I have a friend who has a 71 Bay window PU that would sell to me, trouble is he's and I would be afraid to park it anywhere for fear of it getting stolen.
I always ask contractors how they like their new trucks and the answer is almost always the same. Drives great but the truck wears me out. New trucks (not 4X4) with the bed rails so high make working out of them so difficult that it seems you need a step ladder just to get up into the bed. If you have something in the front of the bed you need to get out the bedrail is so high you have to clear a way to the back to remove it. Like I said wears you out. VW pick up on the other hand is simple just bring the side rail down and remove. Back in the late 60's early 70's when I was a VW line, and later unit repair mechanic they were so inexpensive to buy. I still have my 1965 Type 1 model 111 1200"A" from HS and my 1964 Type 1, 113 U.S. deluxe I bought later in 1973. The 65 1200"A" is the rare one with the old style pan with no seat tracks and the engine is the last year the 36hp engine was made, and from 63-65 it was a fresh air 36hp! Talk about rare!
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