Re: VW/Audi setting up fund for slave laborers (news)

[Andrew Buc <abuc@ibm.net>]

Addressed to: Tom Nas <tnas@euronet.nl>
              quattro@coimbra.ans.net

** Reply to note from Tom Nas <tnas@euronet.nl> Thu, 23 Jul 1998 19:56:37 +0200 (MET DST)
>   
> "Brandon Hull" <brandon@cardinalventures.com> wrote:
>   
> Sorry to be nit-picky, but 'The Thing', also known as the VW 181, was never
> made in 4WD guise. It was built on a standard RWD Beetle floorpan. The 4WD
> military vehicle was the Kuebelwagen, which rather looked like the 181.
>   
The 4WD bug, built on the Kuebelwagen chassis, is the rarest bug. It was
known as the commandant's car. Since it had cable-operated brakes (like
other bugs of that vintage), it had a parking brake that worked on all 4
wheels (unlike other bugs of that vintage). If it could climb a given hill,
it could be parked on that hill.