Van fans

[Carmine]

Saw this @ work yesterday. Rims are 17". Pretty neat. Because it's old, everyone assumes it's mine. How can that be when I'm just a few rows away

Sorry for the low quality pics, dark parking garage on a sunny day is pretty challenging for an ol' BlackBerry.

 

[commando1]

Oh, slick one. Sneaky way to slip in a shameless self promotion. Nice Mercury...

 

[1978 NYB]

Vans are cool too!

 

[rapidtrans]

My brother had a van just like it. Except his was a tan VW.

 

[Carmine]

Oh, slick one. Sneaky way to slip in a shameless self promotion. Nice Mercury...

I can't help it. It makes me smile whenever I walk towards it.

But I imagine the van-man does the same.

 

[commando1]

I can't help it. It makes me smile whenever I walk towards it.

Nothing wrong with that!!

 

[live4theking]

I wouldn't call myself a van fan, but I'd own and drive that van.

 

[cm23uoc]

Do you call the rear window versions vans as well, we'd call These a bus in Germany.

 

[rapidtrans]

In generic terms.
The OP would be called a Camper Van.
The other versions were commonly referred to as Panel Van and Window Van.

 

[CBODY67]

In generic terms.
The OP would be called a Camper Van.
The other versions were commonly referred to as Panel Van and Window Van.

Still dang neat, no matter what! And, in this day and ages, "rare". "That's a DODGE?"

CBODY67

 

[cantflip]

Do you call the rear window versions vans as well, we'd call These a bus in Germany.

40' and 13'1" that's a bus...

 

[cm23uoc]

You must have been Born in Texas.
It starts right here in Europe:

 

[cantflip]

You must have been Born in Texas.
It starts right here in Europe:

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That one is blue and has a bird on her... but "bigger is better" isn't exclusive to Texas. We're a country full of folks who can't fit their ride in the garage...

 

[garyh]

Does this count ?

 

[stubs300]

Does this count ?

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I don't know, but I know this does!

 

[garyh]

It Sure Does ! Nice !

 

[Carmine]

I have never seen another specific vehicle where just one particular color is so popular. In other words, everything was green in the early 70s, but it seems like 75% of these vans are seafoam turquoise.

 

[stubs300]

If your as old as I am and remember seeing the Sears Service trucks like this style, then cool. Because it was a Sears Service truck in it's younger days!

 

[Carmine]

If your as old as I am and remember seeing the Sears Service trucks like this style, then cool. Because it was a Sears Service truck in it's younger days!

I can... but my memory is of the turquoise '71+ models.