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Groovy Van, Man
Josue Merigo and Howard Woodward spent months painting artists and cultural symbols from the 1960s on a VW van you can find in front of the Beach Club Grille or around town.
Mellow Yellow. Flower Power. The Beatles. Vietnam. Neil Armstrong.
On a van with a "IB HIPPY" license plate that can sometimes be seen around town or found outside the Beach Club Grille, there are more than 100 cultural symbols and musicians from the 1960s.
Among icons remembered on the VW include Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Cesar Chavez and on the back the Beatles in their Sergeant Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band get ups.
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The mobile work of art was done by 19-year-old Josue Merigo and Howard Woodward over the course of two months this spring.
Watch this video to hear child of the 60s and Art Kids of San Diego County director Howard Woodward talk about how the bus came to be.
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Earlier this week Woodward appeared on KUSI News to show off the hippy homage.
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