Guys, please quit it with trying to get Karl to to destroy his VW Thing. Old aircooled VWs are the coolest cars (in my opinion of course) and Things, being pretty much a Beetle with a different body on it, are no exception. To give him the benefit of the doubt, if the engine still has all of it's cooling tin installed and isn't clogged up with dirt and debris, it's a very practical car for riding around in the desert for the simple fact that it has less to go wrong. There's no water pump to go bad, a thermostat isn't going to stick closed, a rock isn't going to bounce up and puncture the radiator or one of its hoses, etc. Dressing it up as a Kubelwagen is stupid considering his current company, but how many of y'all wouldn't do the same with the car? I certainly could see myself doing it for jokes and ride around as an East German border guard or something.