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BS: Farewell to the Hippie Hauler
| JohnInKansas | 23 Sep 13 - 08:26 PM | |
| Pete Jennings | 24 Sep 13 - 06:33 AM | |
| JohnInKansas | 24 Sep 13 - 06:56 AM | |
| Jack Campin | 24 Sep 13 - 09:51 AM | |
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Subject: BS: Farewell to the Hippie Hauler From: JohnInKansas Date: 23 Sep 13 - 08:26 PM VW's hippie hauler is ending its long, strange trip BRADLEY BROOKS, STAN LEHMAN The Associated Press 23 September 2013 Andre Penner / A Brazil is the last place in the world still producing the iconic vehicle, or "bus" as it's known by aficionados, but VW says production will end Dec. 31. It carried hippies through the 1960s, hauled surfers in search of killer waves during endless summers and serves as a workhorse across the developing world, but the long, strange trip of the Volkswagen van is ending. Brazil is the last place in the world still producing the iconic vehicle, or "bus" as it's known by aficionados, but VW says production will end Dec. 31. Safety regulations mandate that every vehicle in Brazil must have air bags and anti-lock braking systems starting in 2014, and the company says it cannot change production to meet the law. [end quote] The fairly long article continues with nostalgic comments, most likely from memories of what "old uncles" passed on to the writers, who appear too young to remember things as they really were. They sort of left out some of the best things their elders would have recalled - like "30 miles in first gear to get over Wolf Creek Pass"(?) - but of course they may have had to satisfy their editors** too. ** SARCASM: there are no editors or proofreaders in "modern journalism." Some here should certainly have tales to tell? John |
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Subject: RE: BS: Farewell to the Hippie Hauler From: Pete Jennings Date: 24 Sep 13 - 06:33 AM Story's in the UK papers this morning. Never been in one myself. There's a business in our village which restores them. Always got one for sale and they always sell... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Farewell to the Hippie Hauler From: JohnInKansas Date: 24 Sep 13 - 06:56 AM There have been a couple showing up at the Winfield (WVA) festival in recent years, mostly belonging to a couple of gals who make tie-dye stuff to peddle. The bus decorations are pretty imaginative. One gal had one of the pop-up roof rigs with awning and other fanciful stuff that she brought in for several years, and then stood around looking "helpless" until the young pups volunteered to set it up for her. I think its nickname was "boybait," but never got a chance to ask her. Word was that something broke and couldn't be fixed a few years back. (The description was "shortened lengthwise," as I recall.) Maintenance was simple enough to be almost fun, but it's been long enough since any came into the US (beetles or buses) that the salvage yards have pretty much run out of usable parts. It's a lot less fun searching catalogs for the parts than it is turning the bolts and gettin' greasy, so they're getting pretty scarce here. John |
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Subject: RE: BS: Farewell to the Hippie Hauler From: Jack Campin Date: 24 Sep 13 - 09:51 AM A place about a mile from here rents them out: http://www.scoobycampers.com/index.php Probably fine if you want to do folk festivals that way in Scotland or northern England. I haven't seen any in their yard with psychedelic paint jobs though. |
