Original 1968 Country Buggy demo film

ash1965 Commited Dubber

72 posts · joined Feb 2007 · 5 Jan 2009, 1:00 pm

#687425

Hi guys,

Thought you may be interested in having a look at the original Country Buggy demo film produced by Volkswagen Australia back in 1968.

Click here for video

We have many, many hours of archival VW films that will ultimately become available at Volks Culture when our main site goes live later in the year. In the mean time, if you're interested join our Facebook group to stay up to date.

All the best

Ash

http://www.volksculture.com

11CAB If ya got it....Baja it

4,674 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 5 Jan 2009, 1:31 pm

#687429

Awesome vid..... thanks for sharing

65 Meyers Manx
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Brad Wolfsburg Elder

3,764 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 5 Jan 2009, 3:10 pm

#687442

Coolio

Brad
Why copy when you can own an original ?
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58camper Wolfsburg Wizard

591 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 5 Jan 2009, 8:17 pm

#687518

I love the part where the CB is dragging 30 or 40 feet of fencing wire behind it when dashing through the paddocks. You need to look closely.

There is also a CB used in a Coca Cola add from the late sixties which I will organise to get up on the Volksculture.com Facebook page as well.
countrybuggybill😂😂😂

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 5 Jan 2009, 8:30 pm

#687528

Well

I tried to look at the video of the CB...

it took over an hour to download 47 seconds.???

in the end i couldn't stand the terrible music... lol

I watched the 47 seconds by starting it again every few seconds....

LEE

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 5 Jan 2009, 8:32 pm

#687531

I just tried again....

and it said the video could Not be loaded

please again later

LEE

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

ash1965 Commited Dubber

72 posts · joined Feb 2007 · 5 Jan 2009, 9:23 pm

#687546

Hi Lee,

You should be able to select an option allowing you to "View in Regular Quality" which should speed up download considerably. For some reason this clip is a little slower to download than the others on the site. If you still have no luck tomorrow I'll post on my YouTube page for you.

Ash

PS. How can you not like Chet Baker?? 😉

http://www.volksculture.com

ztnoo Insano Dub Head

730 posts · joined Aug 2007 · 5 Jan 2009, 11:52 pm

#687570

That's a pretty neat piece of visual history.
Thanks for the link. Lots of fun to watch.
The driver looks like Graham Hill (60's GP driver) .....even with the knee high socks.
😂
👍

Regards,
Steve

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

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CB CRAIG Commited Dubber

54 posts · joined Mar 2008 · 6 Jan 2009, 6:41 am

#687577

Great footage of the Country Buggy👍thanks for putting it on the forum for us to see.

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 8 Jan 2009, 5:40 pm

#688171

thanks for sharing

you certainly couldnt pull off any of that with a moke 😂

grumble Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,672 posts · joined Jun 2008 · 8 Jan 2009, 8:29 pm

#688221

I'm with Lee I had to sit through this back in 68 in the dealer showroom,the music is bloody horrible and the loading incredibly slow.But the country buggy did things that should have sold a million if only they could have fixed a few problems like dust entry into the motor consequently eating pistons and cylinders. I think we sold about 5 or 6 to Ike Livermore for use on Cooplacurripa station,but we had big dust problems in the engines, the other mechanicals stood up well. It is nice that that this bit of history is being shared with the VW enthusiasts . cheers Les

ash1965 Commited Dubber

72 posts · joined Feb 2007 · 9 Jan 2009, 8:49 am

#688310

I thinks lots of people are using Facebook during the holiday season and bandwidth issues are the result.

I have also posted up on YouTube here: Clip on YouTube

All the best

Ash
Volks Culture

PS. You will have to turn the sound down if you don't like the music. Original film has no sound at all.

http://www.volksculture.com

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 10 Mar 2010, 9:45 pm

#767011

Country Buggy + Salt water = 😠

vwking Officially Full-On Dubber

294 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 11 Mar 2010, 12:18 am

#767032

what a great video thats gold

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 11 Mar 2010, 8:45 pm

#767151

watched it this time OK...

I wonder if they hosed the salt off it.. lol

the country buggy always looks very wide...

I think a fibreglass canopy as standard would have helped sales..

as its very hot in the Aussie sun...

and wet when it rains... lol

LEE

for the time to make this long doco...
many better things could have been shown....
outback and property owners couldn't care about driving thru salt water... lol Lee

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---