Thread: Remember these sweet days

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The days of wild custom vans .




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Hmmmm............Did you find a roll of fresh shag carpet that needs a home Bobby?

LOL no I always used sculptured !!!



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many years ago i work for a guy. as the kids say .. back in the day.. took a new chevy van and pie choped it . it was in van custom mag or some thing .was the baddest thing around in the mid to late 70s

Shag-O-Lushest in the van world.

Ah, yess; the day. I traded my '69 Chevy 4x4 for a '69 Dodge A100 shorty that was lowered (with blocks in the rear and flipped leaves in front (bad deal, that)); had walnut and maple paneling, and gold shag carpet. It drove like a drunk squirrel, but it looked good, sitiin' still.
When we bought our house, we couldn't qualify with two car payments, so we sold the van and kept the '68 Chevelle SS396.

I think one of my girlfriends had a van back in the 60's...... But, as the saying goes, if you remember the 60's you weren't there!!!!!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

I think one of my girlfriends had a van back in the 60's...... But, as the saying goes, if you remember the 60's you weren't there!!!!!

Too funny!!!!! Kinda miss ny old 70 ford van....had a lot of good times in it.....probably wasn't the safest ride around though, with the flat front nose and drum brakes. Mine had s 170 in it....fully loaded trucks used to beat me from the red light...

Originally Posted by Rrumbler

Ah, yess; the day. I traded my '69 Chevy 4x4 for a '69 Dodge A100 shorty that was lowered (with blocks in the rear and flipped leaves in front (bad deal, that)); had walnut and maple paneling, and gold shag carpet. It drove like a drunk squirrel, but it looked good, sitiin' still.
When we bought our house, we couldn't qualify with two car payments, so we sold the van and kept the '68 Chevelle SS396.

love the drunk squirrel.. we had a 79 chevy van with the.. House of Shag.. job done to it. that thing on ice was a joy to drive .it was almost new and i just about put it in a big big ditch.i past someone.roads did not look bad.i went to get back in the lane dam thing look like friday night at the dirt track i never want to get a chevy van that far sideways in my life time

I went thru that too. MIne was an early 60s Econoline with a 289 and C4 stuffed into it. It one of the shortest ownerships and quickest "what was I thinking" period I ever had.

Wish now I had kept the Radir wheels and straight axle though


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one thing about those early econoline straight axles---they used them under a lot of tri 5 chevy gassers