Guess that car

grim said:
So anyone got this one yet:
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/169708-Guess-that-car?p=12547770&viewfull=1#post12547770
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Actually I did, but someone isn't following my clues!! ;)

It's a VW Country Buddy.

In 1967, Volkswagen Australasia Ltd. started with a project vehicle designed for Australia's rough conditions. This vehicle, designated Country Buggy or Type 197, was designed by project head Volkswagen Australasia's Managing Director Rudi Herzmer and VW Engineer Cyril Harcourt in VW Australia's Clayton factory.

The Country Buggy was based on an Australian-made Type 1 platform with engine, gearbox and front axle from the Type 1. The rear swing axles had reduction gears from a 1st generation Volkswagen Transporter (1950–1967).

Originally, the idea was to make the Country Buggy an amphibious vehicle, however directives from VW Germany curtailed this vision.

The Country Buggy started production in July 1967, with exports to the Philippines, Singapore, New Zealand and some small Pacific nations.

The Country Buggies in the Philippines were marketed as the Sakbayan, a portmanteau of the Tagalog words "sasakyan" (vehicle) and "bayan" (nation, country, or people), and reflects the name of Volkswagen meaning "people's car" in German. In the Pam Grier film Black Mama, White Mama, several Country Buggies were seen as police vehicles. These were in fact the Sakbayans, as the filming location took place in the Philippines.

VW Australasia's Country Buggy also caught the attention of the chief heads in Wolfsburg, and one or two were sent to Wolfsburg for evaluation. In reality, VW was developing their own Country Buggy competitor, the Volkswagen 181.

A Country Buggy with a canvas awning style roof can be seen very clearly in an Australian Coca Cola commercial from 1969 featuring an Australian band called "The Executives"

The Country Buggy was not a big success. It had some early reliability problems which doomed it, as well as it being ahead of the market trend of the day.

Production ended in 1969 with only one thousand, nine-hundred fifty-six units built. Very few Country Buggies survive in the roads today, but Sakbayans are being restored in the Philippines following increasing interest in the original Volkswagen Beetle.In the Philippines at around these time of years −, the Volkswagen Sakbayan appears to be an assembled automobile in the Philippines in these type of car bodies:

a two-door coupe with windows and doors,
and a roofed version of the coupe which has no doors, much like a jeep.
Productions of these Sakbayans are referred in the commercials as a car that mixes the stamina of a truck and the affordability of a small car, in short, this is an all-around small car that can go off-road. At present, since these cars are rarely found in the roads, there are several car clubs that restore and show their Sakbayans as pride to the Philippine roads.
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I cannot believe the automotive knowledge lies with so few on this forum. Its always just the same few of us in this thread. Whats wrong with the other folks?
 
boxerulez said:
I cannot believe the automotive knowledge lies with so few on this forum. Its always just the same few of us in this thread. Whats wrong with the other folks?
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I know, when I originally started this thread, I thought that most of the guys would have an idea and join in, but that hasn't been the case.

What has also amazed me is the fact that I can put up a well known car from say the 60's or 70's and nobody has a clue as to what it is.
 
I'm rather new to mbb and enjoy this thread. Its a good challenge and everyone is friendly and helpful even if you get it wrong.

Fazda said:
What has also amazed me is the fact that I can put up a well known car from say the 60's or 70's and nobody has a clue as to what it is.
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That was before I was born :D
 
DoodleBug said:
I'm rather new to mbb and enjoy this thread. Its a good challenge and everyone is friendly and helpful even if you get it wrong.



That was before I was born :D
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Yes....BUT.... I can identify cars from the early 1900's onward - all before I was born, but I have always been interested in cars, and able to recognize almost anything on the road. :D

Welcome to the thread -it might be worth you looking through some of the older posts and you will discover a whole new world of cars. :p
 
OK time for a new one. :)

Give me a quirky and idiosyncratic oldie to appreciate any day
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Hopefully this ticks the boxes on that score! :p
 

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left hand drive, front suicide doors, regular rear doors, to "normal" looking to be French but not German (suicide doors, covered rear wheel arches, bonnet handle is skew...)
 
DoodleBug said:
left hand drive, front suicide doors, regular rear doors, to "normal" looking to be French but not German (suicide doors, covered rear wheel arches, bonnet handle is skew...)
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Correct, not French or German.

BTW, this is the most "normal" view - if you saw the back you might re-think the French bit! :p
 
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