In the summer of 1968 I was college student working in
the tiny town called Woodville in central California.
The place was a medical clinic that served migrant
farmworkers, operated by David and Wendy Brooks.

I was driving a MG 1100 sedan, burning valves and
having electrical failures right and left. I needed to
get to a class at the local junior college, and Wendy
-now long term citizen of Telluride- told me to take
the bus.

What bus? I was thinking public transportation, but
let me assure you there wasn't any. "The clinic's
bus", she said.

It was a 1959 standard microbus, Mango Green over Sea
Gull Grey. I'd never driven a VW before, but was off
in no time, loving the feel, the sound, the
practicality and the view of the road. I soon became
the clinic's "driver" and errand boy, and no task was
better than driving that bus.

Several  weeks later I was visiting my mom in San
Diego, and convinced her to co-sign on a loan with me.
I went out to Kearney Mesa VW and bought the only used
microbus on the lot, a 1963 Deluxe (no sunroof) in
Sealing Wax Red over Beige Grey. It was $1295, and it
served me well over the next several years.

But the first bus, that was the 1959 Standard.

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