what's the title of the book? sounds great, wish i could of made it to mtn
view.
>From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [tcb] side bar on trip report
>Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 16:02:09 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Went to the Mtn View show. Saw the greatest bus ever, even better than
>Murray. Sorry that everyone on the TCB list did not get to see this bus.
>Driver/owner John Lago from Oshkosh WI. Quote from sign on windshield.
>"Daily Driver for 40+ years. Totaled twice, on fire 3 times, and dropped
>through the ice once. How many miles? Only the Shadow knows. From
>Florida to the Yukon, and close to both coasts. Been through 2 trannys,
>many motors. Recently a 2000 mile two-week trip to Georgia. Before
that,
>a 5,000 mile ride to Newfoundland. Was there ever trouble? Sometimes
>you're the bug and sometimes you are the windshield."
>
> The bus is a 62 Kombi that the owner bought as a youngster in
1966. He
>has modified this bus for roughing it in the Yukon and ice fishing in
>Wisconsin. It has a wood stove made from stainless steel to heat the
>interior and cooking when camping. It has a stainless steel trap door in
>the cargo floor for drilling through the ice and ice fishing. There is
no
>interior in the rear except for a home made bunk along the left rear wall
>of the bus. Front seats, driver and passenger, are aluminum and web lawn
>chairs. Interior toilet is a hardwood seat with hole that holds a zip
lock
>baggy. Fishing rods are mounted on the interior roof. Roof rack for
>carrying canoe. No front bumper cept for spare tire that hangs on the
>nose. Rear bumper home made from heavy steel. Rope pull start mounted
on
>crank pulley of engine as taken from a 4 cylinder snow mobile. Works
like
>a charm and starts on first pull as demonstrated by the owner. Every
nook
>and cranny of the interior of the
> bus is designed to hold something useful for the owner who takes
extended
>trips and literally lives out of the bus and off of the land.
>
> Owner has also written a book about the bus, philosophy of life, and
>whatever else came to mind. Read it completely at almost one
sitting. If
>you are interested it is $15 and available at Lunchbreak Press, PO Box
703,
>Oshkosh WI 54903. Appears to be a self published book and has no ISBN on
>the book. Worth the read for guys who like busses. Not sure about the
>gals. Book written under name of John Bock. According to John, because
>that's his favorite beer.
>
> He is supposed to be at the Funfest in Effington IL in a couple of
weeks
>if anyone on the list is going and want to catch some interesting
>conversation with John, buy his book and look at his bus. Should have
his
>traveling companion with him, very large brown Collie mix dog.
>
> Meeting John and the bus made the trip, even without all of the other
>things that you normally get traveling a long way in a VW and though the
>mountains of hillbilly hollow AR to a VW show.
>
>
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