Vannin' Community and Forums Forums General Discussion Readers Rides "YOUR" Vans thru the years!

I thought this might be a fun topic... Pictures of all your vans thru the years.. even if its only one... I was bored today and lookin thru some old photos.. I scanned all my vans I ever owned.. now u can see too!

First one.. bought it when I was 15 with paper route money
69 Ford


Second one 77 Chevy did a bunch of work on this one.. then totaled it.. :-(





Third one was a 75 Chevy with a hurst 3 on the floor.. fun van had this one a longggg time..



Fourth was a 87 Astro The child growing up years! LOL I had nice wheels and tires on it however cant find those pics YET!



Fifth is my current pride and Joy... My 97 Dodge 4x4



Sixth is my other current one the one I bought for my g/f my 72 Dodge with still only 5000 original miles on her...



Seventh..78 Chevy.. sorta counts It was mine for a week or so before my son paid me for it now its his 2nd Van he owns...

Good idea Keith,i'm on my 22nd van, but i know i have some pics laying around somewhere.

This is a GREAT idea for a thread, gotta get scanning now! I'm on my 9th.

This is easy! I had a 1972 shorty Ford window van from '72 - '75 - no pics. Since then I have only had one and it is shown to the left of this post and here:

https://www.vanning.com/bonehead/BoneHead_revenge/index.html

Cool idea Snotty. Here's my pics. For some reason, I never took a lot of pics of my own vans. If anyone has pics of my first three vans I'd love to see them! My first van I begged and pleaded my parents to loan me the money to buy this '66 Dodge A-100 shorty. I was 17 and vanning was gathering momentum. This is how it looked after I saved up to have it repainted and got decent wheels for it. I loved this van. The color, the body style, the "attitude" everything. It's the blue one in the pics.



After a few years, I had to get rid of my '66. Besides terminal cancer, the steering box was breaking loose. I didn't have the funds to keep putting money into a van just to keep it running. I needed something dependable. My second van I bought in New Jersey in '76 at Dodgeland. I had seen an ad in Truckin magazine about how they had a huge selection so my wife and I rode down with my parents on a Saturday , picked out our next van, and drove it back the next day! Another shorty.


My third van, I bought in the early 80's because I craved a radical van and was too impatient and too poor to build one myself. I saw this one for sale at a van-in, struck a deal and rode a bus out to Conn. to pick it up. It had a side gull wing, no back doors, cougar tail lights, 3/4 raised roof, 400 cu. in. motor, full murals, and a bunch of other stuff. But it was well used and I dumped a ton of money into it before I got tired of it and sold it.


My fourth and present van I ordered new in '92 and is my favorite ride. But someday I'll be getting another A-100 to cruise in.

Cool idea for a thread! My first van, was not very picture worthy. I bought it in 1995 after upgrading from a VW Rabbit. I always wanted a van, and bought the first one I found. It was a 81 Dodge w/ a slanty six. Pretty much drove it into the ground.

I then found the one I currently own and bought it for 500 bucks. It looked like this more or less:



Not too pretty. This is much better:


I am currently on my 3rd van. A 1998 conversion.

awwww, man. You mean I have to count?

a cool new feature that you can be emailed on ur "watched" topics... now I know when u guys are posting pics of ur vans!

Denim where is that radical now?? LOL that A 1oo looked sweet too...

Capt who cares if it was picture worthy... LOL look at my first one! dont u have any pics at all?? Keep the pictures coming vanners!

Great idea Snotty. I'm missing at least one van here.
Here are three of them and you know my current one is in signature.
Gup

My first van was an early I got in '94. A '67 that I dug out of 6 inches of mud after sitting for years. It resides in Pittsburgh now and looks good.


I picked this one up in Decatur Il. in '98. It's an '85. Not sure where it is now.


My second '67. I flew to San Antonio in 2003 and picked it up from Starlord. What a drive back to Philly.