This page will link you to much of what you want or need to know about the VW Thing. All pages within VeeWiki related to TheThing can be seen on the CategoryThing page.

Events

Thing Door Throughout America

• TheThing/TdTa

The goal is to take a Thing door to all 50 states mounted on as many Things as possible.

Chassis Number

• ChassisNumber

Thing Only Parts

• TheThing/ThingOnlyParts

Technical Help

• TheThing/TechnicalHelp

== Great VW tech help web page==

• http://www.nls.net/mp/volks/

General Thing-Specific Links

For a comprehensive list of VW Thing facts and figures check out

• TheThing/Specifications

Excellent PDF scan of the Thing Owner's Manual (thanks to Sam W of Cupertino)

• http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/manuals/73thing.php

* Type 181 Kubelwagen History

• http://www.geocities.com/vwtyp181/181_1-1.htm

• VW Thing Parts Interchange Manual

• http://www.angelfire.com/oh/vwthings/interchange1.html

• Hanno Spoelstra's VW 181 Facts and Figures

• http://www.geocities.com/vwtyp181/index.htm

• Kent's comprehensive Thing.Org web site

• http://www.thething.org/

Thing Stuff to buy

Thing Parts Locator Posting Area

• (to include WtB and WtS or For Trade)

• ThingPartsLocator

Professional Part Suppliers

Here are some sources for Thing Parts from folks who do it for a living

• German Motor Works

• The Thing Shop

• German Supply

• K-mann's Rocky Mountain Thing Owner's Club

Other Thing items to buy

• Jack has created door pouch covers that are too cool click and buy

• http://www.geocities.com/pj2macua/door_pouch_cover.html

• Type 181 Registry Gift Shop

• https://protected.ehost.com/type181r/Store/index.htm

RoMTOC Thing Data CD (one of the more comprehensive data sources on the VW Thing

• http://www.romtoc.com/datacd.html

Personal Parts Suppliers

Here are the best places to buy Thing parts online from other people not doing it for a living.

• http://www.thesamba.com

• Ken's VW Spare and Rare Parts

• http://www.ebay.com

• http://www.type181registry.com/

Forums

Here are some great sites to chat with other Thing owners

• Things List at Topica

• http://shoptalkforums.com/viewforum.php?f=32

• http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewforum.php?f=8

Thing Owner's Club Web Pages

• Rocky Mountain Thing Owner's Club (RoMTOC)

• http://romtoc.com

* Type 181 Worldwide Registry

• http://www.type181registry.com/

CategoryThing

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• Comments:

Lets make a Thing Owners contact list. Hopefully, Ian will create a format so we can each add contact info that includes the information that we are willing to share such as email address, personal Thing web page and other stuff that will further support our combined desire to further the quest to create the most perfect free and easy source of our combined gathered knowledge and resources. K-Mann

I've spruced up the OwnersGallery a bit. Does this do what you'd like? --IanEpperson

I moved all the technical help stuff to it's own page - this page was getting very cluttered. --IanEpperson

your new changes look great K-Mann

Thanks! --IanEpperson

The pages are growing at a great rate. Anyone who wants to aid in sprucing up the formating of the disc brake page ~ help would be appreciated. I have not figured out how to change the name of the link without losing the page. The Page name should read, K-mann Four Wheel Disc Brake Conversion Page K-Mann

You can change the name of the link by using this syntax:

[http://www.link.com/link Name the link]
 or
[:WikiPage:Name the link]

The only thing that will show is the text "Name the link". --IanEpperson

The problem that I am trying to solve is that when you go to my Thing disc brake conversion page the link that shows as the title is not what I want it to say. How can I edit the link page name without loosing the link? K-Mann

This site has won the The Type 181 Registry's Website Award --IanEpperson