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EZ Gruv
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Scored this today, and couldn't find an existing thread...so....
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Eric
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IdahoDoug
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| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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Those tires don't look like the correct load-rated ones. And be sure to change your fuel lines!! heh.
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dhaavers
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That's my new favorite paint scheme...
Nice score! Keep it in the box, though, right? 
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kamzcab86
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A green one?!  I've only ever seen the blue one and orange one (both of which I have, and I've had the blue one for decades!). A new hunt begins!
Edit: Found 'em!!  If anyone wants one, there's a bunch on eBay.
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purplepeopleeater
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| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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GIMME!
where did u score it? |
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EZ Gruv
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| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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Something tells me I should put it up for sale. 
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Eric
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kamzcab86
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| purplepeopleeater wrote: |
GIMME!
where did u score it? |
Just got done paying for mine... eBay has 2 pages' worth.
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| Something tells me I should put it up for sale. |
Only once it becomes hard to find. 
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EZ Gruv
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| kamzcab86 wrote: |
| purplepeopleeater wrote: |
GIMME!
where did u score it? |
Just got done paying for mine... eBay has 2 pages' worth.
| EZ Gruv wrote: |
| Something tells me I should put it up for sale. |
Only once it becomes hard to find. |
Well there you go! I didn't want to sell it anyway. How often do you see a Vanagon toy?
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mariusstrom
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70coupyel
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Just to let you guys/gal know there are 2 versions out there. The one pictured about and this one:
Red line Chase Piece. It's got more bling on the wheels.
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http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=338946&highlight=
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Summers420us
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| Love the "dingy" on the back bumper, I guess that is in case of mechanical failure. |
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BillWYellowstone
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Tough to ride it with no handle bars,
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BillWYellowstone
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The hot wheels are pretty easy to dismantle for painting. I did it to match my RX7. Usually 3 parts body, windows, chassis/interior.
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danfromsyr
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Checking the SUNAGON Wiki page they other 2 colors were in 82&83 and the green is a 2011 new release.. very cool (for us) to bring back an old model in a new light.
http://hotwheels.wikia.com/wiki/Sunagon
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BUSLUVR42
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| Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:17 am Post subject: |
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Just picked one of the green ones up a couple days ago...
I found like 5 of them at my local Walmart, so there's no need for Ebay.
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markz2004
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I got an orange one.
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j_dirge
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Where can I get a proper load hitch for that dirt bike and better springs? The rear is sagging.
Do you have the hub to fender lip dimension for yours?
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those are straight line runs with light weight race cars for only 1/4mile at a time..
not pushing a loaded brick up a mountain pass with a family of 4+ inside expecting to have an event free vacation..
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a1fa
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I got the real deal.. so..... 
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indytriple
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<----------- Note avatar!
The orange one that I had as a kid is held partially responsible for my current adult obsession (and it still holds a place of honor in my man cave). I love this thread. Going shopping in the toy section this evening after work instead of my nightly trip to the Napa. I'm gonna get one for me and a couple for my kids. Gotta start 'em early.
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j_dirge
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| indytriple wrote: |
| I'm gonna get one for me and a couple for my kids. Gotta start 'em early. |
Our HO model train layout is littered with VW buses.. Splitties, Bays, and even a couple of Vanagons (scale)..Looking for manx and clones. Yet to buy a Thing.
You have to wonder about that model community, though.. The obsession is thick. And there is no time frame limit. A splitty is parked right next to a 30s vintage shay loco..
The wee little loggers work all day in the forest and then drive thier splitties home..
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-57 pan f/g buggy with a 67 pancake Type 3 "S"
"Jimi Hendrix owned one. Richard Nixon did not"
-Grand Tour, Season 1, episodes 4 and 5
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those are straight line runs with light weight race cars for only 1/4mile at a time..
not pushing a loaded brick up a mountain pass with a family of 4+ inside expecting to have an event free vacation..
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