Re: (What is this and...) How about the real thing!

["Phil Miron" <mironp@autobahn.mb.ca>]

Yeah, when I was in the CAF we had lots of them, haven't heard if the public
can get them though, not sure what happens to them when they've had too
much. Have you ever seen one up close? They have plastic tear-away windows
(sides) and they are VERY small, I mean VERY small...But for the most part
they are partially amphibious and around '92 I was told that the Canadian
Armed Forces paid approx. $60,000 each for them.

----- Original Message -----
From: Randy B <scirokn81@email.msn.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 11:59 AM
Subject: (What is this and...) How about the real thing!


> Any Listers from Europe/Canada ever heard of one of these?
>
> Has anyone ever heard of one for sale to the public in Canada?
> Anywhere in Europe? Why buy a Jeep when you can go
> off roading in a VW. When I lived in Montana, I used to do this in
> my 4dr. 79' Rabbit, but got tired of replacing oilpans and oilpumps.
> Kept tearing those darn CV boots as well.
>
> Volkswagen Iltis - Type 183
>
> Some Info I found in the following book includes:
> *Made from 79'-82'
> *Replaced the Type 181 (VW Thing) for the German Army
> *Iltis means Polecat in German
> *Created and built by VW, not some Japanese company.
> *1700cc (cm3) OHC n/s mounted  in front with 5-speed.
> *Rear drive with transfer case to front differential for 4X4.
> *Cost as much as an "S" class Mercedes, or BMW 700 series
>         when sold new to public in 1981.
> *With only 4 entries the VW Iltis placed 1st, 2nd, 4th and 9th
>         overall in the 1980 Paris-Dakar Rally.
> *All rights and mfg. sold to Bombardier in Quebec, Canada.
>         and now produced for the Canadian armed forces and the
>         Belgian army. (Are they available to the public?)
>
> Information taken from the following book.
> Simon Glen. "Volkswagens of the World".
>     Veloce Publishing PLC. 1999. pp 46-47.
> Can be found at:
> http://www.veloce.co.uk/vwworld.htm
>
> This is a great reference book for "most" all VW models.
> Never once anywhere in the book is the MK1 Scirocco
> mentioned, and only one reference to the Mk2 Scirocco.
> Go Figure!
>
> E-mail me for pictures if any listers would like to see
> VW's own HMMWV.
>
> Randy B.
> Cosmos 81 Scirocco S - 2.0L 16V
> (under the knife OSP car)
> Mars 81 Scirocco S - t t 1847cc
> (my new CSP car until the other is done)
>
>
>
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