I lived in Indonesia for two and a half years and these "Things" were not
uncommon there, probably the commonest VWs we saw.
Maybe this reflected Australian military intelligence?
dave
downunder

2008/6/8 BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com>:

> On 6/7/08, Mike <mbucchino@charter.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >  I was puzzled when seeing one of these bastardized, half & half buses
> > while in the military in Saudi Arabia back in 1990.........thought it was
> a
> > custom.
> >
> > Mike B.
>
>
>
> Mike,
>
> They were officially bastardized by VW. =)  Kind of like those watercooled
> bay window buses from Mexico. Looks like someone
> made the radiator enclosure in their own backyard.
>
> While in Manila, I saw what I thought were homemade buggies. Later I
> discovered they were VW made Australian Country Buggies. Apparently, VW
> dumped them there and a few other places when the Aussie military decided
> the car was not suitable for them.
>
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/lit/countrybuggy/cover.jpg
>
>
> BenT
>