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74superTN Samba Member
Joined: April 01, 2007 Posts: 675 Location: Port Saint Lucie, FL
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Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 8:03 am Post subject: Re: Pictures of your "VW" Thing |
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one more lol
_________________ 73 Thing
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Ray the Vulture Samba Member
Joined: April 29, 2015 Posts: 9 Location: Folsom
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2018 2:29 pm Post subject: Re: Pictures of your "VW" Thing |
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Ray the Vulture Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2018 2:31 pm Post subject: Re: Pictures of your "VW" Thing |
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and with the top and windshield up...
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HUGO bOSS Samba Member
Joined: April 27, 2008 Posts: 2602 Location: Madeira Island - Portugal
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PeñaCR Samba Member
Joined: November 01, 2011 Posts: 16 Location: Costa Rica
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 8:37 am Post subject: Re: Pictures of your "VW" Thing |
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Congratulations Alvaro. _________________ Thing 1973 |
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Ray the Vulture Samba Member
Joined: April 29, 2015 Posts: 9 Location: Folsom
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2018 1:16 pm Post subject: Re: Pictures of your "VW" Thing |
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surprised to look through the photo galleries and find pictures of my Thing at the first two shows of the year.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1774419.jpg
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Ray the Vulture Samba Member
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Shaven Samba Member
Joined: September 17, 2006 Posts: 879 Location: Australia
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 1:45 am Post subject: Re: Pictures of your "VW" Thing |
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74superTN wrote: |
My love....it's a 73...narrowed 2'' beam and 2'' drop spindles
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This car is stunning... one of the nicest I've seen. Congrats!!!
Wanting to know more about the stance please. Setup etc... what tyre size/width/Dia etc also the rims... what size are they. How did you go with the offset once you changed the beam etc... what about the rear?
Appreciate the info on all the questions
Cheers Matt _________________ the dc baggin is because its a well known fact that a restored sc will never be worth anywhere near what even a shitbox dc is |
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HerbDonica Samba Member
Joined: May 20, 2018 Posts: 2 Location: Tampa, FL
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Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:20 pm Post subject: Re: Pictures of your "VW" Thing |
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Hello everyone. After years of wanting to get a Thing, I finally took the dive last month. Here it is; still trying to decide on a name. I am planning on adding a full convertible top with side windows and a "show bar."
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Shaven Samba Member
Joined: September 17, 2006 Posts: 879 Location: Australia
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Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 10:15 pm Post subject: Re: Pictures of your "VW" Thing |
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HerbDonica wrote: |
a "show bar." |
Congrats on the purchase. What’s a “show bar”? _________________ the dc baggin is because its a well known fact that a restored sc will never be worth anywhere near what even a shitbox dc is |
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WhitewallsJohnson Samba Member
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Joined: October 21, 2005 Posts: 620
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WhitewallsJohnson Samba Member
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COD Samba Member
Joined: July 23, 2018 Posts: 5 Location: Costa Mesa
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Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2018 3:36 pm Post subject: Re: Pictures of your "VW" Thing |
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I love my Thing
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COD Samba Member
Joined: July 23, 2018 Posts: 5 Location: Costa Mesa
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 7:26 pm Post subject: Re: Pictures of your "VW" Thing |
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liawoft Samba Member
Joined: March 08, 2018 Posts: 32 Location: nashville
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2018 12:54 pm Post subject: Re: Pictures of your "VW" Thing |
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booted Samba Member
Joined: May 16, 2008 Posts: 11 Location: luton uk
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 7:52 am Post subject: Re: Pictures of your "VW" Thing |
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I have had this for 6 months and still cant help grinning every time I drive it |
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obus ![Premium Member Premium Member](./templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_star.gif) Samba Member
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Joined: March 08, 2001 Posts: 11069 Location: just off Garden State Parkway Exit 81
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yellow73kubel Samba Member
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Joined: August 17, 2008 Posts: 789 Location: Columbia, SC
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Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2019 9:22 pm Post subject: Re: Pictures of your "VW" Thing |
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This thread needs more pictures!
Here's my Thing in the garage. Much of her story has been documented on this forum over the past 10.5 years (much of which this was my daily driver), but I haven't been active for the past 2 years as life has caught up with me. I had driven her to some family property back in summer 2016 when she broke down and ended up stored there for a while since I didn't have the time to go make the repairs. This actually turned out well, as Hurricane Matthew rolled through in October of that year and brought a tree down on the carport at our house that the Thing would normally have occuped. Later in mid-2017 while my wife was pregnant, I got the engine running and brought the car back home. It pretty much died again rolling into the driveway and hasn't moved since thanks largely to a lack of time since then.
Now that I have worked out some free time, I've rebuilt the carburetor, replaced the battery, and am hoping to get the engine started again this week. My main goal is to get it cleaned up and running reliably for VW Drag Night in July.
Anyway... Imma need you all to post more pictures of your Things on the road so I get jealous enough to finish fixing mine. ![Laughing](images/smiles/icon_lol.gif) |
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Miss Moneypenny Samba Member
Joined: May 14, 2019 Posts: 1 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Tue May 14, 2019 3:15 am Post subject: Re: Pictures of your "VW" Thing |
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Here is Staffelstein, he lives in Sweden with a crazy trollcollector and her family
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pallettman Samba Member
Joined: September 04, 2019 Posts: 20 Location: Florida
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Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2019 9:37 am Post subject: Re: Pictures of your "VW" Thing |
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My new toy. Just retired and will probably be on here asking a million questions.
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