Odd and uncommon ACVWs

Ron&Gill · Post by **Ron&Gill** » Tue May 04, 2010 10:00 am

I thought it would be cool to post pics of lesser known ACVWs here. I'll start:

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1946: The Radclyffe Roadster. It was built by Hirst for his boss Radclyffe. It is not a Hebmuller, this was a once-off build. Many people think that on the Hebmuller the front and rear lids are the same, this is not true, but on the Radclyffe it is. Notice the twin carb arrangement.

vader · Post by **vader** » Tue May 04, 2010 10:03 am

Nice!!!

Ron&Gill · Post by **Ron&Gill** » Tue May 04, 2010 10:08 am

A 1960-ish German postal services van proto-type. I guess the Bundespost didn't like it because they commissioned the Fridolin (Type 147 Kleinlieferwagen)

196x VW Beetle German Postal Service Prototype.jpg

Post by **Pine** » Tue May 04, 2010 10:16 am

Nice thread! My humble contribution - the Type 147 COUNTRY BUGGY (or SAKBAYAN)

Made by Volkswagen Australasia Ltd in 1968, this “Type 147” is perhaps the rarest VW to be made in a Volkswagen factory. With a 1300 upright fan motor and based on a Type1 Beetle floorpan but with raised front suspension and modified Type2 rear swing axles with reduction gears, the VW Country Buggy was developed and manufactured in Australia during 1968 only and not many more than 850 came off the production line. A few more were also produced in Indonesia

Ron&Gill · Post by **Ron&Gill** » Tue May 04, 2010 10:35 am

Country buggy was a Type 197

Pine, didn't you post a magazine article on it some time ago? I still have it somewhere...

Post by **Pine** » Tue May 04, 2010 11:37 am

Ron&Gill wrote:Country buggy was a Type 197

Pine, didn't you post a magazine article on it some time ago? I still have it somewhere...

Thanks for the correction - I can't really remember the article, it must have been a long time ago?

Ron&Gill · Post by **Ron&Gill** » Tue May 04, 2010 11:42 am

Yes, quite a while ago. I read that the 197 was built in Oz, and Wolfsburg requisitioned 2 of them for evaluation because they were developing the 181 at the time. The 197 was on a T1 pan but with the T2 1b (early 36mm) RGBs just like the early 181.

zubz · Post by **zubz** » Tue May 04, 2010 12:51 pm

I am loving the postal services beetle...

sarel.wagner · Post by **sarel.wagner** » Tue May 04, 2010 1:01 pm

zubz wrote:I am loving the postal services beetle...

In love with it too!

Ron&Gill · Post by **Ron&Gill** » Tue May 04, 2010 1:02 pm

You've all heard of 4 doors 11 years too late:

KAK man!!

1953VWRometsch4doorTaxi.jpg

In 1953, Rometsch coach builders from Berlin were building 4 door Beetles already. And they weren't the only ones... Watch this space...

zubz · Post by **zubz** » Tue May 04, 2010 2:39 pm

sarel.wagner wrote:
zubz wrote:I am loving the postal services beetle...
In love with it too!

Imagine the uses that beetle could server today, why buy a bakkie when you can use that...

Post by **Donovan D** » Tue May 04, 2010 5:41 pm

Are there any schwimmwagen's in SA ??

Post by **Pine** » Tue May 04, 2010 5:59 pm

Splitz wrote:Are there any schwimmwagen's in SA ??

Splitz, most probably not... although Jaap Steenkamp might have found one in Namibia, but I haven't heard from him in quite some time

http://www.aircooledvwsa.co.za/viewtopi ... 0+in+buggy

Tom Bishop · Post by **Tom Bishop** » Tue May 04, 2010 7:50 pm

Here is a wwII trailer with a swingaxle suspension.

Its not VW but its air cooled.

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Pine there is a schwimmer in ZAR. Here is a pic of me and my WWII toys

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and my Cabrio

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I can wish, can't I?

I know these are not VW but they would be cool to add to a VW collection.

Post by **Pine** » Tue May 04, 2010 8:03 pm

Nice pics, Tom - that looks a lot like a Thule trailer (high up on my wish list)

Next one - the VW Gol (no, I did NOT forget the 'F'!)

The Volkswagen Gol is a low cost subcompact car designed in Brazil and sold by German automaker Volkswagen since 1980. It is Volkswagen's entry-level car in the South American market, beneath the other superminis, the Fox and Polo. It has uninterruptedly been the best-selling car in Brazil since 1987, and since 1998 in Argentina. Gol sales in South America are also high; over 5 million Gols have been produced since 1980. Gol has also been produced in Iran under the same name. Its project was started in 2nd half of 1970's due the need for a successor for the VW Beetle (Fusca, in Brazil) in South America, since the European models would not have been viable due the road conditions (that required more resistant platforms) and different customer needs.

The Gol takes its name from the Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish word for "goal."

The Gol was released in 1980 to replace the Brasilia, which was in turn a replacement to the Beetle in the Brazilian market. It was based on its own unique BX automobile platform derived from the existing VW/Audi B1 and B2 platforms. With a design specific to Latin America, the Gol featured the 1.3-liter air-cooled, H4 engine from the Beetle, but front-mounted. A 1.6-litre engine was added later. In the mid 1980s, this engine was replaced by 1.6 and 1.8-litre longitudinally-mounted water-cooled gasoline I4 engines from the Passat. A 1.6-litre Diesel engine was made only for export (Diesel engines are not allowed in cars in Brazil).

Aircooled VW South Africa

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