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Solved: Wendax 330 - Pingo
« on: September 01, 2011, 02:16:40 AM »
No Thing but...

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

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Re: Wendax 330
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2011, 03:46:43 PM »
Volkswagen 'Thing'

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Re: Wendax 330
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2011, 03:48:07 PM »

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Re: Wendax 330
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2011, 02:48:00 PM »
Was going to say 181 but too easy. ::)

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Re: Wendax 330
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2011, 03:07:00 PM »
It is just a VW 181 (alias The Thing) lookalike with just two doors.  :)

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Re: Wendax 330
« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2011, 03:09:53 PM »
Uruguay
Gustavo Rodriguez's Pingo

VW Pingo About mid 1970's

A plastic bodied copy on a type one chassis etc.


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Re: Wendax 330
« Reply #6 on: September 02, 2011, 03:13:33 PM »
Congratulations, roger. That's the one. A well-earned point is on the way.

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Re: Wendax 330
« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2011, 03:14:58 PM »
Just for interest the 181 is known as the Kurierwagen
The Trecker in the UK
The Thing in the USA
the Safari in Mexico

And it looks like the Pingo in Uruguay  ;)

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PN #1137
« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2018, 12:09:07 AM »
An easy one. Please ID this car - builder and model name.
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Re: PN #1137
« Reply #9 on: July 09, 2018, 03:20:28 AM »
Experts?
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Re: PN #1137
« Reply #10 on: July 09, 2018, 09:32:32 AM »
is it VW-based self-built?

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Re: PN #1137
« Reply #11 on: July 09, 2018, 10:04:18 AM »
Not a one-off, offered by a company. VW based
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Re: PN #1137
« Reply #12 on: July 09, 2018, 10:40:34 AM »
is it vw thing Baja model?

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Re: PN #1137
« Reply #13 on: July 09, 2018, 11:27:43 AM »
no
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Re: PN #1137
« Reply #14 on: July 15, 2018, 11:02:54 AM »
Professionals?
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Re: PN #1137
« Reply #15 on: July 15, 2018, 12:05:24 PM »

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Re: PN #1137
« Reply #16 on: July 15, 2018, 12:35:07 PM »
hmmm, this did not come up during my search. It is your point
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Re: Solved: Wendax 330 - Pingo
« Reply #17 on: July 15, 2018, 01:02:26 PM »
Thanks, but you gave me two points accidentally.