The van just turned 32! Fifteen years on-the road…
Born at the St. Louis Assembly Plant in Hazelwood, Missouri during the golden age of American manufacturing. Rocinante started it’s career as a working truck for a painting contractor. On a hot day you can still smell the paint. The painter was a gambler and he used the van to settle a gambling debt. The gambler was a drunk and banged it up a little bit. The next owner used it to take an auto body course and fixed it up pretty nice taking out the dents and putting on a fresh coat of paint. Rocinante is not only my van, but also my double: a little rusty, past its prime, and engaged in a task beyond its ability.
