1974 Volkswagen Thing

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4 - Cyl.

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Gasoline

A once and a life time find!!! A 1974 Volkswagen 181 Kurierwagen!! It was A Ambulance in the Military still has the dash panel with all the switches! Military markings on the side and all! Bid on this Today!!! It does run and drive! The floor boards need patched and cleaned a lot it sat in a Military base Storage for a very very long time! Would make a great project for someone! The 181 has become something of a cult classic, due in no small measure to its angular styling, which leaves no question as to its strictly utilitarian purpose. The doors and windows are removable without tools, and the windshield folds down, similar to a Jeep. The interior is a perfect illustration of form following function, and its painted steel door panels and split, flat bench seats look appropriately post-modern, industrial chic today. The Thing was also the basis for the Roamer vehicle (with the customized bodywork of a Brubaker Box) on the CBS Saturday morning live action television series Ark II. In 2007 Matchbox released a Type 181 in yellow, while in 2009 Hot Wheels released a "Hot" model of in tan with a black top. On "The Simpsons" series Patty and Selma drive a Thing. In the song "God Drives a Volkswagen Thing" by the Asylum Street Spankers, Jehovah drives a Thing when he "wants to cruise around without gettin’ recognized". The song was featured on NPR's Weekend Edition on February 7, 2010.[2] Current prices in the United States range from $3,000 for restorable units to upwards of $15,000 for nicely restored examples. Barrett-Jackson sold a restored Thing for over US $40,000. Highest prices are paid for unrestored low miles examples of course. In recent years several civil defense and firebrigade Things from Germany were sold on ebay for US$25,000 to US$35,000.