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Given the keen interest in this iconic vehicle, Hieronimus, together with the aid of some Volkswagen and Bulli fans and a Kickstarter campaign, managed to recreate the LIGHT Bus that looks identical to the original.
Life, as they documented the festival. The Associated Press took the most iconic photo – a head-on shot with Light drummer Rick Peters and Light singer Trudy Morgal sitting barefoot atop the bus.
After years of heavy use, the original LIGHT Bus went missing in the 1970s. Given the keen interest in this iconic vehicle, Hieronimus, together with the aid of some Volkswagen and Bulli fans and a Kickstarter campaign, managed to recreate the LIGHT Bus
that looks identical to the original. East Coast VW Restorations in St. Augustine, Florida, and Skinner Classics VW Restorations in Vacaville, California, helped restore this incredible rolling time capsule. The second- generation LIGHT Bus was completed in time for the 50th anniversary of Woodstock and was on display at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.
Visit lightvwbus.com to learn more about the bus.
You can ride along on the bus’s fantastic journey from start to finish in CuriosityStream’s original documentary, “The Woodstock Bus.” Visit CuriosityStream.com/LIGHT to watch, and use the promo code LIGHT to explore that and thousands of more documentaries free for
30 days.
See the recreated LIGHT Bus at the AACA Museum as part of a featured “Age of Aquarius: Cars of the Counterculture & Beyond” exhibit, on view through April 26.
Jeffrey Bliemeister is the Executive Director of the AACA Museum.
Light drummer Rick Peters and Light singer Trudy Morgal sitting barefoot atop the bus
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Photo: The Associated Press