, 2014 1:42 pm

bonampak wrote: I have been told that was an optional model,VW Mexico sold them to farmers.

They are real, I was told only 500 or so ever made.
A friend has one, they are nicely different when modified.

this site has one : http://qrowagen.blogspot.ca/2011_06_01_archive.html

Hard to come by !

Thu Jul 03, 2014 4:02 pm

From the link above:

Thu Jul 03, 2014 7:56 pm

Shoyrtt wrote:

He must have broke down, and that van is going to jump him off.... :wink:

Or he had to dump his beer into the radiator, due to a leaky hose...? :roll:

That pipe work kills that one for me, but I Love the homegrown above!