Cars 03-04


VW Type IV Variant. VW's first 'Luxury' car.
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Fiberglass delivery van kit
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VW 'Pointer' delivery truck.
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These folks love their little car.
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Three wheeled delivery Triciclo with a moped grafted on.
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VW agricultural truck named the Ant because of it's great load carrying capability and modest speed due to the VW Beetle engine and transmission used to drive the front wheels.
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Mexican oil can.
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VW Bus with custom camper body.
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Brand new '03 Beetle, $6,500 usd.
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  This is a 9 passenger Rabbit.
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This delivery trike sells for $165 new. I'm thinking of buying one next trip rather than paying $80 to fly my bike and trailer down and back.
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(note: no side air bags)
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This is how one dive shop gets to the cave diving sites.
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Car hoist !!?
We don't need no stinking car hoist !
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Very, very nice Rabbit PU.
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Cutest VW I've EVER seen.
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This Rabbit PU is a little past it's prime.
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This 'Tree-sick-lo' is home-made out of angle iron.
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This is an oil painting from Cuba that was for sale in a little  hotel bar.
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Rabbit PU.
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This is a Chev van with a VW bus power train and frame grafted in.
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On the first day of Navy boot camp our Company Commander told us "The only thing worse than being a thief is tempting a thief. . . . LOCK YOU LOCKER!"
That chair I'm locked up to is at the table where I eat breakfast.
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There are more, many more cars. The custom car, and VW in particular, have become an art form in Mexico. Because of the warm steady temperatures they can use a lot of Bondo without it cracking out. There is also a lot of very skilled metalwork.
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