Fun & Interesting Old Books
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Ford Treasury of Station Wagon Living
Author: Franklin M. Rock and William Moss
Format: Hardcover Size: 5" x 7" Pages: 252 Illustrations: Over 200, Color Date: 1957 Comments: Very cool and interesting depictions of recreation and camping with late 50's Ford station wagons. |
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Ford Treasury of Station Wagon Living, Volume 2
Author: Franklin M. Rock and William Moss
Format: Hardcover Size: 5" x 7" Pages: 252 Illustrations: Over 200, Color Date: 1958 Comments: More very cool and interesting depictions of recreation and camping with late 50's Ford station wagons. |
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Safari for 7
Author: Thea B. Van Halsema
Format: Hardcover Size: 7" x 10" Pages: 246 Illustrations: Black & White Date: 1967 Comments: Detailed 1962 chronicle of the an American pastor, his wife and their five children's trip across Europe in a 1962 VW Microbus. The "safari" winds its way through 19 countries and visits Biblical sites throughout Greece, Turkey and the Holy Land. |
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Brenning's Batty Bus
Author: Warren Brenning
Format: Paperback Size: 5" x 8" Pages: 165 Illustrations: No Date: 1975 Comments: "The story of a man who packed up his wife, eight kids, and mother-in-law, took along plenty of money and went victoriously off to Europe to do his "thing" for God and the unlikely turn of events that finally found him broke, miserable and defeated..." (from he back cover) Sounds fun, huh? At least they did it in an early 70's bay-window bus! |
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The Sportsman on Wheels
Author: Erwin Bauer
Format: Paperback Size: 6" x 9" Pages: 146 Illustrations: Black & White Date: 1969 Comments: Covers all sorts of aspects of recreation with wheels including Station Wagons, 4-Wheel Drive Vehicles, Truck Campers, Tent Trailers, Travel Trailers, Motor Homes, Oddball Rec Vehicles, Trail Bikes, Minibikes, Snowmobiles, and more. Conspicuously absent is any real coverage of VW's bus. Volkswagen is credited with originating the "Camping Van" or motorhome concept, but no further mention. |
Fun & Interesting New Books
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Saving Charlotte
Author: Kat Wiechert
Format: Paperback Size: 6" x 9" Pages: 89 Illustrations: Black & White Date: 2012 Available at: GoWesty, Amazon or Barnes and Noble Comments: "We drove away in an unlicensed car that we did not legally own, complete with a bashed in front end, a badly cracked windshield, and a headlight propped in with duct tape, a tree branch and a piece of foam lying on the ground. It was not an encouraging way to start our 3,000 mile journey". (from he back cover) |
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Drive Nacho Drive
Author: Brad & Shena Van Orden
Format: Paperback Size: 6" x 9" Pages: 334 Illustrations: Unknown Date: 2013 Available at: GoWesty, Amazon or Barnes and Noble Comments: "Drive Nacho Drive tells the hilarious and sometimes harrowing story of what happens when Brad and Sheena Van Orden trade in the American Dream for a year on the roads of Central and South America aboard "Nacho", their quirky and somewhat temperamental Volkswagen van. As a result of questionable decision-making skills and intermittent bad luck, Brad and Sheena repeatedly find themselves in over their heads. Whether negotiating cliff-hanging roads in rebel territory, getting caught illegally smuggling a transmission in a suitcase over international lines, mounting a stealth mission to steal Nacho back from a deranged Colombian auto dismantler, or clinging to the side of a vegetable truck while descending a 16,000 foot Andean pass, there seems to be no limit to the predicaments that these two can get themselves into." (from Amazon.com website) |