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Re: Car Talk

Post by Smitty-48 » Thu Oct 03, 2019 2:39 pm

Montegriffo wrote:
Thu Oct 03, 2019 2:22 pm
like James Bond's Bentley.
Except it's a Hitlermobile. Sieg Heil.
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Re: Car Talk

Post by Montegriffo » Thu Oct 03, 2019 2:50 pm

Smitty-48 wrote:
Thu Oct 03, 2019 2:39 pm
Montegriffo wrote:
Thu Oct 03, 2019 2:22 pm
like James Bond's Bentley.
Except it's a Hiltermobile. Sieg Heil.
Yes, but the people's car was saved by an English Major during the occupation. He got production going again at the bombed-out factory at Wolfsburg and saved the company in order to re-establish transport and communications in the rubble of the 1000 year Reich.
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Re: Car Talk

Post by Smitty-48 » Thu Oct 03, 2019 2:56 pm

Montegriffo wrote:
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Yes, but the people's car
I'm not a fan of VW, except for the Golf GTI
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Re: Car Talk

Post by Montegriffo » Thu Oct 03, 2019 3:05 pm

I wouldn't say no to a Karmann Ghia...
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...or a split-screen type 2
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Re: Car Talk

Post by C-Mag » Thu Oct 03, 2019 6:04 pm

This thing was converted to 4 X 4 back in the day by a rural mail carrier
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Re: Car Talk

Post by Montegriffo » Thu Oct 03, 2019 6:08 pm

C-Mag wrote:
Thu Oct 03, 2019 6:04 pm
This thing was converted to 4 X 4 back in the day by a rural mail carrier
Is it actually four-wheel drive or has it just had some big assed wheels put on it?
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Re: Car Talk

Post by C-Mag » Thu Oct 03, 2019 6:17 pm

Montegriffo wrote:
Thu Oct 03, 2019 6:08 pm
C-Mag wrote:
Thu Oct 03, 2019 6:04 pm
This thing was converted to 4 X 4 back in the day by a rural mail carrier
Is it actually four-wheel drive or has it just had some big assed wheels put on it?
Yep, 4X4 I remember seeing on BarnFinds.com a couple years ago. Cool story, the old cobb ran that route from the 40's into the 70's with it. Some remote, heavy snow area
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Re: Car Talk

Post by C-Mag » Thu Oct 03, 2019 6:20 pm

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Re: Car Talk

Post by Montegriffo » Thu Oct 03, 2019 6:32 pm

Found an article on it.
https://jalopnik.com/the-oral-history-o ... 1588212852
At least 3 of them although this is the only one still working.
No mention of 4 wheel drive and there doesn't seem to be any sort of front diff' or drive shafts.
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Really cool though.
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Re: Car Talk

Post by C-Mag » Thu Oct 03, 2019 6:40 pm

Looks like you're right.

That thing is bad ass.
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