Remember these sweet days

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08-01-2012, 08:07 PM
bluestang67

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Remember these sweet days

The days of wild custom vans .

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08-02-2012, 06:23 AM
Bob Parmenter

Hmmmm............Did you find a roll of fresh shag carpet that needs a home Bobby?
08-02-2012, 08:30 PM
bluestang67

LOL no I always used sculptured !!!

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08-02-2012, 09:24 PM
pat mccarthy

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
08-03-2012, 05:02 AM
1gary

Shag-O-Lushest in the van world.
08-03-2012, 12:58 PM
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. :LOL::LOL:
When we bought our house, we couldn't qualify with two car payments, so we sold the van and kept the '68 Chevelle SS396.
08-03-2012, 01:41 PM
Dave Severson

I think one of my girlfriends had a van back in the 60's......:LOL::LOL::LOL: But, as the saying goes, if you remember the 60's you weren't there!!!!!:whacked::whacked::whacked:
08-08-2012, 04:26 AM
CR55

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Originally Posted by Dave Severson

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

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...
08-08-2012, 05:21 AM
pat mccarthy

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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. :LOL::LOL:
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
08-08-2012, 05:42 AM
Mike P

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 :LOL:

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08-08-2012, 07:10 AM
jerry clayton

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