Asking Price: $4,999 $4,500 (Final Sale Price)
Update: 6/25/2026 – This listing sold for $4,500 (90% of asking price)
You are looking at a 1982 VW Pickup Truck For Sale in North Pole, Alaska
As of the time of this post, it is still available – you can find current pricing and contact the seller at the ad in our marketplace. If you want to skip our write-up, a direct link to that is at the bottom of this page just below the pictures.
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AI Summary
This 1982 VW Pickup, located in Fairbanks, Alaska, features a 1.9L diesel engine (~98k miles, installed in 1998) paired with a manual transmission. The truck shows 304k miles overall but has been stored indoors since 2008 after a timing belt failure and now requires an engine rebuild. It comes with extensive maintenance records, manuals, spare parts, two sets of low-mileage tires (summer and winter), and accessories like a car cover, tire chains, and jumper cables. Serious buyers only; shipping possible at buyer’s expense and arrangement.
Key Info:
- Year: 1982
- Mileage: 30,4000
- Fuel Type: Diesel
- Engine: 1.9L Diesel
- Location: North Pole, AK
Seller Write-up
Pick Up Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
- 1.9L Diesel Engine w/~98k miles on it; installed in 1998, per original seller’s paperwork, it’s an aftermarket engine “larger, ½ head higher”
- Manual transmission
- 304k miles
- 4 low milage tires on on rims included (one set is summer, one is winter): P185/70R13 85T Z-800 Ultra Blackwall (Bought at 291,199 mi; ran for less than 12,802 miles, likely fewer because they were swapped seasonally)
- Misc new parts (see photo and details below)
- Owners manual
- Volkswagen Rabbit, Jetta Diesel Service Manual (including ’82 Pickup Truck)
- Haynes VW Rabbit Diesel Owners Workshop Manual
- Car cover and spare tire cover
This 1982 VW Pickup was purchased by my husband in 1998 and driven until 2008 when a timing belt broke and requires an engine rebuild. It’s been stored inside our shop ever since to protect it from the elements. I have all the paperwork on parts ordered, maintenance, and repairs since it was purchased in ’98, including logs for gas and mpg each time is was filled.
Spare parts include:
- Clutch cable
- Valve cover gasket: part # 028 103 483H
- Valve cover gasket set: part # 15-12947-02
- Exhaust nut
- Bearing
- Serpentine (?) Belt
- Belt: GoodYear part #17352
- Heater Valve: #100 819 0005
- Air Filter: Mann Filter
- Antenna
- NAPA heavy Duty Thermostat
- Bypass Caps
- Motor oil: Chevron Delo 400 SAE 5W-40 synthetic
- Oil Filter: NAPA Gold 1191
- Fuel Filter: Bosch N4106
- Misc parts that are not labeled and not in original pkg (not pictured)
- Tire Chains
- Jumper Cables
- 4 Rubber Floor Mats
There seems to be a slow leak in the rear passenger tire, as I aired them all up last fall and it is low again.
Serious inquiries only. This was my husband’s project, so I will do my best to answer questions.
Will only ship (at your expense) if you do all the coordination and I just have to have it towed (at your expense) and dropped off for shipping.
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**Please note this VW Truck was originally listed for sale in August of 2025. Depending on when you are viewing this article it may have since been sold.**
Last Updated on June 28, 2026 by VW Truck For Sale
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