1973 Vw Thing, California Car, 1776cc, Clean! on 2040-cars
Monterey, California, United States
For Sale By:Private Seller
Engine:1776
Year: 1973
Drive Type: rear
Make: Volkswagen
Mileage: 6,950
Model: Thing
Trim: none
1973 VW Thing, clean solid California car, soft top and factory hard top, 1776cc engine built by CB Performance with a dyno sheet (110hp, 120ft lbs), see pics for engine specs, nice stereo, 4 point roll padded roll bar, Empi aluminum wheels, Wilwood brakes on the front, fresh suspension, super clean interior, runs and drives great... this thing really scoots! Original blue CA. plate, the car is being sold with a few totes of "extras"... seals, gaskets, factory air cleaner parts, cables, ect...
Condition: Although this vehicle is in good "drive anywhere" condition, please keep in mind that it is 40 years old and not perfect. Transmission leaks a little but shifts and operates great, passenger side rear floor pan has a little rust but nothing structural, soft top has a burn/melted section on the right rear C pillar area but it is not torn, the original color is orange and can be seen in a few spots but the tan paint job is in great shape and holding up well, the hard top needs a good cleaning and we have never tried to put it on... it has always just been in storage. |
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Tue, 02 Apr 2013From our perspective, the reborn Volkswagen Scirocco is a handsome (if squat) little thing. Yet design-wise, it's always struck us as uncomfortably close to the Golf three-door hatchback with which it shares its basic underpinnings. That aesthetic kinship may be part of the reason why Volkswagen has steadfastly refused to import the Scirocco to North America, seeing as how the Golf doesn't regularly set the company's sales charts alight, and it's less expensive.
But that visual similarity might be about to change, says Walter De Silva, who recently told Australia's Car Advice that, "It must be completely different... we don't want to repeat the bodystyle of the Scirocco, we want to change that." Further, the Volkswagen Group's design boss says that the next-generation car isn't terribly far along in development yet - "at the moment, it's only a studio [project]... it's not defined." It's probably just as well, as the new seventh-generation Golf arguably borrows some of its design from the current Scirocco anyway.
So we should expect a much bolder, more differentiated design, right? Well, yes, no and maybe. Back in September, De Silva himself was quoted as saying that the era of flamboyant styling has passed, and that future VW designs will be simpler to better reflect the times and preserve resale value. So... how different could it be?
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Volkswagen came in just behind GM, as the German automaker reported global sales from January through March at 2.27 million vehicles, an increase of five percent when compared to last year. While that number was strong, VW is cautioning that markets outside China and the US, such as those in Europe, are becoming a challenge as economies falter.
Yet to report sales is Toyota, current holder of the global world sales crown (the Japanese company sold 9.75 million cars last year, against 9.29 million sold by GM and 9.1 million vehicles sold by VW). Even though GM and Toyota both say they don't care who sells the most units, it is unquestionably a strong bragging point and sales equate to revenue. That said, Toyota will report its first quarter numbers next week.
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