“I’d sure like to ride out of town with you” Vernon Laman told me and that Sunday morning we met.

For years Vernon drove a big rig as an over-the-road trucker. “I always wanted to build me a little wagon” the 83-year old Vernon told me. “So I bought an old Volkswagen and built this wagon”. The old Bug cost him twenty bucks. The rims are painted yellow. The chrome hubcaps say “VW”.