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The enduring influence of Ken Kesey’s Furthur
Electric Mayhem bus. Photo courtesy Muppet Wiki. As noted last month, Ken Kesey’s Furthur could be considered one of the most influential buses for inspiring a million hippies to turn their Volkswagen...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1982 Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia camper
Volkswagen Westfalia campers have always enjoyed a cult following, thanks to their blend of cross-country capability and daily driver practicality. Clean examples, especially those with low mileage...
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Daytona Beach, Florida, 1970s
Kinda like vintage high-school parking lot scenes, vintage beach scenes aren’t really all that representative of what was most common on the roads at the time, particularly when it comes to vintage...
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Four-Links – first Geek Squad car, Brock and the Cadet, SARB Start, Tropfenwagen
* The first Geek Squad car? Given that Geek Squad was founded long before VW released the New Beetle, it wasn’t one of those. Rather, as Motoramic wrote this week, it was a 1958 Simca Aronde, followed...
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Estate auction to feature low-mile, one-owner Fords
1969 Shelby G.T. 500. Photos courtesy R. Gilligan Auctions. It probably would have been very interesting to talk with Larry Brown about the vehicles he bought during the late 1960s and early 1970s, to...
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Four-Links – murderous Mopar, Stauffer Chevrolet, roadtrip Multipla, Mustang...
* Can a car really be responsible for killing dozens of people? So goes the urban legend around the Golden Eagle, a 1964 Dodge in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, as related by Roadtrippers. Then again,...
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Custom Econoline van with 550 miles sells for $22,000
1973 Ford Econoline Custom 100. Photos courtesy R. Gilligan Auctions. Of the various lots from the Larry Brown estate sale that took place last weekend, none got more attention than Brown’s 1969...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1964 Dodge A100 panel van
While this 1964 Dodge A100 panel van for sale on Hemmings.com remains in solid condition, it also shows the wear and tear that came from use as a work vehicle for decades, which leads to a dilemma:...
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Vintage vanners: Hootenanny 2014 promises to deliver the authentic van run...
Vintage vans from the documentary Vannin’. Photo credit Andrew J. Morgan. Depending upon one’s perspective, custom vans are either cool again, or they never stopped being cool, they just went...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1977 Chevrolet G20 panel van
The kibosh on custom vans usually comes after inspecting their interiors. Even if they’ve somehow been kept clean and in decent shape since the custom van heyday – and let’s be frank, not all of them...
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Four-Links – Vette in a box, Cutlass resto nightmare, twin-turbo Fox-body,...
* There’s two sides to the old car hobby: Those who drive their cars and those who don’t. On the one hand, you want to take them out and show them off. On the other hand, there’s always the danger of...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1981 Grumman Kurbwatt
It looks like it was lifted from a six-year-old’s drawing of a genericar, but this 1981 Grumman Kurbwatt for sale on Hemmings.com – one of a few dozen such electric mail delivery vans that the USPS...
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Rolling rumpus rooms and other van interiors of the National Truck-In
Photos by the author. While the doghouse covers come off and show a few tarted-up small-block V-8s among the sea of six-cylinders between the front bucket seats, nobody really seems to care much about...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1971 Dodge B200 Tradesman
Given the pop-top and the camper fittings on the side, one would figure this 1971 Dodge B200 Tradesman for sale on Hemmings.com would feature more interior amenities – at least a sink, an electric...
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Four-Links – King of the Hill Corvette, Nemo car replica, homebuilt EV in...
* No, the King of the Hill Corvette was not a propane-powered special. Rather, “King of the Hill” was the nickname given to the prototype LT5-powered ZR1s, and one Corvette enthusiast went all the way...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1941 Stevens/Ledbetter Western Flyer
Howdy Ledbetter, an upholsterer by trade, said he just had to have the remains of one of the Western Flyer vans that Brooks Stevens built for S.C. Johnson when he spotted them about four years ago. “I...
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D.O.D.G.E. – Detroit’s Old Diehards Go Everywhere
1937 Dodge Westchester owned by Chris Lawrence of Virginia Beach, Virginia. Photo courtesy Chris Lawrence. November’s issue of Hemmings Classic Car (#122) celebrates the 100th anniversary of one of...
