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Pinky
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I heard a rumor awhile back (from Thing e-mail list maybe? 2-3 years ago?) that was from a person that interviewed some guy that was high up in VW of Mexico. The fella said that there was one Thing produced that had a 1.7L type 4 motor from the factory (pancake form) for an executive (VW of Mexico President? memory is foggy...). Does anyone out there have any further information on this? I want to say it was a '76 Thing, but once again, it's been awhile since I heard the rumor.
Thanks-
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kubelmann
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| The person you are talking about is Pedro Sardas. He owns the last Thing that rolled off the VW line in the Mexican plant. I suspect that more than one T-4 rolled off the line as a special ride for a special person. I have not seen a pic of one but if you go on Topica and call out to Pedro he usually surfaces. He is always out there lurking. I traded some stuff with him not that long ago. As a former VW Thing factory worker, he has a wealth of VW Mexican Factory facts. K-mann |
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Pinky
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| Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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| kubelmann wrote: |
| The person you are talking about is Pedro Sardas. He owns the last Thing that rolled off the VW line in the Mexican plant. I suspect that more than one T-4 rolled off the line as a special ride for a special person. I have not seen a pic of one but if you go on Topica and call out to Pedro he usually surfaces. He is always out there lurking. I traded some stuff with him not that long ago. As a former VW Thing factory worker, he has a wealth of VW Mexican Factory facts. K-mann |
Sweet- thanks k-mann! I'll post a message to him in the next couple of days.
I couldn't remember who posted that info years ago-
Thanks a million, and maybe we can try to put something up on here about it. |
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Towel Rail
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Joined: April 15, 2005
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Location: SE CR IA US NA PE
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That sounds cool! If mine is any indication, Things need all the help they can get. 
- Scott
P.S. They're "Safaris" in Mexico. 
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Buckly
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Sounds like Pedro needs to visit the WeeKee and start plugging in that hard to find Mexican VW Thing History.
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