Calle, Steve O. from Australia answered this correctly. It is the Type 815 Country Buggy originally desgined for the Australian Army. None were ever delivered to the army. Instead a small number was produced for domestic consumptions and later additonoal ones made for some Southeast Asian Markets. I found a few during my search for a fabricators for Vanagon (T3) custom bumpers. BenT On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 08:45:08 +0200, Calle Fallberg <calle.fallberg@telia.com> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "BenT" <syncro@GMAIL.COM> > . > > It's not a Thing or a Kubelwagen... It's something very > > basic. Can someone guess what it is? > > I remember an article in a Swedish 4x4 magazine about an early T1 with > better body height, 16 inch wheels and some other "offroad" features, I > think it was intended for high rank officers who didn´t want to get their > boots muddy in the battlezone ( who of them will :)) but not sure about that > Military purpouse anyway > Might this be what you´re going for ?? > > Calle |
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