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Not your average beer truck: 1930 Morgan Super Aero van
1930 Morgan Super Aero with custom van body. Photos by author unless otherwise indicated. Ron Garner has a taste for the unusual, as demonstrated by his four-plus decades of Morgan ownership. While...
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Could this 1955 Volkswagen 23-window Samba bus set a new pricing benchmark...
1955 VW 23-window Samba Microbus Deluxe. Photos courtesy Auctionata. Volkswagen’s Type 2 microbus enjoys a worldwide following, and among the most revered models is the 23-window Samba bus. In June of...
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Four-Links – shorty Bus, Packard Predictor, Mercedes W124 30th, Tremulis’s...
* Crossing a cartoonish 1960s show rod and a shorty VW Type 2 may seem completely and utterly insane, but the end result, which Slammed Sixty posted this week (but the details on which we know nothing...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1969 Dodge A100 Sportsman
Sure, it’s good to keep cars original so we can examine them nowadays and see how the factory built them, see how those factory configurations held up over time, but if we really want to do some auto...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1972 Chevrolet G20 Sportvan
Just so nobody thinks the aftermarket wheels and tires were a recent addition, we’ll reiterate what the seller of this 1972 Chevrolet G20 Sportvan listed on Hemmings.com notes below: That his...
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Hemmings Sunday Cinema – 174 MPH Zombie, Built for Speed, Van Life, Dirt
* Mitch Medford at Bloodshed Motors, one of the guys behind the Zombie 222 all-electric Mustang that we wrote about last year, took the Zombie to the Texas Mile last month to see what it would do....
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1972 Ford E-100 Econoline
Every boogie van needs a good themed interior, and this 1972 Ford E-100 Econoline cargo van for sale on Hemmings.com delivers on that front, with a color-coordinated green-and-gold interior with...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1958 Fiat 600 Multipla
From the photos, it appears this little 1958 Fiat 600 Multipla for sale on Hemmings.com has seen little to no use since its restoration, or at least has been treated to extensive cleanings after every...
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Four-Links – Transit in space, wide Mini, Scarabeo, Johnson’s Corner
The first van in space? According to this old publicity photo from Ford UK, which BigLorryBlog shared eons ago and which we also ran across on a nice history of the Ford Transit van, it was a...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1973 Ford Econoline E300 van
Though heavy-duty vans have fallen out of favor these days, they once served as a legitimate alternative to the pickup truck for tradesmen and outdoorsman alike. This 1973 Ford Econoline, for sale on...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1982 Volkswagen Vanagon Transporter by Tischer
Buying an older motorhome is more like buying an older house than it is like buying an older car: The more recently it’s been lived in, the better. Fortunately, then, it seems that this 1982...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1969 Subaru 360 Van
Early Subaru models remain largely a curiosity in the United States, as the brand didn’t really enjoy commercial success here until the late 1970s. That means you probably won’t see another 1969...
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Four-Links – Feynman’s van, twin-engine Beetle, drive-through trees,...
* Last year, friends and family of physicist and Nobel Prize winner Richard Feynman banded together to restore Feynman’s 1974 Dodge Tradesman van. This year, they’re trying to get the Smithsonian to...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1982 GMC Rally Wagon
Though not a fleet vehicle, per se, it’s likely this 1982 GMC Rally Wagon for sale on Hemmings.com got fleet vehicle care in its first life without all the accompanying fleet vehicle mileage, which is...
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Hemmings Sunday Cinema – There Auto Be A Law, swap meet build, Scavenger Hunt
Much like Tex Avery’s “Car of Tomorrow” cartoon, the Warner Brothers cartoon “There Auto Be A Law” deconstructs many aspects of auto culture as seen from the early 1950s: automobile history, hot...
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Four-Links – The Slug, DeLorghini, abandoned lunar rover, off-road Pacers
While “The Slug,” a 1960 Morris J2 van in Australia, doesn’t look all that different in its completed form from how it appeared when it sat, sans wheels and tires, in a farmer’s field, that’s by...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1956 Dodge Town Panel
There’s something both functional and aesthetically pleasing about old panel vans, and we never fail to give them a second look when they cross our path (or computer screens). Survivors seem to be...
