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Did Marco's '68 Chevy imbibe the brown battery acid?
Woodstock Times December 2, 1999

Few of the people who attended the original Woodstock Festival returned home unaffected by the experience. Maybe it was the generally prevalent good feeling, or the sense of the new age dawning, or perhaps it was all of the drugs: whatever, almost everyone was transformed by the ev ent. But little did we know, while the festival-goers were getting stoned on Max Yasgurs fields, their vehicles were getting passed behind his garage.
      Or so it seems. Recently, I had the opportunity to pay a visit to a car that had attended that momentous momentous occasion. It too, had been psychedelicized by that weekend.I dont know if it was all the marijuana smoke passing through its air filter or the acid in its battery, or just a little isoproponal in its gas tank, but something had happened to this car. From the candy cane striped spark plug wires under the hood to the solar disk blazing on the trunk, this was certainly not a factory paint job.
      The drivers side of the car was dedicated as a memorial to the veterans of the Vietnam war. The passenger side was decorated like the festival itselfThe interior was no more conventional. Gypsy-style fabrics decorated the ceiling. Denim covered the seats. One touch I particularly liked was that the denim was really old dungarees and such; there were paockets everywhere. Professional automotive enginners take note: forget all those cup-holders- cars need pockets! I have to admit I had never seen that before.
        The owner Marco Duquette, had conceived the cars embellishment, but he'd had a communes worth of help in the actual work. Happy Life Productions of Woodstock supplied a lot of the stickers, as well as the design for the sun on the hood. Its execution was by Mike DuBois and Kelly Sinclair. Front hood graphics were by Sign Impact of Ulster. Basic painting was by John Jandura, a local body shop worker. There was also, as Marco put it, alot of "female energy" in the car- Mary Bedel did alot of interior painting, as did Michele Carlisle. Holly, Bunny, and Apple (no last names given) did the sewing of the denim seats. Clearly a cooperative project.
       Previously thios had been a 1968 Chevrolet Impala with a 307 cubic inch engine and a two barrel carberator> Im not sure whatto call it now. I guess the Department of Motor Vehicles still thinks its a '68 Chevy. But what could you possibly put in the space on the registration card for color?
     "So what do you think?", asked Marco. "It's over the top:completely over the top," was all I could answer, " And is that a good thing or a bad thing?", he queried. " I guess it depends on your perspective", I replied. "Were you at Woodstock?"