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    Coast CRUISER

    Sep 19, 2019 4 minutes
    WORDS MATT RAUDONIKIS
    PHOTOS
    BRAD MISKIEWICZ

    BACK IN THE swinging ’60s, the humble Volkswagen Kombi was the ride of choice for surfers in search of the perfect wave. You’d find them crawling up and down coastlines in Australia and the USA, and exploring the wilds of the Baja Peninsula, usually with longboards stacked high on the roof and a trail of smoke trailing behind that was quite different to the smell of burning oil coming from the VW’s tailpipes. The off-road ability of those old buses was truly amazing but, when more remote beaches beckoned, four-wheel drive was the only way forwards.

    VW went on to produce all-wheel drive ‘Syncro’ Kombis that extended their range, but for true go-anywhere ability in a vehicle you can live in nothing beats the venerable Toyota

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