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Where the muscle car meets the American West: a road-trip story
Photos by the author, except where noted. It could be argued that the muscle car era drew much of its inspiration and style from the American West. Try this on for size: The cowboy hat exudes the same...
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“The ultimate in rolling comfort:” George Barris’s Super Van, now restored,...
Photos courtesy Barris.com and Barrett-Jackson. Solar panels? Check. Swanky interior with a rotating bed? Check. Its own logo? Check. In fact, the Super Van’s probably got more unique features than...
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Four-Links – Stude Museum director retiring, last Land Rover Defender, GNRS...
After a 15-year run as executive director of the Studebaker National Museum, Rebecca Bonham retired yesterday, handing the reins over to Patrick Slebonick. The South Bend Tribune took the opportunity...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1963 Chevrolet Corvair 95
The good: This 1963 Corvair 95 panel van for sale on Hemmings.com has a good mechanical foundation and everything appears present and accounted for. The not so good: It’s rough, with plenty of rust to...
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Four-Links – VW bus rescue, the massive Pipe, cop Renault, year of the monkey...
The VW Type 2 in the photo above is apparently a one-family, low-mileage example that also happens to be one of the oldest right-hand drive Volkswagens ever. And as bad as it looks in the photo, it...
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Four-Links – van show, FEI X-3, THF on imperfections, Pitts Skycar
According to the Showvans blog, the recent Cleveland Autorama’s show-within-a-show dedicated to custom vans was the largest indoor van show in more than 30 years. Also shows how far custom vanning has...
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Early example of extreme van customizing drops anchor at AACA Museum
Photos courtesy AACA Museum. Yarr, matey! The deck’s been swabbed, the canvas a-been hoisted, and while others like her now be in Davey Jones’s locker or still at sea, the H.M.S. Truckie sails on,...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1962 Ford Falcon E11 Station Bus
Amazing how a series of windows can change the whole character of a vehicle. Take, for instance, this 1962 Ford Falcon E11 Station Bus for sale on Hemmings.com, technically a Falcon and not an...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1974 Volkswagen shorty bus
Everybody reading this should know by now that I am constitutionally unable to pass on featuring any shortened vehicle, and this 1974 Volkswagen shorty bus for sale on Hemmings.com is no exception. No...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1972 Ford Econoline E200 Sportsmobile
Sure, any new RV is likely capable enough of making a cross-country trip this summer without any issues. But apparently so can this 1972 Ford Econoline E200 Sportsmobile for sale on Hemmings.com,...
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GMC van bearing Banksy mural art estimated to bring up to $400,000 at auction
Photos courtesy Bonhams. The choice of the van was intentional. The pseudononymous street artist Banksy has claimed many a run-in with the police and made authoritarianism a common motif in his...
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Four-Links – rally Unimog, disaster in Deauville, restored Nissan wheelchair...
Unimogs aren’t generally considered as race fodder, but they are nigh-indestructible and as we see from this story on Engine Swap Depot, they’ll go faster with bigger and more powerful Mercedes...
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Hemmings Sunday Cinema – Watkins Glen found footage, cross-country Econoline,...
Found footage of old race events is pretty awesome, but some of the videos put together with that footage rather lacks. Not so with the one The Chicane recently spotlighted, which shows the action at...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1985 Toyota Van
1985 Toyota Van for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: 236,000K. 7 passenger, runs great, 5 speed, AC, Cruise, tires near new, cassette and CD player, very clean throughout! 2nd...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1972 Ford Econoline E200 Sportsmobile
From the seller’s description: 1972 FORD E200 Sportsmobile 302 V8, C4 auto transmission, no overdrive. 118,365 total miles on van Has the following: A/C, cruise control,power steering, pop top, two...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1984 Dodge Caravan
All original 1984 Dodge Caravan for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This one is in very nice almost all original condition with very nice interior, power driver’s seat, good...
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