Dunpy is going to Bathurst, not quite #40 Options

[wonkipop]

@Maltese Falcon kindly set me one of the Dunpy stickers he had made up for #40 a couple of years ago.

i've faffed around since trying to work out where to place him.

had to wait until i retrieved the audi urban battle wagon from its entrapment in tasmania resulting from the vid lockdown era.

Dunpy will be going to Bathurst for the 12 hr in Feb.
the audi is white. f piech had something to do with #40 and these audis.
its a long bow to draw. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) .
the sticker backing is in the glovebox for good luck.





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[Maltese Falcon]

@wonkipop I remember another VW pick-up, the Taro which I've heard was just a re-badged Toyota truck...some kind of trade "Agreement" between the two manufacturers. A loaded VW Amarok for $85k is steep, I purchased a new F250 powerstroke 6.7L for aporox the same; and it can tow a small home !
The ultimate VW truck for me is the Doka that I re-imagined...

[wonkipop]

@wonkipop I remember another VW pick-up, the Taro which I've heard was just a re-badged Toyota truck...some kind of trade "Agreement" between the two manufacturers. A loaded VW Amarok for $85k is steep, I purchased a new F250 powerstroke 6.7L for aporox the same; and it can tow a small home !
The ultimate VW truck for me is the Doka that I re-imagined...

the 85K AUD = about 55k USD.

but its still steep.
mostly what i see around is the ford version. ranger.
made in thailand i believe.
not hearing good reports on quality of the ford version.

most folks go for the J trucks. toyota or nissan.
or if they are really towing, they buy dodge rams which get converted to right hand drive down here as some kind of industrial deal with chrysler.
those things are monsters by aus standards.
tend to be bought by the boat towing mob.

i like the look (and the idea) of your reworked VW twin cab.
unfortunately the old kombi is now a cult car with steep prices due to the young mob chasing them down. i can see the attraction. while coming back from bathurst i passed a tray truck with a kombi on the back. looked like some young VW bus kook must have cooked it on the highway and was having it sent back to wherever it came from. (melbourne probably) to be repaired. it was pretty hot out there on the inland highway.
i'm not sure the youngens follow the old wisdom of backing off to 55 when the temp hits 35C. it was well into the high 30s cruising back in the audi. made a change from the old days of nursing the type 3 down the hume dicing with trucks. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

ps thats temp in celcius. we don't do farenheit down here.