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oorwullie Samba Member
Joined: May 01, 2003 Posts: 2365 Location: fribourg,switzerland
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Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 5:28 pm Post subject: Official LT Thread |
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i thought you US guys might be interested since it seems there's not many over your way. i picked this up today. 2.4l diesel ,1980 . ;D
click the smalls for big pics.
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zuhaelter_82 Samba Member
Joined: June 23, 2009 Posts: 1506 Location: Lincoln
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Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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For the love of god and all that holy what us that? I kind of like it. _________________ 64 Type II
MKI Jetta Coupe Diesel
MKI Jetta Sedan w/TD swap
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brobards Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2009 Posts: 193 Location: Reno, NV
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Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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Damn, Scooby Doo meets Burning Man! _________________ '67 baja
'73 super
'01 Jetta GLX VR6
'93 Jetta
'90 GLI 16V |
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oorwullie Samba Member
Joined: May 01, 2003 Posts: 2365 Location: fribourg,switzerland
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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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in between flurries of snow i got a few more pics yesterday. ;D
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Thanatos Samba Psychopomp
Joined: October 14, 2009 Posts: 1729 Location: Earth
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Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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Gee whiz... we need more of these in the US, be they cargo vans, peoplemovers or campers. All we ever see here in the way of European vans (with the exception of Volkswagen busses, Vanagons and EuroVans) are the occasional Mercedes or Fiat Multipla. Pretty nice conversion inside, too.
Most non-VW people, and even a few VW people used to late-model water-cooled cars or air-cooled cars and busses only, may think that the LT is some kind of 70s or 80s Japanese Domestic Market vehicle converted to LHD with a VW badge on the front where Toyota, Hino, Nissan or Isuzu "should" be. I'd enjoy explaining that it was actually a Volkswagen product that didn't cross the Atlantic onto Yankee or Canuck soil when new.
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silverside61 Samba Member
Joined: June 10, 2007 Posts: 505 Location: Winterport, Me
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Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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we had one that became the shop RV, back in the early '90's. it was a VW LT35D, that had a full RV body on it. it was pretty cool, but slow too. I believe that was a 2.4 L diesel in it as well. |
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oorwullie Samba Member
Joined: May 01, 2003 Posts: 2365 Location: fribourg,switzerland
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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some pics of the poptop up.
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zuhaelter_82 Samba Member
Joined: June 23, 2009 Posts: 1506 Location: Lincoln
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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It doesn't even look real I love it... _________________ 64 Type II
MKI Jetta Coupe Diesel
MKI Jetta Sedan w/TD swap
B5 V6 GLS
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oorwullie Samba Member
Joined: May 01, 2003 Posts: 2365 Location: fribourg,switzerland
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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shiningstar76 Samba Brewer
Joined: July 12, 2003 Posts: 2689 Location: Savannah
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Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 6:27 am Post subject: |
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Is that a German built VW? _________________ KK4NTP
96 Tacoma
86 4Runner
My bus caught on fire and is now on the other coast with someone who gave me money for it. |
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oorwullie Samba Member
Joined: May 01, 2003 Posts: 2365 Location: fribourg,switzerland
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Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 8:33 am Post subject: |
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shiningstar76 wrote: |
Is that a German built VW? |
most definately german built, now being swiss dismantled........... . |
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shiningstar76 Samba Brewer
Joined: July 12, 2003 Posts: 2689 Location: Savannah
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Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:25 am Post subject: |
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I am envious of all the space inside. _________________ KK4NTP
96 Tacoma
86 4Runner
My bus caught on fire and is now on the other coast with someone who gave me money for it. |
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oorwullie Samba Member
Joined: May 01, 2003 Posts: 2365 Location: fribourg,switzerland
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Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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shiningstar76 wrote: |
I am envious of all the space inside. |
it keeps getting bigger...........
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oorwullie Samba Member
Joined: May 01, 2003 Posts: 2365 Location: fribourg,switzerland
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GBA 88West LA Samba Member
Joined: September 04, 2008 Posts: 1279 Location: New Hampshire
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Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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very cool ..love the custom retro paint scheme _________________ 88 Westy GL Vanaru 07 2.5 EJ25/AA Trans/oiling plates, 1.14 3rd-.77-4th..solar powered cabin |
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oorwullie Samba Member
Joined: May 01, 2003 Posts: 2365 Location: fribourg,switzerland
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Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 10:27 am Post subject: |
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here's an interesting adventure with an LT , just look at the pics if you don't read german.
i sold them a few parts a day or 2 before they set of fin the middle of september.
http://www.lucy.ch.tc/
good luck to them for the rest of the trip.
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weisswurst Samba Member
Joined: May 07, 2013 Posts: 233 Location: south florida
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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oorwullie wrote: |
here's an interesting adventure with an LT , just look at the pics if you don't read german.
i sold them a few parts a day or 2 before they set of fin the middle of september.
http://www.lucy.ch.tc/
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oorwillie, would you help a fellow LT owner out (in the USA specifically Florida)
with a part for my 1992 LT55 Doka dump bed?
I need a passenger side kingpin front wheel suspension part. at this point I should get a front driver side too. (so I have both)
I am having trouble getting one shipped here in the states. I would be happy to paypal you and any shipping too!
thanks
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volkybus Samba Member
Joined: November 03, 2013 Posts: 481 Location: CASTLETON VT USA
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2021 8:56 pm Post subject: Re: LT camper truck |
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Wow those are cool trucks,vans. I saw one in a show in Vt once .It was a camper..had a bathroom even..
It was from Canada but it was rare even there.I think it was front (internal) engine,rear drive, very cool, thanks for sharing, especially the double cab..Bill in Puerto Rico for the winter.. good luck with getting parts |
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kitb Samba Member
Joined: March 28, 2006 Posts: 54 Location: Bend, Oregon
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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 9:06 pm Post subject: Re: Official LT Thread |
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Hello samba! So happy to have a sticky! My name is Kit and I purchased a VW LT50D September 2019.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_LT
I found it at a obscure auto dealer in Cleveland Georgia. After going back-and-forth and doing a lot of research, they performed some work such as oil and timing belt changes, took it to a tire shop for me where I purchased All new tires and tubes, my partner and I flew from Oregon To Georgia in hopes of driving it back. No such luck. Our first flat tire was in Tennessee, or second two flat tires were in Kentucky. We ended up putting it on a flatbed and having it shipped back. That was not cheap…
After doing research on the vehicle and finding all the original paperwork in one of the cabinets. We have to deduced the following. We are the fifth owner? It was a custom build and only one of one. The gentleman who commissioned to build had the last name of Koch in Germany. Vario mobil
https://www.vario-mobil.com/en/historie.html
was the coach builder. At that point in time Volkswagen was not making its own four-wheel-drive chassis and the Sulzer
http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/24th-may-1980/30/vw-enters-4x4-market-with-lt
company converted it to four-wheel-drive.
It is powered by a 2.4 L turbo diesel Made by Volkswagen.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_D24T_engine
I have since replaced the rear axle with a GM 14 bolt with an ARB rear air locker. Compressor is on board. I have rebuilt the turbo, I have rebuilt the injection pump, complete new exhaust, second set of all new tires, everything works now! Here are a couple pictures. Thanks again Everett for making a sticky!
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kitb Samba Member
Joined: March 28, 2006 Posts: 54 Location: Bend, Oregon
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