Here is a stupid question for you to concider .What happened to all the custom vans from the 70s van craze.There were thousands of them.Gulwing doors ,hugely expensive custom art work,bordello interiors complete with bars!!.Where did they all go ,are they in garages ,were they scraped,I would think after all this time the fad would be comeing back.Just wondering.  Ed

Probably all the hippies ended up living in them and they just fell apart....lol

I always liked vans, not so much the shag carpet and the water bed....but as a camper to travel in....had a few in the 80s-90s

raff are you a closet vanner? i figured i be the only one on here with those links lol

van fest is in june in alymer ontario great weekend long show

i know one of those.......... Denim machine..........was won by a guy here in the valley he use it only for summer for least 4 or 5 years after that i use to see it park under his carport for a fews years the paint had started to faded but it was still not that bad .............all i remember it went in the local paper was advertise for sale for a long time .............just don t know where it end up after

There still is truck'ns or shows, there are still van clubs in Ontario and its still alive just not every weekend from may to october anymore lol, they allow pickups, panels, import trucks and low riders, I still attend when i can after 36 years. I just don't fall down and pass out as much, i can even find my way back to my campsite at night. Al Brown of the St Catherines/Welland area who hosted the very first van-in back in the early 70s recently passed away, he was the godfather of vanning he was in his late 70s and still was very active in vanning, Al Brown was a member of Syndicated Truckers Van Club . He also had the vision to start a newsletter (no computers back then!) called the Ontario Federation of Truckers, which provided a means for clubs to promote their events and set up dates that did not conflict with other clubs. That concept was perhaps the seed that later grew to councils and the massive Council of Councils that are held every winter. ( perhaps rodders should consider this)

My buddy purchased one of those Coca Cola Hot Rod Magazine give away vans last year. It needed lost of work. There is another Coca Cola Hot Rod Magazine give away van in the Sault 5 min from me but the guy wont sell it. He won it way back when and drove the hell out of it. It is sitting in his yard and getting tired, but he wont sell it cause he said it is bad luck to sell stuff that you have won. Too bad.....so sad....

http://ontario.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-classic-cars-1986-GMC-Safari-Minivan-W0QQAdIdZ350263615

came across this the other day.. Not 70s but still part of that craze

-- Edited by poncho62 on Monday 30th of January 2012 02:54:03 PM

Got this when I was a kid, liked the pickups, El Caminos & Rancheros best.

Man there were a lot of them on the road back then-makes you wonder what happened to all of them. Even the OEM's were in on the craze.

The van scene in Ontario is still pretty big compared to a lot of places.. Every year there's a vanners weekend near London..my wife made me sell my van.. Feeling the shag carpet and cool
Interior wasn't "baby friendly".. But I loved that van.

Here is my brothers '76 Chevy Shorty Sport Van

 

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Hey Virgil let me guess mustache,curley 70s frow,open shirt and lotsa chains.Ah maybe not. Ed

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 Ya got the picture...just not of me!

Most of these vans look familiar! I sold mine about 5 years ago to buy my dart, and I miss it. Had her about 17 years and belonged to "Flying United Vans" out of Guelph. Had many great Truck Ins and memories !!