That sounds very familiar. Was marijuana involved? Let me guess...
On Oct 18, 2008, at 3:17 PM, michael a kowalski wrote:
> how about towing my FV with my '69 VW camper all over the S. Cal
> race circuit.
>
> mike kowalski,
> FP spit
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Babcock" <Billb@bnj.com>
> To: "Bobby Whitehead" <igofaster@charter.net>
> Cc: <fot-request@autox.team.net>; <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 2:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] tow vehicles
>
>
>> I'm pretty well off now, but I don't have any trouble remembering
>> when
>> I LIVED in a Econoline van. I bought it for $150 and built an
>> interior
>> for it using mostly material from japanese motorcycle crates. Amazing
>> how hard that wood was--I had to predrill every hole, no way to hand-
>> drive a nail into it. Coleman stove, fold up bed, some shelves and a
>> curtain. Lived in it over the winter in Anderson, CA (one of the
>> coldest and hottest places on the planet) and then another six months
>> in Long Beach, and a few other spells when child support ate up more
>> money than I made wrenching. It was painted a strange shade of blue-
>> green, with a brush. We called it the Turquoise Turkey. It served me
>> well carrying my race bikes--Motocross all over, Ascot for the 1/2
>> mile and TT, Riverside GP, Elsinore, and a lot of desert races. Pull
>> out the bikes, fold down the bed, and I was home. Worked pretty well
>> with the ladies as long as they weren't looking for stability and a
>> guy with a suit.
>>
>> Now THAT'S hippy style. Especially since the typical tip for a
>> motorcycle mechanic in California at the time was a lid of grass.
>> That
>> sweet incense was pretty much permanently embedded. Sold it for $150.
>>
>> Be kind of fun to have it back.
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