From: TURTLE              
To: KNIGHT OWL          
Subject: Volkswagen     
Date & Time: 04/26/91 23:59:40
Message Number 16133

>How about a 'Thing' instead? They're convertible!
 
So are Type 112 Bugs. There is a long and interesting story behind the
Thing, though...they were originally designed as general-purpose utility
vehicles during WWII, and where used by Rommel and his Afrika Korps
for desert fighting. They're really weird-looking because they were
designed to have a large machine gun mounted on a tripod in the back.
The civilian versions don't have the tripod mounts any more, but they
do still have the pop-off doors. The Thing is actually a Bug with
a different body; the chassis, drivetrain, and suspension are pure Bug.
 
The thing I wanna do is build a sand rail someday...