With a Little Help from our Friends
It's happening ! In August we found a perfectly matching Light Bus. The great family of folks at Skinner Classics in California did the mechanical and body restoration in record time. Primed for painting, then Henry Hartounian at Coastal Transport raced the newborn bus across America to get it to Dr. Bob and his amazing "Light Brigade" of painters. The painting, and the magic, that happened in Henry Jenkins' big barn in Baltimore was all captured on film for our documentary a
On Virgos, Vision and VW's
September 7, 2016 was a nice quiet birthday after a couple uncertain years of challenge and change. The lights kind of turned to highbeam on the future highway. Things brightened up. Anything seemed possible. Dot had just been born and that week Amanda and I bought an old VW camper that got me thinking a lot about love, family, and VW vans. The next morning, September 8th, 2016 I got a note from Dr. Robert Hieronimus wishing me happy birthday from a fellow Virgo (as SO many o
Missing the Bus
How do you find a lost hippie bus? How do you LOSE a bus? It’s about time. The 50th anniversary of Woodstock is coming up in August 2019 and we’re on a mission to find, restore, and repaint a 1963 Volkswagen Type II that’s become known at THE WOODSTOCK BUS. Here’s a local Baltimore news article about our search that’s been going on for about a year now. http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bs-fe-lost-woodstock-bus-20170626-story.html We have to expand the search. This is
Buyer's Remorse - Big Time
If you know someone who’d like to buy a really nice 1965 split with a great story we gotta move this one. And if you know the whereabouts of
Taking the precious things we have apart to see how they work
We spent the day Monday in Saint Augustine Florida, the oldest European settlement in the US, getting to know Fallon and her team at East Coast VW Restoration. St. Augustine is a magical place. We stayed at the amazing St. Augustin Inn. And you just couldn't meet nicer more knowledgeable folks. They've restored over 160 buses and it shows. There's a joy and peace in their work that only comes with true experience, confidence, and competence. Today we set ourselves a big goal
