Friday, October 14, 2005

"What has become of our glorious nation?"

Jalopnik comes through yet again...carrying the van torch with dedication while some of us merely take photos and imagine "what could have been."

He links to a fine, ground-breaking even, article from the SF Chronicle's Peter Hartlaub, "Once custom vans ruled the road. What has become of our glorious nation?"

From that article, I know now that I am completely unworthy and failing in my van-love (?), especially when compared to the superhuman admiration shown through folks like RockinVan.

My buddie Tim used to have this old Dodge van. It was sweet. He was a good Irish boy, he had a picture of his grandma, a whole shrine to his grandma, on the dashboard of the van. He used to park in the tenderloin and he eventually quit locking the doors cause it would always get jacked open and the prostitutes would take tricks in there.

Thursday, October 06, 2005

Econoline (Approaching From Heaven)


Econoline
Originally uploaded by katn77.
A beautiful old(ish) Econoline parked near my wife's office in Cambridge, MA.

Friday, September 30, 2005

Craigslist Boston Vans

Just scrolling through the auto listings on Craigslist, I found these beauties for sale:

"giant van! BUY ME 1990 ram (15 passenger!!!) - $1800"




"1987 ford e350 extended heavy duty van - $995... drove to almost the canadian border to lake umbagog. it has devloped a slight idol problem"


"1990 Ford Club 'Wagon' Van XLT--ONLY 89K Miles!!! - $1695... Great van for work or pleasure... TWO gas tanks. Running boards. Two tone faded red and white with grey interior."


"CHEVY CARGO VAN -1993 - $4000... A BEAUTIFUL BLACK VAN... HAS 160,000 MILES LOVING MILES ON ODOMETER... NEVER WORKED BOUGHT AS PLEASUR VEHICLE DOUBLING AS WEEKEND GET- AWAY VEHICLE AS WELL."

Thursday, September 29, 2005

Flickr Group: Vantastic

I've got a flickr group (Vantastic) going...chock full of some of the most boring and most beautiful vans you'll ever see...

SDPD Van

Mitsubishi Concept D:5

Jalopnik is reporting that Mitsubishi will unveil it's Concept D:5 "go-anywhere, high-performance concept car" at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show...



"We think it could redefine the minivan genre backward, to the era when vans were vans and shag carpeting was second only to a chain-link steering wheel and prophylactic devices on customers’ options lists."
I'm all for that sort of development...