Bus Love: Stories of Life and Adventure with the VW Bus


Bus Love: Stories of Life & Adventure with the VW Bus — scheduled publication September 2023.

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Table of Contents


 

Contents

 

Introduction Tom Brouillette

Forward David Eccles

 

Acknowlegements

 

Microbus Memories

 

Better, Best, More Better, Most Bestest John Lago

School Colors Howard Pitkow

The Spirit of ‘76 Kristen Caven

My First Drive in a Bus J.P. Hendricksen

Mid-Life Crisis Bus Story Michael Kluckner

The Family Bus Raffi Minasian

 

VW Busing Today

 

Finding a Bus

 

Kombi at the Crossroads Tom Forhan

Truth & Beauty Rick MacCornack

Daily Driver Delusions Everett Barnes

The Treasure Bus Keith Price

Bus Farming in Rhode Island J.-P. Jacquet

 

Living with a Bus

 

My Childhood Flash qFiasco

I Almost Bought a Conversion Van Michelle D’Amico

Our Anniversary Marek Zebrowski

All That Plus Evidence of Other Struggles John Lago

Driving Tips: VW Buses and Sub-Zero Weather Tim Rundquist

Tired of Life? Rainer Müeller

Wimpy, wimpy, wimpy! Lois Grace

The Novel Solution Chris Pollard

One December Day Jim Bryant

 

The Shape of Busing to Come

 

New Microbus Dan Proudfoot

Very Wild BUS Stewart Alcorn

 

Bus Phantasmagoria

 

Night of the ’54 Barndoor Ron Van Ness-Otunnu

Splat! Stewart Alcorn

The 5th Van Ken Wilford

 

The Story Behind the Stories

 

The Origin of the VW Bus Dan Proudfoot

 

Author Biographies

 

Glossary

 

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