Wilt & The Bug

Love me some Big Dipper history!!!

Thanks HE,

--RC

Hey Eric,

That picture of Wilt reminded me of a story my mother told me of when she was in Lawrence when he was playing for the Jayhawks. She said he drove an MG Midget around town and one day she saw him climb out of it and that he kept coming out and out and out. She laughed about it.

Also in 1972, around Relays time...he was in town visiting his ol' friend Bob Timmons. At that time I was a member of the Student Relays Committee and found myself walking down the hall to Bob's office when Wilt and him came out together. I got to shake his hand and say what an honor it was to meet him and that I thought he was one of the greatest basketball players ever. At that time he was playing professional volley ball.

But seeing that picture...I thought I'd share.

RCJH!

A little to the post but reminds me of an old college classmate that worked at a gas station in Goddard Ks in the 70s. A VW bug pulls up to get gas. Out of the VW steps out the driver Ken Keonigs (all 6'10) (Goddard's his hometown) along with a passenger, Paul Molkeski (sorry for the selling) at 7'1ish. Ken had taken out the front seats and became a backseat driver.

Slayer, I had a similar experience. I worked from 1977-80 at The Amoco station on 9th and Iowa. I worked usually 40 hours per week including noon the midnight most Saturdays and 10 to 10 on Sundays. Ah, the joys of working your way through college. Anyway, I met many interesting people. This was during the full service era before self-serve. I waited on coaches, players, and all sorts of others. Quite a few interesting stories. But one of the more memorable customers was Paul Mokeski in his modified 1973 Monte Carlo. He had the back set removed and had the driver seat back about where the backseat was originally.