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Rhinoculips
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 Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:36 pm Post subject: 4 wheel drive! |
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Oh how I wish it were true. Or could it? I have heard rumors that VW made a 1000 or so 4 wheel drive beetles. Any one know for sure? A friend of mine, currently some where in Asia, snapped this photo of an apparent one.
A beautiful specimen none the less.
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Zach Thomas
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That would be...interesting. But realistically, what good is it? I mean, AWD cars are nice but is this 4WD or more like AWD? I remember hearing that there were 4WD Thing prototypes, so I guess this isn't entirely crazy.
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hill climber
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| Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:00 am Post subject: |
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why do you need 4 wheel drive in a vw?
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dirtkeeper
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| I would guess that emblem is off a different car. |
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Max Welton
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Viande
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| Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:06 am Post subject: |
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| during WWII I think some cars were 4x4s. |
Sure they were although very rare now or non-existant.
Type 86: All-wheel drive prototype (only 6 fabricated)
Type 87: 'Kommandeurwagen' Type 86 4x4 Kübelwagen chassis with Beetle command car body.
Type 98: 4x4 Kübelwagen-chassis with a Beetle body
Type 128 and 166 Schwimmwagen is the most numerous mass-produced amphibious car in history.
There may be others...
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CarreraRS2.7
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| dirtkeeper wrote: |
| I would guess that emblem is off a different car. |
It's off a Willys.
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gt1953
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Hill Climber
Why do you need 4WD...ever driven in deep snow, rutted muddy forest roads, did I say one of the wheels off the ground and no wheel pulling or pushing. I like my VW's but my 4WD positrac truck goes quite well in deep snow.
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andk5591
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Yes a bug is great in the snow, but my Subaru (AWD) is much better. I have some VW history books with the WWII 4WD VWs, but I don't know how they did it. Anyone have any links for the details? Just curious.
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Rhinoculips
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| CarreraRS2.7 wrote: |
| dirtkeeper wrote: |
| I would guess that emblem is off a different car. |
It's off a Willys. |
Keep in mind, my friend took this photo while in either Pakistan or India. I have not been able to contact her yet to get more details. Though I think someone was just joking around and slapped it on there but could be wrong. If it were true, I would go buy it and bring it home, even though the steering wheel is on the wrong side of the car.
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Rhinoculips
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By the look of it, this is a mid seventies vintage.
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TheRustySuper
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I have a book that describes a bit how it was done in the WWII vintage vehicles, I'll have to check it later to see exactly how it was done.
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LeviMan2001
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| Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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Some vanagons had 4x4, right? seems like it'd be pretty bitchin to have a 4wd beetle for that awd grip. But the question is, does it have a diff in the transfer case?
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ThomasRMyers
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| Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Rhinoculips wrote: |
| By the look of it, this is a mid seventies vintage. |
It should be '73, because it has bumper brackets, not shocks, and large taillights. |
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fastinradford
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| they made syncro golfs too, but they were some serious $$$ |
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jbrandt01
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| they made syncro golfs too, but they were some serious $$$ |
Yeah they were called the Audi A3 |
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| I saw this little guy on a used car lot.I didn't ask how much they wanted but it looked like it was on a jeep wrangler frame with a lot of mods [img][/img] |
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| hill climber wrote: |
| why do you need 4 wheel drive in a vw? |
To drive over rocks like these... 
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