RideSand Posted July 29, 2021 Member ID: 506 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 26 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 190 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 84 Achievement Points: 1,512 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/06/2021 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 15 Device: Macintosh Share Posted July 29, 2021 Time for them to go! I loved my Rabbit truck, but in March I was rear ended by an uninsured driver, and because I only had liability on my VW I was never able to get anything taken care of. The guy turned into a ghost and its not going anywhere. Sucks, but Ive learned.... The silver one still runs and drives fine, its just bent up pretty good. It was never officially totaled and has a clean title. I bought the brown one with a blown motor (its currently in the back of the truck, probably never stands a chance of running ever again) to swap everything from the silver one over to, but I need to be honest about it and know that I will not get to it for a long time. Brown one is straight! Sweet little trucks. Not a lot running around anymore, but the ones that are still out there get a lot of looks and a lot of MPGs! Mine is a diesel and I get right at 44mpg every tank - doesn't matter where Im driving, how Im driving it, or what Ive got in the bed. Not the fastest thing on the road, but its one of the most unique "trucks" on it. Im asking $4,200 for them both. I have trailers and can haul the brown one anywhere within reason, even SoCal if you'll cover the fuel and lunch. Silver one is 100% drivable but I would not recommend driving it TOO far, mostly because theres no AC and it will take forever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zilla68 Posted July 29, 2021 Member ID: 720 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 26 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 783 Content Per Day: 0.74 Reputation: 608 Achievement Points: 5,725 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 05/08/2021 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Birthday: 04/24/1968 Device: Windows Share Posted July 29, 2021 man you never see those any more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Posted July 29, 2021 Member ID: 261 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 10 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 152 Content Per Day: 0.14 Reputation: 54 Achievement Points: 1,094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/05/2021 Status: Offline Last Seen: 22 hours ago Device: Windows Share Posted July 29, 2021 wish I had the time, I have a friend that got 400,000 miles on a bone stock motor with the exception of a good pre filter. These are hard to find. Johnny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideSand Posted July 29, 2021 Member ID: 506 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 26 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 190 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 84 Achievement Points: 1,512 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/06/2021 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 15 Device: Macintosh Author Share Posted July 29, 2021 Yes, up until about a year ago mine was the only one I had ever seen. They've been described to me as being a wheel barrel with a motor - its so fitting haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobalos Posted July 29, 2021 Member ID: 107 Group: Foreman Followers: 1 Topic Count: 287 Topics Per Day: 0.27 Content Count: 4,984 Content Per Day: 4.71 Reputation: 4,186 Achievement Points: 54,820 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 13 Joined: 05/05/2021 Status: Online Last Seen: 14 minutes ago Birthday: 12/25/1896 Device: Android Share Posted July 29, 2021 What years are they? Are they both sticks? Were they both Diesels to begin with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideSand Posted July 29, 2021 Member ID: 506 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 26 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 190 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 84 Achievement Points: 1,512 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/06/2021 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 15 Device: Macintosh Author Share Posted July 29, 2021 3 hours ago, Bobalos said: What years are they? Are they both sticks? Were they both Diesels to begin with? Silver is an 82 with the diesel and 5 speed and I think the brown one is as well, but I will have to look. Brown one was for sure a diesel with the 5 speed but Im not 100% on the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Moderator Crusty Posted July 29, 2021 Member ID: 6 Group: Board Moderator Followers: 0 Topic Count: 45 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 4,066 Content Per Day: 3.82 Reputation: 4,229 Achievement Points: 45,529 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 20 Joined: 04/29/2021 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Birthday: 02/26/1972 Device: Android Board Moderator Share Posted July 29, 2021 Cool, you don't see them anywhere. Did you post them FS on the Samba? VW site should get some good looks and offers from those guys... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideSand Posted July 29, 2021 Member ID: 506 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 26 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 190 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 84 Achievement Points: 1,512 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/06/2021 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 15 Device: Macintosh Author Share Posted July 29, 2021 3 hours ago, Crusty said: Cool, you don't see them anywhere. Did you post them FS on the Samba? VW site should get some good looks and offers from those guys... Good point - I forgot about that! Thanks for the tip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt86m Posted July 29, 2021 Member ID: 335 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 976 Content Per Day: 0.92 Reputation: 1,163 Achievement Points: 7,574 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 05/05/2021 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Device: Windows Share Posted July 29, 2021 Would be cool to tow behind a moho if they can be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideSand Posted July 29, 2021 Member ID: 506 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 26 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 190 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 84 Achievement Points: 1,512 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/06/2021 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 15 Device: Macintosh Author Share Posted July 29, 2021 36 minutes ago, matt86m said: Would be cool to tow behind a moho if they can be Front wheel drive, manual trans, could always use a car dolly too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZCG Posted July 29, 2021 Member ID: 602 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 122 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 71 Achievement Points: 1,173 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/06/2021 Status: Offline Last Seen: 6 hours ago Device: Windows Share Posted July 29, 2021 Ha, I had those same silver wheels on my '84 Audi 4000S. A lot of VW/Audi/Porsche crossover on parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonehenge Posted November 3, 2021 Member ID: 300 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 10 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 274 Content Per Day: 0.26 Reputation: 535 Achievement Points: 2,832 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/05/2021 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 12, 2023 Device: Windows Share Posted November 3, 2021 Love live the "caddy" (that's for you purists out there) They still make these, just not available in the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange_R Posted November 3, 2021 Member ID: 91 Group: Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,794 Content Per Day: 1.70 Reputation: 986 Achievement Points: 13,436 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 05/05/2021 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Device: Windows Share Posted November 3, 2021 other than the tail gate//tail light what's bent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideSand Posted November 3, 2021 Member ID: 506 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 26 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 190 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 84 Achievement Points: 1,512 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/06/2021 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 15 Device: Macintosh Author Share Posted November 3, 2021 The whole left side of the bed had a buckle in it. It would have been hard to bring it back in my opinion.... Sold these about two days after posting them on Samba, BUT I bought another one about two days after that 😂 Cool little car-truck things that I may have unintentionally gotten myself addicted to. This new one came with four or five motors, a very clean interior, spare set of wheels, and is straight. I didnt want to swap the good from the bad over to the new good on the last two, but here I am, taking a blown motor out of the latest one only to hopefully replace it with a turbo diesel from an 84 Jetta thats currently sitting on a pallet right next to the thing.... This could easly become a topic in a forum thats not meant for this kind of topic, but maybe we can get it moved over to the tech section and I can keep those of you who care updated! in the mean time, heres a few pics and a cool little article that was posted recently. https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a38125213/this-volkswagen-rabbit-pickup-was-a-rare-stroke-of-genius/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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