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 68AutoBug
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pic of ORIGINAL Country Buggy ********
A bit different to the 'normal' Production line Country Buggy....
Lee
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| posted on June 5th, 2006 at 04:35 PM |
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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.)
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| posted on June 5th, 2006 at 04:42 PM |
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Prototype CB , kinda like it... where is it now????
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| posted on June 5th, 2006 at 04:50 PM |
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gary from wolfsburg has it i heard
A candy coloured clown they called the sandman tip toes through my room every night just to sprinkle stardust on my pillow go to sleep everything will
be allright
1967 Type 3 square
1956 double door panel
1968 single cab kombi
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| posted on June 5th, 2006 at 04:51 PM |
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Not that one his looks like the production model
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| posted on June 5th, 2006 at 05:02 PM |
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Country Buggies Sold in Australia - 887 RHD**
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
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Two Country Buggies shipped to Wolfsburg
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
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| posted on June 5th, 2006 at 06:07 PM |
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1600 Twin Port IRS Country Buggies ************
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
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| posted on June 5th, 2006 at 07:30 PM |
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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.
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| posted on June 5th, 2006 at 08:16 PM |
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Too true, hahahahahahahahahahhahaha!!!
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| posted on June 5th, 2006 at 08:28 PM |
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| 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.
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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
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