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| | | Re: Registered both my vans for the show | Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,124 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,124 | I go to car shows as often as I can. I could care less what the car guys say, the largest crowd is always around the vans. It's because vanners can build something much more creative than a tuck and roll (pronounced BORING) interior. People want to see something they've never seen, and something that's not out of reach for the normal working person.
100 grand doesn't make you a vehicle enthusiast.
| | | Re: Registered both my vans for the show | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4,460 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4,460 | to quote the bikers "15 grand and 15 miles dont make ya a f-in biker" They are just jealous cuz we can fit our girlfriends, and theirs in our vans to go to cruise nights.
2003 Grand Caravan Member Vanatics Van Club-Spfld, IL Member Florida Van Council Member Central Florida Vans,-Orlando, FL | | | Re: Registered both my vans for the show | Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 7,662 Likes: 2 carpal tunnel | carpal tunnel Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 7,662 Likes: 2 | The unfortunate FACT is. Van owners with nice daily driver vans who have never been to a van event,think /assume that vanners have the same attitude that the Car Guys have....
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| | | Re: Registered both my vans for the show | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 907 Likes: 1 old hand | old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 907 Likes: 1 | Well i attend a car show / cruise night almost every Saturday night to show off one of my vans. I get a good response from car guys and specters. There is this downfall at car shows. Showing up with a van is a deadly sin. Panels are ok but Vans are not. Depending on the car show is best to call in advance to see if they will allow your van to be in that show. I have done this a few times and about half of the shows don't allow vans. Some of the bigger shows do and i am going to be attending a Shiners Car show in Chesapeake,Va later this year that allows vans to show. Anyone wishing to join me give me a shout back. From what i have seen on the internet date is August 18th.
Tumbleweed Free Spirit Spirit In The Wind Nova Vans Virginia Van Council Troopa Sinner Tribe | | | Re: Registered both my vans for the show | Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 150 member | member Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 150 | just don't forget that when someone does something "rude" or says something to you taht is MEANT to PISS you off and in TURN ...YOU GET pissed off and start acting the SAME way they started....THATS WHY THEY DID IT IN THE FIRST PLACE....to PISS YOU OFF! If you want to give that attitude right back to them, does THAT make YOU better or the SAME as them , or worse? Usually when someone is rude to someone in fromt of others....everybody else knows it too and you ARE the better person by remaining calm ( let THEM continue to look like an ASS). Now I'm NOT sayin that is someone STARTS something phyisical with you that you should let them harm you or ANYBODY else( vanner or not). If they slap you....KICK THEIR ASS..... HARD!!!! BUT the LAST thing we need is to be PERCIEVED as a routy bunch of troublemakers or a super "sensitive" bunch ( thus giving EVERYBODY the oppurtunity to say" THAT's WHY VANNERS are outcasts and THAT's why we aer excluded from the "custom vehicle scene"). I have NEVER met a higher QUALITY group of individuals than vanners. Compassionate, good hearted, generous ,LIFE TEMPERED , kind , inovative , creative , resourceful...EVERY quality that folks SHOULD aspire to be. YUP ...we HAVE OUR ISSUES!!!! ( I for SURE got mine), BUT the issues in life is NOT was makes us, its HOW we deal with the STUFF that sets us apart.....PROUD TO BE 100% Vanner!!!!
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| | | Re: Registered both my vans for the show | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,463 Likes: 12 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,463 Likes: 12 | ...THATS WHY THEY DID IT IN THE FIRST PLACE... Words of genuine wisdom there, CustomVan!
-It's been such a LONG TIME... BlueShift>> 1981 Dodge Ram B250 Custom Sportsman Maxi Van It's what you learn after you know it all, that counts... Are you living to work, or working to live? Learning from my own mistakes is good, learning from yours would be much better! | | | Re: Registered both my vans for the show | Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 1,389 old hand | old hand Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 1,389 | to quote the bikers "15 grand and 15 miles dont make ya a f-in biker" They are just jealous cuz we can fit our girlfriends, and theirs in our vans to go to cruise nights. I 2nd that! This is very interesting to me, I didn't know there was an issue with vans at car shows, of course the last custom van I had was 20 years ago. Our cruise-ins and shows start this month so I will see, I do not consider mine a showvan but I might enter it in a couple to see what is said.
Live to Ride******Ride to Live 1982 Chevy G20 1998 GMC Savana 1973 GMC Motorhome | | | Re: Registered both my vans for the show | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 18,286 Likes: 559 | OP Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 18,286 Likes: 559 | Then that why he was pissed ...I didnt argue with him and walked away....3 hrs later was the tee shirt thing...It was his vender that got pissed....I know when I go out in my van I rep all vans, so my attitude was good ( safety meeting brownies ) ....I was more pissed after I got home and had time to think about what they did...
This happen on Sat...on thrus when I reg'ed he saw me drive in and the pastor yelled "Hell ya thats what we need"... but he was not a judge...just the host....East County Cruisers put on the show and did the judging...
SUNSHINE VANS-VAN DIEGO ADRENALIN BY THE GALLON & CHASIN RACIN ONE FOR THE DIRT & ONE FOR THE STREETS '93 CHEVY G30 454 4X4 SPORTVAN EXT 146" WB '92 CHEVY G30 454 BEAUVILLE EXT 146" WB | | | Re: Registered both my vans for the show | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 18,286 Likes: 559 | OP Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 18,286 Likes: 559 | Ya know I should have listened to my van...
It had not dripped a drop in 3 yrs....I drove the 93 to the show ( 2 blocks ) and when I got there and parked it was dripping oil...I think my van was puking on the show floor....It didnt want to be there...should have listen to my van....
And now 3 days later it doesnt leak any more not a drop.....strange
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