Meet Loretta

I'm pretty stoked to introduce Loretta as the newest member of our family. Loretta is a 72' VW Westfalia. She just took me all the way from Iowa City in supreme style (and she told me it was OK to call her LoLo). We bought it from a guy named Pete. Pete bought it from an elderly couple that had owned the van for almost 30 years. The wife (Loretta) was suffering advanced stages of Alzheimer's. Throughout the drawn out and emotional transfer of ownership to Pete, Loretta would exclaim, "We have a van just like that!" We hope to offer it the same kind of love and care that they did, and I think our relationship is off to a good start. The Hypocrite Wagon and the 12' Deathbox are soon to go.

I have been without an air-cooled presence in my life since I sold the 67' Karmann Ghia in 2002. Old Volksies gave me a profound appreciation for smart and simple engineering at a young age. I have since maintained an interrupted and varied (but not always monogamous) series of relationships with vintage VWs. I have even had a few water pumpers sprinkled in there. This is our first camper. She has a refrigerator that is capable of keeping beer cold. I have tools and a natural understanding of all things mechanical. It should be perfect symbiosis.