My 181 - Kubel - Trekker - Thing

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Tue May 13, 2008 8:11 am

My 356 also said Porsche.Nowadays they use words like Bakkie on the disc,like on my new DC.

flatfourfan · Post by **flatfourfan** » Tue May 13, 2008 9:23 am

I hate the tapping on the body of the cars, mine gets it all the time.

Post by **IMPI** » Tue May 13, 2008 3:36 pm

I once made the mistake of putting a notice on the SP2 stating
This is not Fiberglas. Every a@#$%^le had to tap that as well to make sure.
Armand

Post by **Pine** » Tue May 13, 2008 3:45 pm

I pity the tapping fooooooool!!

Tom Bishop · Post by **Tom Bishop** » Tue May 13, 2008 4:16 pm

Received my 1st shipment of parts from The Thing Shop today. Got a new little Thing to play with as well.

Cheers

flatfourfan · Post by **flatfourfan** » Wed May 14, 2008 9:44 am

lol.......man that's cool.

Eugene · Post by **Eugene** » Wed May 14, 2008 11:34 am

Tom Bishop wrote:Received my 1st shipment of parts from The Thing Shop today. Got a new little Thing to play with as well.

LOL..Tom you better rephrase

Tom Bishop · Post by **Tom Bishop** » Wed May 14, 2008 12:05 pm

OK

I cant wait for the day I can play with my real large Thing again.

Happy

TYPE181 = Thing = Kubelwagen = Trekker = Safari

Post by **Pine** » Wed May 14, 2008 1:33 pm

Tom Bishop wrote:Received my 1st shipment of parts from The Thing Shop today. Got a new little Thing to play with as well.

Cheers

That's a THINGY! ('n DINGETJIE )

hitlers revenge · Post by **hitlers revenge** » Wed May 14, 2008 7:23 pm

My Ding-a-Ling

Thumper · Post by **Thumper** » Wed May 21, 2008 8:42 am

Went over to Tom's secret workshop the other day, and the 'Thing" is down to just the pan. I mean, the only thing Tom can still take off is the paint! Tom is taking lots of care in putting it back together, all the new parts are lined up ready to go.

I am so very jealous....LOL. Nice work so far Tom. Can't wait to see the finished product. The 'Scuby' powered Beach buggy was also lurking back there. THAT is going to be a menace! Looks brutal!

And no, Tom has sworn me to secrecy, I have officialy forgotten where his workshop is hidden. (Under Table Mountain, entrance second big flat stone on Kloof nek Rd)

Tom Bishop · Post by **Tom Bishop** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:02 pm

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The Body is comming along slowly. Lots of swiss cheese metal has been removed. The rear of the body was full of little holes and paper thin. Somebody had coated the outside with a thick layer of body putty and the metal rusted away from the inside.

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:16 pm

Looking good Tom.

Tom Bishop · Post by **Tom Bishop** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:19 pm

Got the Longblock back from Claude Inde. This guy is a legend. He has been rebuilding flat 4s from the 1960s. He retired a few years ago, sold some machines, started up again as a hobbie and is now in full swing. He works alone in his machine shop, not even a cleaner. He showed me a book of all the motors he has reconned in the last couple of year. There are pages. This guy records everything. All your parts get stamped with your job number. This is a good old school guy that you dont find anymore.

BTW the motor was shot. Crank already cut to max and shot. Even the flywheel never met Mr Inde's approvel. Heads were bead blasted and steel inserts fitted for the spark plugs. It also got new pistons and valves. All the old parts were returned back to me.

Bad Ass Bob · Post by **Bad Ass Bob** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:41 am

Great going Tom , so we should see you back at next years George show !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!B.A.B

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