Homebrew VW truck!

[Thomas J. Donohue, Jr.]

You should try a porsche powered Karmann-Ghia.  An uncle of mine in the San
Diego area pushed one of these for years.  Hmmmm.  Wonder if he still has it?

"Beatty, Robert" wrote:

> When I was in college, one of my friends had a book of cars for sale,
> rediculous things like the Fonz's motorcycle in Happy Days and a 900+ hp 57
> chevy for 50,000.  Well one of the cars advertised was a VW rabbit with a
> 911 Turbo motor stuffed in the back of the car.  The rear half of the body
> would swing open as if the motor was mounted on a trailing arm kind of like
> the rear suspension on a dirt bike.  It looked quite sick, thou WHY anyone
> would bother with that kind of power in a Rabbit is beyond me.  It was
> supposedly capable of over 160mph as well.
>
> Rob
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Todd Young [SMTP:tyoung at wamnet.com]
> >
> > Actually, here in the USA, there was a Golf hybrid pickup (actually
> > Rabbit), and
> > I've seen some pretty hot custom jobs on web sites. Hmmmm, front wheel
> > drive,
> > easily modified, and probably very cheap, if you can find one. Sounds like
> > a
> > perfect recipe for a third vehicle, that only gets used occasionally.
> >
> > Jorgen Karlsson wrote:
> >
> > > > 1977 924 (full tilt, 2.1L, elgin cam,msds header,two mikuni phh
> > > > 44mm carbs,
> > > > 2100lbs,944 brakes, roll bar, 150HP....)
> > > > 1988 Jetta GL (everyday Deutsch flog-hound)
> > > > 1983 Ford Ranger 4x4 V6 (WHAT? a FORD!sorry VAG doesnt MAKE a
> > truck....)
> > >
> > > Jay, if you really _need_ a VAG pickup you could get a Toyota hilux and
> > slap
> > > some VW Taro stickers on it. Instant VW pickup truck! If VW can do it
> > this
> > > way why can't you? ;)
> > >
> > > Jorgen Karlsson
> > > Gothenburg, Sweden
> > >
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