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The New Chevy Van Body Style
#54901 January 10th 2001 10:12 pm
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For the first time since the early flat nosed Chevy and Gmc full size vans GM radically changed the style. What do you think? Positive, negative? I'm staying neutral to start...hehe.

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#54902 January 10th 2001 10:31 pm
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they changed it again?

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#54903 January 10th 2001 11:01 pm
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Donny neutral? That's a good one!
as far as the new chevys go, if you took one and chopped it 6", sectioned 8" out of the middle, lowered it 4", put the taillights back where God intended, got rid of the stupid window cutout lines, molded in the useless louvers at the rear, flared the quarters a little,molded in the bumpers,put on smaller mirrors,put on some 17" wheels to fill out the wheelwells, gullwing the side doors, clamshell the rears, put dual exhaust on,............

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#54904 January 10th 2001 11:50 pm
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Where's the new one?

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#54905 January 11th 2001 12:14 am
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....you would essentially have a really cool looking ASTRO VAN!

...to vanner 68!


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#54906 January 11th 2001 12:27 am
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Sorry, I shoulda been more specific....I was referring to the 1996 body change, the euro lookin restyle.It was the most radical change since they gave the thing a nose.I'm not sure we've found a name for the new ones, my 79 and 93 are both concidered "late" models, so I figured "new" would be appropriate, I reserve my opinions for now.Lol

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#54907 January 11th 2001 2:11 pm
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Well, the new one came with a new name - the "Express"... Before that, it was "van", plus the trim level... [Linked Image]

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#54908 January 11th 2001 8:27 pm
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Cybervanner, you are GOOD! caught that right away. Yep, a larger version of the astro would have been better, just like the dakota is the ram's little brother.

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#54909 January 12th 2001 12:09 pm
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Ok...you're right,Gregg, I just can't stay neutral, I've owned and loved Chevy vans since I got my first one 28 years ago,an ugly, beat up,paint spattered 62 Corvair Greenbriar. I used to have to drive it with the engine cover off because when you goosed it it would shoot flames out of one of the two tiny carbs.(perfect for scarin the crap outta hitchhikers) It;s bad enough almost every car looks like a turd melted in the rain or a rectal suppository,they just had to do the same to my beloved Chevy.It looks like a tool box from the side and a horse trailer from the rear.It has the melted nose of the new Ford,the big cheesey lookin plastic grill from the older Dodges and for some godawful reason those stupid Pontiac transporter mini van taillights.The good old days of engines from 30 years of GM vehicles car or truck fitting in it are over. The old engines don't fit in the new generation spot.
Sheet metal was interchangeable for almost 25 years on common items, forget that now.I worked as a body shop manager at a Chevy dealership in NY.The first time we got a crumbled 97 in the whole crew stood around in awe when one of the techs showed us the body inserts that are GLUED in. When you order a new one if it's a panel they glue in panels, when you want no windows in the back they glue in windows.I can't imagine the custom crowd liking them too much,how ya gonna do a mural with all the indented lines all over the thing.Feel free to like it, but I feel it's an ungainly, topheavy,tacked together dissapointment.Cohort, when I was wondering what to call the new van, I was referring to a vanners category for it,early, mid, late, etc. NOT what name GM gave it. K...I'm done...you can start flaming me now...hehe

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