. . "2015-07-15T00:00:00"^^ . "I've ordered a few items from The Thing Shop ('TTS') for my Type 181 VW, which is highly regarded by SAMBA (forum) members. One of them was the TTS manufactured top frame and custom vinyl fabric roof combination. The top assembly arrived quite quickly and I was very pleased with both the quality of items and the relative ease with which everything fitted in place. The excellent geometrics of the frame were such that the fabric roof fitted perfectly, without any cracks, gaps and/or open areas around the edges. More recently I ordered the front end lower skid plate that fits under the front end to protect the car from off-road objects and encountered a perplexing difficulty receiving the item. After waiting quite a while, I checked my order on-line to find out that the order was inexplicably 'on hold', with no further details available. A call to TTS resulted in an explanation that the part was currently out of stock (but with replacements coming soon). Apparently no one had bothered to contact me about this, which was a bit irritating. HOWEVER, things were soon straightened out and after a bit of delay the part finally arrived. The part itself was great, well made and up to the usual TTS standards of high quality, but somehow or other the installation instructions had not been included in the package, which resulted in a bit more delay & confusion. Long story short, TTS is a great place to find important and hard-to-find replacements parts for your VW Thing, but patience is sometimes required when a glitch occurs. They are very busy some times and available manpower may make it a bit difficult to complete things in a timely manner. This should not serve to discourage others from patronising TTS. They are great people who really care a lot about our Type 181 'Thing' VWs. Thanks, folks!"^^ . "1"^^ . "4"^^ . "0"^^ . "0"^^ . .