It took three years to recreate, restore and repaint
this Volkswagen Type 2 van, made to look like the famous model that appeared at
the legendary 1969 Woodstock Art and Music Fair.
Artist Dr. Bob Hieronimus and Canadian documentarian
John Wesley Chisholm worked together with VW USA in order to bring this van to
life ahead of Woodstock’s milestone anniversary. The official unveiling will
take place this weekend at the Orange County Transporter Organization winter
meet in Long Beach, California.
At first, Hieronimus and Chisholm wanted to locate
and restore the original ‘Light’ bus. However, after their six month long
search did not yield any results, they decided to build a replica instead. The
pair then used a Kickstarter campaign in order to acquire an exact model like
the original bus – it took six weeks alone just to recreate the original
paintings.
After learning about the project, Volkswagen USA,
together with a team of VW fans offered their support during the search and
restoration process.
