The VW microbus could do so much so well for not a lot of money that it made utility and the van fun. The official vehicle of hippies, surfers and smoke shop owners since the Summer of Love.
The new high-compression, overhead-valve, 303-cubic-inch Rocket V8 made up to 165 hp when the best Ford only made 100. The 88 was prototype for the next 25 years of American performance.
