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> 597, another cool Porsche I didn't know existed
Johny Blackstain
post Sep 30 2014, 09:03 PM
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I dig this little thing (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

http://www.excellence-mag.com/issues/183/a...=1#.VCtuNuktA6Y




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAqPNkJMVls


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post Sep 30 2014, 09:32 PM
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In this case I'd have to say yellow does not work, much less go faster. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Green & white work- having a hard time finding it in other colors.


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post Sep 30 2014, 09:45 PM
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Sleek!


I'd drive it.
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post Sep 30 2014, 10:21 PM
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I'd like to upgrade the suspension, put disc brakes on & put a Raby engine in one (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chowtime.gif)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5XaJFErM1U


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post Sep 30 2014, 10:24 PM
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I'd wheel it

and I want it!!!
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post Oct 1 2014, 04:56 AM
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Vw Australia made an in house car of a similar style. Project was cancelled with development of the Thing.
It's called a Country Buggy. My dad has one. Great clearance and low ratio box makes it unstoppable


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post Oct 1 2014, 05:56 AM
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QUOTE(edwin @ Oct 1 2014, 06:56 AM) *

Vw Australia made an in house car of a similar style. Project was cancelled with development of the Thing.
It's called a Country Buggy. My dad has one. Great clearance and low ratio box makes it unstoppable

Interesting. Looks like a clean "thing" or a prototype of one. Is it all wheel drive like the 597?

I really like the way the 597 looks, with it's spare tire/tank/spare tank all integrated up front & the curve over the rear wheels. Been thinking if I want one I'd either have to win the lottery or start pulling the drivetrain off of a VW Syncro & putting it on a custom body. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)


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post Oct 1 2014, 06:24 AM
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I'm pretty sure GI Joe called and wants his action vehicle back.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)
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post Oct 1 2014, 06:27 AM
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Will a Subaru Motor fit?
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post Oct 1 2014, 06:30 AM
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At the very least, old guys won't come up to you at the gas station saying "you know, I used to have one of those....." (IMG:style_emoticons/default/slap.gif)
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post Oct 1 2014, 06:31 AM
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We call it the crystal ball theory.
How to calculate the response of the buying public and what the next "new" thing is.
Turns out the saturation point of the utility vehicle is quite low and the demand for comfortable luxury suvs is much larger.
Who'da thunkit?
If you were to ask any manufacturer to make a prediction of the sales of the next uv they would of course pull out the historical records to determine the future.
There really are graphs,though no longer on easels.
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post Oct 1 2014, 06:31 AM
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Will a Subaru Motor fit?

with the spare tire, spare tank & main tank up front where would you put the radiator? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


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post Oct 1 2014, 06:34 AM
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QUOTE(RobW @ Oct 1 2014, 08:30 AM) *

At the very least, old guys won't come up to you at the gas station saying "you know, I used to have one of those....." (IMG:style_emoticons/default/slap.gif)

No kidding- w/ only 71 total being built, according to the excellence article posted @ the top, it's a pretty rare animal. I like how the article states it got over a hill the Cayenne could not because it's small & light weight.


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post Oct 1 2014, 07:40 AM
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QUOTE(edwin @ Oct 1 2014, 02:56 AM) *

Vw Australia made an in house car of a similar style. Project was cancelled with development of the Thing.
It's called a Country Buggy. My dad has one. Great clearance and low ratio box makes it unstoppable

Re: Country Buggy, I love this ad:
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If I could find a 597 or country buggy I could afford I'd be all over it. Even cooler than a 181!
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post Oct 1 2014, 07:42 AM
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Appears as if I was wrong... yellow is faster (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Apparently there's only 15 left & 3 are in Ohio. The yellow one is a restomod.


http://www.fourwheeler.com/project-vehicle...-597-jagdwagen/


They even have their own registry-


http://www.porsche597jagdwagen.com/


Nathan- I don't know... 181 pickup looks pretty schweet (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif)


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post Oct 1 2014, 09:25 PM
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Looks kind of similar to my VW Typ 183 Iltis. This one is German Army surplus, 4WD, locking diff, uses a factory stroker 1.6L VW Fox engine thats taken to 1.7L. I love it!

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post Oct 2 2014, 06:31 AM
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QUOTE(Jake Raby @ Oct 1 2014, 11:25 PM) *

Looks kind of similar to my VW Typ 183 Iltis. This one is German Army surplus, 4WD, locking diff, uses a factory stroker 1.6L VW Fox engine thats taken to 1.7L. I love it!

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It does look like fun, fox engine is the old water cooled in-line 4, no? I still have the tool & shims for adjusting valves on that engine (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Apparently, others feel as you do & enjoy their 183s.

I'd still like to get a hold of a 597 & put a high torque version of one of your engines in it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)


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post Oct 2 2014, 07:02 AM
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post Oct 2 2014, 07:06 AM
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I always liked the Thing. That's pretty bad ass. Like a lower sleeker version....of a lunchbox.
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post Oct 2 2014, 08:24 AM
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181 pickup looks pretty schweet (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif)



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