1985 Jagdwagen bed replacment

[Syncrozilla]

Well thanks to this horrible pandemic I'm getting quite a bit of work done on some of my VW's. Over the weekend I moved my 1985 Jagdwagen into my work space and started on replacing the bed of the truck.

In addition to being a very early Syncro model (vin WV2ZZZ2ZFG000118) this was the first truck VW used to try to promote it's line of options called "Jagdwagen". This car was kept by VW from the time it was built until 1988. It was used as a promotional car so it was lent out to the press and moved around Germany to be on display at many dealerships. The Jagdwagen line was not very successful and in 1988 the truck was sold as a used car. From here is went to a farm in Germany where the owner used it as a work truck and as the story goes it hauled a lot of rocks from a nearby quarry.

For a German truck it's actually very rust free and low mileage as well but the bed of the truck took a real beating under it's 2nd owner.

A few years back I was able to buy all the pieces of the bed NOS from Lars Neuffer in Gottingen Germany.

here is the truck

Here is the bed

Here is where I am at after about 4 hours of work

On my next post I'll show some pictures of the "top hats" that support the bed and how damaged they are. I'll need to find a sheet metal shop to make some new ones for me.
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[Syncrozilla]

Here’s my current progress after a few more hours today. I got all the damaged cross pieces removed that surround the engine access lid. And half of the front bed sections. I should be all done with the dirty work tomorrow.

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[Russpauly]

Man,

Jagdwagen’s, Doka’s, Sinka’s — making me really really think more about these for myself vs. my current tinny. Great looking rig, looking forward to reading more on your progress and maybe some extra photos of what else is back there....
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[izzydog]

[MarkWard]

Carburetor? Don't get to see those. Maybe when you have time, remove the air cleaner and post a picture please. Where are you getting replacement pans? Thank you.
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[Syncrozilla]

This is the best tool for spot welds. It's still a time consuming job.

Yes it's true that there is a lot of unused space in a doka. I've seen a couple really cool custom builds where the stock bed has been removed and access panels where added to use the space.

This doka is a fairly rare beast though so it will remain bone stock. Including the engine/trans.
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[the_last1]

Now if I can just find some NOS bed panels.

Thinking of just replacing all of mine.
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[Squilly]

Looks good Seth. I'll be taking notes so I can try to preserve my bed when replacing the other rust on my Jagd. Was cutting around the diagonal part of the rack easier than taking it off? Did you find someone to make the tophats for you? They really look similar to the split window ones...

[Syncrozilla]