Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:28:17 -0500
Reply-To: Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Friday: "Gadget Guy Goes Mobile" by Stan Wilder
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what can I say: this is the info I copied from the amazon page: it
says Author is Stan Wilder and Stan showed up again on the type2 list
recently.
Maybe he wrote about Roadhaus with Larry? I don't know ..... I don't
have the book yet...
Karl.
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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