Here she was, as I found her in the field. On the windscreen is a yellow faded piece of paper with "For sell" scribbled on it, unreadable.
Here she was, as I found her in the
field. On the windscreen is a yellow faded piece of paper with "For sell"
scribbled on it, unreadable.
Here she is as she sat in my garage.
Notice new different seats badly installed by the previous owner. Those seats
and the seat tracks have been removed, and original low back bucket seats have
been installed. And yes, there is a skeleton on the hood. It gives folks an
easier reason to talk to me as I'm working rather than "What's that Thing?",
"A Thing", "Ha ha, no really...."
Looking in from the starboard side.
Only 75437 miles on this baby. And
a working wiper motor too! Hey....the speedo goes up to 100mph....I wonder.....
When I got her, she had these snazzy
seat covers. Great eh? True, it's not ripped vinyl....
And the lovely back seat's backs.
with their original covering. The whole tilt/swivel mechanism is present and working.
Now that horrible sausage was, I think,
intended by the PO to be used as the backseat's bottom portion. It now resides
in a landfill somewhere. Paul Kagel said that that was originally was the bottom
of the backseat. We both agree that it is worthless, however.
The pedal area. Not too much rust.
I've seen worse. Now the area that's being pointed to over on the starboard
side. Is that a dent, or is there a reason for that depressed area? Anyone know?
Answer: Both Bob Witte and John explained that the depression on the starboard
side is for the Type 182 model (Trekker), that is, the right hand drive model.
That depression allows a little more space for the accelerator.
Another nifty action shot. Under the
port seat. I think I need a shopvac.
And here's the lovely patchpanel
from the inside, over on the starboard side behind the front seat. 
The shiftknob. I have heard that the
wood Wolfsburg shiftknob was a factory accessory. Anyone know more about it?
Is it particularly rare?
This is the knob that controls the
working winch up front. Twist it one way to let out, the other to reel in. Pretty
nifty, eh? And below that is the hi-powered speaker setup for the FM/AM working radio.