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Date:         Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:28:17 -0500
Reply-To:     Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Friday: "Gadget Guy Goes Mobile" by Stan Wilder
Comments: To: Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <CA+r=JhpgZtyyutoes_-4w6p4u-hvqcsu0A3EqCW6tcm=RYkZKA@mail.gmail.com>
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what can I say: this is the info I copied from the amazon page: it says Author is Stan Wilder and Stan showed up again on the type2 list recently. Maybe he wrote about Roadhaus with Larry? I don't know ..... I don't have the book yet...

Karl.

On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> wrote: > Karl, >  I'm confused.  Your subject line says Stan Wilder, but then you > reference the Roadhaus website which is by Larry Chase. > > Larry A. > > > On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@gmail.com> wrote: >> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1466434988 >> >> Book Description >> Publication Date: October 13, 2011 >> Since the early sixties, there have been various individuals that >> traveled extensively in VW busses, also known as Transporters or >> Kombi. The Kombi are world travelers and have been manufactured in >> many plants around the world. Many of the camp followers of Rock and >> Roll bands traveled in various models of Kombi. There have been a few >> special conversions to the basic VW busses that have made them into >> little mobile homes on wheels. The authentic Volkswagen version was >> called a Westfalia after the town the van was modified. Gadget Guy >> goes Mobile is a tongue in cheek fantasy about a newly retired >> corporate executive that had a heart for adventure and being a single >> guy has the time and money to exercise his dreams of travel throughout >> North America and Mexico. His adventures include selecting and >> outfitting the travel vehicle of his choice, a 1990 VW Westfalia >> Syncro. The story presented here is pure fiction written as >> entertainment for my fellow VW friends on various VW, Type I, Type II, >> Vanagon and Syncro web page bulletin boards and blogs. The hero of our >> adventure is a real person, but everything here is just fantasy for >> the purpose of lighthearted entertainment. You can track his real life >> adventures, trials and tribulations from his active website at >> http://www.roadhaus.com/index.html His true-life adventures can be >> traced through several Volkswagen related websites specific to >> Vanagons, Syncro and Type II Busses. >> >> >> I have just ordered it :-)


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