It's an Orange Thing, baby!!!

Wow, talk about the Holy Grail, the Motherload, the Big Enchilada, the Precious!

There have been many major firsts on the Big Orange Vehicle Blog. There was the first Orange Lamborghini. There were first helicopters, airplanes, golf and shopping carts lawn mowers, trucks, motorcycles, scooters, construction equipment, boats, etc etc etc.

But not until today have we had an Orange Thing -- as in VW Thing! And for that we can thank super awesome cool dude Tom Szaroleta. Tom is the assistant features editor at The Florida Times-Union and once even held the title of Fun Editor.

Well it sure was fun getting an e-mail from Tom a week or two back that included this photo and this simple message: "Spotted 6/12/09 at Sea Pines Racquet Club, Hilton Head Island, S.C.

The VW Thing is a legend, having been sold in the US for only a couple years in the 1970s (click HERE for thorough history). Fortunately, when I was in college a friend had (and still has) a yellow Thing, in which I have ridden many a mile throughout East Tennessee.

But it was no match in beauty this Thing that Tom has wrought. My only complaint is that he didn't steal it and give to me as a birthday present -- My Precious!

Oh, sorry. Anyway, let us simply rest our gaze upon this wonderfully Orange Thing.

Thanks Tommy!

Jeff