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06-05-2007, 11:50 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH
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|  VW Type 181 "Thing"
What can I say, I had some foam left over from the Galion project  |
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06-05-2007, 12:05 PM
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MG,are you going for that WWII look? Just for some reason that's the first thing that came to my mind when I saw it.
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06-05-2007, 12:11 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: One Legend.
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Do you know what a VW Type 181 (Thing) is? | |
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06-05-2007, 12:13 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Happiness is a warm AK.
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VW Thing.  That's a cool name for this project!  Must be powered by a VW, right?  |
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06-05-2007, 12:14 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: LBC
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must be a 74, it's got the scoops on the side. Last edited by shutupanddrive; 06-05-2007 at 12:28 PM. |
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06-05-2007, 12:15 PM
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06-05-2007, 12:16 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: One Legend.
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Well there is a rough aproximation of one in the pictures up there... Search "Volkswagen Thing" on google. |
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06-05-2007, 12:29 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: LBC
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There's a whole gallery on TheSamba: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/alb....php?cat_id=30 Hey.... is that a Digger body in the background? |
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06-05-2007, 12:30 PM
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I googled it. Pretty interesting little VW thing Last edited by ThinkTank; 07-03-2007 at 12:34 PM. | |
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06-05-2007, 12:41 PM
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| Rock Stacker  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: dallas
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Its not a beetle, its a Thing.
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06-05-2007, 12:51 PM
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| ~THE SCALE SHOP~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KILLEEN TX
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there was a nice restored one just up the road from the house i grew up in. they drove it alot too.
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06-05-2007, 01:57 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH
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I should have called this thread "It's a VW Thing, you wouldn't understand" Yep, that's an old Digger body back there. And for what it's worth, the 181 is a distant relative of the Kubelwagen. |
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06-06-2007, 10:50 PM
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| '08 2.2 National Champ  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UTRCRC
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Now that's something I never thought I would see here, nice job as always.
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06-07-2007, 12:59 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Nor*Cal
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Nice job so far and unique too but man they are ugly.
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06-07-2007, 05:33 AM
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| Hell's Gnome Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: I'm mean because you're stupid.
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So this is what boredom has come to, huh? Looks good. |
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06-07-2007, 07:44 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Martinsburg WV
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Some of you guys must be young. Those "Things" were common in the '70's. If you're familiar with air-cooled VW's, the mechanical layout is pretty similar. It was basically Germany's Jeep in WWII. Volkswagen's factory designation was "Type 181". In the German Army it was known as the "Kubelwagen". That is a pretty close approximation, microgoat - nice job!! |
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06-07-2007, 10:35 AM
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Was wondering when you were going to post this up over here... Really enjoying the project, cannot wait to see its completion.
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06-07-2007, 05:20 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH
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The outside of the body has a full coat of epoxy now. I need to do the inside, then go back over the outside with a finish coat, and start sanding it.
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06-07-2007, 05:40 PM
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Interesting. I can't wait to see what it looks like when it's done. |
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06-07-2007, 06:23 PM
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this has to be one of the best bodys yet
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