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This was what vans were like when I was a kid
Posted: October 4, 2007, 7:48 pm
by Phil
Posted: October 4, 2007, 9:30 pm
by bigtrip460
its like huggybear took his van to pimp my ride.
Posted: October 4, 2007, 9:51 pm
by DocDave
You could actually make money renting that thing for the next starsky and hutch movie!
Posted: October 4, 2007, 9:52 pm
by BigTim
That brings back memories. I miss the 70s, or maybe I miss being a teenager. Wife and kids say I act like one.

Posted: October 4, 2007, 10:19 pm
by ezernut9mm
looks like a heck of a return on the original build price. lol
i'm not sure if i'd give them .05 on the dollar for that, but then again, i never was much of a "van man". now, if it were an early 70s hornet...
Posted: October 4, 2007, 10:25 pm
by f100fordguy
wasnt that on mtv last week........
Posted: October 5, 2007, 2:50 am
by blackagatha
haha geez. those were the days, weren't they???? I couldn't know.... I didn't come into the playing field till the 90's...
I think it's all a bit horrifying in a sickly sleasy kind of way, but I find that I have to halfway appreciate something that a lot of QUALITY work went into, regardless of what it is....
But still.... GROSS. I sure as hell wouldn't want to see that van under blacklight....
Posted: October 5, 2007, 2:52 am
by MrEvil
No no no, that van is an unused prop from Battlestar Galactica 1980. It was supposed to be a special vehicle the Cylons used to get around on Earth. To help them blend in.
Some of those old vans are rolling works of art. Alot better than what you see on the road now.
Posted: October 5, 2007, 5:36 am
by mikecarson
Ahh, to be a teenager again!
Posted: October 5, 2007, 7:07 am
by Phil
Its like an upside down bass boat
Posted: October 5, 2007, 7:13 am
by BigTim
Heavyhauler wrote:Its like an upside down bass boat
LMAO

Posted: October 5, 2007, 8:20 am
by Johnny Canuck
Didn't get the thing about a bass boat, but that thing is Shagadelic Baby! Yeah! LOL
Posted: October 5, 2007, 9:16 am
by Phil
Bass boats I see around the great lakes are generally painted metal flaked and about as gaudy
Posted: October 5, 2007, 9:47 am
by Johnny Canuck
Oh . The nearest bass is probably 1000K away from me on the bald ass prairie. An extravigant cabin cruiser out here is a 12 foot aluminum boat with a 10 horse Johnson and a cooler.
forgive my iggnerrince

Posted: October 5, 2007, 10:33 am
by Slick Fan
ezernut9mm wrote:looks like a heck of a return on the original build price. lol
Holy crap, I didn't see that at first!
The red velvet stabbin' cabin looks cozy.

Posted: October 5, 2007, 10:50 am
by Phil
LOL
stabbin cabin.
Who needs airbags with a tuck n roll instrument cluster
Posted: October 5, 2007, 10:54 am
by Phil
Wait a sec, is it two chicks on the side?

Posted: October 5, 2007, 12:04 pm
by ICEMAN6166
i have not seen one of those in quite a while.a party on wheels for sure.
Posted: October 5, 2007, 12:45 pm
by Phil
Someone just did the math for me,
Its Ann and Nancy Wilson from Heart.
It just makes the whole thing a billion times funnier
Posted: October 5, 2007, 8:43 pm
by Truckfarmer
Wow, that takes me back to my youth. I used to be a vanner and attended the Van Nationals several times. I used to read all the van magazines and don't ever remember seeing that one. With a $96K build price you would think it would have been pretty famous then. Rarely did the vans cost more than $30,000 even for the more outlandish ones. A friend of mine in Peoria still has his 74 Dodge that built by the National Street Van Assoc.. It's build was documented in the magazinesat the time. He still shows it at van events. His was above the $30K price though.