Van Life

ccrow · Post by **ccrow** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 9:39 pm

I like a hood so I dig sedan delivery

or panel trucks

http://www.acmeuniforms1963truck.com/

Bedlam 0-0-0 · Post by **Bedlam 0-0-0** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 11:51 pm

Oh yes...I dig the station wagons. That first one is tip top, I like the lack of windows.
How can we talk of station wagons without the classic?

This Grocery Getter moonlights as a panty dropper.

Bedlam 0-0-0 · Post by **Bedlam 0-0-0** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 12:03 am

DikTracy6000 wrote:
Mickey O'neil wrote:Sweet ass van right here. Anyone know about what year and model?

Mick,I had an 85 Chevy van that looked pretty close to that. My wife still bitches about not having it anymore. We took it on vacations to Pa. to Maine-Canada-Florida a number of times.

Sweet DikTracy! What did the inside look like? Seats? Bed? Carpeted? I'm going to do something with the inside of my 1969 Chevy Van sometime in the near future though I'm not quite sure what yet. I'm thinking of creating two tiers so I can store my camping things, spare tire, etc below and sleep up top. So far I've traveled and camped all over arizona, colorado and some parts of texas, namely Austin. Cheers!

DikTracy6000 · Post by **DikTracy6000** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 12:55 am

Bedlam 1946 wrote:
DikTracy6000 wrote:
Mickey O'neil wrote:Sweet ass van right here. Anyone know about what year and model?

Mick,I had an 85 Chevy van that looked pretty close to that. My wife still bitches about not having it anymore. We took it on vacations to Pa. to Maine-Canada-Florida a number of times.
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Sweet DikTracy! What did the inside look like? Seats? Bed? Carpeted? I'm going to do something with the inside of my 1969 Chevy Van sometime in the near future though I'm not quite sure what yet. I'm thinking of creating two tiers so I can store my camping things, spare tire, etc below and sleep up top. So far I've traveled and camped all over arizona, colorado and some parts of texas, namely Austin. Cheers!

Maroon carpet throughout, captains chairs, and two benches when taken out could sleep four pretty easily. I also added two alum. steps that went from wheel to wheel on both sides for the secret service men to stand on. Mine actually had windows, but the wife balked when I wanted to added those skinny venetian blinds. It also had two big speakers in the rear and sounded like a bandbox when I cranked it up.

Bedlam 0-0-0 · Post by **Bedlam 0-0-0** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 1:16 am

WOW!!!!! That is really friggin' cool! Thanks for sharing! I hope your wife talks you into getting another one! I bet that maroon carpet looked great!! Vans rule!

Shafpocalypse Now · Post by **Shafpocalypse Now** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 2:51 am

I had a Dodge Ram conversion van. Forest green.

1976-1979 ish, I can't remember, drove it in 1986, 1987, 1988...my brother wrecked it in '88

Had the little v-8 in it.

2 captains chairs, a bench that folded down into a bed in the back, curtains, shag carpeting.

I got as much pussy in that van that a horny teen could.

Fucker was awesome in the snow.

DikTracy6000 · Post by **DikTracy6000** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 2:49 pm

Shafpocalypse Now wrote:

I had a Dodge Ram conversion van. Forest green.

1976-1979 ish, I can't remember, drove it in 1986, 1987, 1988...my brother wrecked it in '88

Had the little v-8 in it.

2 captains chairs, a bench that folded down into a bed in the back, curtains, shag carpeting.

I got as much pussy in that van that a horny teen could.

Fucker was awesome in the snow.

My Dad had almost that identical van with a custom paint job. I used to bitch at him, that he waited till I left home to buy all the cool vehicles. My Chevy van was a tank in the snow when I put the tire chains on.

j-cubed · Post by **j-cubed** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 4:21 pm

Both my teen kids call all vans "pedovans" sometimes "rapevans"

Which is funny, because my son had a summer job running network wiring for a school district, so he would often drive the company van, he'd pull up and say "I have the pedovan today"

Bobby · Post by **Bobby** » Sun Dec 29, 2013 6:07 am

I thought that this would be about Steve Maxwell....

dingleberry · Post by **dingleberry** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 1:47 am

I think some you will remember this van from your childhoods.

Protobuilder · Post by **Protobuilder** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 1:59 am

DrDonkeyLove · Post by **DrDonkeyLove** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 2:43 am

I must have this!

Bedlam 0-0-0 · Post by **Bedlam 0-0-0** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 3:37 am

Those sportsvans are wicked...and wicked expensive. Getting up into the 100k realm and above depending on the options. I saw one at the Grand Canyon a few months ago and it was slick.

DrDonkeyLove wrote:I must have this!

Dirt McGirt · Post by **Dirt McGirt** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 6:23 am

This thread is awesome, if for no other reason, because it reminded me of reading CARtoons 30 years ago...

Protobuilder · Post by **Protobuilder** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 7:45 am

theobsession · Post by **theobsession** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 2:13 pm

i have a 74 VW camper bus.....everyone loves them!

Shapecharge · Post by **Shapecharge** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 8:33 pm

The word is Volkswagon is going to put out a new van or two. Do some googling. I can't post any pics.

Bedlam 0-0-0 · Post by **Bedlam 0-0-0** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 9:14 pm

Thanks Shape! I did not know about the new microbus. They have too many windows for my tasts and habits but they look pretty functional. Up until 1995 the old vw bus continued to be made in mexico and this year the last factory that made them located in Sao Paulo Brazil shut down. Here is Car and Driver's article about the microbus. 40k price tag and a diesel option which would be quite nice! http://www.caranddriver.com/features/20 ... us-feature

Bedlam 0-0-0 · Post by **Bedlam 0-0-0** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 9:18 pm

theobsession wrote:i have a 74 VW camper bus.....everyone loves them!

Heck yes! They are tres cool! I'd love to get my hands on one if I wasn't already saddled with my chevy project.

Bedlam 0-0-0 · Post by **Bedlam 0-0-0** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 9:20 pm

For the record, I have slept under a bridge down by the river...well it was more of a drainage ditch.

Terry B. wrote:

Bedlam 0-0-0 · Post by **Bedlam 0-0-0** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 7:40 am

The future happened.

Visions.

Bedlam 0-0-0 · Post by **Bedlam 0-0-0** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 7:43 am

j-cubed · Post by **j-cubed** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 4:30 pm

Bedlam 0-0-0 wrote:Thanks Shape! I did not know about the new microbus. They have too many windows for my tasts and habits but they look pretty functional. Up until 1995 the old vw bus continued to be made in mexico and this year the last factory that made them located in Sao Paulo Brazil shut down. Here is Car and Driver's article about the microbus. 40k price tag and a diesel option which would be quite nice! http://www.caranddriver.com/features/20 ... us-feature

It's another fuckin minivan, nothing special. Though a turbo diesel option would be interesting.
40K for that, the last brand new minivan I bought my wife, in 2012, had a sticker in the 23's.

j-cubed · Post by **j-cubed** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 4:35 pm

Cool pics

Bedlam 0-0-0 wrote:The future happened.

But were they inspiration for the "bang Bus"?

Turdacious · Post by **Turdacious** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 5:17 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VJDIeeSdAE[/youtube]

Old vans deserve to live and die with dignity.

IGX

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