Uniquely available here is one of just two Australian complied, 23 Window VW Deluxe Microbus’s (Samba’s) that according to its accompanying birth certificate was sold new to Melbourne on the 9th June, 1960 optioned in Sealing Wax Red. ![]() It was initially used by postal services, fire departments and airports, and countless small businesses but as time went on models were expanded into an array of offshoots, including campers.Ĭonsidered the most collectible Kombi of all, the well-appointed Deluxe Microbus or “Samba” was designed with comfortable Alpine touring in mind, marketed with the slogan, “Every seat is a window seat!” and features 8 famous tinted Plexiglas panoramic windows with a “Safari” style windscreen and 23 windows in total, a retractable cloth sunroof, double chromium-plated ornamental band, chrome bumper, sill and rear-engine vent trim, two pivoting doors in place of a sliding door, bullet indicator lenses, handsome two tone paint, rear internal luggage rack, removable rear and middle seats, dash clock, handy passenger foot-rest for grand touring and seating for 8- the lap of luxury for VW in the 60’s. more a way of life”.ĭesigned in the late 1940’s by an automotive retailer, the birth of the Kombi was one of those uninhibited bar-top-napkin moments as its creator essentially stretched the VW Beetle's virtues of simplicity, reliability and affordability and re-marketed them to a broader audience- Genius.īy keeping its power unit compact, the Kombi had a cavernous load area in its belly with a low floor height for easy access, loading and unloading. If someone living under a rock needs proof that anyone from teenagers to 70-something’s are still awe-struck with the design, concept and capability of the Kombi, tape their eye lids to their eye brows, sit them down and show them the current crop of pop magazine, web and TV adverts enlisting this timeless classics universal appeal to sell the dream.Ĭompanies from soft drink makers to holiday creators and even internet service providers (that was a ”Splitty" in the Big Pond ad) want to be associated with the brand that is “Kombi” and it’s association with freedom, youth culture and the 1960’s slogan “it’s not just a vehicle. Hotter than lava lamps and cooler than colour TV, for 63 years the Volkswagen Kombi has been the elementary choice for families to escape suburbia, hippies to circumnavigate the globe spreading love, surfers in search of the perfect swell and as a commercial workhorse across countless industries in countless countries delivering parcels, bread, flowers or frozen fish.
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