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Hammy1
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MsTaboo 
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Holy crap! Talk about a death trap.
And people thought the Vanagon was angular. 
https://www.oldbug.com/lahormiga.htm
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Ahwahnee
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| Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2023 11:11 am Post subject: Re: VW Homiga |
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| A must-have for the collector (and I have met a few) whose mantra is "I've got one and you don't". |
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Tobias Duncan
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| Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2023 11:31 am Post subject: Re: VW Homiga |
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Hormiga means ant in Spanish
Interesting name for a truck.
Maybe it can carry ten times its weight ? |
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kamzcab86
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| Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2023 12:30 pm Post subject: Re: VW Hormiga |
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"It has a 1600cc air cooled [B]eetle engine mounted up front making this the first front wheel drive VW."
A) The Hormiga in the ad is a 1977.
B) Production of this vehicle was 1976 to 1978.
C) Volkswagen's first front wheel drive vehicle was the K70, sold from 1970 to 1975.
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didget69
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2023 6:59 pm Post subject: Re: VW Hormiga |
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VW likely took idea for Hormiga from the 1949-1951 Tempo Matador truck...
https://www.oldbug.com/tempo.htm
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