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weyax Samba Member

Joined: July 29, 2010 Posts: 43 Location: Germany/Mosel
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Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2025 3:16 pm Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? |
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New Shock absorbers for myThing :
out in the snow for testing:
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obus  Samba Member

Joined: March 08, 2001 Posts: 11439 Location: just off Garden State Parkway Exit 81
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lqqkatjon Samba Member
Joined: July 02, 2013 Posts: 49 Location: St. Cloud, MN
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Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2024 12:50 pm Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? |
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madster wrote: |
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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madster Samba Member

Joined: November 01, 2006 Posts: 213 Location: Rio Grande Valley Texas
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Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2024 2:38 pm Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? |
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I finally put a modded Beetle steering wheel on my 73 👌🏼
_________________ 1966 BEETLE @ 1973 THING |
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joosty_chin Samba Member
Joined: August 21, 2007 Posts: 218
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Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2024 4:48 pm Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? |
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Almost got stuck while camping off grid. |
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obus  Samba Member

Joined: March 08, 2001 Posts: 11439 Location: just off Garden State Parkway Exit 81
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landkholdings Samba Member

Joined: March 11, 2008 Posts: 253 Location: N. GA
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Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2024 2:53 pm Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? |
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_________________ Kevin |
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landkholdings Samba Member

Joined: March 11, 2008 Posts: 253 Location: N. GA
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Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2024 1:24 pm Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? |
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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. _________________ Kevin |
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madster Samba Member

Joined: November 01, 2006 Posts: 213 Location: Rio Grande Valley Texas
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Posted: Thu May 02, 2024 2:20 pm Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? |
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Today I took THE 74 THING apart to wire brush the pan and suspension.
_________________ 1966 BEETLE @ 1973 THING |
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obus  Samba Member

Joined: March 08, 2001 Posts: 11439 Location: just off Garden State Parkway Exit 81
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fastmc25 Samba Member

Joined: January 01, 2004 Posts: 1216 Location: East Tennessee
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Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2023 6:38 pm Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? |
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Sweet! 😎 _________________ Peace,
Paul
1973 Type181 Kubelwagen (Thing 2 ) 2110cc
1971 Transporter (Pickle) 1914cc
1961 Deluxe Beetle (Christine) 1776cc
1973 Adventurewagen Baja Bus (Clyde) 3.4L
1970 Formula Vee Beetle 2276cc
I identify as: “A Pissed Old GI ” |
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Bryan67 Samba Member
Joined: January 01, 2003 Posts: 2959 Location: Fresno, Ca.
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Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2023 2:52 pm Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? |
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I backed Homer the Thing out of my garage to do some work on Moe the Squareback today.
_________________ If you`re going to do something, do it right. |
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Johnnyw Samba Member
Joined: May 12, 2017 Posts: 75 Location: San Clemente, CA
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Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2023 1:31 pm Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? |
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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.
_________________ 1997 Eurovan camper
1974 Thing with a 1776
San Clemente, CA
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fastmc25 Samba Member

Joined: January 01, 2004 Posts: 1216 Location: East Tennessee
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 2:24 pm Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? |
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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.
_________________ Peace,
Paul
1973 Type181 Kubelwagen (Thing 2 ) 2110cc
1971 Transporter (Pickle) 1914cc
1961 Deluxe Beetle (Christine) 1776cc
1973 Adventurewagen Baja Bus (Clyde) 3.4L
1970 Formula Vee Beetle 2276cc
I identify as: “A Pissed Old GI ” |
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madster Samba Member

Joined: November 01, 2006 Posts: 213 Location: Rio Grande Valley Texas
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2023 9:44 pm Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? |
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Made some speaker plates out of $5.00 worth of 20ga sheet metal : 👌🏽
_________________ 1966 BEETLE @ 1973 THING |
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Semper_Dad Samba Member

Joined: May 14, 2005 Posts: 3525 Location: Indiana
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Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 5:59 pm Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? |
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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.
Here's what the 4 point (West Coast) bar looked like in a Thing Brochure
A 5 point Bar (East Coat Bar)
Here's a sampling of bars from the gallery
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. _________________ Walküre Restoration Thread: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=737492 |
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HammerFLA Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2023 Posts: 4 Location: Orlando, FL
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Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 3:02 pm Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? |
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Semper_Dad wrote: |
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! |
Yikes How is the roll bar supposed to look? |
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EverettB  Administrator

Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 70942 Location: Phoenix 602
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HammerFLA Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2023 Posts: 4 Location: Orlando, FL
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2023 6:08 pm Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? |
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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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Semper_Dad Samba Member

Joined: May 14, 2005 Posts: 3525 Location: Indiana
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:41 pm Post subject: Re: "What did you do with your Thing today"? |
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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! _________________ Walküre Restoration Thread: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=737492 |
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