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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Currently, the plant has three teams running 10-hour shifts Monday through Saturday, but starting May 13, this will be reduced down to two teams running 10-hour shifts Monday through Thursday. This will be done to reduce dealer inventory (the article says that VW dealers, on average, have a 97-day supply of Passats) and production capacity (currently running at an annual pace of 170,000 units, which is more than the 150,000 annual units the plant was planned to produce).
This, of course, isn't saying that the Passat has been a failure since VW added 200 full-time employees to the plant in February 2012 to keep up with increased demand. The AN article says that automakers frequently overstaff plants during the launch of a new product - or in this case, a new product and a new plant - but eventually reduce the workers as things run smoother and more efficiently.
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Chairman and CEO Wolfgang Schreiber told Autoblog in a roundtable interview at the Geneva Auto Show that the automaker is researching whether or not a diesel engine makes sense for the brand. Bentley, owned by the Volkswagen Group, could in theory use a diesel engine from anywhere in the Volkswagen Group family. We at Autoblog have hopes they'll revive the V10 TDI used in the VW Touareg until 2010, but ever-stricter emissions laws would likely make that problematic.
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