Is this a True Factory Thing? |
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GI Joe Samba Member
Joined: April 28, 2005 Posts: 2012 Location: Athens, TN
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mondshine Samba Member
Joined: October 27, 2006 Posts: 2770 Location: The World's Motor Capital
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 1:39 pm Post subject: Re: Super rare Thing?? |
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Wow-
Wish I had that car this afternoon when I got caught in the rain.
Some interesting details in those photos:
The ribbed engine cover.
The side windows look similar to "Thing Shop, yet not the same.
I wonder if the white part of the roof is metal or fiberglass.
Does the AC evaporator dump condensation into the tunnel?
It looks like they didn't want to remove the inside door latches when they painted it.
The engine looks like a dual port but the fan shroud looks like Brazilian "Puma" style; unusual muffler too.
I can't imagine the noise level in there at speed.
None the less, it looks like a cool car.
Good luck to the seller and the buyer |
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GI Joe Samba Member
Joined: April 28, 2005 Posts: 2012 Location: Athens, TN
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mondshine Samba Member
Joined: October 27, 2006 Posts: 2770 Location: The World's Motor Capital
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 4:02 pm Post subject: Re: Super rare Thing?? |
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When I was a young man, I did some photography in a plant in Fort Wayne where they built cement mixers like this:
They put rocks in the drums to test them.
I guess that's what it sounds like
Is it a true "factory" Thing?
I don't know; is a Westfailia camper a true "factory" VW? Technically no.
They are shipped as incomplete vehicles, and production is finalized by the vendor (Westfalia). |
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Shoyrtt Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 4:12 pm Post subject: Re: Super rare Thing?? |
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I wonder why there are hinges on the windshield frame?
Is it a factory car, or did a dealer send it out to a shop in Sydney for the conversion?
I owned a 85 Toyota 4Runner a few years ago. It had a badge on the tailgate like you see on an RV or Trailer manufactured in the US. Turns out Toyota shipped some of the early 4Runners as a "truck" and then had them converted to an SUV by adding a rear seat and avoiding some of the tariffs and taxes. |
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mondshine Samba Member
Joined: October 27, 2006 Posts: 2770 Location: The World's Motor Capital
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 4:40 pm Post subject: Re: Super rare Thing?? |
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As the Kubel Treffen veterans know, the windshield hinges are for the drive in movies
It looks like the roof actually overhangs the windshield frame slightly.
It is a cool car; just out of reach for me (in more ways than one). |
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hitest Samba Member
Joined: September 30, 2008 Posts: 10296 Location: Prime Meridian, ID
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2016 7:34 pm Post subject: Re: Super rare Thing?? |
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Whether or not rare- the painter should have taken better care of the details if the expectation of $39k was the plan. _________________
EverettB wrote: |
I wonder what the nut looks like.
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tallman206 Samba Member
Joined: January 06, 2006 Posts: 316 Location: St.Petersburg Florida USA
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Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2016 2:18 pm Post subject: Re: Super rare Thing?? |
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Engine may likely be a late model type 126 industrial engine, with dual carbs added afterward. I don't think I see heater boxes, just the shoe-box ductwork under the cylinders. Won't give the 74 much heat, but who needs it in most of Australia? The muffler looks like it may be an industrial. The coil looks like the cheap aluminium brazilian or mexican version. Perhaps this engine originally had a magneto? or was a crate motor. _________________ Jerry Henning
Southern Classic Works
St.Petersburg, Florida
1973 VW Type 181 with 616/33-6 powerplant
1962 356B-T6 Cabriolet Rustbucket |
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Solomon Grundy Samba Member
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