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Subject:Re: Friday: "Gadget Guy Goes Mobile" by Stan Wilder
From:Larry Alofs
Date:Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:20:48 -0500

Karl,
  I'm confused.  Your subject line says Stan Wilder, but then you
reference the Roadhaus website which is by Larry Chase.

Larry A.

On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1466434988
>
> Book Description
> Publication Date: October 13, 2011
> Since the early sixties, there have been various individuals that
> traveled extensively in VW busses, also known as Transporters or
> Kombi. The Kombi are world travelers and have been manufactured in
> many plants around the world. Many of the camp followers of Rock and
> Roll bands traveled in various models of Kombi. There have been a few
> special conversions to the basic VW busses that have made them into
> little mobile homes on wheels. The authentic Volkswagen version was
> called a Westfalia after the town the van was modified. Gadget Guy
> goes Mobile is a tongue in cheek fantasy about a newly retired
> corporate executive that had a heart for adventure and being a single
> guy has the time and money to exercise his dreams of travel throughout
> North America and Mexico. His adventures include selecting and
> outfitting the travel vehicle of his choice, a 1990 VW Westfalia
> Syncro. The story presented here is pure fiction written as
> entertainment for my fellow VW friends on various VW, Type I, Type II,
> Vanagon and Syncro web page bulletin boards and blogs. The hero of our
> adventure is a real person, but everything here is just fantasy for
> the purpose of lighthearted entertainment. You can track his real life
> adventures, trials and tribulations from his active website at
> http://www.roadhaus.com/index.html His true-life adventures can be
> traced through several Volkswagen related websites specific to
> Vanagons, Syncro and Type II Busses.
>
>
> I have just ordered it :-)

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