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    VW Kurierwagen (VW 181)

    Hello. Sorry I take so long to put some news here... will try to up date all the works on this car... Still lots of work on him to do... but only at the week ends I have some free time to work on him...
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    VW Kurierwagen (VW 181)

    The front hood have also attention... Need only some welding to 3 holes and griding, to be ready to the 3m disk... and primer... Less yellow paint... :mrgreen:
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    VW Kurierwagen (VW 181)

    Need to make the reinforcment for the jack support... 60 cms in"L" shape... Many rust in the original one, so I decided to make a new one...
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    VW Kurierwagen (VW 181)

    95% of him cleaned...
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    VW Kurierwagen (VW 181)

    That small hole... Need just a small weld point...
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    VW Kurierwagen (VW 181)

    Day 18... Some updates... 5 grinding hours... :x Just in this side...
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    Non-US Military Vehicles : Portuguese ones

    Made since the 70s, the end of production was in the begining os the 90s... They name is UMM - the initials of "União Metalo Mecãnica"... That in english is (more or less) "Mecanical Metal Union"... The body is portuguese and the enginne from Peugeot, in France. They were more cheap than the...
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    Non-US Military Vehicles : Portuguese ones

    Just a couple of photos of two diferent 4x4 portuguese cars, still on service today in the army: With an old campgain kitchen...
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    VW Kurierwagen (VW 181)

    Thanks onegmjack... I'm trying to get the car ready for the end of this year...:driver: About my work... well, this is a hobby... that I'm learning by my self...:cookoo: My profession is behind a computer in a desk of a bank... :mrgreen:
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    New one from Madeira island, Portugal

    Thanks to you all...:beer: Hope to put more photos from the project... By the way, will look for my pre-historical photos from my time in the army (6 months at 1999), were I was a driver... Some cars are portuguese ones (tactical 4x4 light veicules) and some are portuguese-french ones, from...
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    New one from Madeira island, Portugal

    Hello. My name's Hugo Pereira. I have 35 years and I live in Madeira island, in Portugal. I'm into VWs since my 14 years old, and have several ones... The new "member of the family" is a VW 181 Kurierwagen, ex-bundeswehr (germany army)... Need to restore him... by myself and sometimes with...
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    VW Kurierwagen (VW 181)

    Well, after 3 weeks, the car is just in the same...:( Will try to finish the chassis before my holidays in August...:neutral:
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    VW Kurierwagen (VW 181)

    Still trying to make the battery zone... Let's see...
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    VW Kurierwagen (VW 181)

    Gear box and suspension check...
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    VW Kurierwagen (VW 181)

    Bellow the driver seat...
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    VW Kurierwagen (VW 181)

    Some replicas of the floor mats suports... Need to finish... Four in place...
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    VW Kurierwagen (VW 181)

    Still need to grid and weld under side...
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    VW Kurierwagen (VW 181)

    Another hole...
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    VW Kurierwagen (VW 181)

    Day 17... Some help... Hungry men... he couldn't brake anything in that day :mrgreen:
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    VW Kurierwagen (VW 181)

    More time on this chassis that I was thinking in first place... :roll: But is to be the best possible... And is allmost there in this side...
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