VW single cab

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1484434

Not mine but somewhat associated. This is owned by a friend and also a multiple time GRM challenge competitor.

You can see my spare Yugo in the background (which is being parted )

Crap.

Can't resist.

Can you put me in touch with this purveyor of German utility foolishness?

My first car was a Splitty. I've gotta have one again some day.

Yikes, that's some seriously deep patina!

Bryce

Never mind.

I looked closer.

I can't take on that much rust without a vast array of narcotics.

Yeah it is very very rough which is why it is priced so low for a Single cab.

The good news is that if you put it in your shop, it has WAY more horizontal space than any of your other cars...makes for a much better shelf.

Bryce

I started piling vertically a long time ago!

Nashco wrote: The good news is that if you put it in your shop, it has WAY more horizontal space than any of your other cars...makes for a much better shelf. Bryce

HA. I do need a shelf for my massive pile of Yugo parts...

There's a lot of things I would do for a Splitty.

I might even take on rust- but not without lube.

Nashco wrote: The good news is that if you put it in your shop, it has WAY more horizontal space than any of your other cars...makes for a much better shelf. Bryce

Pretty sure a 360 would fit very nicely!

That VW is cool, but it is trying REAL hard to return to the earth. I'm not sure I'd want to get in its way.

One thing I noticed in the ad - your guy says up front "I'm not a haggler." I like that. I like to haggle, some people don't and that's okay. Being up front about it lets me as a potential buyer know how to approach the deal.

Nashco wrote: The good news is that if you put it in your shop, it has WAY more horizontal space than any of your other cars...makes for a much better shelf. Bryce

Say what worthy for sure

SVreX wrote: There's a lot of things I would do for a Splitty. I might even take on rust- but not without lube.

They make all the replacement metal you need, its just a cut and weld job, not that bad. If you are willing to pay $$ for the "green" panels (so named for the green primer put on them) they are exact fit and go on very easy, the normal replacement panels will require the usual tweaking.

In reply to JThw8:

Did you look?

There's NOTHING left to weld to once the rust is removed.

If I wanted to build a Splitty entirely from replacement panels, that would be...

...kinda pricey.

I've seen worse restored. Hell, by MI standards, that's a few brake lines and a used engine away from driveable!

Kenny_McCormic wrote: I've seen worse restored.

Not by me you haven't!

In reply to 93EXCivic:

Is this car in Cullman?

I'll be in Birmingham on Sunday AM picking up the Lotus.

Wouldn't mind looking at it.

oh gawd.

This VW is missing an old F1 car...

Did you buy it Paul?

VWguyBruce wrote: Did you buy it Paul?

I was within 30 minutes of it, but it was raining hard, I was towing, and my wipers died. I decided 30 minutes out of my way was not worth driving.

Saved by the rain.

Damn me and my brokeness.... had one before... will have one again!

In reply to SVreX:

Sorry I missed the previous post but yes the car is in Cullman.

Good donor for a kit car! I keed, I keed. Man that is seriously cool, but I can't imagine the skill, time and money you'd need to even think about resurrecting that. Zombie Jew at Passover has nothing on a resurrection of that scale.

This looks like something that should have a Monte Carlo chassis put under it, and converted to mid-engine

Seriously, though, I'd be tempted to do something like that, do only the rust repair needed to get it going, then just wipe it down every now and then with a rag soaked in oil in order to slow the rust down...

I'd be on board with that, long wheelbase S10, move engine to middle of chassis, set cab properly over front wheels, build bed to cover.