1973 Volkswagen Thing [Typ 181]

1973 Volkswagen Thing [Typ 181] in Legal Eagles, Movie, 1986

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin: — Built in: — Made for: USA

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Author	Message
tv boy ◊ 2012-08-20 15:26
rjluna2 ◊ 2012-08-20 15:59	Mexican assembled 1973 Volkswagen Thing for our market.
Ingo ◊ 2012-08-20 21:51	Why 1973 and not 1972? According Wikipedia http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/VW_181 the Mexican assembling -all with elephant foots- started already in 1972. The 181s, sold in 1970/71 in the USA, were all locally (where ) mounted CKD-kits from Germany.
rjluna2 ◊ 2012-08-20 23:25	This one has elephant foot taillight as the thumbnail shown here
Ingo ◊ 2012-08-20 23:27	Yes, I saw that. I'm referring to that sentence in the Wiki-article: ["Ab 1972 wurde der VW Safari komplett in Mexiko gebaut. Die aus dieser Produktion stammenden Fahrzeuge sind an den überdimensionierten „Elefantenfußrückleuchten“ wie beim VW Käfer 1303 zu erkennen."]
rjluna2 ◊ 2012-08-20 23:39	I don't know when did the USA offically received the Volkswagen Thing. I am not certain that the Wikipedia has the correct information IIRC, I haven't seen the actual Volkswagen Thing with the 1962-71 Type 2 taillights sold in our market
Ingo ◊ 2012-08-20 23:53	Maybe ask the experts for that details: http://type181registry.com/