Yeah John... that's it!  I was pretty hot for one of those till my
buddy showed me the article on the Rand KR2 homebuilt airplane.
Damn... a VW powered airplane!  We both built one, then learned how to
fly! Had it for many years.
Hot diggity .. a 170 MPH VW!!!!!

Never did follow up on the "boxes".

Twombo

On Thursday, January 22, 2004, at 02:35 PM, John Rodgers wrote:

>
>
> Mike, would you belive I have a set of those original plans and
> drawing for both the Phoenix and the Boonie Box . I got them direct
> from PM back in the 70's. I think I still ahve the original articals
> written in Hot VW's about them too.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>
> mike twombley wrote
>
>>    Yeah I saw that one before.  In  the  1970s, Popular Mechanics or
>> Popular Science (don't remember which) did a DIY article and even
>> sold plans
>> for this little gem.  Had a smaller one called a "Boonie Box" or some
>> such.
>> This one was really neat as it had flip out sides like a tent camper.
>>  Made
>> out of 1" polyurethane foam  laminated with epoxy resin and
>> fiberglass. And
>> indeed a bus chassis. Also had 2 2" square steel tubing rollover
>> structures
>> in  the inside. The Boonie Box was on a shortened bus chassis. I
>> wanted one
>> sooooo bad!
>>
>>    The warp nacelles are extra cost options and only usable where
>> di-lithium is available. They are also not CARB certified. The EO
>> paperwork
>> was not in a compliant dialect of Klingon (HAH!!!).
>>
>>
>> Twombo
>>
>>
>