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 ash1965
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| posted on January 5th, 2009 at 01:00 PM |
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Original 1968 Country Buggy demo film
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
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11CAB
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| posted on January 5th, 2009 at 01:31 PM |
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Awesome vid..... thanks for sharing
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Brad
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| posted on January 5th, 2009 at 03:10 PM |
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Coolio
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58camper
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| posted on January 5th, 2009 at 08:17 PM |
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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
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68AutoBug
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| posted on January 5th, 2009 at 08:30 PM |
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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
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68AutoBug
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| posted on January 5th, 2009 at 08:32 PM |
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I just tried again....
and it said the video could Not be loaded
please again later
LEE
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ash1965
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| posted on January 5th, 2009 at 09:23 PM |
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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?? 
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| posted on January 5th, 2009 at 11:52 PM |
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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
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| posted on January 6th, 2009 at 06:41 AM |
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Great footage of the Country Buggythanks for putting it on the
forum for us to see.
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Joel
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| posted on January 8th, 2009 at 05:40 PM |
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thanks for sharing
you certainly couldnt pull off any of that with a moke
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| posted on January 8th, 2009 at 08:29 PM |
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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
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ash1965
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| posted on January 9th, 2009 at 08:49 AM |
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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.
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on March 10th, 2010 at 09:45 PM |
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Country Buggy + Salt water = 
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| posted on March 11th, 2010 at 12:18 AM |
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country buggy
what a great video thats gold
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68AutoBug
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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
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