Alas, all but one of his party backed out of the adventure, but Cumberford and a female acquaintance went ahead with the plan anyway, after swapping the rear bench seats for a double mattress.
He and some friends decided to travel to Mexico over the summer, so Cumberford traded his sleek Porsche 356 Super coupe for a brand-new boxy Microbus that could fit the entire crew.
For instance, in early 1958, our design editor, Robert Cumberford, was studying philosophy at UCLA, having left the General Motors design studio the previous year.
Real people have epic Transporter stories, too.
