As country singers have been saying for years, there’s something about a truck. The Rabbit pick up is just one more chapter in the story of Volkswagen’s star-crossed relationship with America. First built at the ill-fated Westmoreland Assembly plant, the Rabbit Pickup—later Caddy—was how Volkswagen responded to its American wing’s request for a pickup.
This is a 1981 model, when “Rabbit Pickup” was still its name. At that time you still couldn’t buy them in Europe.
A New Jersey car, this particular Pickup has been lowered and rolls on a set of Fuchs. Up front, it comes with Raceland coilovers, and out back it’s got air shocks and the rear axle has been narrowed and blocked.
The underside is a virtual autoparts store of new materials, while the diesel engine has been freshened up with new pistons, rings, bearings, gaskets, injector lines, and more.
According to the owner, it fires right up. Although this Pickup is from cooler climes, it looks remarkably clean and rust-free, if not quite perfect. I’m from a northern market, though, so my standards are compromised.
Inside it’s clean and there are “mint” GTI seats to cosset your butt.
I’d probably burn the topper with fire, but that’s just me.
All this for $7,500 OBO. Check it out on the forum.
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