Car of the Week: 1970 Subaru 360 Sambar van

[i've never seen one of these before]

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Vicki Siefker has showed up in a lot of places with the little van she calls “Buck” in tow. And she knows wherever she goes, the questions are sure to follow.

“What is that?” and “What country did that come from?” are always among them. People don’t always ask if the van has a name, but she’ll always introduce him as “Buck.” He has fuzzy dice hanging in the rear window, because the front windshields on a 1970 Subaru 360 Sambar van are so small, you’d have trouble seeing around the pair of dangling dice, and they’d probably be bouncing off your forehead.

Siefker has about a dozen microcars in her collection at her home in Delphos, Ohio. She shares the same enthusiasm for the tiny cars as her husband Ken, who passed away in early 2021.

read more: https://www.oldcarsweekly.com/features/car-of-the-week-1970-subaru-360-sambar-van
 
Never saw a vintage one but the more modern ones are popular kei vans in the PNW
 
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