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My VW 181 (Trekker , Thing, Safari, Kurierwagen)

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  My VW 181 A rare but striking vehicle, t he  Volkswagen Typ 181 "Kurierwagen" , popularly  known  as  Trekker  in the  UK  ,  Thing  in  the  US  and  Safari  in  Mexico  , is a small military vehicle produced by  Volkswagen from 1969  to  1983  , although sales to civilians ceased in 1980. It was built on the  Beetle  platform , and was the continuation and natural evolution of the  Kübelwagen  , used by the German military in  World War II  .    When serving in Germany in the early seventies I began to see these more often and they stuck in my mind, until having exhausted my adoration for Porsche's, I began to look for an easier, cheaper to maintain classic. My search culminated in 2016 when I was shown the example I was to purchase in an underground Pay carpark in Lagos. I was friendly with the owner of the car park, and he told me about t...
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My Citroen Surfer 2CV6- - the story.

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    My Surfer 2CV       I had always wanted a Citroen 2CV since I first had a Citroen Ami 8 in the early 70's. I had a magical and memory filled tour round Europe in that car. After I had long retired and gone through the speed and sportscar stage, my sights set on this wonderful classic piece of engineering.      The search, in earnest, began in 2020, when I asked my motoring friends to look out for a good cheap project car for me to restore. I saw many abandoned and uncared for cars selling at inflated prices until eventually I came across this car. History was a bit sketchy - First registered in Switzerland in 1984, imported by an agent in Portimao in 1986, sold on to the previous owner in 1994. At some stage he died (probably in 2012 when it had its last IPO inspection) and it was apparently left standing until my friend Roman found it for sale in October 2022.       After cleaning up it was a bit bruised and dented with enough ...
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