Some Volkswagens seem to roll straight from the factory into a museum. Others, like Craig Gonzalez’s 1968 Bay Window, live a thousand lives before lunchtime. This Bus – known affectionately and publicly as Edgar – has been on quite the journey, and not just metaphorically. Slammed, painted, stickered and then stickered over, it’s a rolling storybook of trials, tribulations and good times on the open road. But despite the chaos, Edgar still wears his original paint, along with a bit of street art and a whole lot of hard-won attitude.
Craig’s VW story started only four years ago, but this ’68 is already his third and, at the rate he’s going, we’d say it’s unlikely to be his last. It’s definitely the one that’s made the biggest impact, though, after…
