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PostPosted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 10:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This recourse has not come up in some time so I thought I would again ask for contributions and also let the newbs see.
VW 181 Archive: https://sites.google.com/site/jeffgilleland/vw_archive

Please Enjoy.

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 8:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you for the BUMP.

I had somehow missed this entire digital collection and I've had my Thing since 1988. I remember how precious each and every paper newsletter seemed to be back in the early 90s. Finding information about the Thing used to be like panning for gold. I'd find a few flakes of real info for every ton of sand.

Now, I can't stop finding information. It is an overload. I need to retire just to read everything!!
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is a great thread! Very Happy Any idea what happened to the Miller family from Riverside?
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 18, 2014 9:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A little something I found at Kelley Park 2014.

From VW Trends December 1987: The Thing from Beyond
VW 181 Archive: http://alturl.com/pn6qu
If you download the pdf it is much more clear.
or
https://sites.google.com/site/jeffgilleland/vw_archive
If you Volks got any new stuff just scan it and send it my way and I will host it in the archive; PM of email me from the archive page.

Not my style; so be assured I do not condone the hacking of any nice stock 181. Cool
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2014 1:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I can totally see this beautiful pink? jewel sitting in the rotunda of your Silicon Valley mansion. I would paint yours for free to just look like it. We could make an identical ground effects kit and sell thousands.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Solomon Grundy wrote:
A little something I found at Kelley Park 2014.

From VW Trends December 1987: The Thing from Beyond
VW 181 Archive: http://alturl.com/pn6qu
If you download the pdf it is much more clear.
or
https://sites.google.com/site/jeffgilleland/vw_archive
If you Volks got any new stuff just scan it and send it my way and I will host it in the archive; PM of email me from the archive page.

Not my style; so be assured I do not condone the hacking of any nice stock 181. Cool
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With a matching polo... Twisted Evil

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thing version of Snorklestang?

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2014 9:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Semper_Dad wrote:
Thing version of Snorklestang?
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Oh no you didn't........ Shocked
There is NO equivalent, to Snorklestang! I've seen that beauty in the flesh.. A work of.. .....art... YeAh, that's it...... Art! Wink

Amazing how such a creation can have such a following.... I believe it a
Has it's own facebook page! Cool
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2014 10:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

GI Joe wrote:


There is NO equivalent, to Snorklestang! I've seen that beauty in the flesh.. A work of.. .....art... YeAh, that's it...... Art! Wink


More fart than art,.............but that's only my opinion Laughing
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 8:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Happy Father’s Day to us all.
Anyone got new material for the 181 archive, please let me know…
Bump… Cool
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 10:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

danfromsyr wrote:
once scanned let us know and I'd be more then happy to buy a CD-Rom with the PDFs or such.


of course an internet available source wouldn't be bad either.
but Scans on CD would suffice for me.

Dan in NY


Sharing this stuff for free is why I am translating the German Bundeswehr Thing manual. It's 112 pages and I am through about 30, in my spare time.

I hate it when hobbyists generously scan and donate documents and other people copy them for sale on Ebay.

I would ban those sellers from this forum!

You can sell it if you produce it, but not if you just copy it!
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 1:21 pm    Post subject: Re: Memory lane- The Thing-Type 181 Registry Magazine? Reply with quote

We are back!!! We are close to Riverside, Ca where the original Thing Registry started. Our new Facebook page and web-site is working. Please share our pages and message me if you have any info from the old registry. Thank you!

www.Facebook.com/VWThingregistry
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 11:50 am    Post subject: Re: Memory lane- The Thing-Type 181 Registry Magazine? Reply with quote

Registering now!! Wink
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 12:07 pm    Post subject: Re: Memory lane- The Thing-Type 181 Registry Magazine? Reply with quote

Eric Goodman wrote:
We are back!!! We are close to Riverside, Ca where the original Thing Registry started. Our new Facebook page and web-site is working. Please share our pages and message me if you have any info from the old registry. Thank you!

www.Facebook.com/VWThingregistry
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Is there a way to search your database for my VIN? I'd like to find the PPO who restored my Thing. Thanks!
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 1:03 pm    Post subject: Re: Memory lane- The Thing-Type 181 Registry Magazine? Reply with quote

Good question Hobie16!! Our Thing was registered many moons ago under my fathers ownership.....

Eric, Is there a way to locate and update, instead of double registering?
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 1:33 pm    Post subject: Re: Memory lane- The Thing-Type 181 Registry Magazine? Reply with quote

The registry list is new. I don't have all the information from the old registry... Sorry. Please go to out web-site and register your Thing. You can email me from the web-site and I can check and see if I have your VIN in the system. Thanks, Eric

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 2:29 pm    Post subject: Re: Memory lane- The Thing-Type 181 Registry Magazine? Reply with quote

Jeff and I are working to get all the old newsletters scanned for everyone to enjoy! We will have a link on our website to the archives. We have most of the newsletters from the 1990's and 2000's for the Thing (Type 181) Registry's, the 181 Magazine and the VW Thing Association. David Campbell, Bob Miller, Mike Crisp and Rich Smith did an amazing job with all these organizations... Now we want to continue the VW Thing (Type 181) Registry for many more years to come. If you have any info or old Registry history to share, let us know.

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 8:24 pm    Post subject: Re: Memory lane- The Thing-Type 181 Registry Magazine? Reply with quote

How are database queries made?
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 03, 2016 9:03 pm    Post subject: Re: Memory lane- The Thing-Type 181 Registry Magazine? Reply with quote

I believe you should receive an email sometime shortly after we get the entire list together. Maybe even this month perhaps. Eric has been hard at work on it.
I on the other hand have been hard at work on the official Fezz we will all be wearing at our first official meeting during Kubel Treffen West 2017 in June. Cool
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=664191
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 04, 2016 11:55 am    Post subject: Re: Memory lane- The Thing-Type 181 Registry Magazine? Reply with quote

Solomon Grundy wrote:
I believe you should receive an email sometime shortly after we get the entire list together. Maybe even this month perhaps. Eric has been hard at work on it.
I on the other hand have been hard at work on the official Fezz we will all be wearing at our first official meeting during Kubel Treffen West 2017 in June. Cool
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=664191
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LOL! Smile
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