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Find of the Day: 1981 Slammed Rabbit Pickup

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.

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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.

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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.

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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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