Vintage Volkswagen Easter

As a break on a Holiday weekend mostly spent working on the "beloved bungalow", we took the 1959 Volkswagon Kombie, a former TV repair bus, on its maiden voyage. LondonHIM extracted this bus from a local salvage yard. It was a shell with no drive train. A huge project completely reworking the 50 year old bus but leaving the original handpainted logos by the 1st owner as a testament to the American dream. The former owner purchased it in August of 1959 and drove it until 1985. This bus was instrumental in a small business owner putting his sons though college and providing for his family in a time when people still fixed things. Those sons now are bank VIP's. When contacted they were excited to hear the bus was heading back to the roads. They thought it had been crushed long ago.

I consider LondonHIM my personal Renaissance man. At home in an Antique store (he worked in them during college years), a museum (former assistant curator) or on a quest for vintage Volkswagens or Vespas (real junking) to fix. Aside: He can easily understand a decor obsession as a guy with a few of his own.

So for our holiday dinner, LondonHIM's brother and girlfriend trekked down to the Liberty Bar in his 1961 Volkswagen Westfalia and we took the TV repair bus. Needless to say the buses garnered a lot of attention. I had no idea it would be such fun to ride in the rusty old box on wheels!

Picture from the Liberty Bar website.

The Liberty Bar has been described as an engineering marvel. While structurally sound the restaurant leans drastically and has crooked floors. It also serves some of the best food in San Antonio. Their motto is "Liberty Bar: Serious Food." Check out the menu. Some great dining is done here. It's a favorite for us.

The leaning Liberty Bar.

First full gas tank in the bus in 20 years!

LondonBrother and his girlfriend.

LondonHIM and I. It's too cold to be outside! (And camera phone's stink.)

Happy Easter!