Hi Craig, Imagine my surprise last night at Mother's Day dinner when my family told me I was a hippie. My wife, my kids and my parents all presented a united front; there was no escaping it. Sure, I've sympathised with the counter culture for a couple decades now. I realize that it's become clear that I don't generally run with the lemmings, and I certainly won't drive a new car just because my neighbours do. But there's miles of space between me and the average hippie. I don't own birkenstocks, and I usually only wear tie-die on weekends. I work in the tech sector, and hold down a regular job supporting a family of five in the suburbs. Somehow I thought that buying a 1987 Vanagon would endorse me as one of the many... Going legit, so to speak. Not that I would ever sell my baywindow westfakia... I just thought that driving a watercooled silver-blue wedge would modernize my image somewhat. Apparently it's harder to shed a label than I thought.
Happy Trails, Greg Potts 1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato" 1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop www.busesofthecorn.com www.pottsfamily.ca PS: My vanagon still needs curtains.... craig cowan wrote: > A few days ago i was driving around to add some test miles to my van, with > my older brother riding shotgun. It was a beautiful day, so the windows were > down and the music was playing. Well as we entered the local park, a large > group of say 20 middle school aged childred started giving peace signs and > running after the bus yelling things like "Sweet Hippy Bus" and "Wow, look > at that", and some even broke out into singing the Scooby Dooo Themesong. > Well we made our lap around the park, and as we were coming back that way i > was amazed to see all these kids standing alongside the road with their > cameraphones out, waiting. > > So I turned up The Grateful Dead music, flashed them a peace sign, and went > on my way. It was clear that "that hippy wagon" made their day! I've also > gotten this response from more than a handful of older people, who see any > rear engined VW van (they may not know where the engine is, but EVERYONE can > associate the differences between the T3 and T4....), as a "Volkswagen Bus". > > > The curtains help : ) > |
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