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J Flare
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 6:32 pm    Post subject: Limo Thing Reply with quote

Check this out

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/cto/951429703.html
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Thing Shop made two (I think) of those - I'm pretty sure they're both now owned by Reed Cowan.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That red one looks way better. This is one of the Thing Shop Things from a photo from the PO of my Thing. I have all the early catalogs from the Trim Shop days too. That dude kept everything.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks real cool, but what about a top????
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's in San Diego no top needed Cool
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

From a previous post regarding Thing limos...

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=273752&highlight=

I wonder what ever happened to these?
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:49 pm    Post subject: Re: Limo Thing Reply with quote

J Flare wrote:
Check this out

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/cto/951429703.html


Should be nice for family fun in the desert... Cool
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 5:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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thanks! That's one thing that people always forget when posting links to Craigslist. Everything goes bye bye when hte posting expires.

I would so love to have one of them. Talk about a Dune Limo!!
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 29, 2023 12:14 pm    Post subject: Re: Limo Thing Reply with quote

Just finished mine.


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PostPosted: Wed Mar 29, 2023 9:08 pm    Post subject: Re: Limo Thing Reply with quote

Ridiculous!

Love the crotch coolers.
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PostPosted: Sun May 07, 2023 4:19 am    Post subject: Re: Limo Thing Reply with quote

Saw this one at German Motor Works in Garden Grove CA about 20 years ago:


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