1973 Volkswagen Thing on 2040-cars
Riverside, California, United States
Fuel Type:GAS
Engine:2180 cc
Mileage: 9,551
Model: Thing
Trim: Convertible
Year: 1973
Drive Type: Manual
Make: Volkswagen
1973 VW Thing Excellent daily driver,
while it is not a 1% classic car it has won 1st and 2nd place in
amateur car shows in Southern California since Custom restoration in 2010 Items completed in 2010
restoration 1st the Mechanical (New items) 2180. cc
engine with progressive EMPI carb, heavy-duty starter, heavy-duty fuel pump,
heavy-duty alternator, heavy-duty ignition coil, heavy-duty fuel filter and
fuel hoses High
performance cable clutch Custom
geared transmission to fit oversized rear tires Front disk
breaks Electronic
ignition Tachometer
gauge Oil pressure
gage/Secondary 3-quart oil sump External oil
filter External oil
cooler Steel
Breaded oil lines Securities
kill Switch Halogen
headlights Running
light fixtures OEM spear
tire Heavy-duty
muffler (Rebuilt items) Rebuilt
wiper motor (2nd the cosmetic) Full
body paint Fully powered
leather front seats with butt warmers (Seats are
out of a 2002 Lexus) New
upholstery on rear seat New seat
belts (over the shoulder in front and lap in the rear) New soft-top
with drop in windows Centerline
rims with new tires New Pioneer stereo with premium sound
(AM/FM/CD/AUX IN PUT) Custom built
Full roll bar New Rally
tube trim kit (running boards, front luggage rack front and rear bumpers) New locking
glove box door New
anti-glare review mirror New side
mirrors New chrome
trim Pan was coat
with rhino bed coating (top &bottom) New door
trim New
windshield New Center counsel
(with cup holders and storage trays) Used Fiberglass hardtop (unit is used faded
and needs to be painted, but is good solid condition) |
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GM outsold VW globaly in first quarter, Toyota reports numbers next week
Thu, 18 Apr 2013General Motors released its first quarter sales figures this week, reporting that it sold 2.36 million cars and trucks worldwide. That figure represents an increase of 3.6 percent when compared to the same period last year. GM's growth was attributed to many factors, including global Cadillac sales that were up 26 percent and Chevrolet posting a one percent increase over last year (this marked Chevy's tenth straight year of record global sales).
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.
BMW, Ferrari, VW cars use tungsten mined by terrorists
Thu, 08 Aug 2013Bloomberg Markets is reporting that BMW, Volkswagen and Ferrari have been using tungsten ore sourced from Columbia's FARC rebel terrorists. The extensive story focuses on Columbia's illegal mining trade and calls into question the provenance of the rare ore that is used not only in crankshaft parts production, but is also found in the world's computing and telecommunications industry for use in screens.
The ore is mined by the FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army), and exported to Pennsylvania, where it is refined. The refined ore is then sent over to Austria, where a company called Plansee turns it into a finished product. Now, it's important to note that we aren't talking about the world's supply of tungsten here. In 2012, Plansee's American refinery purchased 93.2 metric tons of tungsten, valued at $1.8 million. That's peanuts, with the entire Colombian tungsten mining industry producing just one percent of the world's supplies.
That doesn't make indirectly supporting FARC any more acceptable, though. BMW, VW and Ferrari are all committed to not accepting mineral supplies from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is also in the grips of a guerrilla insurrection funded, in part, by illegal mining. The same commitment would figure to extend to Colombian mining, but as BMW points out, it's difficult for a multi-national manufacturer to know where every item in its supply chain comes from. A company spokesperson says as much, telling Bloomberg, "These few grams out of the billions of tons of raw materials passing through the BMW supply chain are of no practical relevance."
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Assuming this is the production car, its main lines have made the jump from the concept but with less fine detailing, a silver hue and with conventional VW wheels it's lost a little bit of oomph. Still, a few checkmarks on the option sheet can fix most of that, the shape remains handsome and the 2.0-liter turbo underhood keeps performance peppy and mileage frugal enough. You can head to Autohome for a couple more photos of a sedan we'd be happy to make room for over here.
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