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Knew a guy that had one and loved it. Had a wreck going 20 mph (in a subdivision) and damn near totalled it. Said he got 55 mpg. Always curious about them.
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So that’s how AIDS got started..?🤣
Now they just drive Ridgelines. Haha
Don't forget subaru baja... I thought it was a Brat?
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So that’s how AIDS got started..?🤣
Now they just drive Ridgelines. Haha
Don't forget subaru baja... I thought it was a Brat? My wife had a BRAT when we got married. A friend had one of those VWs, his son was driving it last time I saw it. He may have gotten it back from his son.
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A guy in my hometown had a bodyshop, he bought a VW Rabbit truck and chopped the top 4 ", shaved the door handles and emblems, lowered, custom grille with the headlights behind it...It was a show/shop truck, called it the Wild Hare.
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I worked at my uncle's used furniture shop in SF and we used a VW Rabbit pickup (diesel, of course). The idea was that for smaller deliveries, the normal truck (an F250 with the 460) was overkill and it was a pain to park on the streets, especially on the crowded hills of residential areas. In the end, the VW was sidelined because it just couldn't handle the loads and hills, but we used it to run errands and as a second truck to bring parts and people to a delivery. Damn thing refused to die and got unbelievable mileage.
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my audi/vw/volvo mechanic had one. always hauling parts and motors around in it.
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Similar topic guys on this thread might know something about.
Saw a little single axle camper the other day. Older but dang sharp. Looked like the VW minibus in stype and shape.
Did VW make a little camper like this?
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Front wheel Drive isn't so good when you put a load in the bed. How heavy is a mattress and two skinny dudes? 
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not an 80's but did have a 63 pickup.
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Yes, they were Subaru Brats. My son had a rare diesel automatic. You couldn't pass another car unless you could see clear road for a mile ahead. Very dependable and slow.
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I have been driving Nissan Frontiers for 30 years. I have always wondered why they didn't make this vehicle in a diesel. Put a 3 liter turbo diesel in there and you would get great mileage and have plenty of power for me.
I understand that Nissan does put the diesel in small pickups in other countries.
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Subaru did make a Baja, but not until 2002
the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded. Robert E Lee
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Neighbor kid had a little Isuzu pickup with a diesel engine. It would barely pull it's self, but would go better than 50 miles on a gallon of fuel.
It was a dandy little truck as long as you weren't in a hurry.
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