kirban 2 cents worth a bit of trivia and a bit of humor:
Years ago I had an old time mechanic was really into camping. He had one of those VW campers....loved it....think it had maybe 36 hp.....a real slug....wintered in Florida and camped on my driveway every summer (I had 3 tow trucks).....good old days...
I used to travel to various pontiac GTO shows spotted one of those 13 ft Scotty trailers for sale scotty is like the VW bug never changed the style made in western PA...cute little trailer for 2 people...paid a grand for it....great investment....
used it for several years sold it for the same money.
here is the trivia bit.....
Bill Campbell was the co-founder of Hurst Hurst being the shifter company made the jaws of life...he was the engineer behind the company got fired in 1969 just prior to Christmas...he loved camping....him and I think 2 or 3 buddies went to canada and bought the Prevost Bus company.....google that name Prevost they are the cadillac of campers rock stars use them.....
they later sold it in the early 90s to either volvo or ford can't member which.....he kept one for a number of years....if money is not a problem prevost is the one you want...
bit of a joke.....so I woudl take my ittle scotty with my mechanic on road trips...we would go to camp grounds.....he had bad kidneys and had to usually get up at nite and go potty....one nite at one camp ground I heard him get up and wonder done to the latrine....whie he was gone I got in the truck and pulled my rig around the entire camp ground to the other side....he came out of the bathroom and could not find the truck and camper in the dark.....
not sure of the exact profanity words he said but he did not find the humor in my joke....I miss the old guy.....we had some great times.....he was a heck of a mechanic....
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