I shouldn’t have mentioned the Brubaker Box yesterday. I had to go searching for a link, and in the process, I discovered several equally awesome box-type  VW-based proto-mini-vans. For example, the Boonie Bug , pictured above, for which one can apparently still buy plans for $65. A modified version also allegedly had some screen time in Total Recall, though the Internet Movie Car Database doesn’t have a listing for that wonderful piece of early 1990s cinema.
Also still available in plan form is the Phoenix, with “the sleek look of a modern performance van,” “nimble handling” and no effort whatsoever to hide the fact that it’s pitching a pup tent. Ladies, the line forms to the left. (both of the above via the VCVC, where I hung out many a moon ago.)
Done yet? Not on your life. Here we have the Elite Enterprises Laser 49er, apparently designed by Harry Bradley. The gullwing doors I kinda understand. The name, not so much.
And finally, I’ve never heard of nor seen the 1976-1979 TV series Ark II until now, and that’s probably a good thing. However, Ark II did feature two vehicles for its occupants to roam the 25th century pollution-ravaged landscape with, the Ark II (left) and the Roamer (right). The Ark II was simply a dump truck with a fiberglass body (and not the same vehicle as the Damnation Alley landmaster, apparently), while the Roamer was a much-modified Brubaker Box actually built by the Brubaker Group.
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