Can anyone identify this...

challenger Slammed & Awesome Dubber

95 posts · joined Jul 2006 · 16 Sep 2007, 6:27 pm

#612315

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150161777176&indexURL=0&photoDisplayType=2#ebayphotohosting

Looks like a cross between a Moke and a Country Buggy, but 1955 ??

My email is dgolding01@optusnet.com.au

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 16 Sep 2007, 8:33 pm

#612340

yeah its on a 55 chassis but its not Volkswagen, except for the origional bits that have been used

back in the early 70s lots of people made these sort of buggies from square tubing and sheet metal sort of a home made country buggy and its diffiently not a thing or 181 as some people have sugested to the seller on Ebay

I know of 3 that were built in Rockdale Sydney NSW and these went to the wheat farms for farmers to use on tehre properties

I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409

cb john Wolfsburg Wizard

470 posts · joined Jun 2007 · 16 Sep 2007, 8:39 pm

#612343

I do agree with this comment and there is absolutely no connection to CB as far as body panels go.

ztnoo Insano Dub Head

730 posts · joined Aug 2007 · 16 Sep 2007, 8:54 pm

#612347

Interesting.
The vehicle has more the overall look of a Moke to me (front & side views).
Those top hinged rockers are curious, as well as the rear storage compartments in the top of the rear fenders
Unless those rockers are of very heavy guage steel, I would question their sturctural integrity by having a open top.
Rocker panels are very important to the sturctural integrity of the 181 and 182, just as they are to CB's.

Quirky as this beast is......I still kind of lke it.

Fine tuning the proper daily ratio of Maxwell House to Bacardi 151.........

* Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia !

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 17 Sep 2007, 8:29 am

#612415

😂 😂 all the ppl thinking its a 181 thing
i would have thought it was bloody obvious just by looking at it that its some sheetmetal workers backyard creation
i worked in sheetmetal for a few years i can guarantee its home made
its very well made tho

-Joel