1973 Vw Thing Resto-custom on 2040-cars
Manassas, Virginia, United States
Vehicle Title:Clear
Model: Thing
Drive Type: rear wheel
Year: 1973
Mileage: 27,406
Trim: custom
1973 VW Thing show/street January 2010 hot VW's magazine feature car
Complete ground up restoration less than 500 miles on car since completion.This car was primarily a show car and has never lost in compitition. But is streetable.
This car has won first place @ Bug Outs from #62 to 73. 5 years unbeaten also 2 best interior awards and several best import at local Hot Rod shows.
Discription of car top to bottom
Top - Thing shop vinyl top w/ matching side curtains,Thing Shop heavy duty top frame,Windshield braces
Interior - Thing Shop 7 point roll bar,Fully carpeted w/ coco mats front and rear as well as under trunk area,PRP high back seats blk tweed w/red trim,custom rear seat to match fronts,3"RJS aircraft style seat belts
Body - 95 Ford performance red w/clear coat,4"wider fenders,4"wider dual tube bumpers w/matching side bars,3"body lift kit,Every piece of body trim door rubbers seals everything new,new door handles,new mirrors,new lights all around Billett tag brackets front and rear
Engine - 1776cc /weber progressive carb,powder coated fan shroud and tins,Altenator upgrade,serpetine pulley system w/aluminum pulleys,009 dist.w/electronic ign.,Kymco high rise header w/quiet pack muffler(jet coated)new clutch,presure plate and release bearing.
Trans - Stock trans 4spd,new axel
Issues - 4 way flasher does not work,high beams work on ocassion,gas gauge works but is not accurate,scratch on right rear fender that will be repaired if reserve is met,Gas heater is missing fuel pump but is in great shape,
Volkswagen Thing for Sale
- 1973 volkswagen thing base 1.6l(US $7,500.00)
- 1973 volkswagon thing(US $17,500.00)
- 1973 vw type 181 "thing" - rare and totally restored!
- 1973 volkswagen thing base 1.6l for restoration or parts
- 1974 volkswagen thing-restored!(US $15,000.00)
- 1973 volkswagen thing convertible........beach....sun... fun......30mpg(US $10,500.00)
Auto Services in Virginia
Universal Ford Inc ★★★★★
United Solar Window Film and Grphics Corporation Window Tint ★★★★★
Rose Auto Clinic ★★★★★
R&C Towing & Repair Company ★★★★★
Overseas Imports ★★★★★
Olympic Auto Parts ★★★★★
Auto blog
Volkswagen Group previews its wares on eve of Geneva show
Mon, 05 Mar 2012The Volkswagen Group is comprised of 11 brands producing 240 vehicles across 49 factories throughout the world. So the best way to show off the range of the VW family is to cram a few thousand journalists and VIPs into a massive makeshift stand to outline the Group's goals, what's in the pipeline and what you'll be able to buy later this year.
To that end, VW pulled out all the stops on the eve of the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, bringing along 10 vehicles from across the range. We'll be delving into the details of each over the next two days of show coverage, but before that happens, you can read all about what we saw tonight from the cheap seats after the break.
VW readying CC Shooting Brake?
Mon, 11 Feb 2013This was bound to happen. Volkswagen's relentless drive for big volume has the brand mining seemingly every niche it can find for additional sales worldwide. And with its CLS Shooting Brake, fellow countryman Mercedes-Benz has already shown that a wagon based off of a "four-door coupe" can look dead sexy and command extra dollars. So it follows that the Volkswagen CC (whose existence is all but directly attributable to the success of the original CLS sedan) will also get a load-lugging variant. That's according to the UK's Autocar, which notes that the five-door will come in the CC's next generation.
According to the report, the next CC will be available in front and all-wheel drive variants with the usual assortment of gas and diesel four-cylinders found in the Wolfsburg empire, with the possibility of a gas plug-in hybrid model, too. The rakish estate will ride atop VW's MQB architecture, a shorter variant of which is also found underneath the new Golf. The scalable chassis is set to spread like kudzu throughout the company's lineup, but the CC probably won't happen until after the launch of the next European-market Passat in 2015.
Will we get it in North America? Hard to say. Volkswagen sells the standard CC saloon here, but not in particularly large numbers, and when the company moved to a North American-specific Passat, it dumped the wagon variant. The traditional VW estate apparently continues to pick up sales momentum abroad, however, making the CC Shooting Brake a seemingly natural fit for buyers who still want the utility of a two-box form but can afford to sacrifice a bit of cargo room in the name of style.
VW builds 250,000th Passat in Chattanooga in just two years
Sun, 26 May 2013It hasn't been without incident or union organizing drive, but the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, TN has built its 250,000 Passat in just a little over two years. The Night Blue Passat TDI with black leather has come just two years and five weeks after the first customer car came off the line on April 18, 2011.
In the last year the plant operated at the 150,000-unit capacity that it was intended for, but the downturn in Passat sales and subsequent worker layoffs mean it will be a challenge to repeat the feat. The plant does have the world's largest solar park, though, and you can't take that away from them.
You'll find the official hand-clapping in the press release below.