1976 Volkswagen EA 489
1976 Volkswagen EA 489 in Taşı Toprağı Altın Şehir (The Golden City), Movie, 1978
Class: Cars, Pick-up — Model origin: 
— Built in: 
01:16:59 ![[*]](/res/star.png){kind=small}
Background vehicle
Comments about this vehicle
| Author | Message |
|---|---|
|
◊ 2025-07-01 00:01 |
Sold in turkey as the EA489 Built in turkey https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_EA489_Basistransporter ![[Image: vw_ea_489.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/35571/25/vw_ea_489.jpg) ![[Image: screenshot_20250701_010705.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/35571/25/screenshot_20250701_010705.jpg) -- Last edit: 2025-07-01 06:16:04 |
|
◊ 2025-07-01 13:18 |
Interesting  |
|
◊ 2025-07-01 13:19 |
We finally got one!  |
|
◊ 2025-07-01 15:58 |
![[Image: screenshot_20250701_165052.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/35571/25/screenshot_20250701_165052.jpg) Found this picture of the original owners manual here: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs6I7PTNmHh/ On it its called "E A 489" opposed to "EA489". Dont know if that means anything. -- Last edit: 2025-07-01 15:59:10 |
|
◊ 2025-07-01 17:20 |
Here's a clearer picture of that brochure/owner's manual. It's strange that the Wikipedia page shows a totally different vehicle and description, because the brochure and pics from the Instagram page show what looks like a variation of a Typ 2, which were Rear-engine and rear-drive. I'll leave the ID to some of our VW experts. ![[Image: vw-ea489-broch-01bc.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/9656/25/vw-ea489-broch-01bc.jpg) -- Last edit: 2025-07-01 17:21:19 |
|
◊ 2025-07-01 17:26 |
Looking into it, I found this: "Granted, Turkey did try to inject a bit more glitz by using the front of a bay window Type 2 as a cab." I guess this explains this Turkish version. https://www.below-the-radar.com/volkswagen-type-ea489-basistransporter/ |
|
◊ 2025-07-01 17:28 |
They were based on the Hormiga (the Mexican panel truck) so they used Beetle chassises. |
|
◊ 2026-02-02 10:27 |
Strange little thing, chassis looked like this Link to "www.below-the-radar.com" |
