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A conversion van. Almost always, a 1970s custom conversion van. It's all enough to make you feel like every car driving down the street is watching you. Following you. Especially when it's a van. I'm telling you. those custom vans of the 70s will plop you right down in the middle of a Rockwell song.


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In the late 1980s, with the advent of the Dodge Caravan and its ilk, vans seemed to get a bad rap as bland family haulers. The great vans of the 1970s, meanwhile got parked, and by the late 1990s, custom van culture was largely hidden behind its own velour curtains. But behind those draperies, the culture simmered and survived.


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The Van (1977) Courtesy Marimark Productions. Co-starring a young Danny DeVito, this 1977 film directed by Sam Grossman stared an unknown Stuart Getz who played "Bobby," a teenager who works at the local car wash and just graduated from high school. The day he graduates, he finally gets to pick up his custom Dodge van that he's been.


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You might say the 1970s full size van wasthe crazy uncle of the modern minivan - the uncle that lived dangerously in the 70s, then flamed out at decade's end. In the 1970s, many van owners took their shaggin' wagons seriously and tricked them out to the limit: Big shiny sidepipes with mellow sound, plush interior carpeting for maximum.


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1978 Dodge B200 Van Mecum. 1978 Dodge B200 Van Mecum. By Lefroy's standards, this Dodge B200 is tame. It's one of the more honest vintage examples on offer in Las Vegas, but notable for its characteristic '70s brown paint and wood-finished interior. It has a rebuilt 440-cubic-inch V-8 engine, aluminum intake, four-barrel carburetor, and.


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While vans are still popular in certain pockets of the automotive hobby, if you want to see the real thing, you need to go back to the mid-1970s, when the cu.


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The humble van — transport of phone installers, electricians and plumbers — was suddenly cool. More than a decade before Chrysler would revolutionize the van business and cut the coolness right out of it, the full-size van was a blank canvas for limitless customization. A couple of things made the 1970s a perfect time for van customization.


Van Life The Coolest Vans of the 1970s BestRide

Vans of the Past As you would expect, the HOT ROD archives are chock-full of van photos from the '70s, as staffers covered van-ins, cruises with vans, vans, vans, and more vans. We even spun off.


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The 'Boogie Van' has a must-see interior. The 1970s was a special time when customized vans were all the rage. This 1975 Chevrolet G10 panel van is a fitting homage to the era, from the wild.


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Champion Trans-Van. Champion Home Builder's Trans-Van line of camper vans struck a near-perfect balance between the custom vans of the 1970s and a taller traditional motorhome. The Trans-Van hit.


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A classic car connaisseur talks about the groooovy custom van craze of the 1970's. What moved people to turn their vans into high rolling bordello's? Keep on.


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75,000 miles · Colorado Springs, CO. 1976 Ford E250 3/4 Ton Van with an out of this world customization. Straight out of the 70s its a time capsule in itself. 75k miles, 8 cyl, 351 cu in motor. The motor was rebuilt about 4 years ago and has less than 5k mile… more. 22 hours ago on ListedBuy.


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The first one is a 1976 Plum Crazy Purple Dodge B100 Tradesman dubbed Crazy Van. It sports a mild-built 440-cubic-inch big block from a Dodge motorhome and a full if-this-van-a-rockin interior.


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The custom van craze was short-lived, Sadly, the culture faded away as the 70s oil crisis took its toll and the concept of the minivan gained popularity—but the custom vans still had a lasting impact on car culture. It paved the way for other customization trends, such as the lowrider and the hot rod. It also helped popularize the idea of the.


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West Coast Custom Vans: Living That #VanLife Since the '70s. From the archives: All over the West Coast, the bright wheels keep on rollin' and vanners keep on truckin'.


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1976 Chevrolet G20 Van G20 1976 Custom Chevy Van G20. 350/350 Runs Excellent! A real survivor from the 70's van craze.Red shag carpet fold out bed ice box bar. Really nice inside. Not many like it anywhere.Custom conversion from RVI. Second owner. Sun Roof Venturi Vent Bubble WindowsFeel free to call or Text9252004552

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