1973 Volkswagen Thing EV Conversion | EV Show 

Rich Rebuilds lol

@@TommyboyGTP Right? His presentation style and gags are fucking great though.

@@Attila_Meszaros Yes his style of comedy is pretty funny

Casey Neistat: Yes

Come Check us out, Working on a Vanagon now.

Very beginning of what? To my knowledge there were zero factory VW things in four wheel drive at least in the US.

The thing was the development From a military vehicle called Volkswagen Kübelwagen look on Wikipedia for more information but I don’t think they ever made any version 4 WD maybe in a prototype form but they made a military vehicle called the Volkswagen Schwimmwagen it was 4WD And also some military 4WD beetles.

This is rwd like all civilian things and bettles as fars as im concerned.

You need to step up to a Type 183 if you want AWD - Type 181s were all RWD

That's actually a really interesting point you've brought up. I remember hearing about guys who would buy vintage cars and then modify them but being very careful to make sure the mods were historically accurate. This makes me wonder what a period correct charge gauge from 1973 would even look like 🤔 Having owned a replica of one of the very first commercially available digital watches I would imagine that even if they did find something suitable to the era, even only in the aesthetic sense, it either might not gel well with the car's design or wouldn't be very practical for the job it needed to do. Probably too small of a market to design something both functional and beautiful as you said but also possibly imporactical (that watch was WEIRD, haha).

@@kayEnt3rtainm3nt Yeah. Was only thinking of faking the looks, not what would be authentic. Would be cool with an analogue style dial with a needle for most cars before the 90s, and some different style buttons for selecting function. Maybe even swappable dial depending on car make and decade. And some warning lights. However switching between 6 different functions could be an issue. Maybe a dial with 6 scales, like some old school AM/FM radios. And also some kind of indicator as to what scale to look at. Or maybe two or more dials on the same gauge. And any setting up/ calibration, would probably be better done through a phone app over Bluetooth or similar rather than on the gauge itself. Maybe if ev conversions become mainstream.

$$$$$$ Probably around $25,000 give or take. The basic kit (no batteries, no labor, no a lot of miscellaneous) is $8000 and up.

1:14 lower third of screen. 200 miles of range

@@EVWest Great! Sorry I missed it. Thanks.

1:14 lower third of screen. 200 miles of range

@@EVWest LOL! I was listening so intently for the range I completely missed the note! BTW, the Thing is essentially a Kubelwagen, right?

@@TonyGrant. you could say it was "inspired by" the Kubel but that's about where the similarities end..

@@Turk380 I would say that the similarities are just the start. Not much fundamentally changed over the years when it came to air cooled VWs. The shapes and technicalities remained much the same, changing in detail only. The Thing and the Kubel are very similar in looks and are technically similar too. My understanding is that they both built on the Beetle running gear - both have a rear mounted boxer air cooled 4 cylinder engine, rear wheel drive transaxle gearbox and torsion bar independent suspension. Although, the floor pan is different. I would say the Thing is more an updated Kubel rather than in inspired design. BTW - I think it's fantastic that they have electrified this. I'd love to see how it compares off road to the air cooled version, especially in loose sand.

Me too. Especially seeing as how we are on a channel that exists to do EV conversions... wat

heads up display by iron steam ; metal dashboard bulge top zero windshield cut steam hiss secondary function trailered asymmetric

din din oscillating tres' wrist ; bonnat opening aesthetic

twice and third wasn't observed in instruction reading lips