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PostPosted: Tue Jan 28, 2025 3:16 pm    Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? Reply with quote

New Shock absorbers for myThing Shocked :


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out in the snow for testing:

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 24, 2024 12:25 pm    Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? Reply with quote

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a bolt wound up in the heads, hence the knock and loss of power
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2024 12:50 pm    Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? Reply with quote

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I finally put a modded Beetle steering wheel on my 73 👌🏼
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that fake grass had me take a closer look! Looked just like a ghia I seen recently that the Pan was rusted out and you could see the grass below.

Making headway on mine. hoping to spray the orange paint on it soon... just a little more filler, sanding, primer, sanding yet. disc brake kit box showed up, so after paint I should be just bolting the parts on.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 31, 2024 2:38 pm    Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? Reply with quote

I finally put a modded Beetle steering wheel on my 73 👌🏼
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 16, 2024 4:48 pm    Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? Reply with quote

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Almost got stuck while camping off grid.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 15, 2024 7:20 pm    Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? Reply with quote

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Got some cobwebs out of OThing. Been busy with work and life so this was the 1st shakedown of the Spring
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1960 Paprika Red Karmann Ghia Convertible aka Schatze L452 built 5/20/60
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 04, 2024 2:53 pm    Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 03, 2024 1:24 pm    Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? Reply with quote

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Finally putting some wheels and tires on my poor neglected Thing. Didn’t realize how wrong the old ones looked until I stuck a new one on. Yokohama Geolander a/t 215/70/15’s and Mobelwagon wheels.
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PostPosted: Thu May 02, 2024 2:20 pm    Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? Reply with quote

Today I took THE 74 THING apart to wire brush the pan and suspension.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:55 pm    Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? Reply with quote

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added some sliding glass window curtains onto OThing
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 23, 2023 6:38 pm    Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? Reply with quote

Sweet! 😎
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 23, 2023 2:52 pm    Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? Reply with quote

I backed Homer the Thing out of my garage to do some work on Moe the Squareback today.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 23, 2023 1:31 pm    Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? Reply with quote

A couple of weeks ago I installed some BMW seats.

Today I added Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus to cruise with me during the
Holiday season.

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 2:24 pm    Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? Reply with quote

Installed a Bully Atv Bluetooth sound bar. Bolts to roll bar and is 12v powered. Sounds pretty good and can be easily heard with the top down at highway speed. It’s fully weatherproof.

Comes with a remote to control from the drivers seat along with my phone.

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 27, 2023 9:44 pm    Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? Reply with quote

Made some speaker plates out of $5.00 worth of 20ga sheet metal : 👌🏽
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 5:59 pm    Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? Reply with quote

HammerFLA wrote:


Yikes How is the roll bar supposed to look?


There must be a dozen variations of rollbars. VWOA however, only licensed 2 versions. Sometimes referred to a "West Coast" and "East Coast" styles. You rarely see roll bars on European 181s. Most if not all of VWOA's accessories were either produced or sourced within the USA.

I suspect they contracted two different manufacturers to produce them with one version being predominantly sold on the east coast and the other on the west. I believe the 4 point bar was the West Coast bar and the East Coast was a 5 point. I'm not sure whether my 4 point is a VWOA.
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Here's what the 4 point (West Coast) bar looked like in a Thing Brochure
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A 5 point Bar (East Coat Bar)
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Here's a sampling of bars from the gallery
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Anyway,....Both VWOA bars would fit under either the convertible or fiberglass hard top. I'd wager to say that most of the other bars would fit..... at least the soft top. I've seen several hard tops that had to be trimmed and fitted to accommodate a roll bar.

It may just be an optical illusion from your windshield being raked back that makes your roll bar look a bit tall. FTR, the top of my roll bar including padding is approximately 18 inches from the top of my doors. I believe the roll bar has several inches clearance above it.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 3:02 pm    Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? Reply with quote

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I received it! That's right, I just got my Thing today.
Just ordered New top, side curtains


Nice score. Unique rollbar. Hope it fits under that new top. The windshield looks a raked back a bit. Thing shop has braces that puts it in correct alignment.

Enjoy!


Yikes How is the roll bar supposed to look?
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 13, 2023 6:16 pm    Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? Reply with quote

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Who the heck traded a VW thing in for a Lexus? 😂😂😂


Yeah, WTF, especially in 2023?!?
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 13, 2023 6:08 pm    Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? Reply with quote

Windshield is raked back. cause the 4 screws were busted out. others were loose. I removed the lower frame from windshield, but having a terrible time removing 2 of the broken screws..I even tried Carbide tips in my drill press..
I did rework the hood latch, Works great. All new stainless hard for windshield from Ace Hardware
From all the issues with lower frames, I might fabricate one just for fun.

Found out Motor was built by Painters (grinding) in Denver, they built my friends motor in 1984..It was strong, a 1776, that beat most 1835"s..Wish I could figure out what size motor I got..
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:41 pm    Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? Reply with quote

HammerFLA wrote:
I received it! That's right, I just got my Thing today.
Just ordered New top, side curtains


Nice score. Unique rollbar. Hope it fits under that new top. The windshield looks a raked back a bit. Thing shop has braces that puts it in correct alignment.

Enjoy!
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