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68AutoBug - June 5th, 2006 at 04:31 PM

A bit different to the 'normal' Production line Country Buggy....

Lee

bajachris88 - June 5th, 2006 at 04:35 PM

Looks like its style was somewhat derived from the classic kooble.
I wonder how heavy the bonnets would have been to support a spare tyre without distortion. (contimplated it for 10 seconds a while back on my baja, just no strength in the glass bonnet.)

empi - June 5th, 2006 at 04:42 PM

Prototype CB , kinda like it... where is it now????

CAFFINEPUSHERMAN - June 5th, 2006 at 04:50 PM

gary from wolfsburg has it i heard

empi - June 5th, 2006 at 04:51 PM

Not that one his looks like the production model

68AutoBug - June 5th, 2006 at 05:02 PM


Interesting to note that there were only 887 Country Buggies sold on the Australian Market...

and they were only sold in 1968-69 in Australia...
[but 3 RHD C/Buggies were made in 1970 ???]


More than 42% of manufacture were LHD buggies...

All chassis were made in 1967....
on VW's production line at Clayton Victoria...

Right Hand Drive Country Buggies Made:

842 completely assembled in 1968
42 completely assembled in 1969
3 completely assembled in 1970

Total : 887 RHD totally assembled in Australia..
600 LHD totally assembled in Australia..

241 RHD CKD Kits produced.
228 LHD CKD kits produced.

very Interesting

Lee

68AutoBug - June 5th, 2006 at 05:07 PM

2 x pre production prototype Country buggies were shipped to Wolfsburg and no one knows what happened to them.....

Maybe pulled apart to see what makes them tick...:P:P:P

thats not funny....:o:o

thats Germans for You.... :P:P:P

Lee

68AutoBug - June 5th, 2006 at 06:07 PM



Country Buggies were made in the Phillipines up to 1974
and featured IRS rear end and 1600 twin port engines...

They are probably very rare too considering their location

with Salt Air & Humidity......

Lee



[ Edited on 5-6-2006 by 68AutoBug ]

amazeer - June 5th, 2006 at 07:30 PM

Thats crazy! 887 tiny engined cars designed by a 1st grade kid with a ruler were sold in the middle of the biggest ever super car era the country has ever seen.

empi - June 5th, 2006 at 08:16 PM

Too true, hahahahahahahahahahhahaha!!!:smilegrin:

68AutoBug - June 5th, 2006 at 08:28 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by amazeer
Thats crazy! 887 tiny engined cars designed by a 1st grade kid with a ruler were sold in the middle of the biggest ever super car era the country has ever seen.


I'll bet none of Us would have given a Country Buggy a 2nd look...... back then.....

After a while... the original prototype looks better than the production cars....

More rounded lines may have made it look better....
:P
But steel rulers don't bend....:o

so everything had to be flat or square....:P:P

It looks like it was just made from flat pieces of steel, but they did have stamped panels on them.,....

Well, at least one or two.. :P:P:P:P:P

Lee