In 1967 Volkswagen Australasia Ltd. started with a project vehicle designed for Australia's rough conditions.
The Country Buggy started production in July 1967, with exports to the Philippines, Singapore, New Zealand & some other small Pacific nations.
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 1956 units built.
It's a damn shame they don't build them like this anymore!
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