Anyone know if there are any things in Australia!!!! Just wondering, cause they look wicked and alot can be done to them to make them look better!!

Cheers N!

Yeh i would love a slammed Kubel running BRMs and painted primmer grey.

i dont know about things but we had country buggies in australia they were unique to Oz and are like a thing but squarer and would love a good slammin

there is a few done totally resto, nothing crazy
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I imported one in the '80's- they were real cheap then. Ex Dutch army- I converted it to RHD & drove it as a daily driver for a while. Sold it when the eng siezed & I was too busy to fix it. It ended up in Graham Lees' collection & was restored. I'm told it can be bought now for $Aus20K. Outrageous? Don't know. I DO know they have all but disappeared in Europe & are now quite expensive to buy- try 2-3000 Euros plus all importing expenses for a resto case. They are more plentiful in the USA but these are the IRS models & are in my humble opinion are inferior to the drop boxed LSD military models. There are web sites- look in Samba or search.

is there a few in PNG and indonesia or is that country buggies??
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Nah thats the real Things. See plenty in Bali. Nice ones too.

i think there are/were at least 2 in sydney, one owned by the mullers (?) and another that i saw driving in the city one day (different colour).

I would love one! Candy Green, Radars Narrowed beam, 2110, just a nice daily drive!!!! But too much By the time I get one here! Unless someone wants to swap for a nice notch! hehehe

Cheers N!

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I have a THING that lives up the road from me, grey in colour, don't know what model it is......
He has just bought a kombi which he's
restoring.
He also owns a caravelle.
Seems like a very smart guy and has good taste in cars.....
Bug (o\|/o)

Ask him if its for sale!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!

Cheers N!

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I'll ask him, but I don't think he'll part with it.
It's his daily driver.
I think he realizes what a find he really has!

the country buggy Muller's have is being restored and sent to the wolfsburg museum, as it is a unique model to Oz and they want one for thier display...they are also sending a ruby red 60ish beetle replicating the one that went to Antarctica in the 60,s
"Aussie VW history at Wolfsburg"!

Anyone got a picture? I've got know idea what vehicle you're talking about

The Thing (181)
http://home.ptd.net/~peyer/postcard.html 
A decendant of the Kuble wagon
http://home.ptd.net/~peyer/kubel1.jpg 

There was an ad in the sunday papers a few months ago ,a guy was selling2 of them,came from Indonesia.
He wanted $8500ea,the only problem being that they were full of rust!!
I don't know if he sold them,i doubt it.

Hey oor, can you send me the pic! It went funny b4 I got a chance to see it!

Cheers N!

There are a couple I know of in Perth, one real nice, the other in resto, but I dont know of any being sold.

Country buggies are easier to find, but obviously not the same.

[size=4]I read somewhere that the type 181 was produced in Germany for the Armed Forces around 1969 and then shipped the Manufacturing machinery to Mexico, where they were made in 1973 & 1974 only and sold as the "thing".. I did think that they were made in more years than that... I believe Simon Glenn owned a type 182 which was the Right Hand Version of the 181-thing... (I hope My Memory is working OK today Simon] ... they are Virtually None Existant in Australia.... These vehicles have been in Movies especially in Mexico-South America California & Hawaii?? they were usually painted in bright colours... had 4 doors... and were NOTHING like the "Backyard built" Australian Country Buggy " which was made from flat sheet metal... and could have been designed by an Apprentice at VW Australasia in Clayton Victoria... or maybe someone with a drill - grinder and electric welder.... Around 4,200 of these country buggies were made and I believe under 20 are now left... I believe also that type 182 RHD "things" would have sold in Australia... but VW Australasia didn't want Australians driving about in 4 DOOR air cooled VWs.... Did they..!![/size]:bounce:bounce:bounce:bounce:bounce