Date:         Wed, 5 Jun 2002 16:49:06 -0500
Reply-To:     wilden1@JUNO.COM
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From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fwd: Story of Roadcow's help/ LONG
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Check the archives for Britts trip reports on Every Bus 2000, he did a
lot of towing both to and from through snow blizzards and other hazards
............... its pretty good reading.

Stan

On Thu, 6 Jun 2002 08:34:59 -0700 Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM> writes:
> From Ronnie:
>
> Subject: A story of Roadcow's help/ LONG
>    Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 05:39:09 -0700
>    From: OldVolks General <General@OldVolks.com>
>
>          Well as most of you know the famous Road Cow blew a tranny
> in
> Amarillo, Texas on it's return journey home from a cross country VW
> show,
> bus tow marathon.
>
>      It started with the COW towing a Bay back to Kansas or the like
> for a
> new and very happy new bus owner. Them from there on another journey
> to
> another VW show where a bus  (not the cow) started having engine
> problems so
> the COW towed the bus and it's owners to the show and back,
> something
> like a
> 1000 miles rt or something like that.
>
>      In the mean time the COW's owner ( Britt) helped numerous
> people either
> work on or he did the work to keep a few more buses on the road.
> Britt (the
> COW's owner) then flew back home to Cali. in wait of the
> anticipation of
> going back to Kansas to pick the COW up
> .
>      In Britt's absence he let others use the cow to attend 2 other
> VW's
> shows in the land of OZ before flying back to pick her up then drive
> back
> home attending the CLASSIC weekend along the way (of course
> busavanning with
> friends to make sure THEY had no problems) towing a 63 flip seat
> WESTY back
> from Iowa for me.
>
>      O ya I forgot to mention that Britt flew into Kansas, picked up
> the COW
> that had be left at the airport for him by friends and proceeded to
> drive 3
> more hours to IOWA to pick up my WESTY arriving there late in the
> evening,
> hooking up my bus then proceeding back to Kansas. THEN when Britt
> got to
> Kansas he proceeded to help Bryant install a brand new engine in his
> bus and
> then helping another person (I forgot who it was) repair there bus
> engine
> before heading out to CALI, with my bus in tow when his trans blew,
>
>     Would you believe it that it blew in front of a giant fiberglass
> COW in
> front of a steak house! Maybe the Roadcow was lonely and wanted to
> hang with
> it's own breed for a while.
>
>     Now this is where busdom, Karma or whatever you call it comes
> in. I get
> the phone call the COW is broken. Post to the list, which in turn
> gets
> forwarded to all BUS LIST and the e-mails started, I was amazed at
> how many
> offers of help came in in such a short time. I then called Rex
> Rogers who
> lives in San Angelo Texas, I guess it's about a 1000 miles from
> Amarillo and
> explain the situation to Rex who in turn promptly gets on the phone
> and
> finds  Britt and the COW help in Amarillo. First a guy there loans
> Britt his
> SB to use to get around in while the COW is waiting to get fixed,
> another
> guy comes and loans Britt another floor jack and then a third offers
> help.
> Mind you none of these people have ever met Britt, but are willing
> to help
> another VW'ber out..
>
>     As the search continued for a trans it turned out that Richard
> Kimbrough
> (Rustybus fame) had a tranny at his house in Phoenix. He got the
> trans
> packed and on a Greyhound bus and the trans should be to Britt and
> the
> injured COW by 11;45 today!!!!  The cow should be back on the road
> by 2
> or 3
> this afternoon and Britt and the COW should catch up to us Friday
> morning to
> all go to OCTO together!!!!
> !
>    I would really like to THANK all that helped and offered help in
> this
> situation to help out the COW and Britt. Especially Rex Rogers for
> hooking
> Britt up with people out in Amarillo, Richard for getting a trans
> fixed and
> to Britt and the COW for being the kind of person he is.
>
>    If there was a list award for the BUS DRIVER of the year it
> should go to
> Britt, there is no one else like him I know out there!
>
> Ronnie
>

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