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My very first Hot Wheels model ever was also a Baja Bug - it is a ragtop splitty with an internal roll cage and Real Rider wheels (real rubber tyres). I bought it in 1982 at the OK Bazaars for R 1.50 (I think that was about two weeks' pocket money at the time). Still have it today.. but it has multiplied over the years! :mrgreen:

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Dutch_Diver wrote:I love these pictures....the thing I love about Baja's, is that many are totally different but all have beautiful detail!

Why thank you Dutch.... I didn't realise that rust was detailing.... :mrgreen:
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Pine I also have the yellow HW Baja with Real Riders :hangloose:
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Lets not forget VW's own factory-built 'Baja' - the 1943 Kommandeurwagen :hangloose:

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I love that bug! :hangloose:

This is only the 3rd pic I've ever seen of them. Some of you dream of seatcovers while sleeping, but I dream of a Kommandeur wagen! :oops: :mrgreen:

Pine do you have more info/pics about these cars?
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Pwoar! That kommandeur is nooooice!
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My new favourite beetle! (Ok, 2nd favourite, still love the Heb more).

WOW, imagine going to the garage in that! :hangloose:

Looks like it could go just about anywhere..
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Saw a red Oval Baja in Potgietersrus yesterday morning, it had square headlights. Unfortunately I couldnt' take a pic.. but does anyone know the car?
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karmakoma wrote: Any reason why someone would not be able to fit reduction boxes in a baja ?
Used to see a baja with reduction boxes down at Sodwana occasionally. I think it came from GP.
It looked great, but the guy had raised the front by just jacking up the suspension as high as it could go - didn't look like it would work too well - be continually bottoming out? Not sure.

but anyway - if you could get raised spindles (Trekker/Thing spindles?) it would be a monster off road. The only real issues I had with a baja off road (and sometimes on-road!) was a lack of ground clearance. Reduction boxes / raised spindles would fix that in a jiff. :D
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Take dropped spindles and flip them over to the "wrong" side ? Instant raised spindles ?
A Baja as you described will really be able to go ANYWHERE.. :hangloose:
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Hey this is a cool 8) thread, keep it warm!

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Oh and dont forget: its pronounced BAHA and not Baja coming from the name of the Baja peninsula in the south of California
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OK, Iempie :twisted:
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What suspension mods do you need to do to get that kind of lift? Do the guys go full A arm or are they modded spindles front and rgb's on the rear.
Gearing mods must also be hectic to turn those wheels.
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