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'67 is all I ever owned. I'd like one of every body change. 59-60 , 64-65 , 66-67 , 68-69 , 70-72 , 73-77 , and 78-87 That's only 7 :sumo:
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I absolutely love that second picture. Is that a Triumph Trident, or BSA Rocket 3? I never noticed the third pipe before. If so, that picture looks older than it is. Those 3cyls didn't come out till '68
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The Australians really get the whole El Camino thing, car that's a truck thing, way better than us Yanks
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This very well done LS powered GTOmino was a winner at the Canon Car Club Show on Saturday.
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That El GTO is too cool for school.
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I call it El Cabra!
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I'd cruise in this in a hot second. I love Cadillac's.
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That's a nice touch with those quarter windows
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I want this
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Holy cow, I hope that rig has a rear stabilizer bar! I have rear tire pressure set 10 PSI higher than the front to reduce oversteer (even when not towing the travel trailer), and am thinking about putting a rear stabilizer bar on my truck, in addition. I can't imagine how that thing's oversteer is. Looks cool, though.
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Looking again I think the white area of that camper lowers down. Not so bad. Good idea
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Yes, that looks like a pop-up. That makes it less outlandish for driving around.
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Not bad. No worse than driving with a couch on the roof of a Malibu wagon with the family inside :lol:
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If I had a camper that small my wife would certainly kill me. That's why I have a 37 foot motorhome and even with that I'm taking my chances.
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So Paul is on The Samba now. That place seems to be the VW equivalent to this place.
I guess me and my dad aren't the only ones to chop a Karmann Ghia in half :lol: |
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Ghiamino! It sort of looks like a professional job with the stripes and all. It is different.
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El Karmino :cool: I wonder what the back half is from?
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You tell me what you think it is? I'm scratching my head. I've been on The Samba for years. I'm a VW guy too. I was looking for a Ghia and stumbled on this. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/data/500/Ghia_2.jpg |
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Hmmm. That one could have been fixed up south of the border. ;)
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I doubt a junkyard would give $2,000 for that mistake of a ruined Karmann Ghia with no drivetrain and not really a body anymore. I don't think that back end is just from one vehicle. I don't hate it that much but I see no value outside of parts
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I remember those little Diesel pickups. I remember that they got crazy good mileage. I could sure use one today with fuel prices what they are. But I haven't seen one in years. I would never pay 2K for that Ghia pickup. But for the right price I would buy it. It's got the weird factor going for it. I like weird stuff. This is kind of the same concept. I think it's ugly but I'd drive it all day long. :) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...enz_pickup.jpg |
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That Mercedes is beautiful compared to the El Karmino Ghia. I some some really nice VW pickups but I'm not allowed to attach them. I hate that. It's on the internet for all to see already. and I remember their name now, "Caddy". Pretty cool name, honest. A caddy is a thin g we used to carry a little bit.
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I think that new VW is called a Caddy because all it can carry is golf clubs. It doesn't look like it has much of a payload. I wonder if it comes with a soccer ball and a baby seat? It looks good but it's just another SUV with a tiny bed. |
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It's those old VWs that were called a Caddy. When I searched for pictures, all I saw were people calling them Rabbit Pickups. I knew they had their own name but I can't remember where I left my memory. I searched "name of rabbit pickup" (w/o quotes) and BAM! In big letters at top of screen, "CADDY".
That last new one I showed said it was the prototype. I found all these searching "vw pickup pictures" (no quotes). I didn't see the El Karmino. I dunno. I like funky as well. But for some reason I just feel sorry for that Ghia. I love Ghias. Wish I had bought one. Back when Bugs were so big in the 60s/70s I wondered why I never saw anyone do the sporty Euro things to the Ghias that they were doing to the Bugs. I couldn't stop imagining a Karmann Ghia with everything I did to my '56 Bug. A poor man's Porsche for sure! The hopped-up Ghia certainly did become a thing at some point |
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I remember seeing Porsche 914's going for less than a Ghia convertible. Same with Trans Am's. I've heard them called "Poor mans Corvette'. That is not the case. You can probably get a similar Corvette cheaper. I stumbled on that Ghia pickup because I was looking for a Ghia. But I think that I'm going to scratch that idea. Too much money. There was a guy here selling one for $5800 firm and it was pretty beat. I thought no way but he sold it. Once in a while you see them come up cheap. I found a nice Bug on CL for $2500. The ad was only up a couple of hours when I called the guy. It was already sold. :mad: |
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I had one of those diesel Rabbit trucks as a company service vehicle back in the early 80’s. That lil truck was a slug, when you had a long hill coming up on the interstate you really had to get a run at it to be going the speed limit when you crested.
Never heard of them being called a Caddy. But it was a vehicle I had zero interest in, just drive the heck out of it for work |
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I drove one company truck back in the 80's. I just called it a Rabbit pickup. It was a diesel and yessir, it was a slug alright but in a flat land town it did alright and it was thrifty on fuel. I never understood how it was called a Caddy but some groups still refer to them as that.
My father in law bought a new VW Dasher diesel in 80. He ran a paper route and said for the first 6 months or so he had to turn the A/C off and back up some small hills cause it wouldn't pull up going forward. :lol: It did get about 45 mpg though on the flat ground. If I'm not mistaken VW only made the little pkup two years. I wouldn't mind having one today just to fool around in. |
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I had to get on the freeway once and it was a short onramp. Really short and there was a hill behind it. I got on and suddenly there was a 18 wheeler semi truck flying down that hill right behind me..Closing in fast. So I punched it... Nothing...I had the pedal to the metal... Absolutely nothing. I'm lucky that trucker must have had some good brakes because I couldn't get out of his way in that pile of junk. Here's one. Right where it belongs. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/data/500/Arrow.jpg |
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