That VW bus. Or van. Or whatever you want to call it.
You’ve seen it out in front of Busch Stadium and tooling around St. Louis during the summer, right? It’s pretty dope. And now the Belleville News-Democrat has tracked down the owner for a little background:
“Made from dish towels,” said Jim, who bought the van for about $1,500 four years ago. “It was a steal. It didn’t look it, but it ran good. The guy who had it was a mechanic. It was a rat rod (that got its name from its ratty appearance).
It was painted black, and the paint was chipping off. It had big wheels on back. I put the back panels back together the way it originally looked. When I got it, it ran, but it didn’t stop.”
Did a word of that make sense?
Sounds exactly like the type of cat who would tool around the STL with a VW van. Bless him and his hippy ways.
Check out the BND article for the whole story.
Photo: BND
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