Wow! That is too cool!

Maybe he is not of this Earth and was sent here to help us.

I just reread those illustrations and it reminded me how ignorant I was of
the internal combustion engine and the "concert of mechanical miracles that
propels the VW down the road".  I never truly understood it until I
worked on the bus.

That dude's got it goin on.

Pete
'79 Westy "Aardvark"
'87 Westy "Joe's Van"
WWW.Busesbythebeach.com

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 6:35 PM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote:

> Jim Arnott wrote:
>
>> Colin....
>>
>> Yeah.  I've been turning wrenches for over 35 years.  About half that
>> professionally.  I don't impress easily. Met Colin at the Deschutes
>> Campout
>> in June of this year.  Wasn't particularly impressed. Struck me as
>> kind of a
>> strange cat.
>>
>> Jim, I travel in artists circles - and artists ARE strange cats. They
> have a very unique way of looking at the world, and what they do and how
> they think is very different. So it would seem with Colin. I have never
> met the man, only heard of him, but apparently he rates among the very
> best of artists. I really appreciate the artists among us.
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
> Chelsea, AL
>